William Edward Bell (June 10, 1891 – June 3, 1952) was a
Canadian professional
ice hockey player.
Career
Bell played four seasons in the
National Hockey Association and six in the
National Hockey League for the
Montreal Wanderers,
Montreal Canadiens and
Ottawa Senators. He won the
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
in
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
with the Canadiens.
After his retirement as a player, Bell went on to become an NHL referee. At the end of Game 4 of the
1927 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1927 Stanley Cup Finals was played by the 1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Ottawa Senators and the 1926–27 Boston Bruins season, Boston Bruins. It was the first time the Cup was solely contested by National Hockey League teams, owing to the ...
, Bell was tackled by
Boston Bruins defenseman
Billy Coutu. Coutu also went after Bell's referee colleague Jerry Laflamme and was subsequently banned from the league for life.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
External links
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References
Notes
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1891 births
1952 deaths
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian ice hockey centres
Ice hockey people from Montreal
Montreal Canadiens players
Montreal Wanderers (NHA) players
Montreal Wanderers (NHL) players
Ottawa Senators (1917) players
Ottawa Senators (NHA) players
Ottawa Senators (original) players
People from Lachine, Quebec
Stanley Cup champions