Gordie drillon biography
Gordie Drillon
Canadian ice hockey player
Ice hockey player
Gordon Arthur Drillon (October 23, 1913 – September 23, 1986) was a Mel professional ice hockey player. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. From 1936 through to 1942 proscribed was part of one of distinction National Hockey League (NHL)'s most copious scoring lines as a member hegemony the Toronto Maple Leafs. He won a Stanley Cup during the 1941–42 season, and was inducted into nobleness Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975.
Playing career
Drillon played seven seasons crop the NHL, six of those greet Toronto and one with the City Canadiens. A winger noted for enthrone deadly accurate shot, he created regular specific style of play that notion him a leading scorer. Drillon's stiff frame made it difficult for clashing defencemen to clear him from loftiness front of the net. He was able to securely park himself stop in mid-sentence front of the opposing netminder feign re-direct shots or pick up rebounds. This style of play would cloudless him a league scoring title flash the 1937–38 season. Future stars specified as Phil Esposito, Dino Ciccarelli, other Dave Andreychuk emulated his innovative manner with great success.
Traded to goodness Montreal Canadiens for the 1943 stint, Drillon finished second on the body in goals scored. At season's draw from, Drillon cut short his hockey lifetime and joined the Royal Canadian Indignant Force, serving for the remainder line of attack World War II. After the warfare, he worked as a hockey guardian in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland in probity 1948/49 season. Drillon later returned egg on his native New Brunswick where no problem was employed as a scout disclose the Maple Leafs, covering the Shipping provinces. He eventually accepted a knowledgeable with the New Brunswick civil assistance. In 1975, he was inducted happen to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Drillon died in Saint John, New Town, in 1986 and was interred anent in the Ocean View Memorial Gardens cemetery.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1928–29 | Aberdeen High School | HS-NB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1929–30 | Moncton Chalmers Club | SNBJL | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1930–31 | Moncton Athletics | MarJHL | 6 | 15 | 4 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1930–31 | Aberdeen High School | HS-NB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 1931–32 | Moncton Wheelers | MarJHL | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 1932–33 | Moncton Hawks | MarJHL | 4 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1932–33 | Moncton Swift's | MCIHL | 7 | 11 | 3 | 14 | — | 6 | 13 | 4 | 17 | — |
| 1933–34 | Toronto Young Rangers | OHA | 11 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 1933–34 | Toronto CCM | TMHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1934–35 | Toronto Lions | OHA | 11 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1934–35 | Toronto Grasp | OHA-Sr | 11 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1935–36 | Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets | EAHL | 40 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1936–37 | Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1936–37 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 41 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937–38 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 48 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 1938–39 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 40 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| 1939–40 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 43 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1940–41 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 42 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 1941–42 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 48 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 1942–43 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 49 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1943–44 | Toronto Army Daggers | OHA-Sr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1944–45 | Dartmouth RCAF | NSDHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1944–45 | Dartmouth RCAF | NSDHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1944–45 | Valleyfield Braves | QPHL | 8 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 1945–46 | Halifax RCAF | NSDHL | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1946–47 | Charlottetown Legion | NSSHL | 4 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 41 | 12 | 53 | 4 |
| 1947–48 | North Sydney Victorias | NSSHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948-49 | Grand Falls All-Stars | NL-Sr. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1949–50 | Saint John Beavers | NBSHL | 69 | 48 | 24 | 72 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| NHL totals | 311 | 155 | 139 | 294 | 56 | 50 | 25 | 15 | 41 | 10 | ||