Youngest player of all time shunned by NHL for supporting NHLPA?

[illpucks]

Was reading about the league's youngest player who played in NHL at 16 and found this

"Armand was an ardent supporter for the formation of a players' union, which led to an early demise to his NHL career in 1952."
Bep Guidolin - Wikipedia
WTF...???

Anyone?

Click to read more...

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Well, i'm gonna assume the owners and league colluded to blacklist him for that....

 

[alko]

Now that leads to a questions:

How many under 18 years old players were in NHL?

When did the last one came to league?

 

[82Ninety42011]

Harry Lumley was 17 when he made his debut for the Rangers in net in 43-44 season. He won a Cup with the Wings in the 50's.

 

[alko]

When was the age limit (18 years) included?

 

[Johnny Engine]

Now that leads to a questions:

How many under 18 years old players were in NHL?

When did the last one came to league?

Using Hockey Reference's cutoff date (February 1st), 12 players played at age 17 during 1942-43, 43-44, and 44-45. A few more of them who are listed as 18 year olds might have played some time before their 18th birthday.

Almost all of the listed 16 and 17 year olds come from the World War 2 years, but Chris Treyer played parts of 2(!) seasons between 1923-25 for the St. Patricks, listed at 16 and 17, respectively.

Larry Hillman is listed as a 17 year old for 1954-55, but he turned 18 on February 5th, 1955 and played his first game a month after that.

 

[VanIslander]

Initially I angrily thought this thread dumb because he - Guidolin - was by no means youngest when this incident applied (HE WAS FRIGGIN' 27 YEARS OLD).

But a tiny bit of what you came to learn from hockey history has been communicated here, so okay.

The 1925 players' strike cost Hamilton dearly. THAT should be front and foremost.

 

[MXD]

I'd... question the source here, or, more accurately, the lack thereof.

I have no beef with Guidolin; however, I can't help but notice he was really no more than a regular player on an absolutely goddawful team, and that his performance in the AHL, QHL or QSHL didn't suggest a player that absolutely HAS to be in the NHL.

 

[wetcoast]

I'd... question the source here, or, more accurately, the lack thereof.

I have no beef with Guidolin; however, I can't help but notice he was really no more than a regular player on an absolutely goddawful team, and that his performance in the AHL, QHL or QSHL didn't suggest a player that absolutely HAS to be in the NHL.

Fair enough but the Wirtz family wouldn't have cared if he was a superstar either.

He might have been an average NHLer at 25 but it's not like the Black Hawks really had better options either.

In fact the Black Hawks were such a dumpster fire of a franchise that they finished last in the NHL for 9 years over a 12 year period and the 3 times they didn't finish last included 2 5th place finishes and once in 4th.