# Johnny Quilty

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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1921-1969)}}
{{for|the Australian cricketer|John Quilty (cricketer)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Hockey_player_John_Quilty.png
| image_size = 180px
| position = [Center](/source/Center_(ice_hockey))
| played_for = [Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins)<br>[Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens)
| shoots = Left
| catches =  
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 180
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|1|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|9|12|1921|1|21}}
| death_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| career_start = 1940
| career_end = 1952
| halloffame = 
}}
'''John Francis Quilty''' (January 21, 1921 – September 12, 1969) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [professional](/source/professional) [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) [centre](/source/Centre_(ice_hockey)). He played 125 games in the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) (NHL) playing for the [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) and [Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins). He was awarded the [Calder Memorial Trophy](/source/Calder_Memorial_Trophy) in 1941, as the rookie of the year in the NHL. He was the son of [Silver Quilty](/source/Silver_Quilty).

==Biography==
Quilty was born in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario). He played junior hockey with [Glebe Collegiate](/source/Glebe_Collegiate) and the Ottawa St. Pats of the [Ottawa City Hockey League](/source/Ottawa_City_Hockey_League). He became a professional with the [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) in [1940-41](/source/1940%E2%80%9341_NHL_season). Quilty recorded 34 points in 48 games and was awarded the [Calder Memorial Trophy](/source/Calder_Memorial_Trophy). After two seasons with the Canadiens, he joined the [Royal Canadian Air Force](/source/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force) where he kept active in hockey playing on RCAF teams in Toronto and Vancouver. In [1946-47](/source/1946-47_NHL_season), Quilty returned with the Canadiens. He played three games with the Canadiens while also playing in the [American Hockey League](/source/American_Hockey_League) with the [Springfield Indians](/source/Springfield_Indians) and the [Buffalo Bisons](/source/Buffalo_Bisons_(AHL)). Quilty played part of the [1947-48 season](/source/1947%E2%80%9348_NHL_season) with the Canadiens before being traded to the [Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins). He suffered a compound fracture of his leg after six games with Boston and did not return to the [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League) again.

Quilty played senior hockey for one season afterward for the North Sydney Victorias. In 1949-50, he joined the [Ottawa RCAF Flyers](/source/Ottawa_RCAF_Flyers) for two seasons before joining the Ottawa Senators in the [Quebec Senior Hockey League](/source/Quebec_Senior_Hockey_League). Quilty would remain with the Senators until 1951-52 when he signed on with the Renfrew Millionaires of the East Coast Senior Hockey League. He was named the MVP of the ECSHL that year before retiring.

Quilty grew up watching the original [Ottawa Senators](/source/Ottawa_Senators_(original)) play at home, was the light-heavyweight [boxing](/source/boxing) champion of the [Ottawa Valley](/source/Ottawa_Valley) in 1939.<ref name="NA-25">{{cite news|title=Quilty Pleases Canucks|date=October 22, 1940|newspaper=Winnipeg Tribune|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=14|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-oct-22-1940-950324/}}{{free access}}</ref> He was the son of [Silver Quilty](/source/Silver_Quilty), a past president of the [Canadian Amateur Hockey Association](/source/Canadian_Amateur_Hockey_Association), and [Canadian Football Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Football_Hall_of_Fame) inductee.<ref name="Legends">{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14065|title=John Quilty|website=Legends of Hockey|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref>

Quilty died suddenly at his home in Ottawa on September 12, 1969, at age of 48.<ref name="Legends" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Johnny Quilty Dies|newspaper=The Ottawa Journal|page=1|location=Ottawa, Ontario|date=September 13, 1969|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27294849/the_ottawa_journal/|accessdate=January 16, 2019}}{{free access}}</ref> He was posthumously inducted into the [Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Ottawa_Sports_Hall_of_Fame).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawasportshalloffame.com/Inductees/tabid/1604/Default.aspx |title=Past Inductees |accessdate=2008-01-11 |publisher=Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412025633/http://www.ottawasportshalloffame.com/Inductees/tabid/1604/Default.aspx |archivedate=2008-04-12 }}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
*[Calder Memorial Trophy](/source/Calder_Memorial_Trophy) winner in [1941](/source/1940-41_NHL_season).
*Selected as ECSHL MVP in 1952.
*Inducted into the [Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Ottawa_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) in 1991.

==Career statistics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [Regular&nbsp;season](/source/regular_season)
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [Playoffs](/source/Playoffs)
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [Season](/source/Season_(sports))
! Team
! League
! GP
! [G](/source/Goal_(ice_hockey))
! [A](/source/Assist_(ice_hockey))
! [Pts](/source/Point_(ice_hockey))
! [PIM](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey))
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1936–37
| [Glebe Collegiate](/source/Glebe_Collegiate_Institute)
| High-ON
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1937–38
| Ottawa St. Pats
| [OCJHL](/source/Ottawa_City_Hockey_League)
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1938–39
| Ottawa St. Pats
| OCJHL
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1938–39](/source/1939_Memorial_Cup)
| Ottawa St. Pats
| [M-Cup](/source/Memorial_Cup)
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 5
| 11
| 5
| 16
| 0
|-
| 1939–40
| Ottawa St. Pats
| OCJHL
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1940–41](/source/1940%E2%80%9341_NHL_season)
| [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens)
| [NHL](/source/NHL)
| 48
| 18
| 16
| 34
| 31
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
|-
| [1941–42](/source/1941%E2%80%9342_NHL_season)
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 48
| 12
| 12
| 24
| 44
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1942–43
| Toronto RCAF
| [OHA-Sr.](/source/OHA_Senior_A_League_(1890%E2%80%931979))
| 9
| 6
| 9
| 15
| 12
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1943–44
| Vancouver RCAF
| NNDHL
| 14
| 12
| 14
| 26
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1945–46
| [Ottawa Senators](/source/Ottawa_Senators_(senior_hockey))
| [QSHL](/source/Quebec_Senior_Hockey_League)
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|-
| [1946–47](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_NHL_season)
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 9
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1946–47](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_AHL_season)
| [Buffalo Bisons](/source/Buffalo_Bisons_(AHL))
| [AHL](/source/American_Hockey_League)
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1946–47
| [Springfield Indians](/source/Springfield_Indians)
| AHL
| 46
| 17
| 15
| 32
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1947–48](/source/1947%E2%80%9348_NHL_season)
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 20
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1947–48
| [Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins)
| NHL
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1948–49
| North Sydney Victorias
| CBSHL
| 31
| 5
| 15
| 20
| 18
| 6
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 0
|-
| 1949–50
| [Ottawa RCAF Flyers](/source/Ottawa_RCAF_Flyers)
| ECSHL
| 27
| 10
| 12
| 22
| 6
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1950–51
| Ottawa RCAF Flyers
| ECSHL
| 38
| 0
| 12
| 12
| 54
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 14
|-
| 1950–51
| Ottawa Senators
| QMHL
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1951–52
| Ottawa Senators
| QMHL
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1951–52
| Renfrew Millionaires
| ECSHL
| 40
| 9
| 27
| 36
| 52
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 10
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 125
! 36
! 34
! 70
! 81
! 13
! 3
! 5
! 8
! 9
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | ECSHL totals
! 105
! 19
! 51
! 70
! 112
! 15
! 4
! 8
! 12
! 26
|}

==Transactions==
* November 19, 1946 - Traded to the [Springfield Indians](/source/Springfield_Indians) by the [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) ([Buffalo Bisons](/source/Buffalo_Bisons_(AHL))).
* March 3, 1947 - Traded to the Montreal Canadiens by the Springfield Indians for cash.
* December 16, 1947 - Traded to the [Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins) by the Montreal Canadiens with [Jimmy Peters](/source/Jimmy_Peters%2C_Sr.) for [Joe Carveth](/source/Joe_Carveth).

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats}}

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{{succession box | before = [Kilby MacDonald](/source/Kilby_MacDonald) | title = Winner of the [Calder Memorial Trophy](/source/Calder_Memorial_Trophy) | years = [1941](/source/1940%E2%80%9341_NHL_season) | after = [Grant Warwick](/source/Grant_Warwick) }}
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Category:Canadian ice hockey centres
Category:Ice hockey people from Ottawa
Category:Military personnel from Ottawa
Category:Montreal Canadiens players
Category:Ottawa Senators (QSHL) players
Category:Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II
Category:Springfield Indians players

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