Joe Hall

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Position Defence
Shoots Right
Nickname(s) Bad Joe
Height
Weight
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg/12 st 7 lb)
Pro clubs Montreal Canadiens
Quebec Bulldogs
Montreal Shamrocks
Montreal Wanderers
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born May 3, 1882(1882-05-03),
Staffordshire, ENG
Pro career 19091919
Hall of Fame, 1961

Joseph Henry Hall (May 3, 1882April 5, 1919), nicknamed Bad Joe Hall, was a professional ice hockey defenceman.

Hall was born in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. He played for the Montreal Canadiens in their first two seasons in the National Hockey League from 1917-1919. He previously played in the Manitoba Hockey Association with the Brandon Wheat Kings, Winnipeg Rowing Club and the Kenora Thistles, and in the National Hockey Association as a member of the Quebec Bulldogs.

Hall won the Stanley Cup with the Kenora Thistles in 1907 and the Quebec Bulldogs in 1912 and 1913. He also challenged for the Stanley Cup in 1904 with the Winnipeg Rowing Club. In 1919, he was part of the Montreal Canadiens team the made it to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Finals were interrupted and eventually cancelled due to an outbreak of Spanish influenza. The flu was contracted by several players on both the Canadiens and their opponents, the Seattle Metropolitans. Hall would eventually succumb to pneumonia, related to his influenza, in a hospital in Seattle, Washington just five days after the Stanley Cup Final series was abandoned. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961.

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    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1917–18 Montreal Canadiens NHL 21 8 7 15 100 2 0 1 1 12
1918–19 Montreal Canadiens NHL 17 7 1 8 89 5 0 0 0 17
NHL Totals 38 15 8 23 189 7 0 1 1 29

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