Reg Noble

Reg Noble
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1962
230px Noble with the Toronto Arenas.
Born	(1895-06-23)June 23, 1895 Collingwood, ON, CAN
Died
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) Montreal Canadiens (NHA) Toronto Arenas (NHL) Toronto St. Patricks (NHL) Montreal Maroons (NHL) Detroit Cougars (NHL) Detroit Falcons (NHL) Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
Playing career	1916–1933

Edward Reginald Noble (June 23, 1895 – January 19, 1962) of Collingwood, Ontario was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and defenceman who played 17 professional seasons in the National Hockey Association (NHA) and National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Blueshirts, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto St. Pats, Montreal Maroons, Detroit Cougars, Detroit Falcons and Detroit Red Wings. He was a three-time winner of the Stanley Cup, with Toronto and Montreal and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962. He was also the last active NHL player from both the NHL's inaugural season and the 1910s.

Playing career

Reg Noble started his professional career with the Toronto Blueshirts in their ill-fated season of 1916-17. The club was suspended by the league and he was assigned by the league to the Montreal Canadiens for the rest of the season. The following year, the new NHL assigned the Toronto franchise to the Toronto Arena owners and Noble signed with the team. The Blueshirts, despite the ownership difficulty and several personnel changes, won the NHL title and defeated Vancouver for the Stanley Cup championship. Noble would stay with the franchise as it became the Arenas, and later the St. Pats, eventually traded to the Montreal Maroons in the 1924-25 season. The St. Pats would win the Stanley Cup again in 1922, a season where Noble was playing coach and captain. One season after joining the Maroons, the Maroons themselves would win the Stanley Cup in 1926. In 1927, he was traded to the new Detroit franchise in the NHL, then named the Falcons. He would play for the franchise for six season, eventually returning by trade to the Maroons in 1932–33. He retired with 181 goals in 536 games in the NHA and NHL. He was inducted posthumously into the Hall of Fame in 1962.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1915–16	St. Michael's College School	OHA-Jr.		—	—	—	—	—		6	9	0	9	—
1915–16	Toronto Riversides	OHA-Sr.		10	14	0	14	—		4	6	0	6	—
1916–17	Toronto Blueshirts	NHA		14	7	5	12	41		—	—	—	—	—
1916–17	Montreal Canadiens	NHA		6	4	0	4	15		2	0	1	1	2
1916–17	Montreal Canadiens	St-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1917–18	Toronto Arenas	NHL		20	30	10	40	35		2	1	1	2	9
1917–18	Toronto Arenas	St-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		5	2	1	3	12
1918–19	Toronto Arenas	NHL		17	10	5	15	35		—	—	—	—	—
1919–20	Toronto St. Patricks	NHL		24	24	9	33	52		—	—	—	—	—
1920–21	Toronto St. Patricks	NHL		24	19	8	27	54		2	0	0	0	0
1921–22	Toronto St. Patricks	NHL		24	17	11	28	19		2	0	0	0	12
1921–22	Toronto St. Patricks	St-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		5	0	1	1	9
1922–23	Toronto St. Patricks	NHL		24	12	11	23	47		—	—	—	—	—
1923–24	Toronto St. Patricks	NHL		24	12	5	17	79		—	—	—	—	—
1924–25	Toronto St. Patricks	NHL		3	1	0	1	8		—	—	—	—	—
1924–25	Montreal Maroons	NHL		27	8	11	19	56		—	—	—	—	—
1925–26	Montreal Maroons	NHL		33	9	9	18	96		4	1	1	2	6
1925–26	Montreal Maroons	St-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		4	0	0	0	4
1926–27	Montreal Maroons	NHL		43	3	3	6	112		2	0	0	0	2
1927–28	Detroit Cougars	NHL		44	6	8	14	63		—	—	—	—	—
1928–29	Detroit Cougars	NHL		43	6	4	10	52		2	0	0	0	2
1929–30	Detroit Cougars	NHL		43	6	4	10	72		—	—	—	—	—
1930–31	Detroit Falcons	NHL		44	2	5	7	42		—	—	—	—	—
1931–32	Detroit Falcons	NHL		48	3	3	6	72		2	0	0	0	0
1932–33	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		5	0	0	0	6		—	—	—	—	—
1932–33	Montreal Maroons	NHL		20	0	0	0	16		2	0	0	0	2
1933–34	Cleveland Falcons	IHL		40	2	3	5	43		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				510	168	106	274	916		18	2	2	4	33
St-Cup totals				—	—	—	—	—		14	2	2	4	25

Awards and achievements

• 1914–15 - OHA-Jr. First All-Star Team
• 1918 - Stanley Cup championship (Toronto Arenas)
• 1922 - Stanley Cup championship (Toronto St. Pats)
• 1926 - Stanley Cup championship (Montreal Maroons)
• 1962 - Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Transactions

• November 25, 1916 - signed as a free agent by Toronto (NHA)
• February 11, 1917 - assigned to Montreal Canadiens (NHA) by NHA in dispersal of Toronto (NHA) players
• December 5, 1917 - signed as a free agent by Toronto (NHL)
• November 1, 1921 - named player coach of Toronto (NHL).
• November 1, 1922 - resigned as coach and captain of Toronto (NHL)
• December 9, 1924 - traded to Montreal Maroons by Toronto for $8,000.
• October 4, 1927 - traded to Detroit by Montreal Maroons for $7,500.
• December 9, 1932 - traded to Montreal Maroons by Detroit for John Gallagher.

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External links

• Reg Noble's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Reg Noble's biography at Legends of Hockey

Preceded by Art Duncan

Detroit Cougars captain 1927–30

Succeeded by Detroit Falcons captains George Hay