Denny Edge Explained

Denny Edge
Birth Date:10 January 1903
Birth Place:Saskatchewan, Canada
Death Place:Medford, Oregon, U.S.
Coach Years1:1937–1940
Coach Team1:Gonzaga (NCAA)
Coach Years2:1944–1945
Coach Team2:Oakland Oaks (PCHL)
Overall Record: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

Edge was born in January 1903 in Saskatchewan, Canada,[2] and immigrated to the United States in 1925.[3] He was active as an ice hockey player from 1918 until 1927,[4] including two years with the Regina Pats,[5] and culminating with a season of professional play in Los Angeles. Photos with the Oregon Historical Society show in him in uniform with other players on a team named the Spalding Aces.[6] Edge coached the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's ice hockey team prior to World War II,[7] 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]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Denny Edge Coaching Record . collegehockeynews.com . November 15, 2020.
  2. Web site: Draft Registration Card . February 1942 . . fold3.com . subscription . November 15, 2020.
  3. Web site: Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930 . . . April 2, 1930 . fold3.com . subscription . November 15, 2020.
  4. Web site: Hockey deaths - February 1954 . sihrhockey.org . November 15, 2020.
  5. News: New Spokane Hockey Chief Has a Record of Success . . . 13 . September 21, 1937 . November 15, 2020 . newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: Denny Edge, hockey player for Spalding Aces . . 1923 . November 15, 2020.
  7. Web site: Gonzaga Team History . collegehockeynews.com . November 15, 2020.
  8. News: Denny Edge to Coach Gonzaga Hockey Men . . . 12 . December 31, 1937 . November 16, 2020 . newspapers.com.
  9. News: Pacific Coast Hockey League Opens Today . . . 16 . November 25, 1944 . November 15, 2020 . newspapers.com.
  10. News: Dennis Edge, 52, Local Businessman Succumbs at Home . . . 1 . February 19, 1954 . November 15, 2020 . newspapers.com.