| Billy Burch | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 20, 1900 Yonkers, NY, USA |
| Died | November 30, 1950 (aged 50) |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) |
| Position | Centre |
| Shot | Left |
| Played for | Hamilton Tigers New York Americans Boston Bruins Chicago Black Hawks |
| Playing career | 1922–1933 |
| Hall of Fame, 1974 | |
Harry Wilfred Burch (November 20, 1900 – November 30, 1950) was an Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans, Chicago Black Hawks, and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. Although US born, Burch moved to Toronto, Ontario at an early age, where he grew up playing ice hockey and football.
Burch was the second person to ever win the Hart Memorial Trophy (1925) and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (1927), after Frank Nighbor. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974. Burch was also the last active player that had played for the Hamilton Tigers. After the 1924-25 season, Shorty Green and Billy Burch led a postseason strike against the Hamilton Tigers ownership. It was the first players strike in NHL history.[1] He was the first player ever from the United States to play in the NHL. On December 2, 1925, Burch scored the very first NHL goal in the city of Pittsburgh, as the New York Americans played the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Duquesne Gardens.[2]
Contents |
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1922–23 | Hamilton Tigers | NHL | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1923–24 | Hamilton Tigers | NHL | 24 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1924–25 | Hamilton Tigers | NHL | 27 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1925–26 | New York Americans | NHL | 36 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1926–27 | New York Americans | NHL | 43 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1927–28 | New York Americans | NHL | 32 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1928–29 | New York Americans | NHL | 44 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1929–30 | New York Americans | NHL | 35 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | New York Americans | NHL | 44 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1931–32 | New York Americans | NHL | 48 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1932–33 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1932–33 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 390 | 137 | 53 | 190 | 251 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Preceded by Position created |
New York Americans captain 1925–32 |
Succeeded by Red Dutton |
| Preceded by Frank Nighbor |
Winner of the Hart Trophy 1925 |
Succeeded by Nels Stewart |
| Preceded by Frank Nighbor |
Winner of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1927 |
Succeeded by Frank Boucher |