Reg Hamilton

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}} {{for|the American basketball player|Reggie Hamilton}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | position = Defence | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 180 | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|4|29}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|6|12|1914|4|29}} | death_place = | played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs <br>Chicago Black Hawks | career_start = 1934 | career_end = 1948 }} '''Reginald James Hamilton''' (April 29, 1914 – June 12, 1991) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach. Hamilton played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks between 1935 and 1946. He won the Stanley Cup twice with the Maple Leafs, in 1942 and 1945.

==Playing career== Hamilton started his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1935. He also played with the Chicago Black Hawks for two seasons, 1945–1947. He was a player and head coach of the Kansas City Pla-Mors 1947–48 of the USHL, was the head coach for the Pla-Mors 1948–49, and retired from hockey for a few years before returning to Toronto to take over as the head coach of the Toronto Marlboroughs 1953–54.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1930–31 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 8 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 8 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1931–32 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 10 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 10 | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 18 |- | 1932–33 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 10 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 45 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1933–34 | St. Michael's Majors | OHA | 5 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 12 | 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 12 |- | 1933–34 | Toronto CCM | TMHL | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1933–34 | St. Michael's Majors | M-Cup | — || — || — || — || — | 13 || 4 || 12 || 16 || 46 |- | 1934–35 | Syracuse Stars | IHL | 40 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 38 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1935–36 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1935–36 | Syracuse Stars | IHL | 40 || 4 || 19 || 23 || 86 | 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1936–37 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 39 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 32 | 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | 1936–37 | Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 9 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1937–38 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 45 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 43 | 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | 1938–39 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 48 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 54 | 10 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1939–40 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 23 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 23 | 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 1940–41 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 46 || 3 || 12 || 15 || 59 | 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 13 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1941–42 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 22 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 27 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1942–43 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 48 || 4 || 17 || 21 || 68 | 6 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 9 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1943–44 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 39 || 4 || 12 || 16 || 32 | 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 8 |- | 1944–45 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 50 || 3 || 12 || 15 || 41 | 13 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1945–46 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 48 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 31 | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | 1946–47 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 10 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1946–47 | Kansas City Pla-Mors | USHL | 26 || 0 || 10 || 10 || 30 | 10 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 0 |- | 1947–48 | Kansas City Pla-Mors | USHL | 14 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 425 !! 21 !! 87 !! 108 !! 412 ! 64 !! 3 !! 8 !! 11 !! 46 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{icehockeystats}} * {{Find a Grave|8470631}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Reg}} Category:1914 births Category:1991 deaths Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:Chicago Blackhawks players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Kansas City Pla-Mors players Category:Ice hockey people from Toronto Category:Stanley Cup champions Category:Syracuse Stars (AHL) players Category:Syracuse Stars (IHL) players Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players Category:Toronto Marlboros players Category:Toronto St. Michael's Majors players Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen