Tom Shaughnessy

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Tom Shaughnessy at Notre Dame, 1915 senior portrait

Thomas Joseph Shaughnessy (July 12, 1892 – September 21, 1938) was an American [1] ice hockey player and coach. Shaughnessy was head coach of the Chicago Black Hawks for most of the 1929–30 Black Hawks season. He resigned on January 16, 1930 to go into law practice. [2]

Ice hockey team sport played on ice using sticks, skates, and a puck

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical, with teams usually consisting of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team.

Chicago Blackhawks hockey team of the National Hockey League

The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). They have won six Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926. The Blackhawks are one of the "Original Six" NHL teams along with the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. Since 1994, the club's home rink is the United Center, which they share with the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. The club had previously played for 65 years at Chicago Stadium.

The 1929–30 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's fourth season in the NHL. After a two-year absence, the Hawks would return to the playoffs, losing to the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.

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He was an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame (1915), where he played football under coach Knute Rockne. [3] In September 1938, Shaughnessy died of a heart attack, aged 46. [4]

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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the intercollegiate football team representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly and plays its home games at the campus's Notre Dame Stadium, which has a capacity of 77,622. Notre Dame is one of six schools that competes as an Independent at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision level; however, they play five games a year against opponents from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), which Notre Dame is a member of in all other sports except ice hockey.

Knute Rockne American college football player and college football coach

Knute Kenneth Rockne was a Norwegian-American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.

Coaching record

Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
CHI 1929–30 211083232nd in American (Fired)
Total 21108323

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References

  1. ↑ Lewiston Evening Journal p. 21, November 22, 1929.
  2. ↑ "Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search".
  3. ↑ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ↑ "The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California · Page 19". Newspapers.com.
Preceded by
Dick Irvin 		Head coach of the Chicago Black Hawks
1929–30 		Succeeded by
Bill Tobin
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