Douglas Wagner Bentley ( English Douglas Wagner Bentley , September 3, 1916 , Delille, Saskatchewan , Canada - November 24, 1972 , Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada ) - Canadian hockey player , left winger. He spent 13 seasons in the National Hockey League , played for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers .
 Doug Bentley | ||
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| Position | leftmost | |
| Growth | 173 cm | |
| Weight | 66 kg | |
| Grab | left | |
| Citizenship |  Canada | |
| Born | September 3, 1916 | |
| Died | November 24, 1972 (56 years old) | |
| In the Hall of Fame since 1964 | ||
| Clubs | ||
| Drumler Miners (AVHL) Saskatoon Quakers (TPHL) Chicago Black Hawks New york rangers | ||
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Game career
Dag Bentley was born on September 3, 1916 in Delilah ( Saskatchewan ), in a large family. His father Bill, a native of Yorkshire ( England ), who emigrated to the United States as a child, was a North Dakota ice skating champion and taught his sons to play hockey on their family farm.
Bentley began his career in the hockey league of Saskatchewan. In the 1938/39 season, playing for the Alberta Drumler Miners hockey league team, he comes to the attention of the Chicago Black Hawks hosts. He spends the next season already as a player of the basic structure of "Chicago".
In 1940, the Black Hawks signed Doug Max's brother, with whom they will spend in the top three 5 seasons. The third in their link was Bill Mosienko . Max Bentley, with his 175 centimeters, turned out to be the highest of this trio of strikers in Chicago, called the Pony Line.
During the Second World War, many teams began to experience personnel problems and Chicago was no exception. In the 1942/43 season, Doug and Max convinced the Black Hawks leadership to sign their brother Reg. January 1, 1943 the three Bentley brothers first came to the NHL venue, and at the end of the season, Doug became the top scorer in the regular season.
In 1947, Max Bentley ended up at the Toronto Maple Leafs as a result of the exchange. Doug, shocked by the exchange of his brother, thought about ending his career, but thought he could play another good season. Doug spent 4 more full-fledged seasons and only injuries forced him to leave the NHL in the 1951/52 season and go to the Saskatoon Quakers Pacific Hockey League team, where he took on the role of a playing coach.
In 1953, Doug Bentley, for the sake of being able to play with his brother Max, agreed to the New York Rangers offer and signed a one-year contract, but played only 20 matches and returned to the Saskatoon Quakers.
In 1964, Doug Bentley was inducted into the Toronto Hockey Hall of Fame .
Awards and Achievements
- NHL top scorer: 1943
- Member of matches of all stars of the NHL (5): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951
- Member of the Toronto Hockey Hall of Fame: 1964
- Included at number 73 in the list of 100 best players of the National Hockey League of all time according to The Hockey News ( 1998 ).
Club career
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | AND | G | P | ABOUT | PC | AND | G | P | ABOUT | PC | ||
| 1938/39 | Drumler Miners | AVHL | 32 | 24 | 29th | 53 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1939/40 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 39 | 12 | 7 | nineteen | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1940/41 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 46 | eight | 20 | 28 | 12 | five | one | one | 2 | four | ||
| 1941/42 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 38 | 12 | 14 | 26 | eleven | 3 | 0 | one | one | four | ||
| 1942/43 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 50 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1943/44 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 50 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 22 | 9 | eight | four | 12 | four | ||
| 1945/46 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 36 | nineteen | 21 | 40 | sixteen | four | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1946/47 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 52 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1947/48 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 60 | 20 | 37 | 57 | sixteen | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1948/49 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 58 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1949/50 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 64 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1950/51 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 44 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1951/52 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | eight | 2 | 3 | five | four | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1951/52 | Saskatoon Quakers | TPHL | 35 | eleven | 14 | 25 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1952/53 | Saskatoon Quakers | Zhl | 70 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 1953/54 | New york rangers | NHL | 20 | 2 | ten | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total in the NHL | 565 | 219 | 324 | 543 | 217 | 23 | 9 | eight | 17 | 12 | ||||