John Georges "Buck" Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey Association and National Hockey League between 1915 and 1932.
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Georges Boucher started his professional athletic career in football as halfback for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League.
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In October 1916 Georges Boucher enlisted with the Canadian military, joining the 207th Battalion, though he was discharged in December that year for unclear reasons.
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Georges Boucher re-enlisted in May 1917, this time joining the Signal Training Department.
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Buck's son, Frank Georges Boucher, was the head coach of Canada's 1948 Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey team – the Ottawa RCAF Flyers.
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Georges Boucher started play with the Senators, then of the NHA, in 1915.
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Georges Boucher helped lead the Senators to four Stanley Cup champtionships between 1920 and 1927.
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Georges Boucher played in the NHL from 1917 to 1932, scoring 117 goals and 87 recorded assists in 449 games.
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Georges Boucher suffered from throat cancer for six years and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1960, three weeks before he died.
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