Charlie Hodge (ice hockey)

Charles Edward Hodge (July 28, 1933 – April 16, 2016) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played as a goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, and Oakland Seals of the National Hockey League.

Charlie Hodge
Born (1933-07-28)July 28, 1933
Lachine, Quebec, Canada
Died April 16, 2016(2016-04-16) (aged 82)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Oakland Seals
Vancouver Canucks
Providence Reds
Playing career 19551971

Early career

Charlie Hodge was born in Lachine, Quebec. Hodge was devoted to becoming a member of the Montreal Canadiens. Charlie Hodge began his hockey career with the Montreal Jr. Canadiens in 1950. In 1952, Hodge began showing his true skills finishing with a 2.22 GAA. The next year, he led the Quebec Junior Hockey League with 35 wins and 5 shutouts. Hodge then moved on to the Cincinnati Mohawks in the International Hockey League. There, he led the league in wins and shutouts and helped the Cincinnati Mohawks win the Turner Cup. In 1955, he played his first game with the Montreal Canadiens.

NHL career

Hodge's first NHL game occurred in 1954 with Montreal. Because teams in that era only carried one goalie, and Montreal had perhaps the best goalie of the era in Jacques Plante, Hodge was only used in emergency situations. During this time, he played mostly in the American Hockey League. When Plante was traded in 1963, Hodge got his chance to play full-time. He twice won the Vezina Trophy for being the goaltender of the team allowing the fewest goals during the regular season, once outright in 1963–64 and shared with Gump Worsley in 1965–66. Hodge's name appears on the league championship Stanley Cup six times, although he only actually played in one of those finals. He also played 1 game in the finals in 1955, but lost to Detroit. In 1967, young goaltender Rogatien Vachon was called up by the Canadiens. Vachon played superbly, and there was no more room for Hodge. Hodge was left unprotected in 1967 and he was picked up by the Oakland Seals in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft.

In Oakland, Hodge earned 13 wins, including 3 shutouts. Next season, he saw his playing time greatly reduced and was sent down to the Western Hockey League where he played for the Vancouver Canucks. Hodge was an expansion pick again when the Vancouver Canucks entered the NHL in 1970. He posted a winning record while sharing netminding duties with George Gardner and Dunc Wilson. He retired after being unable to come to contract terms with General Manager Bud Poile.

Post-playing career

Hodge sold real estate for a decade until Winnipeg Jets GM John Ferguson recruited him for the team's scout in Western Canada.

Hodge thereafter was an amateur scout for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning after two decades with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He received Stanley Cup rings with Pittsburgh in 1991 and 1992. He primarily scouted the Vancouver Giants and Chilliwack Bruins of the Western Hockey League and the Lower Mainland clubs in the British Columbia Hockey League.

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPWLTMINGASOGAASV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1949–50 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL
1949–50 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 2021221105.41
1950–51 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL 23148013205712.59 9455643103.30
1951–52 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL 4532103270010032.22 11926691901.70
1951–52 Montreal Royals QMHL 100040304.50
1951–52 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 8444803214.00
1952–53 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL 443590264010052.27 75601802.57
1952–53 Montreal Royals QMHL 101060404.00
1953–54 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL 623720145102.34 11836601921.73
1953–54 Buffalo Bisons AHL 32101801003.33
1954–55 Montreal Canadiens NHL 146448203112.27.918 41284604.29.867
1954–55 Providence Reds AHL 53203001813.60
1954–55 Montreal Royals QHL 3517171210011323.23
1955–56 Seattle Americans WHL 7031372424523963.38
1956–57 Rochester Americans AHL 4118184246013223.22
1956–57 Shawinigan Cataracts QHL 147528593922.72
1957–58 Montreal Canadiens NHL 128227203112.58.912
1957–58 Montreal Royals QHL 4823214288015343.19 7243802513.95
1958–59 Montreal Royals QHL 24158114406712.79 220120402.00
1958–59 Rochester Americans AHL 40402401203.00
1958–59 Montreal Canadiens NHL 2110120603.00.880
1959–60 Montreal Royals EPHL 331512619809652.91
1959–60 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EPHL 26156515607422.85 7344302403.35
1959–60 Montreal Canadiens NHL 101060303.00.880
1960–61 Montreal Canadiens NHL 30188418007442.47.917
1960–61 Montreal Royals EPHL 22513413207403.36
1961–62 Quebec Aces AHL 6528334390018552.85
1962–63 Quebec Aces AHL 67312511402019042.84
1963–64 Montreal Canadiens NHL 62331811372014082.26.920 7344201612.29.920
1963–64 Quebec Aces AHL 104606003213.20
1964–65 Montreal Canadiens NHL 53261610318013532.55.905 5323001012.00.925
1965–66 Montreal Canadiens NHL 26127213015612.58.906
1966–67 Montreal Canadiens NHL 371115720558832.57.910
1967–68 Oakland Seals NHL 58132913331115832.86.905
1968–69 Oakland Seals NHL 144617814803.69.881
1968–69 Vancouver Canucks WHL 137247793202.54 8804971211.45
1969–70 Oakland Seals NHL 143527384303.50.891
1970–71 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3515135196711203.42.892
AHL totals 19586891911,700567132.91
NHL totals 3581501256120,753925242.70.907 16788043222.39.915

"Hodge's stats". The Goaltender Home Page. Retrieved 2017-08-07.

Preceded by
Glenn Hall
Winner of the Vezina Trophy
1964
Succeeded by
Johnny Bower
and Terry Sawchuk
Preceded by
Johnny Bower
and Terry Sawchuk
Winner of the Vezina Trophy
with Gump Worsley

1966
Succeeded by
Denis DeJordy
and Glenn Hall
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