24 Facts About Dick Irvin

Dick Irvin played for professional teams in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, the Western Canada Hockey League, and the National Hockey League from 1916 to 1928, when he had to retire from repeated injuries.

Dick Irvin won one Stanley Cup as a coach with Toronto, three more with Montreal, finishing with over 600 wins as a coach.

Dick Irvin served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

Dick Irvin was born in Hamilton, Ontario, one of 10 children, six boys and four girls.

Dick Irvin played hockey from an early age, following in the footsteps of his oldest brother Alex.

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Dick Irvin set up a shooting area in the attic of the home, where he would shoot a puck at the doorknob of an old door mounted sideways against a wall.

Dick Irvin first played senior hockey with the Winnipeg Strathconas at the early age of 12.

Dick Irvin was declared eligible for the Monarchs and won the 1915 Allan Cup after the team had defeated the Melville Millionaires over two games 7 goals to 6.

Dick Irvin was considered a top baseball player and he played on the Winnipeg Dominion Express team with his brothers Alex and George.

Dick Irvin began his professional career in 1916 with the Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and was the fourth leading scoring rookie tallying 35 goals.

Dick Irvin was taken on by The Fort Garry Horse regiment in April 1918 and arrived in England in May 1918.

Dick Irvin was transferred to France in August 1918 and in October was transferred to a signals unit as a motorcycle rider.

Dick Irvin was reinstated as an amateur and he played three seasons with the Regina Victorias senior club.

Dick Irvin returned to professional hockey in 1921 with the Regina Capitals of the Western Canada Hockey League.

Dick Irvin was made the team's first captain, and had an impressive campaign, finishing second in the league in scoring.

Dick Irvin was hired as head coach of the Black Hawks in 1930, and in his first season behind the bench led the team to 24 wins, 17 losses and 3 ties.

Dick Irvin had them back in the playoffs in his first season, and in his fourth season took them all the way to the Stanley Cup—the first of six finals appearances and three Cups.

Dick Irvin was already well known for looking the other way when stick-swinging duels broke out in practices.

Dick Irvin was unable to turn the team's fortunes around, and the Black Hawks again ended the year in last place, despite the emergence of Ed Litzenberger as a scoring star.

Dick Irvin's coaching career included four Stanley Cups with 692 regular season wins, results surpassed only by Al Arbour and Scotty Bowman.

Dick Irvin plays clean hockey, too, and has a most deceptive method of wig-wagging his way through the best defences for a shot on the nets.

Dick Irvin was not only clean playing but a clean living individual who did not touch either alcohol or nicotine, figuring a perfect health would be one of his best assets, to go along with his deceptive wig-wagging moves and his dangerous shooting ability on the ice.

Dick Irvin kept a home in Regina, Saskatchewan, for most of his life, before buying a home in Mount Royal in 1954.

Dick Irvin was portrayed in the 2005 Maurice Richard biopic The Rocket by Canadian actor Stephen McHattie.