John Patrick "Jack, Doctor" Brannen (September 13, 1874 – October 25, 1964) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player who was active in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Brannen played as a rover, a position between defense and attack, for the Montreal Shamrocks in the AHAC and CAHL between 1896 and 1901. He won two Stanley Cups with the Shamrocks, in 1899 and 1900.[2][3] Brannen also played with the Shamrocks in a Stanley Cup challenge series in 1901, but the team lost to the Winnipeg Victorias.[4]
| Jack Brannen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Brannen with Montreal Shamrocks in 1899 | |||
| Born |
September 13, 1874 Kenmore, Ontario, Canada[1] | ||
| Died | October 25, 1964 (aged 90) | ||
| Position | Rover | ||
| Played for | Montreal Shamrocks | ||
| Playing career | c. 1896–1901 | ||
Brannen was born in Kenmore, Ontario in 1874. After his career in ice hockey he moved to northern New York where he worked as a medical doctor, though he occasionally acted as an umpire at hockey games in Montreal.[5][6] He died in 1964, 90 years old.[7]
Playing style
editJack Brannen was noted for his speed, which made him suitable for the free roaming rover position, and occasionally competed in speed skating events. In 1900 he won a 220-yard race in Montreal against some of the best speed skaters in the world, among them Norwegian Peter Sinnerud and American world titleholder Morris Wood.[8] On the Montreal Shamrocks team Brannen played on a forward line with Harry Trihey, Arthur Farrell and Fred Scanlan, all three of whom later on were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Statistics
edit| League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | |
| 1897 | Montreal Shamrocks | AHAC | |||
| 1898 | Montreal Shamrocks | AHAC | 7 | 0 | |
| 1899 | Montreal Shamrocks | CAHL | 8 | 8 | |
| Montreal Shamrocks | Stanley Cup | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | CAHL | 8 | 6 | |
| Montreal Shamrocks | Stanley Cup | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1901 | Montreal Shamrocks | CAHL | 6 | 4 | |
| Montreal Shamrocks | Stanley Cup | 2 | 1 | ||
| CAHL totals | 22 | 18 | |||
| Stanley Cup totals | 8 | 5 | |||
Statistics per SIHR at sihrhockey.org
References
editNotes
edit- ^ SIHR – Player List sihrhockey.org
- ^ Stanley Cup Annual Record 1899 (Mar) nhl.com
- ^ Stanley Cup Annual Record 1900 (Feb) nhl.com
- ^ Stanley Cup Annual Record 1901 nhl.com
- ^ "Quebec beat Shams" The Montreal Gazette, January 27, 1906.
- ^ "Playing the field" Dink Carroll, The Montreal Gazette, January 20, 1953.
- ^ Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph Obituary Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, October 27, 1964.
- ^ "Turning back hockey's pages" D. A. L. MacDonald, The Montreal Gazette, March 20, 1934.