22 Facts About Frank Boucher

Francois Xavier "Raffles" Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive.

Frank Boucher played the forward position for the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and the Vancouver Maroons in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association between 1921 and 1938, and again from 1943 to 1944.

Frank Boucher later became coach and the general manager of the New York Rangers between 1939 and 1955.

Frank Boucher won the Stanley Cup three times, all with the Rangers: in 1928 and 1933 as a player, and in 1940 as the coach.

Frank Boucher inherited some of his athletic ability from his father Tom, who played rugby football both for Ottawa College and for the Ottawa Rough Riders, winning Canadian championships in 1894,1896,1897 and 1901, playing alongside Tom "King" Clancy, whose son was the famous hockey player King Clancy.

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Frank Boucher recalls receiving his first pair of skates at age six for Christmas, double-runners which he promptly fell from and never used again.

Frank Boucher attended Crichton Public School but dropped out of school at age thirteen.

Frank Boucher took a job as an office boy with the federal government munitions department for the duration of World War I After World War I, Boucher joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and moved west.

Frank Boucher never played for the Bruins as Conn Smythe then paid the Bruins $1500 for Boucher, on the advice of Bill Cook, whom he'd played against out west, but would play with during his time with the Rangers.

Frank Boucher became a member of the original New York Rangers team.

Frank Boucher centered the famous Bread Line with the brothers Bill and Bun Cook, and together they helped the Rangers win the Stanley Cup in 1928 and 1933, reaching the Finals in 1932.

Frank Boucher was not only a brilliant forward, but was one of the game's classiest.

Frank Boucher was then given the trophy outright, and Lady Byng donated another trophy to the NHL.

Frank Boucher stepped down from coaching to concentrate on his manager's job and hired Lynn Patrick, Lester's son and an ex-teammate, to coach the Rangers, and Lynn came very close to winning the Stanley Cup in 1950, proving Boucher astute in hiring him as coach.

Frank Boucher then hired Muzz Patrick, another son of Lester and ex-teammate, to coach the team, but the Rangers won only 17 games and missed the playoffs again.

Frank Boucher thought it over, realizing that it was better than being fired.

Frank Boucher then typed his resignation and handed it in to the General, ending his 29-year association with the Rangers.

Frank Boucher served as commissioner of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League from 1959 to 1966.

Frank Boucher proposed to establish a junior hockey league of the best twelve teams in Canada sponsored by the NHL, and to compete for a trophy at a higher tier than the Memorial Cup.

Frank Boucher threatened to withdraw the SJHL from the Memorial Cup playoffs, due to the "unfair domination of western junior hockey by the Edmonton Oil Kings", since they had the pick of all the players from Alberta and used loopholes in rules to import stronger players.

In 1974, Frank Boucher wrote When the Rangers Were Young, a book about his experiences with the old-time Broadway Blueshirts, giving him one last moment of fame during his lifetime.

Frank Boucher died of cancer on December 12,1977, in the town of Kemptville, Ontario, near Ottawa, at the age of 76.