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Dick Carroll

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Dick Carroll
Carroll in the 1917–18 season.
Born
Richard Leo Carroll

(1885-04-28)April 28, 1885
DiedJanuary 20, 1952(1952-01-20) (aged 66)
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
OccupationIce hockey coach
SpouseMyrtle Kilpatrick (m. 1913)

Richard Leo Carroll (April 28, 1885 – January 20, 1952) was a Canadian ice hockey coach. He led the Toronto team in the National Hockey League to the Stanley Cup championship in 1918 and the Toronto Canoe Club junior hockey team to the Memorial Cup win in 1920.

Biography

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From Guelph, Ontario, Carroll worked with the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association. He won the Stanley Cup with his brother Frank as a trainer in 1914. In December, 1917 Richard was then asked by Charlie Querrie to be coach and assistant manager of the new Toronto NHL franchise. The team won the Stanley Cup in its first year, but even with largely the same lineup, struggled badly in 1918–19 (now under the name the Toronto Arenas), finishing with five wins and 13 losses. Carroll was replaced as coach after that season.

In 1919–20, Carroll coached the Toronto Dental Society senior team in the Ontario Hockey Association and the Toronto Canoe Club junior team that won the 1920 Memorial Cup. In 1920–21 and 1921–22, he coached the Toronto Aura Lee senior team.

Caroll then coached the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the United States Amateur Hockey Association, leading them to two championships in 1924 and 1925. He then coached the Duluth Hornets of the American Hockey Association for two seasons (1926 to 1928) and the Tulsa Oilers for three seasons (1928 to 1931). Over his first five years as a coach in the AHA, Carroll's teams finished in first place four times. Staying in the AHA, Carroll coached the St. Louis Flyers (1931–32) and the Oklahoma City Warriors (1933–34), but both teams had losing records.

He was also a football and boxing coach, and was manager of the Guelph Maple Leafs baseball team of the Intercounty Baseball League, winning the league championship in 1928.[1]

Caroll died in Guelph after being confined to hospital with a heart condition. He was 66 years old.

Coaching record

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National Hockey League

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Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
Toronto Hockey Club 1917-18 22 13 9 0 26 2nd in NHL Won O'Brien Trophy (10-7 vs. MTL)
Won Stanley Cup (3-2 vs. VAN)
Toronto Hockey Club 1918-19 18 5 13 0 10 3rd in NHL Did not qualify
NHL totals 40 18 22 0 36 4-3 (0.571 - 1 Stanley Cup)

United States Amateur Hockey Association

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Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets 1923-24 20 15 5 0 30 1st in Western Finished 1st in division final round-robin (4-1-1)
Won Fellowes Cup (4-1 vs. BOS)
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets 1924-25 20 15 3 2 32 1st in Western Won division final (4-0 vs. EVE)
Won Fellowes Cup (4-0 vs. FP)
USAHA totals 40 30 8 2 62 2 division titles 16-2-1 (0.868 - 2 Fellowes Cups)

Central Amateur Hockey League

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Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
Duluth Hornets 1925-26 36 18 14 4 40 2nd in CAHL Won league semi-finals (10-9 vs. WPG)
Lost league final (0-3 vs. MIN)
CAHL totals 36 18 14 4 40 2-4-2 (0.429)

American Hockey Association

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Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
Duluth Hornets 1926-27 38 20 10 8 48 1st in AHA Won Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (3-0 vs. MIN)
Duluth Hornets 1927-28 40 18 9 13 49 1st in AHA Lost Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (0-1-4 vs. MIN)
Tulsa Oilers 1928-29 40 23 9 8 54 1st in AHA Won Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (2-0-2 vs. STP)
Tulsa Oilers 1929-30 48 18 14 16 52 3rd in AHA Won league semi-finals (2-1-1 vs. DUL
Lost Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (6-8 vs. KC)
Tulsa Oilers 1930-31 48 30 15 3 60 1st in AHA Won Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (3-1 vs. KC)
St. Louis Flyers 1931-32 48 18 22 8 36 4th in AHA Did not qualify
Oklahoma City Warriors 1933-34 48 16 30 2 32 4th in AHA Did not qualify
AHA totals 310 143 109 58 331 12-5-8 (0.640 - 3 Harry F. Sinclair Trophies)

International Hockey League

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Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
Windsor Bulldogs 1935-36 48 18 19 11 47 3rd in Western Won league quarter-finals (4-3 vs. LDN)
Won league semi-finals (2-1 vs. BUF)
Lost league finals (0-3 vs. DET)
IHL totals 48 18 19 11 47 3-4-1 (0.438)

References

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  1. ^ "Dick Carroll: Noted coach directed Toronto St. Patrick's (sic)," The Globe and Mail, January 21, 1952, p. 14
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Preceded by
Position created
Head coach of the Toronto Arenas
1917–19
Succeeded by