George Brown

George Allen Brown (May 17, 1912 – January 23, 1972) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played 79 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens between 1937 and 1939. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1932 to 1943, was spent in minor leagues. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Playing career Brown began his hockey career with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1936–37 NHL season playing 27 games (4–6–10) during the regular season then four playoff games in which he went pointless. The following season, he split his time between Montreal and the IAHL New Haven Eagles. That season he was again held pointless during the playoffs. He played his final season with Montreal before going back to the IAHL for the rest of his playing career where he played for the Eagles again followed by the Springfield Indians and the Hershey Bears.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1930–31 Elmwood Millionaires WDJHL 10 5 0 5 22 3 1 1 2 6 1930–31 Elmwood Millionaires M-Cup — — — — — 9 3 0 3 20 1931–32 Winnipeg Monarchs WDJHL 12 5 1 6 40 4 1 0 1 15 1931–32 Winnipeg Monarchs M-Cup — — — — — 8 4 1 5 25 1932–33 Winnipeg Monarchs WSrHL — — — — — — — — — — 1933–34 Montreal Royals MSrHL 16 6 5 11 36 2 0 0 0 4 1934–35 Verdun Maple Leafs MSrHL 20 18 19 37 22 — — — — — 1935–36 Verdun Maple Leafs MSrHL 22 19 23 42 48 7 4 4 8 22 1936–37 Montreal Canadiens NHL 27 4 6 10 10 4 0 0 0 0 1937–38 New Haven Eagles IAHL 10 1 4 5 2 — — — — — 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens NHL 34 1 7 8 14 3 0 0 0 2 1938–39 Montreal Canadiens NHL 18 1 9 10 10 — — — — — 1938–39 New Haven Eagles IAHL 35 10 7 17 32 — — — — — 1939–40 Syracuse Stars IAHL 11 1 2 3 2 — — — — — 1939–40 Springfield Indians IAHL 12 0 5 5 10 — — — — — 1939–40 Hershey Bears IAHL 7 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1940–41 Saint-Jerome Papermakers QPHL 13 8 7 15 12 — — — — — 1940–41 Saint-Jerome Papermakers Al-Cup — — — — — 4 1 0 1 6 1941–42 Montreal Senior Canadiens QSHL 38 3 6 9 83 6 0 1 1 16 1942–43 Montreal Senior Canadiens QSHL 17 3 4 7 26 — — — — — 1942–43 Montreal Royals QSHL 7 0 1 1 6 4 1 0 1 8 NHL totals 79 6 22 28 34 7 0 0 0 2

Awards and achievements Memorial Cup Championship (1931) MCHL Scoring Champion (1936)