Edwin Walter Chadwick (born May 8, 1933) is a Canadian retired
ice hockey
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goaltender
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who played in the
National Hockey League
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for the
Toronto Maple Leafs
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and the
Boston Bruins
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between 1955 and 1962. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1952 to 1968, was spent in various minor leagues.
Playing career
Chadwick started his NHL career in the
1955–56 season by playing five games for the Toronto Maple Leafs as a replacement for injured future-
hall-of-famer Harry Lumley. Over the next two seasons Chadwick would play 140 consecutive regular season games, which is still a Leafs team record. However Chadwick's success in the NHL was short-lived, as his playing time dropped off and he was shipped down to the
Rochester Americans
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of the
American Hockey League
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. Chadwick only managed to play four more NHL games, as a member of 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 ...
in
1961–62. Chadwick would play the remainder of his days in the AHL, first for the
Hershey Bears
The Hershey Bears are a professional ice hockey team based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a town located 14 miles east of the state capital of Harrisburg. The current Bears club has played in the American Hockey League since the 1938–39 season maki ...
, and then the
Buffalo Bisons
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before retiring in 1968.
Scouting career
Sometime after he retired from playing he became a scout for the
Edmonton Oilers
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. He won 5
Stanley Cups rings with them 1984–85–87–88–90, and his name was put on the Stanley Cup
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
,
1987
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, and
1990
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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Awards
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AHL First All-Star Team (1960)
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AHL Second All-Star team (1961, 1965)
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Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Winner for fewest goals allowed in the AHL (1960)
*
NHL
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-
Stanley Cup (
Edmonton
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) (1987, 1990)
External links
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1933 births
Living people
Boston Bruins players
Buffalo Bisons (AHL) players
Buffalo Sabres coaches
Buffalo Sabres scouts
California Golden Seals
Edmonton Oilers scouts
Hershey Bears players
Kingston Frontenacs (EPHL) players
New York Islanders scouts
Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players
People from Centre Wellington
Pittsburgh Penguins scouts
Rochester Americans players
Stanley Cup champions
Toronto Maple Leafs players
Toronto St. Michael's Majors players
Winnipeg Warriors (minor pro) players
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Canadian ice hockey coaches