Mush March
Born (1908-10-18)October 18, 1908
Silton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died January 9, 2002(2002-01-09) (aged 93)
Paxton, Illinois, United States
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career 1928–1945

Harold Clarence "Mush" March (October 18, 1908 – January 9, 2002) was a Canadian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.[1] He is best remembered for scoring the game-winning goal in the second overtime of game four of the 1934 Stanley Cup Finals to lift the Chicago Black Hawks to a 3-1 series triumph.[2]

Playing career

March was a right winger who played for seventeen seasons, all with the Chicago Black Hawks, from 1928–29 to 1944–45.[3] During that span, he played 759 games, scoring 153 goals and 230 assists, for 383 points.[4] Since the Black Hawks were not an overly successful team during most of those 17 years, March only played in a total of 45 playoff games, but he made the most of those 45 games by scoring 12 goals, 15 assists for 27 points. He also scored the first ever goal at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1931.[5] He kept the puck and dropped it at the Gardens final game in 1999.[4]

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1925–26 Regina Falcons S-SJHL 8 10 7 17 2 — — — — —
1925–26 Regina Falcons M-Cup — — — — — 3 3 2 5 4
1926–27 Regina Falcons S-SJHL 5 7 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 0
1927–28 Regina Monarchs S-SJHL 5 13 5 18 17 2 4 0 4 2
1927–28 Regina Monarchs M-Cup — — — — — 11 36 4 40 8
1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 35 3 3 6 6 — — — — —
1929–30 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 43 8 7 15 48 — — — — —
1930–31 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 44 11 6 17 36 9 3 1 4 11
1931–32 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 12 10 22 59 2 0 0 0 2
1932–33 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 9 11 20 38 — — — — —
1933–34 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 4 13 17 26 8 2 2 4 6
1934–35 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 13 17 30 48 2 0 0 0 0
1935–36 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 16 19 35 42 2 2 3 5 0
1936–37 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 37 11 6 17 31 — — — — —
1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 41 11 17 28 16 9 2 4 6 12
1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 46 10 11 21 29 — — — — —
1939–40 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 45 9 14 23 49 2 1 0 1 2
1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 44 8 9 17 16 4 2 3 5 0
1941–42 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 6 26 32 22 3 0 2 2 4
1942–43 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 50 7 29 36 46 — — — — —
1943–44 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 10 27 37 16 4 0 0 0 4
1944–45 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 38 5 5 10 12 — — — — —
NHL totals 759 153 230 383 540 45 12 15 27 41

References

  1. ^ Rosenbloom, Steve (January 10, 2002). "HAROLD `MUSH' MARCH, 93". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b McKelvie, Eric (June 25, 2013). "Chicago Blackhawks: Looking Back at Their 5 Stanley Cup Championships". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023. Harold "Mush" March scored the Cup-winning goal in double overtime, becoming the first player in NHL history to do so.
  3. ^ Potash, Mark (January 28, 2017). "The 50 greatest players in Blackhawks history". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Harold "Mush" March". Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Kreiser, John (February 13, 2017). "Toronto bids farewell to Maple Leaf Gardens". NHL.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Fromi, Jon (August 5, 2011). "Chicago Blackhawks' 15 Iconic Moments in History". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

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