| Garnet Bailey | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13, 1948 Lloydminster, SK, CAN |
| Died | September 11, 2001 (aged 53) New York, NY, USA |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) |
| Position | Left Wing |
| Shot | Left |
| Played for | NHL Boston Bruins Detroit Red Wings St. Louis Blues Washington Capitals WHA Edmonton Oilers |
| NHL Draft | 13th overall, 1966 Boston Bruins |
| Playing career | 1968–1979 |
Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey (June 13, 1948 – September 11, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup winning teams. He died at age 53 when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City during the September 11 attacks.
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Born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Bailey played junior hockey with the Edmonton Oil Kings from 1964 to 1967. He went with his team to the Memorial Cup final in 1965 and won the Cup the following year. As a professional, he joined the Boston Bruins in 1968 and was a member of their Stanley Cup championship teams in 1970 and 1972. He later played for the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and the Washington Capitals. Bailey returned to Edmonton to play with the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association in 1978–79, where he took rookie Wayne Gretzky under his wing. He was head coach of the Wichita Wind, the Oilers' Central Hockey League affiliate, in the 1980–81 season. Bailey then worked as a scout with the Oilers from 1981 to 1994. He won five Stanley Cup rings with Edmonton as a scout (1984–85–87–88–90). His name was engraved on three of five Stanley Cups won during that period: 1985, 1987 and 1990.
In an NHL career spanning 10 seasons and 568 games, Bailey scored 107 goals and 171 assists with 633 penalty minutes. His most productive season offensively was 1975, when he scored 19 goals and 58 points for the Blues and the Capitals. In his sole WHA season, he scored 5 goals and 4 assists with 22 penalty minutes in 38 games.
At the time of his death, Bailey was living in Lynnfield, Massachusetts and working as director of pro scouting for the Los Angeles Kings hockey team. Bailey, and his fellow Flight 175 passenger Mark Bavis are mentioned in the Boston-based Dropkick Murphys song "Your Spirit's Alive." Denis Leary wore a Bailey memorial T-shirt as the character Tommy Gavin in the season 1 episode "Immortal" and the fourth season episode "Pussified" in the TV series Rescue Me. In his memory, the Los Angeles Kings named their new mascot "Bailey".
Bailey's family founded the Ace Bailey Children's Foundation in his honor and memory. The foundation raises funds to benefit hospitalized children, infants and their families.
At the National 9/11 Memorial, Bailey is memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-3.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1966-67 | Edmonton Oil Kings | CMJHL | 56 | 47 | 46 | 93 | 177 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1967-68 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CPHL | 34 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 36 | ||
| 1968-69 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 60 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 104 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | ||
| 1968-69 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1969-70 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 58 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970-71 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CHL | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1970-71 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 36 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1971-72 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 73 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 64 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | ||
| 1972-73 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 57 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972-73 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 13 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973-74 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 45 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973-74 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 22 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974-75 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 49 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974-75 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 22 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1975-76 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 67 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976-77 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 78 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977-78 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 40 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978-79 | Edmonton Oilers | WHA | 38 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1979-80 | Houston Apollos | CHL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1980-81 | Wichita Wind | CHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL totals | 568 | 107 | 171 | 278 | 633 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 28 | ||||