"Andy" Anderson

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BEST OF GREATEST HOCKEY LEGENDS SEARCH THIS BLOG DECEMBER 09, 2015 * The Greatest Players All Time * Hockey's Most Important Players * NHL Season Capsules Doug "Andy" Anderson * 10 Greatest NHL Seasons THE HOCKEY HISTORY WEBSITE * The Gretzky Trade Doug "Andy" Anderson is part of a pretty select * Olympic Hockey History I'm Joe Pelletier, freelance hockey group of players in National Hockey League * Canada Cup History journalist and the Hockey History Blogger, * NHL Overseas History history. based in Terrace, BC * NHL vs. Soviets * 1979 Challenge Cup As of 2015, Anderson is one of only 25 players in Contact Me * Rendez Vous '87 NHL history to play in at least one Stanley Cup Email: [email protected] Facebook: /GreatestHockeyLegends * International Hockey Legends playoffs game, but never in a NHL regular season Twitter: * NHL Draft History game. * British Columbia Hockey History Follow @HockeyLegends * Terrace is Hockeyville! The most famous member of this unique club is Don Cherry. Blog content © Joe Pelletier STANLEY CUP HISTORY Also see: HockeyBookReviews.com Anderson was a tiny center (five-foot-seven, 160 * Stanley Cup Playoff Legends pounds) out of Edmonton, Alberta. He was * All Time Scoring Leaders GHL DONATIONS described as a speedy playmaker who rarely took * Conn Smythe Trophy Winners * Stanley Cup Capsules a penalty. I take pride in offering my work for free. If * Longest Games In History you like my work, and you think it's worth * Game 7 Record Holders Born in 1927, Anderson played all his youth and buying me a cup of coffee, donate a buck. * Reconciled Playoff MVPs junior hockey in the Alberta capital city, including I'm going to keep doing my work for free because I love doing this, but I'd greatly * Stanley Cup Thefts as a member of both the junior and senior appreciate your support! * Stanley Cup Traditions Edmonton Flyers in the late 1940s. He helped the Flyers win the Allan Cup as Canada's * Stanley Cup Engravers amateur senior champions in 1948. * Errors On The Cup * The Stovepipe Cup In 1951 Anderson headed to the British Columbia capital city of Victoria to play the next * Playoff Beards * NHL Playoff Trivia decade with the WHL Cougars. He teamed well with the likes of Colin Kilburn and "Weiner" * 1905 Dawson City Nuggets Brown, another member of the "playoffs-only" club. * 1907 Kenora Thistles * 1925 Hamilton Tigers In the spring of 1953 the Montreal Canadiens borrowed his services for two games in the * 1950s Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup playoffs. The Habs considered Anderson to be a "highly regarded" prospect since * 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs at least 1948. They finally signed his NHL rights in October 1951 under the agreement that if he did not play in Montreal he would be returned to Victoria.

Anderson finally got to play for Montreal in 1953, thanks to Paul Meger's eye injury. but he never registered a point or penalty minute in two games vs Chicago, but he did get to participate in a Stanley Cup championship celebration as Montreal defeated the Boston Bruins four games to one in the final. Despite playing in the playoffs, Anderson's name was not inscribed on the Stanley Cup.

Though he concluded his career with two seasons with the Portland (Oregon) Rosebuds in 19 and 1963, Anderson returned to Victoria after retiring to raise his family. He was always committed to both sports and academics, and was honoured with a memorial bursary at the University of Victoria.

Doug Anderson passed away in Victoria on January 8th, 1998. He had been diagnosed with cancer just a month earlier.

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