Canadian ice hockey player
Ice hockey player
Carson Eric "Shovel Shot" Cooper (July 17, 1897 – July 4, 1955) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins , Montreal Canadiens , Detroit Cougars and Detroit Falcons between 1924 and 1932.[1]
Born in Cornwall, Ontario , Cooper scored the winning goal for the Boston Bruins in the team's first NHL game on December 1, 1924. It was the Bruins' second goal in a 2-1 win against the other 1924-25 expansion team, the Montreal Maroons. Cooper later served as the Chief Scout with the Detroit Red Wings. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1950, 1952 with Detroit.[citation needed ]
Cooper played senior lacrosse in Hamilton, Ontario in the early 1920s. He was teammates and roommates with future professional hockey players Hap Day , and future Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president Frank Sargent .[2] [3]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
Playoffs
Season
Team
League
GP
G
A
Pts
PIM
GP
G
A
Pts
PIM
1916–17
Montreal Canada Cement
MCHL
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1917–18
Hamilton Tigers
OHA Sr
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1918–19
Hamilton Tigers
OHA Sr
7
1
1
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
1919–20
Hamilton Tigers
OHA Sr
6
18
2
20
—
2
2
0
2
0
1920–21
Hamilton Tigers
OHA Sr
10
14
2
16
—
—
—
—
—
—
1921–22
Hamilton Tigers
OHA Sr
10
22
1
23
—
—
—
—
—
—
1922–23
Hamilton Tigers
OHA Sr
12
20
7
27
—
2
1
1
2
2
1923–24
Hamilton Tigers
OHA Sr
10
33
7
40
—
2
5
1
6
—
1924–25
Boston Bruins
NHL
12
5
3
8
4
—
—
—
—
—
1925–26
Boston Bruins
NHL
36
28
3
31
10
—
—
—
—
—
1926–27
Boston Bruins
NHL
10
0
0
0
0
—
—
—
—
—
1926–27
Montreal Canadiens
NHL
14
9
3
12
16
3
0
0
0
0
1927–28
Detroit Cougars
NHL
43
15
2
17
32
—
—
—
—
—
1928–29
Detroit Cougars
NHL
43
18
9
27
14
2
0
0
0
2
1929–30
Detroit Cougars
NHL
44
18
18
36
14
—
—
—
—
—
1930–31
Detroit Falcons
NHL
44
14
14
28
10
—
—
—
—
—
1931–32
Detroit Falcons
NHL
48
3
5
8
11
2
0
0
0
0
1932–33
Detroit Olympics
IHL
2
0
0
0
0
—
—
—
—
—
1933–34
Detroit Olympics
IHL
37
11
6
17
16
6
1
1
2
2
1934–35
Windsor Bulldogs
IHL
14
4
5
9
4
—
—
—
—
—
1934–35
Detroit Olympics
IHL
12
2
4
6
0
3
0
0
0
2
NHL totals
294
110
57
167
111
7
0
0
0
2
References
^ Birth and death taken from SIHR.
^ "Frank Sargent dead at 86". The Chronicle-Journal . Thunder Bay, Ontario. September 29, 1988. p. 3.
^ "Realm of Sport" . Winnipeg Free Press . Winnipeg, Manitoba. April 19, 1940. p. 22.
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