Ebenezer Robertson Goodfellow (April 9, 1907 – September 10, 1985) was a Canadian professional

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player and coach. Goodfellow played in the

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(NHL) for fourteen seasons with the

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from

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as both a

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and

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. Goodfellow helped the Red Wings win three

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s, back to back in 1935–36 and 1936–37, and another in 1942–43. He was captain of the Wings for five seasons, including winning the first Red Wings MVP as a defenseman in 1939-40. He played on the team until 1942 when he was succeeded by

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. Goodfellow was the first Red Wing to have won the NHL's

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(MVP) for the 1939–40 season. Goodfellow was the first Red Wing to receive this award and one of only four Red Wings in history to win the Hart; the other three being six-time winner

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(1949) and

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(1994). After retiring from playing, Goodfellow coached in the

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(AHL) and later with the

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of the NHL.

Hockey career

While still a junior, Goodfellow signed a contract with the professional

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of the

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on December 25, 1924. When Saskatoon called him up in December 1926, he refused to report and played senior hockey with the

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of the

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instead. While playing in Ottawa, his professional rights were traded to

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of the AHL for $4,000 in February 1927. Goodfellow remained in Ottawa and was a member of the Montagnards' 1927–28 senior championship team. In 1928, he joined the Olympics and played with the club for one season. The following year, he signed with the Detroit Cougars of the NHL, starting a fourteen-year career in the NHL with the franchise. Goodfellow was a high-scoring forward and the original center in a famous line with

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and

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. During the 1930–31 season, he scored 25 goals (a franchise record that stood for fourteen years) and 48 points and was second to

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in overall league scoring. After three seasons Ebbie switched to defence for the benefit of the team. Position switches were (and are) rare in the NHL, but it was as a defenceman that he won the Hart Memorial Trophy in

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and three All-Star Teams. Goodfellow displayed even more versatility during the 1942–43 season. He missed most of the season due to injury, but when coach

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was suspended during the 1943 playoffs, Goodfellow agreed to serve as coach during the suspension. Detroit went on to win the Stanley Cup in 1943, and Goodfellow's name was engraved on the Cup for a third and final time. He was one of the last NHL players to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup as both player and coach as league rules changed and playing coaches were eliminated. Goodfellow retired to the private sector the following season after knee problems began to slow him down. At the start of the 1947-48 season he was persuaded out of retirement by the St. Louis Flyers of the

(AHL). In his two years as coach of the Flyers, Ebbie was able to lead them from last place to the AHL Western Division Championship, the team's highest achievement at that time. Succeeding

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, Goodfellow became the coach of the

for the seasons of 1950–51 and 1951–52. After little success with the Black Hawks, Goodfellow finally retired from the NHL for good. Goodfellow was a founding member of the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association, a charitable organization formed in 1959 and still in operation today. Goodfellow was inducted into the

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in 1963 and served for twenty-one years on the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee. He was an avid golfer and one time caddy master at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He died of cancer on September 10, 1985 in

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and is buried at White Chapel Cemetery in Troy, Michigan.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Champion.

Awards

NHL Second All-Star Team The National Hockey League All-Star teams were first named at the end of the 1930–31 NHL season, to honor the best performers over the season at each position. Representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote for the all-st ...

- 1935–36 *

NHL First All-Star Team The National Hockey League All-Star teams were first named at the end of the 1930–31 NHL season, to honor the best performers over the season at each position. Representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote for the all-st ...

- 1936–37, 1939–40 *

(MVP) - 1939–40 *

- 1963 *

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- 1968

Coaching record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodfellow, Ebbie 1907 births 1985 deaths Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Blackhawks coaches Detroit Cougars players Detroit Falcons players Detroit Red Wings captains Detroit Red Wings players Hart Memorial Trophy winners Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Ice hockey people from Ottawa Stanley Cup champions