Bob Carse

Robert Allison Carse (July 19, 1919 – July 27, 1999) was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played 166 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks and Montreal Canadiens between 1940 and 1947. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1939 to 1950, was spent in the minor leagues.

His career was interrupted by World War II military service. In 1944, Carse was shot in the shoulder and captured by German forces. After six months of marching from camp to camp, Carse had lost 60 pounds from malnutrition. After returning from Europe, his rights were traded from the Black Hawks to the Canadiens. He was honoured with a "Bob Carse night" in the Edmonton Junior Hockey League, arranged by Art Potter and John Ducey as a tribute to Carse who was a recent prisoner of war, and to recognize other junior hockey players who died during World War II.

Carse was inducted into the Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 1976 for his on-ice career with the Cleveland Barons, service as an AHL Linesman and the organization of the Parma Hockey Program. He was also inducted into the Cleveland Barons Hall of Fame (1971). His brother Bill Carse also played in the NHL.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1935–36 Edmonton Athletic Club EJrHL 12 1 6 7 9 — — — — — 1936–37 Edmonton Athletic Club EJrHL 11 8 6 14 25 3 1 1 2 2 1937–38 Edmonton Athletic Club EJrHL 15 11 5 16 25 4 3 13 16 8 1937–38 Edmonton Athletic Club M-Cup — — — — — 11 13 2 15 20 1938–39 Edmonton Athletic Club EJrHL 7 12 9 21 8 2 3 0 3 5 1938–39 Edmonton Athletic Club M-Cup — — — — — 12 12 8 20 10 1939–40 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 22 3 5 8 11 2 0 0 0 0 1939–40 Providence Reds IAHL 31 5 12 17 9 6 3 2 5 2 1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 43 10 8 18 9 5 0 0 0 2 1941–42 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 33 7 16 23 10 3 0 2 2 0 1941–42 Kansas City Greyhounds AHA 18 9 13 22 9 — — — — — 1942–43 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 46 10 22 32 6 — — — — — 1943–44 Calgary Currie Army CNDHL 16 8 12 20 16 2 0 5 5 0 1945–46 Edmonton Flyers WCSHL 36 32 46 78 18 8 5 5 10 8 1946–47 Cleveland Barons AHL 62 27 61 88 16 4 0 0 0 0 1947–48 Montreal Canadiens NHL 22 3 3 6 16 — — — — — 1947–48 Cleveland Barons AHL 43 21 33 54 14 9 4 5 9 4 1948–49 Cleveland Barons AHL 65 18 47 65 28 5 1 3 4 4 1949–50 Cleveland Barons AHL 69 30 52 82 23 9 3 4 7 4 IAHL/AHL totals 270 101 205 306 90 33 11 14 25 14 NHL totals 166 33 54 87 52 10 0 2 2 2