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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Toe Blake<br />{{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} | image =ToeBlakeChex.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Blake in the 1960s | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 162 | played_for = [[Montreal Maroons]]<br>[[Montreal Canadiens]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1912|8|21}} | birth_place =[[Walden, Ontario|Victoria Mines, Ontario]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1995|5|17|1912|8|21}} | death_place = [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada | career_start = 1934 | career_end = 1951 | halloffame = 1966 }} '''Joseph Hector''' "'''Toe'''" '''Blake''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (August 21, 1912 β May 17, 1995) was a Canadian [[ice hockey]] [[Player (game)|player]] and [[Coach (ice hockey)|coach]] in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). Blake played in the NHL from 1935 to 1948 with the [[Montreal Maroons]] and [[Montreal Canadiens]]. He led the NHL in scoring in [[1938β39 NHL season|1939]], while also winning the [[Hart Trophy]] for most valuable player, and served as [[captain (ice hockey)|captain]] of the Canadiens from 1940 to his retirement. He won the [[Stanley Cup]] three times as a player: in [[1935 Stanley Cup Finals|1935]] with the Maroons, and in [[1944 Stanley Cup Finals|1944]] and [[1946 Stanley Cup Finals|1946]] with the Canadiens. While with the Canadiens Blake played on a line with [[Elmer Lach]] and [[Maurice Richard]] which was dubbed the [[Punch line (ice hockey)|Punch line]], as all three were highly-skilled players. In 2017 Blake was named one of the '[[100 Greatest NHL Players]]' in history. He was also known as "'''The Old Lamplighter'''"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toe Blake |url=https://www.hhof.com/HonouredMembers/MemberDetails.html?type=Player&mem=P196602&list=ByName}}</ref> due to his skill for putting the puck in the net. Blake retired as a player in 1951, and soon after turned to coaching. After several years in lower leagues he was named the Canadiens' coach in 1955, and would remain in that role until his retirement in 1968. As coach of the Canadiens he won the Stanley Cup a further eight times, and helped Montreal become one of the most dominant teams in NHL history. ==Early life== Blake was one of 13 children to Wilmer and ArzΓ©lie Blake (11 survived childhood).<ref>{{harvnb|Logothetis|2020|p=10}}</ref> Wilmer (born 1874) was originally from [[Massachusetts]] and had moved to Canada around 1896, and was of English and Irish ancestry.<ref>{{harvnb|Logothetis|2020|p=13}}</ref> ArzΓ©lie was born in [[Buckingham, Quebec]] in 1877; her family, the Filions, had arrived in Quebec in the 17th century.<ref>{{harvnb|Logothetis|2020|p=14}}</ref> Wilmer and ArzΓ©lie married in 1898, and shortly after moved to [[Sudbury, Ontario]] for work.<ref>{{harvnb|Logothetis|2020|p=11}}</ref> Soon after Blake's birth the family moved to [[Nickel Centre|Coniston]], as the mine Wilmer had been working at was slowly closing.<ref>{{harvnb|Logothetis|2020|p=12}}</ref> ==Playing career== [[File:Punch Line.jpg|thumb|250 px|The Punch line: Maurice Richard (bottom left), Elmer Lach (centre), and Toe Blake (bottom right)]] Blake played junior and senior hockey in the Sudbury area and was part of the 1932 [[Memorial Cup]] champions, the [[Sudbury Cub Wolves]]. He played for the [[Hamilton Tigers (OHA)|Hamilton Tigers]] of the [[Ontario Hockey Association]] during the 1934β35 season before he signed with the [[Montreal Maroons]] of the [[National Hockey League]] on February 22, 1935; he made his NHL debut two days later on February 24, against the [[Chicago Black Hawks]].<ref>{{harvnb|Coleman|1969|p=238}}</ref> Blake played eight games with the Maroons in the [[1934β35 NHL season|1934β35 season]], but was held scoreless; he did not play in any of the team's playoff games, but when the Maroons won the [[Stanley Cup]], Blake's name was added to the trophy. Blake then played for the Canadiens until his retirement in [[1947β48 NHL season|1948]]. He won the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] as the NHL's [[Most Valuable Player]] in [[1938β39 NHL season|1938β39]]; that same year he was also the league [[Art Ross Trophy|scoring champion]] with 47 points. For the last eight seasons, he was team [[Captain (ice hockey)|captain]], and led the Canadiens to [[Stanley Cup]]s in [[1943β44 NHL season|1944]] and [[1945β46 NHL season|1946]]. In the latter year, in which he incurred only one minor penalty, he became the first Canadien ever to win the [[Lady Byng Memorial Trophy]] for sportsmanship, which only [[Mats NΓ€slund]] has replicated since as of 2022 (in [[1987β88 NHL season|1987β88]]). While playing with the Canadiens, he was part of a trio called the "[[Punch line (hockey)|Punch Line]]," with [[Elmer Lach]] at centre and [[Maurice Richard]] at right wing. He scored the [[Stanley Cup]]-clinching goal in the [[1944 Stanley Cup Finals]] at 9:12 of the first overtime of game four, helping the Canadiens complete a four-game sweep of the [[Chicago Blackhawks]]. [[1944β45 NHL season|The following season]], the Punch Line became the second set of linemates ever to finish first, second, and third in NHL scoring in one season (Lach had 80 points, Richard 73, and Blake 67). They followed the [[Boston Bruins]]' [[Kraut line|Kraut Line]] of [[1939β40 NHL season|1939β40]], and would be followed by the [[Detroit Red Wings]]' [[Production Line (ice hockey)|Production Line]] in [[1949β50 NHL season|1949β50]]. [[File: Toe Blake.png|thumb|right|Toe Blake]] During a loss to the [[New York Rangers]] on January 11, 1948,<ref name=break>{{cite web|title=Our History 1947-1948|url=http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/season/1947-1948|publisher=Montreal Canadiens|access-date=February 9, 2015|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222113815/http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/season/1947-1948|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=HHOF /> Blake collided with Rangers' skater [[Bill Juzda]], awkwardly hit the boards and suffered a double fracture of his ankle, ending his NHL career.<ref name=Christie>{{harvnb|Christie|1995|p=E6}}</ref><ref name=HHOF>{{cite web|title=Spotlight: One on one with Toe Blake|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep196602.shtml|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|access-date=February 9, 2015|date=January 2, 2009}}</ref> In 1998, he was ranked number 66 on ''[[The Hockey News]]''β list of the NHL's 100 greatest players of all time to date.<ref>{{harvnb|Dryden|1997|p=139}}</ref> At the time of his retirement from the NHL Blake was second all-time in career scoring with 527 points, 21 points behind [[Bill Cowley]] for the all-time record. He had the all-time record for career points in the playoffs with 62 points in 58 games.<ref name="Hackel">{{harvnb|Hackel|2017}}</ref> ==Coaching career== After eight years coaching several of the Canadiens' minor-league affiliates, he was named head coach of the Canadiens on June 8, 1955, replacing [[Dick Irvin]].<ref>{{harvnb|Logothetis|2020|p=126}}</ref> Blake was fluently bilingual in English and French, and Canadiens management also felt that Richard's former linemate was better suited to control the star's explosive temper (which had led to a [[Richard Riot|riot]] the past spring). Blake coached the Canadiens for thirteen years, winning the [[Stanley Cup]] eight times β the most titles for any coach in the team's history, the most with one team,<ref name=top10>{{cite web|title=Top 10s - Coaches|url=http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/records/top10_coaches|publisher=Montreal Canadiens|access-date=February 9, 2015|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127100037/http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/records/top10_coaches|url-status=dead}}</ref> and second-most league-wide behind [[Scotty Bowman]], who won nine Stanley Cups in total (five Cups with the Canadiens, one with the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], and three with the [[Detroit Red Wings]].)<ref name=bowman>{{cite web|title=Once around Scotty Bowman's home, in what is normally...|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-08-29/sports/0208290225_1_toe-blake-coach-in-nhl-history-stanley-cup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210015556/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-08-29/sports/0208290225_1_toe-blake-coach-in-nhl-history-stanley-cup|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2015|access-date=February 9, 2015|date=August 29, 2002}}</ref> His 500 regular-season wins are still the most in Canadiens history.<ref name=top10 /> Notably, he won championships in each of his first five seasons as a head coach, this streak being an NHL record that stands to this day. The only other person to have performed a similar feat in his first five seasons as a coach or manager of any particular team in North American professional sports is [[Casey Stengel]] of the [[New York Yankees]], although unlike Blake's case the Yankees were not the first team Stengel managed. Blake retired after the Habs clinched the Cup in game four of the [[1968 Stanley Cup Finals|1968 Finals]], ending 33 consecutive years at ice level with the Canadiens organization. Blake turned down [[Jacques Plante]]'s request to wear a mask during games for fear that it would impair his vision. However, after a shot from Rangers player [[Andy Bathgate]] broke Plante's nose in a game on November 1, 1959, Blake finally relented.<ref name=Christie/> ==Personal life== Born in what is now the [[ghost town]] of [[Victoria Mines, Ontario|Victoria Mines]], Blake was raised playing outdoor hockey in the town of [[Coniston, Ontario|Coniston]] near the city of [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]] in [[Northern Ontario]]. His nickname came from a childhood experience: his younger sister had difficulty pronouncing his name, rendering it as something like "Hec-toe". Thus, the nickname "Toe" arose, and ultimately replaced the nickname he had been given as a scorer, the Old Lamplighter, because he often activated the light behind the goal.<ref name=Christie/> After retiring from the Canadiens, Blake and his family resided permanently in Montreal. In 1952, he opened Toe Blake's Tavern, at the corner of [[Guy Street]] and [[Saint Catherine Street]] in Montreal, just a few blocks from the [[Montreal Forum]].<ref name=Christie/><ref name=Tavern>{{cite web|title=Faubourg Building|url=http://archives.concordia.ca/faubourg-building|access-date=February 9, 2015|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210010451/http://archives.concordia.ca/faubourg-building|archive-date=February 10, 2015}}</ref> The tavern closed in 1983.<ref name=Tavern /> Blake suffered from [[Alzheimer's disease]] in his final years.<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite web|last1=Thomas Jr.|first1=Robert McG|title=Hector (Toe) Blake, 82, Is Dead; Coach of Canadiens Title Teams|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/18/obituaries/hector-toe-blake-82-is-dead-coach-of-canadiens-title-teams.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 9, 2015|date=May 18, 1995}}</ref> When respected writer [[Red Fisher (journalist)|Red Fisher]] visited him in the nursing home in 1989, Blake could not recognize his old friend. Blake died on May 17, 1995,<ref name="NYT obit" /> at the age of 82. He was the uncle of [[Mike Blake]]. ===Legacy=== Blake was elected to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1966 in the player category, and was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1982.<ref name=HHOF /> A park located next to his [[Montreal West]] home is named in his honour. In 2011, the community centre in Blake's hometown of [[Coniston, Ontario]], was renamed the "Toe Blake Memorial Arena" in his honour.<ref name="arena named">{{cite web|last1=Punch|first1=Rachel|title=Toe Blake honour long overdue|url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/2011/09/12/toe-blake-honour-long-overdue|publisher=Sudbury Star|access-date=February 9, 2015|date=September 13, 2011}}</ref> ==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 (sports)|Season]] ! Team ! League ! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]] ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1929β30 | Cochrane Dunlops | [[Northern Ontario Hockey Association|NOJHA]] | 7 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 4 | β || β || β || β || β |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1930β31 | [[Sudbury Cub Wolves]] | NOJHA | 6 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 12 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 |- | 1930β31 | Sudbury Industries | [[Northern Ontario Hockey Association|NOHA]] | 8 || 7 || 1 || 8 || 10 | 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1931 Memorial Cup|1930β31]] | Sudbury Cub Wolves | [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]] | β || β || β || β || β | 5 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 6 |- | [[1931 Allan Cup|1930β31]] | Sudbury Wolves | [[Allan Cup|Al-Cup]] | β || β || β || β || β | 3 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1931β32 | Sudbury Cub Wolves | NOJHA | 3 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 4 | β || β || β || β || β |- | 1931β32 | Falconbridge Falcons | NOHA | 10 || 8 || 1 || 9 || 18 | 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1932β33 | [[Hamilton Tigers]] | [[OHA Senior A League (1890β1979)|OHA Sr]] | 22 || 9 || 4 || 13 || 26 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | 1933β34 | Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | 23 || 19 || 14 || 33 || 28 | 3 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1934 Allan Cup|1933β34]] | Hamilton Tigers | Al-Cup | β || β || β || β || β | 8 || 5 || 2 || 7 || 4 |- | 1934β35 | Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | 18 || 15 || 11 || 26 || 48 | β || β || β || β || β |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1934β35 NHL season|1934β35]] | [[Montreal Maroons]] | [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | [[1935β36 CAHL season|1935β36]] | [[Providence Reds]] | [[CanadianβAmerican Hockey League|Can-Am]] | 33 || 12 || 11 || 23 || 65 | 7 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1935β36 NHL season|1935β36]] | [[Montreal Canadiens]] | NHL | 11 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 28 | β || β || β || β || β |- | [[1936β37 NHL season|1936β37]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 43 || 10 || 12 || 22 || 12 | 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1937β38 NHL season|1937β38]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 43 || 17 || 16 || 33 || 33 | 3 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 2 |- | [[1938β39 NHL season|1938β39]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 48 | 24 || 23 || 47 || 10 | 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1939β40 NHL season|1939β40]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 48 || 17 || 19 || 36 || 48 | β || β || β || β || β |- | [[1940β41 NHL season|1940β41]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 48 || 12 || 20 || 32 || 49 | 3 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 5 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1941β42 NHL season|1941β42]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 48 || 17 || 28 || 45 || 19 | 3 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 2 |- | [[1942β43 NHL season|1942β43]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 48 || 23 || 36 || 59 || 26 | 5 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1943β44 NHL season|1943β44]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 41 || 26 || 33 || 59 || 10 | 9 || 7 || 11 || 18 || 2 |- | [[1944β45 NHL season|1944β45]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 49 || 29 || 38 || 67 || 25 | 6 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 5 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1945β46 NHL season|1945β46]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 50 || 29 || 21 || 50 || 2 | 9 || 7 || 6 || 13 || 5 |- | [[1946β47 NHL season|1946β47]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 60 || 21 || 29 || 50 || 6 | 11 || 2 || 7 || 9 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1947β48 NHL season|1947β48]] | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 32 || 9 || 15 || 24 || 4 | β || β || β || β || β |- | [[1948β49 AHL season|1948β49]] | [[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]] | [[American Hockey League|AHL]] | 18 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 0 | β || β || β || β || β |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1949β50 | [[Valleyfield Braves (defunct)|Valleyfield Braves]] | [[Quebec Senior Hockey League|QSHL]] | 43 || 12 || 15 || 27 || 15 | 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- | 1950β51 | Valleyfield Braves | QSHL | β || β || β || β || β | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 577 !! 235 !! 292 !! 527 !! 282 ! 57 !! 25 !! 37 !! 62 !! 23 |} *Source: ''Total Hockey''<ref>{{harvnb|Diamond|2002|p=660}}</ref> ===Coaching record=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="6"|[[Regular season]] !! colspan="1"|[[Playoffs]] |- ! G !! W !! L !! T !! Pts !! Finish !! Result |- ![[Montreal Canadiens]]||[[1955β56 NHL season|1955β56]] |70||45||15||10||100||1st in NHL||'''Won Stanley Cup''' |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1956β57 NHL season|1956β57]] |70||35||23||12||82||2nd in NHL||'''Won Stanley Cup''' |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1957β58 NHL season|1957β58]] |70||43||17||10||96||1st in NHL||'''Won Stanley Cup''' |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1958β59 NHL season|1958β59]] |70||39||18||13||91||1st in NHL||'''Won Stanley Cup''' |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1959β60 NHL season|1959β60]] |70||40||18||12||92||1st in NHL||'''Won Stanley Cup''' |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1960β61 NHL season|1960β61]] |70||41||19||10||92||1st in NHL||Lost in semi-finals |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1961β62 NHL season|1961β62]] |70||42||14||14||98||1st in NHL||Lost in semi-finals |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1962β63 NHL season|1962β63]] |70||28||19||23||79||3rd in NHL||Lost in semi-finals |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1963β64 NHL season|1963β64]] |70||36||21||13||85||1st in NHL||Lost in semi-finals |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1964β65 NHL season|1964β65]] |70||36||23||11||83||2nd in NHL||'''Won Stanley Cup''' |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1965β66 NHL season|1965β66]] |70||41||21||8||90||1st in NHL||'''Won Stanley Cup''' |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1966β67 NHL season|1966β67]] |70||32||25||13||77||2nd in NHL||Lost in Cup Final |- !Montreal Canadiens||[[1967β68 NHL season|1967β68]] |74||42||22||10||94||1st in East||'''Won Stanley Cup''' |- ! colspan="2"|Total ||914||500||255||159||1,159||β||13 playoff appearances<br>8 Stanley Cup Wins |} ==Awards== *[[Stanley Cup]] champion β [[1935 Stanley Cup Finals|1935]] (with Montreal Maroons as a player) *Stanley Cup champion β [[1944 Stanley Cup Finals|1944]], [[1946 Stanley Cup Finals|1946]] (with Montreal Canadiens as a player) *Stanley Cup champion β [[1956 Stanley Cup Finals|1956]], [[1957 Stanley Cup Finals|1957]], [[1958 Stanley Cup Finals|1958]], [[1959 Stanley Cup Finals|1959]], [[1960 Stanley Cup Finals|1960]], [[1965 Stanley Cup Finals|1965]], [[1966 Stanley Cup Finals|1966]], [[1968 Stanley Cup Finals|1968]] (head coach of Montreal Canadiens) *[[Hart Memorial Trophy|Hart Trophy]] β [[1938β39 NHL season|1939]] *Scoring Leader β 1939 *[[Lady Byng Trophy]] β [[1945β46 NHL season|1946]] *[[NHL All-Star team|NHL first team All-Star]] β 1939, [[1939β40 NHL season|1940]], [[1944β45 NHL season|1945]] *NHL second team All-Star β 1946 * In January, 2017, Blake was part of the first group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.<ref name="Hackel"/> ==See also== * [[List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} * {{Citation|last=Christie|first=James|title=Canadiens taskmaster won on skates and in a fedora|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto|date=May 18, 1995}} * {{Citation|last=Coleman|first=Charles L.|year=1969|title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol 2: 1927 β 1946 Inc.|publisher=Progressive Publications Incorporated|location=Sherbrooke, Quebec}} * {{Citation|editor-last=Diamond|editor-first=Dan|year=2002|title=Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League, Second Edition|publisher=Total Sports Publishing|location=New York|isbn=1-892129-85-X}} * {{Citation|editor-last=Dryden|editor-first=Steve|year=1997|title=The Top 100 NHL Players of All Time|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|location=Toronto|ISBN=0-7710-4176-4}} * {{Citation|last=Hackel|first=Stu|date=January 1, 2017|title=Toe Blake: 100 Greatest NHL Players|publisher=National Hockey League|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/toe-blake-100-greatest-nhl-hockey-players/c-283942430|access-date=January 15, 2022}} * {{Citation|last=Logothetis|first=Paul|year=2020|title=Toe Blake: Winning Is Everything|publisher=ECW Press|location=Toronto, Ontario|isbn=978-1-77041-490-7}} {{refend}} ==External links== * {{icehockeystats|legendsm=P196602}} {{S-start}} {{succession box | before = [[Gordie Drillon]] | title = [[Art Ross Trophy|NHL Scoring Champion]] | years = [[1938β39 NHL season|1939]] | after = [[Milt Schmidt]]}} {{succession box | before = [[Eddie Shore]] | title = Winner of the [[Hart Memorial Trophy|Hart Trophy]] | years = [[1938β39 NHL season|1939]] | after = [[Ebbie Goodfellow]]}} {{succession box | before = [[Walter Buswell]] | title = [[Montreal Canadiens#Team captains|Montreal Canadiens captain]] | years = [[1940β41 NHL season|1940]]β[[1947β48 NHL season|48]]| after = [[Bill Durnan]]}} {{succession box | before = [[Bill Mosienko]] | title = Winner of the [[Lady Byng Trophy]] | years = [[1945β46 NHL season|1946]]| after = [[Bobby Bauer]]}} {{succession box | before = [[Dick Irvin]] | title = [[List of Montreal Canadiens head coaches|Head coach of the Montreal Canadiens]] | years = [[1955β56 NHL season|1955]]β[[1967β68 NHL season|68]] | after = [[Claude Ruel]]}} {{S-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Toe}} [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:Buffalo Bisons (AHL) players]] [[Category:Canadian ice hockey coaches]] [[Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in Canada]] [[Category:Neurological disease deaths in Quebec]] [[Category:Hart Memorial Trophy winners]] [[Category:Hockey Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winners]] [[Category:Montreal Canadiens coaches]] [[Category:Montreal Canadiens players]] [[Category:Montreal Maroons players]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]] [[Category:Members of the Order of Canada]] [[Category:National Hockey League scoring leaders (prior to 1947β48)]] [[Category:Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890β1979) players]] [[Category:Providence Reds players]] [[Category:Ice hockey people from Greater Sudbury]] [[Category:Stanley Cup champions]] [[Category:Stanley Cup championshipβwinning head coaches]]
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