Charles M. Cotch (February 21, 1900 – November 14, 1932) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger. He played two seasons in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association with the Vancouver Maroons and one season in the National Hockey League with the Hamilton Tigers and Toronto St. Pats between 1922 and 1925. Playing mainly as a spare player, Cotch appeared in 29 games in the PCHA and 12 in the NHL, and played in the 1923 and 1924 Stanley Cup playoffs with the Maroons.
| Charlie Cotch | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Cotch at the 1924 Montreal Canadiens training camp (photo courtesy of the Society for International Hockey Research) | |||
| Born |
February 21, 1900 Libau, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Liepāja, Latvia) | ||
| Died |
November 14, 1932 (aged 32) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Hamilton Tigers Toronto St. Patricks | ||
| Playing career | 1921–1925 | ||
Playing career
editAfter one season with the London Tecumsehs of the senior Ontario Hockey Association Cotch turned professional in 1922 and joined the Vancouver Maroons of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.[1] In his first season with the Maroons he played 15 games, though did not register a point.[2] The Maroons won the PCHA championship and thus played in the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Ottawa Senators, the champions of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators won the series and subsequently defeated the Edmonton Eskimos, champions of the WCHL, for the Stanley Cup. Cotch played two games in the playoffs and did not score.[3]
Re-signed by Vancouver for the 1923–24 season, Cotch scored two goals in fourteen games for them as the team again won the PCHA championship. and reached the Stanley Cup playoffs. They lost their series against the Montreal Canadiens, who defeated the WCHL champion Calgary Tigers for the Cup. Used as a spare player, Cotch was scoreless in the one game he played.[4]
Following his two seasons in Vancouver Cotch was traded to the Canadiens in the NHL in March 1924. He never played for Montreal and was instead traded to the Hamilton Tigers in December of that year. In February 1925, after 7 games with the Tigers, he signed with the Toronto St. Pats and played 5 further games with them. He finished the season with one goal in twelve games and retired from playing after the 1924–25 season.[5]
Personal life
editSome sources list Cotch's birthplace as Sarnia, Ontario, though his World War I attestation papers show a stricken out birthplace of Libau, Russian Empire (now Latvia).[6] He died on November 14, 1932.
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1921–22 | London Tecumsehs | OHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1922–23 | Vancouver Maroons | PCHA | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1922–23 | Vancouver Maroons | St-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1923–24 | Vancouver Maroons | PCHA | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1923–24 | Vancouver Millionaires | West-P | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1923–24 | Vancouver Maroons | St-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1924–25 | Hamilton Tigers | NHL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1924–25 | Toronto St. Pats | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PCHA totals | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
edit- ^ Bowlsby 2012, p. 212
- ^ Bowlsby 2012, p. 222
- ^ Coleman 1964, p. 436
- ^ Bowlsby 2012, p. 237
- ^ Diamond 2002, p. 684
- ^ "Associated Image(s) - Soldiers of the First World War - CEF". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04.
Bibliography
edit- Bowlsby, Craig H. (2012), Empire of Ice: The Rise and Fall of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, 1911–1926, Vancouver: Knights of Winter, ISBN 978-0-9691705-6-3
- Coleman, Charles L. (1964), The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Volume 1: 1893–1926 inc., Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-2941-5
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2002) [2000], Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League (Second ed.), New York: Total Sports Publishing, ISBN 1-892129-85-X
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Charlie Cotch – Greatest Hockey Legends.com