Edward William Eddie Shore was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, principally for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, and the longtime owner of the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League, iconic for his toughness and defensive skill.
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In 2017, Eddie Shore was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
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Eddie Shore won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player four times, the most of any defenceman; only Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe have won it more often.
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Eddie Shore started his career with his hometown minor hockey team in Cupar, Saskatchewan, the Cupar Canucks.
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Eddie Shore moved up to professional hockey with the Regina Capitals of the Western Canada Hockey League in 1925.
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Eddie Shore's team finished last in the league and moved to Portland after the season.
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Eddie Shore held his ground and Coutu flew through the air violently crashing to the ice.
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Eddie Shore's ear was almost ripped off but he barely noticed it.
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Eddie Shore visited several doctors who wanted to amputate the ear, but found one who sewed it back on.
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Eddie Shore claimed Coutu used his hockey stick to cut off the ear, and Coutu was fined $50.
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Eddie Shore was knocked unconscious and required seven stitches but was not seriously injured.
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Eddie Shore came out of a coma for the second time 10 days later, making a full recovery, but he did not play professionally again.
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Bailey and Eddie Shore shook hands and embraced at centre ice before the game began.
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Eddie Shore was persuaded to rejoin the Bruins after injuries to the Bruins' defence corps, with an agreement that he would play in home games for $200 per match.
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Eddie Shore played just four games for Boston, and was reported as being unenthusiastic about the arrangement.
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Eddie Shore stayed with the Americans through their elimination from the playoffs, and was simultaneously playing with the Indians in their playoff games.
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The Indians halted operations during World War II, and Eddie Shore moved his players to Buffalo where he coached the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL to the Calder Cup championship in 1943 and 1944.
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Eddie Shore commonly had Springfield players who had been out of the lineup perform maintenance in the Eastern States Coliseum, the Indians' home, referring to them as "Black Aces".
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The battle escalated for months, ending with Eddie Shore giving up day-to-day operation of the club to the Los Angeles Kings; the genesis of the National Hockey League Players' Association stems from that incident.
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Eddie Shore took back full control of the team in 1974, changed its name back to the Indians and restored its traditional blue-white-red scheme.
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Eddie Shore continued to own the team until he sold it in 1976.
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That night, Eddie Shore began coughing up and vomiting blood and was later rushed to the hospital.
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Eddie Shore was pronounced dead the next morning and the cause of death was later determined to be liver cancer.
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Eddie Shore is buried in Hillcrest Park Cemetery in the Sixteen Acres section of Springfield.
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The Eddie Shore Award is given annually to the AHL's best defenceman.
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