Eddie Barry

Edward Thomas Barry (October 12, 1919 – February 12, 2016) was an American professional ice hockey player. Barry also played for the Boston Olympics of the Eastern Hockey League and the Boston Bruins, and later became the coach at Boston State College. He was inducted into the Northeastern University athletics Hall of Fame in 1976, and the University of Massachusetts Boston Hall of Fame in 2003.

Playing career Born in 1919, but left school during his freshman year in the winter of 1940 to skate for the Boston Olympics of the Eastern Hockey League from 1941 to 1943, captaining the team in 1941 and 1942.

Following a brief tour of duty in the Coast Guard during the World War II era, when he played for the United States Coast Guard Cutters, Barry returned to play for the Boston Bruins for 19 games during the 1946–47 season, During his two seasons as coach, Barry went 63-51-7. Barry was the head coach at Boston State College (now part of UMass Boston) and guided them to two ECAC Division II Tournaments and two NAIA tournaments. At Boston State, Barry founded the Codfish Bowl, a lower division version of the Beanpot. In 1965, BSC went 20–0. Later in the Fall of 2016, the hockey rink in the Clark Athletic Center at UMass/Boston was renamed Edward T. Barry Rink

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1939–40 Northeastern University Uni — — — — — — — — — — 1940–41 Boston Olympics EAHL 25 3 6 9 24 4 2 1 3 5 1941–42 Boston Olympics EAHL 45 19 6 25 40 6 4 0 4 13 1942–43 Boston Olympics EAHL 7 8 2 10 2 — — — — — 1942–43 United States Coast Guard Cutters EAHL 31 20 17 37 17 12 8 6 14 13 1943–44 United States Coast Guard Cutters EAHL 37 22 20 42 28 12 8 9 17 8 1945–46 Boston Olympics EAHL 48 26 25 51 57 8 4 7 11 4 1946–47 Boston Olympics EAHL 32 21 15 36 61 11 0 3 3 9 1946–47 Boston Bruins NHL 19 1 3 4 2 — — — — — 1947–48 Boston Olympics QSHL 40 18 10 28 47 — — — — — 1947–48 Boston Olympics EAHL 20 17 8 25 69 — — — — — 1948–49 Boston Olympics EAHL 23 15 13 28 43 — — — — — 1949–50 Boston Olympics EAHL 13 10 2 12 23 — — — — — 1950–51 Boston Olympics EAHL — — — — — — — — — — EAHL totals 258 146 101 247 341 42 26 23 49 43 NHL totals 19 1 3 4 2 — — — — —