Boston Bruins All Time Greats: Eddie “The Edmonton Express” Shore

September 25th, 2010 by Joe Gill Leave a reply »
Edward William Shore played for the "Spoked B” from 1926-1940 before being traded to the NY Americans. With hockey season right around the corner, we thought it would be appropriate to honor a Boston Bruins great.

Born in 1902, Eddie Shore didn’t embrace hockey until his latter teen years. Shore spent most of youth playing soccer and baseball. His brother motivated Eddie to play hockey because he said that he would never make it as a hockey player.

Shore took on the challenge and never looked back.

He began his career in the Western Canada Hockey League before the league folded in 1926. In 54 games with Regina and Edmonton, the defenseman scored 20 points.

The rights to the “Edmonton Express” were then sold to the Boston Bruins.

During his rookie campaign of ’26-’27, Eddie Shore posted 12 goals and added 6 assists in 40 games. He also had 130 penalty minutes in his first season in the NHL.

Shore’s rough and tumble style of play was his trademark. He hit everyone and everything in his path. He set the league record for penalty minutes with 165 in his sophomore season.

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