Charles Tobin Explained

Position:Right wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:160
Birth Date:24 November 1885
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Death Place:Portland, Oregon, USA
Career Start:1917
Career End:1922
Played For:New Westminster Royals
Portland Rosebuds
Seattle Metropolitans
Vancouver Millionaires
Victoria Cougars

Charles Stuart Tobin (November 24, 1885 – May 30, 1924) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Tobin played 175 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). Amongst the PCHA teams he played for were the New Westminster Royals, Portland Rosebuds, Seattle Metropolitans, Vancouver Millionaires and Victoria Cougars.

Personal life

Tobin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He died in 1924 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland, Oregon after illness due to ulcers of the stomach.[1]

Playing career

Tobin first played senior-level ice hockey with the Edmonton Thistles in 1904–05. Starting in 1906, Tobin played for several teams in early western Canada professional leagues, such as Battleford of the Alberta Professional League, Winnipeg Monarchs, Winnipeg Shamrocks and Winnipeg Hockey Club of the Manitoba leagues, Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw of the Saskatchewan Professional League.

Hockey on the Canadian Prairies was often strenuous due to the weather and the physical nature of the game, and once, while Tobin was playing with North Battleford in the city of Battleford, the temperature was so low that the players had to use alcohol rubs to fight off frostbite.[2] And in December 1907, while playing for the Winnipeg Hockey Club in a qualifying test game, he was assaulted by Joe Hall in a particularly rough contest and had to be carried off the ice.[3]

In 1912, the new PCHA was formed and Tobin joined the league in its second season, in 1912–13, playing for the New Westminster Royals. Tobin would play the bulk of his career in the PCHA, playing with the Portland Rosebuds, Victoria Aristocrats, Seattle Metropolitans and Vancouver Millionaires. Several of the teams were PCHA champions and Tobin played in the 1916,[4] 1920[5] and 1922[6] Stanley Cup finals with the Rosebuds, Metropolitans and Millionaires, but did not play for a Stanley Cup champion, losing in the fifth and deciding game all three times.

Statistics

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1904–05 Edmonton Thistles ASHL 1 0 0 0
1906–07 Winnipeg Shamrocks WCAHA 1 3 0 3 2
1907–08 North Battleford APHL 9 19 8 27 11
Brandon Wheat Cities 1 0 0 0 0
1908–09 Winnipeg Shamrocks MHL 1 1 0 1 0
1909–10 WAHL 2 6 0 6 0
1910–11 WAHL 3 4 1 5
Saskatoon Westerns SPHL 6 9 0 9
Prince Albert Mintos SPHL 2 8 0 8
Prince Albert Mintos 2 4 0 4 9
1911–12 Moose Jaw Brewers SPHL 6 8 0 8
13 11 3 14 20
New Westminster Royals PCHA 14 5 2 7 12
PCHA 18 11 2 13 15
Portland Rosebuds PCHA 18 21 8 29 22
Stanley Cup 5 2 1 3 12
Portland Rosebuds PCHA 24 15 7 22 45
Portland Rosebuds PCHA 18 13 3 16 0
PCHA 20 10 1 11 3
PCHA 19 10 4 14 3 2 0 0 0 0
Stanley Cup 5 0 0 0 0
Seattle Metropolitans 21 4 0 4 6 2 0 0 0 0
9 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Stanley Cup 5 0 0 0 0
PCHA totals1741013013112640000
Stanley Cup totals1761721

Notes and References

  1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85046474/charlie-tobin-obit/ "Hockey star dead – Charlie Tobin dies at coast"
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90460684/who-thinks-this-hockey-star-is-slipping/ "Who thinks this hockey star is slipping?"
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61145742/disgraceful-exhibition-continued-from/ "Disgraceful exhibition – (Continued from Page 6.)" – "End of game"
  4. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_wYeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3VUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1760,1647911&dq=Tobin+Statistics&hl=en "Canadiens Trounced Rosebuds In Final Game For the Cup" "The World's Series Statistics"
  5. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cF9YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qzcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4519,2655554&dq=charlie+tobin&hl=en "Excellent Hockey Assured at Ottawa for Stanley Cup"
  6. http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25107 Stanley Cup Annual Record 1922