Mud Bruneteau

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Mud Bruneteau
Born (1914-11-28)November 28, 1914
St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Died April 15, 1982(1982-04-15) (aged 67)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 1934–1948

Modere Fernand "Mud" Bruneteau (November 28, 1914 – April 15, 1982) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League between 1935 and 1946. He was teammates for a time with his brother, Ed Bruneteau and later coached him on the Omaha Knights. Bruneteau scored the winning goal of the longest overtime game in 1936. With the Red Wings Bruneteau won the Stanley Cup three times: in 1936, 1937, and in 1943.

Playing career[edit]

Bruneteau is most famous for ending the longest game in NHL playoff history. A rookie, he had been called up to the Red Wings just two weeks earlier and was still trying to adjust to the pace of the NHL when he was thrown into his first playoff series. On March 24, 1936, at the Montreal Forum, against the Montreal Maroons, Mud scored the winning goal at 16:30 of the sixth overtime (116:30 of total overtime) to win the first game of the best-of-five series for Detroit, 1–0. Bruneteau batted a rolling puck past Maroons' goalie Lorne Chabot for the decisive score. Teammate Hec Kilrea was credited with an assist on the play. The game ended at 2:25 a.m. (the length of the game eclipsed the previous record of 104 minutes and 46 seconds of overtime set three years earlier in a 1933 series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins). Detroit swept the series versus the Maroons in three straight games and went on to win the Stanley Cup. Bruneteau had his best season in 1943–44 when he scored 35 goals in 39 games in the 50-game NHL season.

After his playing career was over, he became a successful minor league coach, leading the Omaha Knights to a number of United States Hockey League championships.

He was suffering from cancer when he traveled to Houston, Texas for cancer treatment in April 1982. While there, he fell gravely ill and on died April 15, 1982.

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1931–32 Winnipeg K of C WJrHL 9 2 2 4 4
1932–33 Winnipeg K of C WJrHL 11 4 4 8 10 3 3 0 3 2
1933–34 Winnipeg Falcons MHL 15 13 4 17 11 1 1 0 1 0
1934–35 Detroit Olympics IHL 38 10 6 16 26 5 0 2 2 0
1935–36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 24 2 0 2 2 7 2 2 4 0
1935–36 Detroit Olympics IHL 23 8 9 17 17
1936–37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 43 9 7 16 18 10 2 0 2 6
1937–38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 24 3 6 9 16
1937–38 Pittsburgh Hornets IAHL 4 1 4 5 2 2 1 0 1 2
1938–39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 20 4 7 11 0 1 0 0 0 0
1939–40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 46 10 14 24 10 5 3 2 5 0
1940–41 Detroit Red Wings NHL 45 12 17 29 12 9 2 1 3 2
1940–41 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 4 1 4 5 2
1941–42 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 14 19 33 8 12 5 1 6 6
1942–43 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 23 22 45 2 9 5 4 9 0
1943–44 Detroit Red Wings NHL 39 35 18 53 4 5 1 2 3 2
1944–45 Detroit Red Wings NHL 43 23 25 48 6 14 3 2 5 2
1945–46 Detroit Red Wings NHL 28 6 4 10 2
1945–46 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 14 6 10 16 0 5 1 2 3 0
1946–47 Omaha Knights USHL 16 6 4 10 2 3 0 1 1 0
1947–48 Omaha Knights USHL 6 4 2 6 2
NHL totals 410 141 139 280 80 72 23 14 37 18

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Preceded by Detroit Red Wings captain
1943–44
Succeeded by