Ken Randall
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Kenneth Fenwick Randall (December 14, 1888 - June 14, 1947) was a Canadian professional
ice hockey
player who played for 20 seasons, including ten seasons in the National Hockey League
from 1917 to 1927 for the Toronto Arenas
, Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers and New York Americans
. He is a two-time Stanley Cup
Champion.
(OPHL), and played in the Maritime Professional Hockey League, the Eastern Ontario Professional Hockey League and the Saskatchewan Professional Hockey League before joining the Toronto Blueshirts
of the National Hockey Association
(NHA) in 1915. He played for the organization until 1923, as it changed from the Blueshirts to Arenas to St. Patricks, winning two Stanley Cups, in 1918 and 1922. In 1923, he joined the Hamilton Tigers, which in 1924 became embroiled in a labor conflict and his contract was sold to the new New York Americans
, for which he played two years before becoming a player coach with the Providence Reds. He became a full-time coach in 1928, but still had some playing time left in him, playing for the Oshawa Patricias when the OPHL was revived in 1930.
Professional
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ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played for 20 seasons, including ten seasons in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
from 1917 to 1927 for the Toronto Arenas
Toronto Arenas
The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...
, Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers and New York Americans
New York Americans
The New York Americans were a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League and the second to play in the United States. The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals...
. He is a two-time Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
Champion.
Playing career
Randall had a long and varied playing career at a time that the professional ice hockey world was changing. He was an accomplished scorer when playing forward, and was a good defencemen which he became exclusively later in his career. He turned professional in the Ontario Professional Hockey LeagueOntario Professional Hockey League
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(OPHL), and played in the Maritime Professional Hockey League, the Eastern Ontario Professional Hockey League and the Saskatchewan Professional Hockey League before joining the Toronto Blueshirts
Toronto Blueshirts
The Toronto Hockey Club, known as the Torontos and the Toronto Blue Shirts were a professional National Hockey Association team that played in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
of the National Hockey Association
National Hockey Association
The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...
(NHA) in 1915. He played for the organization until 1923, as it changed from the Blueshirts to Arenas to St. Patricks, winning two Stanley Cups, in 1918 and 1922. In 1923, he joined the Hamilton Tigers, which in 1924 became embroiled in a labor conflict and his contract was sold to the new New York Americans
New York Americans
The New York Americans were a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League and the second to play in the United States. The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals...
, for which he played two years before becoming a player coach with the Providence Reds. He became a full-time coach in 1928, but still had some playing time left in him, playing for the Oshawa Patricias when the OPHL was revived in 1930.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1909–10 | Brantford Indians | OPHL Ontario Professional Hockey League -External links:*... |
10 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1910–11 | Port Hope Professionals | EOPHL | 6 | 19 | 0 | 19 | - | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1911–12 | Montreal Wanderers Montreal Wanderers The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are... |
NHA National Hockey Association The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Saskatoon Hoo Hoos | SPHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Saskatoon Real Estate | SPHL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1912–13 | Toronto Toronto Blueshirts The Toronto Hockey Club, known as the Torontos and the Toronto Blue Shirts were a professional National Hockey Association team that played in Toronto, Ontario, Canada... |
NHA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Sydney Millionaires | MPHL | 12 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1913–14 | Sydney Millionaires | MPHL | 24 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1914–15 | Sydney Millionaires | NSEPHL | 8 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1915–16 | Toronto | NHA | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1916–17 | Toronto | NHA | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Montreal Wanderers | NHA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1917–18 | Toronto | NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
20 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | ||
| 1918–19 | Toronto Arenas Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company... |
NHL | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1919–20 | Toronto St. Patricks Toronto St. Patricks The Toronto St. Patricks professional men's ice hockey team started as an amateur ice hockey organization. In 1919, the club purchased the Toronto National Hockey League franchise from the NHL. The club renamed the franchise the Toronto St. Patricks club and operated the franchise until 1927, when... |
NHL | 21 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1920–21 | Toronto St. Patricks | NHL | 21 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 1921–22 | Toronto St. Patricks | NHL | 24 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | ||
| 1922–23 | Toronto St. Patricks | NHL | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1923–24 | Hamilton Tigers | NHL | 24 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1924–25 | Hamilton Tigers | NHL | 30 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1925–26 | New York Americans New York Americans The New York Americans were a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League and the second to play in the United States. The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals... |
NHL | 34 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1926–27 | New York Americans | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1927–28 | Providence Reds Providence Reds The Providence Reds were a hockey team that played in the Canadian-American Hockey League between 1926–1936 and the American Hockey League from 1936 to 1977, the last season of which they played as the Rhode Island Reds. The team won the Calder Cup in 1938, 1940, 1949, and 1956... |
CAHL Canadian-American Hockey League The Canadian-American Hockey League, popularly known as the Can-Am League, was a professional ice hockey league that operated from 1926 to 1936. It was a direct ancestor of the American Hockey League.... |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | Oshawa Patricias | OPHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 217 | 67 | 28 | 95 | 415 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||