James Norman "Norm, Dutch" Gainor (April 10, 1904 – January 16, 1962) was a Canadian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

professional forward. Gainor was most notable for playing on the

Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...

' 1928 "Dynamite Line" with Cooney Weiland and

Dit Clapper Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper (February 9, 1907 – January 20, 1978) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Clapper played his entire professional career for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was inducted into the Ha ...

, one of the earliest "named" forward lines in

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

(NHL) history. Gainor started his NHL career with the Boston Bruins, later playing for the

Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators (french: Sénateurs d'Ottawa), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a membe ...

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...

and

Montreal Maroons The Montreal Maroons (officially the Montreal Professional Hockey Club) were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL). They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935. They were the las ...

. His career started in

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and would retire in 1935. He was a member of two Stanley Cup-winning teams in his career, once with Boston in

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and again with the Maroons in 1935. Gainor scored his first NHL goal on November 29, 1927. It occurred in Boston's 4-0 victory over the Montreal Maroons.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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* 1904 births 1962 deaths Boston Bruins players Calgary Tigers players Canadian ice hockey centres Duluth Hornets players Ice hockey people from Alberta Montreal Maroons players New York Rangers players Ottawa Senators (1917) players Ottawa Senators (original) players Portland Buckaroos players Saskatoon Sheiks players Sportspeople from Calgary Springfield Indians players Stanley Cup champions {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1900s-stub