Pete Kelly

Peter Cameron Kelly (May 22, 1913 – March 22, 2004) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger who played for several NHL teams.

Career Kelly played seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Eagles, Detroit Red Wings, New York Americans and Brooklyn Americans. He won the Stanley Cup twice in his career, with the Detroit Red Wings in 1936 and 1937. After leaving the NHL in 1942 he continue to play senior hockey for several years, finally retiring in 1952.

He was the last surviving former player of the St. Louis Eagles, a team that played just one season in the NHL (1934–35) after relocating from Ottawa.

Later life and death In his post-hockey career, Kelly directed athletics at the University of New Brunswick. He died in 2004 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, at the age of 90.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1929–30 Montreal Victorias MCJHL 10 3 0 3 4 — — — — — 1930–31 Montreal AAA MCJHL 10 7 0 7 10 2 1 0 1 2 1930–31 Montreal AAA MCHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0 1930–31 Montreal AAA Mem-Cup — — — — — 4 4 3 7 4 1931–32 Montreal AAA MCHJL 10 8 9 17 10 2 2 0 2 6 1931–32 Montreal AC MCHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0 1931–32 Montreal AAA Mem-Cup — — — — — 6 5 5 10 2 1932–33 Montreal Royals MCHL 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 11 1932–33 Montreal Royals Al-Cup — — — — — 6 0 2 2 11 1933–34 Charlottetown Abbies MSHL 39 14 11 25 67 3 1 0 1 2 1934–35 St. Louis Eagles NHL 25 3 10 13 14 — — — — — 1934–35 Charlottetown Abbies MSHL 20 16 11 27 27 — — — — — 1935–36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 46 6 8 14 30 7 1 1 2 2 1936–37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 47 5 4 9 12 8 2 0 2 0 1937–38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 9 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1937–38 Pittsburgh Hornets IAHL 39 7 20 27 26 2 0 2 2 0 1938–39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 32 4 9 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 1938–39 Pittsburgh Hornets IAHL 6 2 6 8 0 — — — — — 1939–40 Pittsburgh Hornets IAHL 54 20 20 40 22 9 2 5 7 9 1940–41 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 25 4 16 20 8 — — — — — 1940–41 New York Americans NHL 11 3 5 8 2 — — — — — 1940–41 Springfield Indians AHL 19 6 14 20 6 3 2 1 3 0 1941–42 Brooklyn Americans NHL 7 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1941–42 Springfield Indians AHL 46 33 44 77 11 5 1 6 7 4 1942–43 Moncton RCAF Flyers NBDHL 4 9 6 15 — 4 4 8 12 12 1943–44 Moncton RCAF Flyers NBDHL 4 4 3 7 0 — — — — — 1943–44 Charlottetown All-Stars PEI-Sr 4 3 6 9 2 — — — — — 1943–44 Saint John Garrison Exhib 4 6 7 13 0 2 2 1 3 0 1943–44 Saint John Beavers Al-Cup — — — — — 3 6 3 9 0 1944–45 Charlottetown #2 PEI-Sr 8 7 15 22 7 2 3 1 4 0 1944–45 New Glasgow Bombers NSAPC 2 3 3 6 0 5 11 4 15 0 1944–45 New Glasgow Bombers Al-Cup — — — — — 3 5 5 10 0 1946–47 New Glasgow Bombers NSAPC 16 14 14 28 — 3 2 1 3 0 1946–47 New Glasgow Bombers Al-Cup — — — — — 2 0 0 0 0 1947–48 University of New Brunswick YCHL 1 0 3 3 0 4 4 6 10 2 1948–49 University of New Brunswick YCHL 3 2 1 3 0 5 6 5 11 0 1949–50 University of New Brunswick SNBHL 5 7 5 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 1951–52 University of New Brunswick Exhib 1 0 3 3 0 — — — — — IAHL/AHL totals 189 72 120 192 73 19 5 14 19 13 NHL totals 177 21 38 59 68 19 3 1 4 2

Awards and achievements Stanley Cup Championships (1936 & 1937) AHL Scoring Champion (1942) AHL First All-Star Team (1942) Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame Two Section One Championships (2003 & 2004)