John Patrick "Jack, Doctor" Brannen (September 13, 1874 – October 25, 1964) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player who was active in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Brannen played as a rover, a position between defense and attack, for the Montreal Shamrocks in the AHAC and CAHL between 1896 and 1901. He won two Stanley Cups with the Shamrocks, in 1899 and 1900.[2][3] Brannen also played with the Shamrocks in a Stanley Cup challenge series in 1901, but the team lost to the Winnipeg Victorias.[4]
| Jack Brannen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Brannen with Montreal Shamrocks in 1899 | |||
| Born |
September 13, 1874 Kenmore, Ontario, Canada[1] | ||
| Died | October 25, 1964 (aged 90) | ||
| Position | Rover | ||
| Played for | Montreal Shamrocks | ||
| Playing career | c. 1896–1901 | ||
Brannen was born in Kenmore, Ontario in 1874. After his career in ice hockey he moved to northern New York where he worked as a medical doctor, though he occasionally acted as an umpire at hockey games in Montreal.[5][6] He died in 1964, 90 years old.[7]
Playing style edit
Jack Brannen was noted for his speed, which made him suitable for the free roaming rover position, and occasionally competed in speed skating events. In 1900 he won a 220-yard race in Montreal against some of the best speed skaters in the world, among them Norwegian Peter Sinnerud and American world titleholder Morris Wood.[8] On the Montreal Shamrocks team Brannen played on a forward line with Harry Trihey, Arthur Farrell and Fred Scanlan, all three of whom later on were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Statistics edit
| League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | |
| 1897 | Montreal Shamrocks | AHAC | |||
| 1898 | Montreal Shamrocks | AHAC | 7 | 0 | |
| 1899 | Montreal Shamrocks | CAHL | 8 | 8 | |
| Montreal Shamrocks | Stanley Cup | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | CAHL | 8 | 6 | |
| Montreal Shamrocks | Stanley Cup | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1901 | Montreal Shamrocks | CAHL | 6 | 4 | |
| Montreal Shamrocks | Stanley Cup | 2 | 1 | ||
| CAHL totals | 22 | 18 | |||
| Stanley Cup totals | 8 | 5 | |||
Statistics per SIHR at sihrhockey.org
References edit
Notes edit
- ^ SIHR – Player List sihrhockey.org
- ^ Stanley Cup Annual Record 1899 (Mar) nhl.com
- ^ Stanley Cup Annual Record 1900 (Feb) nhl.com
- ^ Stanley Cup Annual Record 1901 nhl.com
- ^ "Quebec beat Shams" The Montreal Gazette, January 27, 1906.
- ^ "Playing the field" Dink Carroll, The Montreal Gazette, January 20, 1953.
- ^ Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph Obituary Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, October 27, 1964.
- ^ "Turning back hockey's pages" D. A. L. MacDonald, The Montreal Gazette, March 20, 1934.