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Era Newmarket AHKraKnwkk Out Wed Marefc It Many fine hockey players skated their first on the rinks and ponds of this northern York area In fact over the years enough NHL hockey players have hailed from The Hub to make up an entire team THE HUB in 30 years an NHL team of his sports in Hastings and Toronto before turning pro with Boston Tigers in 192526 the following season he moved up to the par ent Bruins and stayed there until THOMS MADE IT J NEWMARKET Its hockey night in Canada and under the gondola its versus any team you want to pick Exhibition hockey it may be and hypo thetical hockey it surely is but lined up at the Newmarket end of the rink and wilting the bench is a team of hub hockey players who graced headlines on NHL news over a year period skated out of the heart of York County and into the big time In goal from the Keswick minor hockey system former Leaf circa 1958 Eddy Chadwick On defence from Sutton West and Newmarket for the New York Rangers Lawrence Larry neaux on the other defence position for the Boston the first man to 20 years in the NHL Newmarkets Aubrey V At left wing from Newmarket NHL scoring champion of 194341 Herbert Her- Cain facing off at centreice from New- maket for the Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Thorns and on the right side from Bradford playing for the Canadiens Don have played at one time or another here The oldest of these Regis J Pep Kelly of North Bay who played for the 193233 Memorial Cup champion Newmarket before going to the big time As well Wayne former Newmarket Smoke Ring goalie of the late fifties playing goal for the Los Angeles uu Wayne Halifax who also played for the same Smoke Rings before going to the Boston Bruins by way of Hap Emms Jr A Niagara Palls Flyers Randy Legge of the New York Ranger defence and Seattle Totems of the Western Hockey League and resident of Newmarket I the offseason another playing along side Mike Walton of Lake and a graduate of the Newmarket hockey system before going to the Toronto Maple Leafs and Gerry who played his minor hockey here before going to the Toronto Marlboros and Toronto and Philadelnhia Flyers NHL WARS These then arc some of the players who have passed through Newmarket to the NHL wars down through he years With their arrival on and departure from the NHL scene one can trace a progression of the league in with Toronto Maple Leafs His Bill Thorns During his stay with the then highflving Maple Leafs Thorns played on three Stanley Cup victors and made the NHL second allstars club once during his stay in the league His first few years with the Leafs saw him centre the line of and Frank Finnegan and act as pivot at various times for Kid Line wingers Charlie Coriacher and Harvey Biisher Jackson One of the best centres in the game he tied for second in scoring in 1936 for the Canadian Division of the NHL with Charlie His best year was in 1938 when he centred Pep Kelly and Buzz Boll and played on his third Stanley Cup club TIME OF CHANGE His tenure in the league was at a time of flux as Ottawa senators St Louis Eagles Montreal Maroons and New York Americans followed and example set by Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Quakers by leaving the NHL scene During this time the penalty- shot was instituted and the flooding of the ice between periods was made mandatory Thorns joined the Leafs in 193233 and stayed with the club until 193839 when he was dealt to the Chicago Black Hawks for Doc His stay with the Hawks saw him lead the club twice in scoring and 194142 He stayed with the team until 1944 miss ing part of the campaign The next season he was dealt to the Boston Bruins where he stayed for one year before retiring During these years another Newmarket resident shot into the league Herbert Cain The husky 180 pound left winger made the NHL in 193334 led the league in scoring in 19344 and made the second all- star team the same year STANLEY CUP TEAM His second year with Maroons Cain played on a Stanley Cup champion This cup It must be remembered that mo these men played at a time when mone and the Depression of the thirtys dwindled and eventually faded into With the opening of the hockey campaign the first of the NHL participants from the Newmarket area aimed on the scene dripper The league at this time was a circuit v ith in New York 2 Montreal 2 Toronto Ottawa Boston Chicago Detroit and Philadelphia During this tenure Pittsburgh and St Louis also had representation in the league Clapper played for years nine on the forward line and on defence Dining his time in the league Clapper scored goals The Maroons during the days when Cain was with the club had three lines Red Line Blue Line and Green Line The lines got their designation from the colored practice Red Line was composed of Hooley Jimmy Ward and The Blue Line was Dave Trot- tier and Earl Robinson with the Green Line made up of Cain Marker and Bob In goal was Alex the Ottawa fireman who at one point in his career recorded six consecutive shutouts Its interesting to note that when Cain and Toe Blake played senior with Hamilton Tigers in Eddie Gerard coach of the Maroons came down to scout Blake but went back to Montreal wanting Cum A deal was worked out which enabled Cain to play for Maroons even though held his contract The same was also true for Blake It was not until 1938 when Maroons disband ed that the situation rectified itself with both players coming under the ownership of To add further to the situation both Maroons and were owned by the Canadian Arena Cooperation Although both were owned by the same organization a tre mendous rivalry developed with each having its distinct home nights with cither French or English words AT LEFT New markets Cain weuring number for Boston Is shown being checked by New York Hunger rookie Grant War wick luring his Cain play ed Cain played one season 193839 with before being dealt to Boston Here he stayed with the Bruins from 193940 to 194546 His second campaign with the club 194041 brought him second Cup During his year with Boston for the Cup he played on a line with Bill Cowley and Mel Sudden Death Hill In the playoffs he netted two overtime goals LEAGUE LEADER In Cain led the league in scoring and surpassed Wiellands record while getting only two minor penalties on the sea son During the 194445 playoffs he bagged five goals in seven games and in 1946 his final season he became a member of the select goals club netting 204 goals In the early years the league the sweater designated whether a player slept in the upper or lower berth on the train A high number usually meant an upper berth altho ugh there were exceptions such as the Kraut Line of Milt Schmidt Hobby Bauer and Woody who wore 14 and 17 and slept in lower berths First year players got the high numbers well that Don of Bradford and Larry of Sutton West entered the league Willson a forward joined the Montreal assists and then played three games playoffs The next year he came buck for four games and finished his career in the minors LASTED TWO SEASONS like lasted the same length of time two seasons 1938 and In 193738 he played five games two In the league schedule and three in the playoffs on defence for New York Rangers The next season he took part in contests getting only one assist piling seven plavoff encounters It was four years later in 194243 that overtime in regular league play was eliminat ed except during playoffs The goalie for his club Eddy for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins played for six of seven campaigns in the NHL amusing a total of shutouts along the way His best year was his second with Toronto and second in the league That year he got five shutouts and posted a average Of the six otbei mei previously mention ed only one Pep Kelly from North Ray is retired from active play Kelly played five years for Toronto two for Chicago and one for the New York Americans from WHERE ARE THEY The question now arises Where have they gone and what have they done since retirement from the league Eddy is living in Fort Erie Ont Larry after his years in the minor leagues joined Dow Brewery to work in beer sales Later he moved to to become Southern Ontario district manager In 1966 died of a heart attack heart attack in Herble Cain is a resi dent of and following the conclu sion of 17year pro career he worked for six months at Auroras Hart Manufacturers From here he joined Canadian General Elec tric in Toronto before going to Coopers Iron Metal in Toronto as a buyer of secondary A few years ago Cain contracted Disease fatal hut through luck a lot of prayer and twist of fate recovered from the disease remaining member of about bin These are the men who have lived or played hero and made It to the lop There have been many others who made it into the pro leagues both here and in the US but not into the NHL and there also have been many who opted for higher education and college hockey Instead of a career on skates One thing is certain The Newmarket district deserves its reputation as a hotbed of hockey the Sin bad disbanded possession of Montreal in sole of the moved on to the NHL where he played with Boston Bruins Below him the I if pliyer Mike Walton another Newmarket hockey system The goalie at tef I is former Leaf Eddie a native of the Keswick area To his right Wayne former Newmarket Smoke Ring goalie Rutledge is shown tearing a Angeles Kings sweater and is still active with that club Stanley Cup leading scorer At righl the 194011 Cup champion Boston Bruins the only cup winning team second from left in the hack row and Clapper hUh third from left In the front The Ilonlnn ltnilnH row rmm Ml Iul Sill Ilirli I I Mil Kill II Mill ID Itomnrl Roy Terry 10 Art 16 Eddy Wiseman 7 Front I