Barney Stanley
Stanley Cup winner, Hall of Fame inductee, and early NHL coach.
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Russell "Barney" Stanley was a Canadian professional hockey forward whose career spanned several early leagues. Born in Paisley, Ontario, to a dairy farmer, he moved west at age 17 to play in Medicine Hat, Alberta, before settling in Edmonton. He began his senior career with the Edmonton Maritimers in 1911–12, then spent three seasons as a player-coach for the Edmonton Dominions and Albertas in the Alberta Senior Hockey League. Turning professional in 1915, he joined the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.
In his first game, he scored his first professional goal on an assist from Cyclone Taylor, and he netted seven goals in his first five regular-season contests. That same year, he won the Stanley Cup with the Millionaires, who defeated the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League for the Canadian championship; Stanley scored four goals in the decisive third game of the series.
Stanley was named a Second Team All-Star with the Millionaires in 1918 and stayed with the club through the 1919–20 season. He then fought to regain amateur status so he could become player-coach of the Edmonton Eskimos in Alberta's Big-4 League. After one year, he moved to the Calgary Tigers, and in 1921 he turned professional again when the Tigers joined the newly formed Western Canada Hockey League.
In 1921–22, he scored 26 goals in 24 games and was named a league all-star on right wing. His rights were sold to the Regina Capitals, where he served as player-coach and again earned all-star honors. After two seasons in Regina, he returned to the Eskimos for two more, leading them to the league's best record in 1925–26 as player-coach.
When the WCHL folded in 1926, Stanley bought the Eskimos and moved them into the new Prairie Hockey League, but he sold the team before the season started and joined the Winnipeg Maroons. He purchased a stake in that franchise and played as a defenceman and coached in the American Hockey Association.
In 1927–28, the Chicago Black Hawks hired him as manager and head coach, but he lasted only 23 games after a 4–17–2 start; he did appear in one regular-season game as a player for Chicago. He finished his playing career with the Minneapolis Millers in the AHA, retiring in 1929. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963.
Off the ice, Stanley worked in the dairy industry.
Career statistics and honours
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1914–15 | Vancouver Millionaires | PCHA | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1915–16 | Vancouver Millionaires | PCHA | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1916–17 | Vancouver Millionaires | PCHA | 23 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1917–18 | Vancouver Millionaires | PCHA | 18 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 1918–19 | Vancouver Millionaires | PCHA | 20 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919–20 | Edmonton Eskimos | Big-4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1920–21 | Calgary Tigers | Big-4 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1921–22 | Calgary Tigers | WCHL | 24 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922–23 | Regina Capitals | WCHL | 29 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1923–24 | Regina Capitals | WCHL | 30 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1924–25 | Edmonton Eskimos | WCHL | 25 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1925–26 | Edmonton Eskimos | WHL | 29 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1926–27 | Winnipeg Maroons | AHA | 35 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1928–29 | Minneapolis Millers | AHA | 40 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| PCHA totals | 80 | 62 | 37 | 99 | 46 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||
| WCHL totals | 137 | 81 | 36 | 117 | 137 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Coaching record
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GC | W | L | T | Finish | GC | W | L | T | Result |
| NHL | 23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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