Paddy Moran (ice hockey)
Stand-up goaltender who won two Stanley Cups with Quebec.
Patrick Joseph Alexander 'Paddy' Moran (March 11, 1877 – January 14, 1966) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played all but one of his 16 seasons for the Quebec Hockey Club from 1901 to 1917. He won two Stanley Cups with Quebec in 1912 and 1913 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.
Quick Facts
- Position
- Goaltender
- Catches
- Left
- Height Ft
- 5
- Height In
- 11
- Weight Lb
- 180
- Played For
- Quebec Hockey Club / Haileybury Comets
- Birth Date
- 1877-03-11
- Birth Place
- Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Death Date
- 1966-01-14
- Career Start
- 1901
- Career End
- 1917
- Halloffame
- 1958
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Lore & Background
Moran began playing ice hockey at age 15 with a local Quebec team. At 17 he changed schools because his school lacked a hockey team, and at 19 he helped his new club, the Crescents, win the Intermediate Championship. He started his senior career with the Quebec Hockey Club in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), appearing in 30 games over four seasons and winning 19. When Quebec joined the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) in 1905–06, Moran played 38 games over four years but won only 11, with a lowest goals-against average of 6.79. In 1909–10 he played for the All-Montreal HC of the Canadian Hockey Association (CHA) and then the Haileybury Comets of the National Hockey Association (NHA), posting a 3–8 record in 11 games with 79 goals against. He rejoined Quebec for 1910–11, finishing last with four wins and 97 goals against. In 1911–12 he went 10–8 with a 4.26 goals-against average, winning the O'Brien Cup and Stanley Cup after a challenge against the Moncton Victorias, where Quebec won 9–3 and 8–0. Moran finished with a 1.50 goals-against average in the finals. The next season he went 16–4 with one shutout and a 3.70 goals-against average, winning another O'Brien Cup and Stanley Cup against the Sydney Miners, winning 14–3 and 6–2. He retired after the NHA's last season, having played 69 games in his final four seasons, winning 34. Over his career his teams often had losing records or barely winning records. Some hockey legends recalled that he was the best goaltender of them all.
Reader's Guide
Paddy Moran is notable as the earliest goaltender inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, starting his senior hockey venture in 1901. He was a stand-up style goaltender, considered big for his era at 5 ft 11 in and 180 pounds, which suited the rules that forbade goaltenders from dropping to the ice. He was especially noted for aggressively defending the area in front of his net, using his stick to slash opposing players and often chewing tobacco to expectorate at them. His stick work was described as attempts to 'slash [other players'] heads off with lightning strokes of his blade.' He often wore oversized sweaters unbuttoned, claiming they kept him warm and sometimes using them to catch shots. Moran was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1958 with the help of Senator Chubby Power, a former teammate. After retiring at age 39, he built his own house with his hockey earnings for CAN$4,000, became a custom house builder for at least 35 years, and later followed the Quebec Aces. He was also inducted into the Quebec Hockey Hall of Fame.
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