Jack Laviolette

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Jack Laviolette
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1963

Born	(1879-07-27)July 27, 1879 Belleville, ON, CAN
Died	January 9, 1960(1960-01-09) (aged 80)
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Forward Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	Montreal Le National Michigan Soo Indians Montreal Shamrocks Montreal Canadiens
Playing career	1903–1918

John "Jack" Laviolette (July 27, 1879 – January 9, 1960) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Laviolette played nine seasons for the Montreal Canadiens hockey club and was their first Captain, Coach, and General Manager. SIHR lists him as being born Aug.27,1879

Laviolette was one of the first francophone stars of ice hockey. He was born in Belleville, Ontario, but grew up in Valleyfield, Quebec. He was an outstanding scorer from the defenceman position. But Laviolette's true place in hockey history has less to do with his scoring prowess and more to do with his role as the true founding organizer of the Canadiens hockey club. He was their first player, coach and general manager in their inaugural 1910 season.

With the formation of the National Hockey Association (NHA) in December 1909, (replaced 7 years later by the NHL), team/league owner Ambrose O'Brien asked Laviolette to put together a team made up of French Canadian players to play as the "Les Canadiens" franchise in Montreal. Laviolette completed the task in time for the NHA's inaugural season. Among those that would sign on to that first team would be future hall of famers Newsy Lalonde, Didier Pitre and the "Chicoutimi Cucumber," Georges Vezina. The team he built would go on to be the most successful franchise in professional hockey.

Playing career

Laviolette would first play elite-level senior men's amateur hockey in 1904 for the Montreal Le National, famous for being one of the first men's teams composed of francophones. From 1905 onward, he would play as a professional, first with the Soo Indians of the International Professional Hockey League for three seasons, and then return to Montreal to play for Montreal Shamrocks in the 1908 and 1909 seasons.

He would then star for the new Canadiens franchise from 1910 until 1918 scoring 45 goals in 147 games, winning the Stanley Cup in 1916.

Laviolette lost his right foot in an automobile accident in 1919, ending his playing career. A benefit game for Laviolette was arranged at the Mount Royal Arena in 1921. He was the guest of honour, and also refereed.

Career statistics

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1903–04	Montreal Le National	FAHL	6	8	0	8	0
1904–05	Michigan Soo Indians	IPHL	24	15	0	5	24
1905–06	Michigan Soo Indians	IPHL	17	15	0	15	28
1906–07	Michigan Soo Indians	IPHL	19	10	7	17	34
1907–08	Montreal Shamrocks	ECAHA	6	1	1	2	36
1908–09	Montreal Shamrocks	ECHA	9	1	1	2	0
1909–10	Montreal Canadiens	NHA	11	3	0	3	26
1910–11	Montreal Canadiens	NHA	16	0	1	1	24
1911–12	Montreal Canadiens	NHA	17	7	2	9	41
1912–13	Montreal Canadiens	NHA	20	10	3	13	77
1913–14	Montreal Canadiens	NHA	20	7	9	16	30	2	0	1	1	0
1914–15	Montreal Canadiens	NHA	17	7	3	10	21
1915–16	Montreal Canadiens	NHA	18	8	3	11	62	2	0	0	0	6
1915–16	Montreal Canadiens	St Cup						2	0	0	0	6
1916–17	Montreal Canadiens	NHA	17	7	3	10	21	2	0	0	0	0
1916–17	Montreal Canadiens	St Cup						4	1	2	3	9
1917–18	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	18	2	1	3	6	2	0	0	0	0
NHL Regular season totals			18	2	1	3	6	2	0	0	0	0

Awards and achievements

1904-05, 06-07 - First All-Star Right Wing, IPHL
1915–16 - Stanley Cup champion
1960 - Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
1963 - Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame^[1]

References

Hockey Hall of Fame (2003). Honoured Members: Hockey Hall of Fame. Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing. ISBN 1-55168-239-7.

↑ Hockey Hall of Fame 2003, p. 56.

External links

Laviolette's biography at Legends of Hockey

Preceded by Position created	Head coach of the Montreal Canadiens 1910–11	Succeeded by Adolphe Lecours
Preceded by Position created	Montreal Canadiens captain 1910	Succeeded by Newsy Lalonde
Preceded by Newsy Lalonde	Montreal Canadiens captain 1911–12	Succeeded by Newsy Lalonde
Preceded by Position created	General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens 1909–10 with Joseph Cattarinich	Succeeded by George Kennedy

v t e Montreal Canadiens head coaches

Laviolette Cattarinich Kennedy Dandurand Hart Lalonde Mantha Dugal Siebert Lépine Irvin Blake Ruel MacNeil Bowman Geoffrion Berry Lemaire Perron Burns Demers Tremblay Vigneault Therrien Julien Gainey Carbonneau Martin Cunneyworth Therrien

v t e Montreal Canadiens general managers

Laviolette & Cattarinich Kennedy Dandurand E. Savard Hart Dugal Gorman Selke Pollock Grundman S. Savard Houle A. Savard Gainey Gauthier Bergevin

Persondata
Name	Laviolette, Jack
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey player
Date of birth	July 27, 1879
Place of birth	Belleville, ON, CAN
Date of death	January 9, 1960
Place of death

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