Denny Edge
 Edge during his time coaching Gonzaga | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 10, 1903 Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Died | February 18, 1954 (aged 51) Medford, Oregon, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1937–1940 | Gonzaga (NCAA) |
| 1944–1945 | Oakland Oaks (PCHL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–13–4 (NCAA)[1] |
Dennis Douglas Edge (January 10, 1903 – February 18, 1954) was a Canadian-born American player and coach of ice hockey. He served as head coach of the college ice hockey team at Gonzaga University prior to World War II.
Biography
[edit]Edge was born in January 1903 in Saskatchewan, Canada,[2][a] and immigrated to the United States in 1925.[5] He was active as an ice hockey player from 1918 until 1927,[3] including two years with the Regina Pats,[6] and culminating with a season of professional play in Los Angeles.[4] Photos with the Oregon Historical Society show in him in uniform with other players on a team named the Spalding Aces.[7] Edge coached the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's ice hockey team prior to World War II,[4] taking that role during the 1937–38 season,[8] and staying through completion of the 1939–40 season.[1] He later served as the head coach for the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast Hockey League during their inaugural season of 1944–45.[9] Edge died in February 1954 at his home in Medford, Oregon; he was survived by his wife and two daughters.[10]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Denny Edge Coaching Record". collegehockeynews.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ a b "Draft Registration Card". Selective Service System. February 1942. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via fold3.com.
- ^ a b "Hockey deaths - February 1954". sihrhockey.org. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Gonzaga Team History". collegehockeynews.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ a b "Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930". Multnomah, Oregon: United States Census Bureau. April 2, 1930. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via fold3.com.
- ^ "New Spokane Hockey Chief Has a Record of Success". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. September 21, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Denny Edge, hockey player for Spalding Aces". Oregon Historical Society. 1923. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ "Denny Edge to Coach Gonzaga Hockey Men". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. December 31, 1937. p. 12. Retrieved November 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pacific Coast Hockey League Opens Today". Calgary Herald. AP. November 25, 1944. p. 16. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dennis Edge, 52, Local Businessman Succumbs at Home". Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. February 19, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
Further reading
[edit]- Zweig, Eric (April 1, 2015). "Canucks Go For Pucks at Gonzaga". ericzweig.com. Retrieved November 16, 2020.