Walter Gerard Buswell (November 6, 1907 — October 16, 1991), was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League between 1932 and 1940 for the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens.
| Walter Buswell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
November 6, 1907 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Died |
October 16, 1991 (aged 83) Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens | ||
| Playing career | 1931–1940 | ||
Complexe Walter-Buswell, a building with two hockey rinks in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada, is named after Buswell.[1]
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1929–30 | Montreal CPR | MRTHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | Montreal St. Francis Xavier | MCHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1931–32 | Chicago Shamrocks | AHA | 48 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1932–33 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 46 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1933–34 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1934–35 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 47 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1934–35 | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1936–37 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 44 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1937–38 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 48 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1938–39 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 46 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1939–40 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 46 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1940–41 | Joliette Cyclones | QPHL | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| NHL totals | 368 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 164 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Complexe Walter-Buswell - Arénas" (in French). Ville de Saint-Eustache. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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