| Position: | Defence/Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 184 |
| League: | NHL |
| Birth Date: | September 7, 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1928 |
| Career End: | 1939 |
Lawrence McFarlane "Baldy" Northcott[1] [2] (September 7, 1908 – November 7, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. Born in Calgary, Alberta,[3] Northcott played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons and Chicago Black Hawks.
Northcott achieved all-star status in 1932–33 playing on a line with Jimmy Ward and Hooley Smith. In the 1934–35 Stanley Cup playoffs he scored the winning goal in two games,[4] helping the Maroons win the Stanley Cup.
After the Maroons folded, Northcott was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks where he would play his last game in the National Hockey league, retiring at the end of the 1938–39 season.
Northcott coached the Winnipeg Rangers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for one season in 1940–41, leading them to the Memorial Cup Championship.
In his retirement Northcott operated an eponymously named sporting goods store in Winnipeg.[5]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1926–27 | Brantford Redmen | OHA-Jr. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1927–28 | Haileybury YMCA | NOHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1928–29 | North Bay Trappers | NOHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1928–29 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1929–30 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 43 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1930–31 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 22 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1930–31 | Windsor Bulldogs | IHL | 21 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1931–32 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 48 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1932–33 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 48 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1933–34 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 47 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1934–35 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 47 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1935–36 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 48 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1936–37 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 46 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1937–38 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 46 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 446 | 133 | 112 | 245 | 273 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 14 | ||||