Joseph Henry "Joe" Hall (May 3, 1882 – April 5, 1919), nicknamed
Bad Joe Hall, was a professional
ice hockeyIce Hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. It is a fast-paced and physical sport...
defencemanDefence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
who played professionally from 1904 until 1919 when he died as a result of the influenza epidemic. He won the
Stanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club cup trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion. It has been referred to as The Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
twice with the
Quebec BulldogsThe Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played in...
and once with the
Kenora ThistlesThe Kenora Thistles were an early amateur men's ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1885 as a senior team by a group of Lake of the Woods lumbermen. The club is notable for winning the Stanley Cup as an amateur team in 1907. The town is the smallest in population to have...
.
Hall was born in
StaffordshireStaffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
,
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
and grew up in
Brandon, ManitobaBrandon is a city in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.The surrounding area is often referred to as "Westman".The city started as a major junction on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Assiniboine River and was then incorporated in 1882....
,
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He played in the
Manitoba Hockey AssociationThe Manitoba Hockey Association was an early men's senior ice hockey league playing around 1900 in Manitoba, Canada. The league started as an elite amateur league, became professional in 1905, had a professional and an amateur league in 1908–09 and only amateur from 1909 until 1923. Two teams...
with the
Brandon Wheat KingsThe Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. They compete in the Western Hockey League, and joined the league in the 1967–68 season. Prior to that they played in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and were known as the Brandon Elks for a short time in the...
,
Winnipeg Rowing ClubThe Winnipeg Rowing Club is a rowing club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba founded in 1881 by cousins John Galt II & George Galt. The club was incorporated on February 2, 1883, with John Norquay as Club Patron, Thomas Renwick as President, and George Galt as Club Captain.From 1902 to 1906, the Winnipeg...
and the
Kenora ThistlesThe Kenora Thistles were an early amateur men's ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1885 as a senior team by a group of Lake of the Woods lumbermen. The club is notable for winning the Stanley Cup as an amateur team in 1907. The town is the smallest in population to have...
, and in the
National Hockey AssociationThe National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...
as a member of the
Quebec BulldogsThe Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played in...
.
Joseph Henry "Joe" Hall (May 3, 1882 – April 5, 1919), nicknamed
Bad Joe Hall, was a professional
ice hockeyIce Hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. It is a fast-paced and physical sport...
defencemanDefence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
who played professionally from 1904 until 1919 when he died as a result of the influenza epidemic. He won the
Stanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club cup trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion. It has been referred to as The Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
twice with the
Quebec BulldogsThe Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played in...
and once with the
Kenora ThistlesThe Kenora Thistles were an early amateur men's ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1885 as a senior team by a group of Lake of the Woods lumbermen. The club is notable for winning the Stanley Cup as an amateur team in 1907. The town is the smallest in population to have...
.
Playing career
Hall was born in
StaffordshireStaffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
,
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
and grew up in
Brandon, ManitobaBrandon is a city in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.The surrounding area is often referred to as "Westman".The city started as a major junction on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Assiniboine River and was then incorporated in 1882....
,
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He played in the
Manitoba Hockey AssociationThe Manitoba Hockey Association was an early men's senior ice hockey league playing around 1900 in Manitoba, Canada. The league started as an elite amateur league, became professional in 1905, had a professional and an amateur league in 1908–09 and only amateur from 1909 until 1923. Two teams...
with the
Brandon Wheat KingsThe Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. They compete in the Western Hockey League, and joined the league in the 1967–68 season. Prior to that they played in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and were known as the Brandon Elks for a short time in the...
,
Winnipeg Rowing ClubThe Winnipeg Rowing Club is a rowing club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba founded in 1881 by cousins John Galt II & George Galt. The club was incorporated on February 2, 1883, with John Norquay as Club Patron, Thomas Renwick as President, and George Galt as Club Captain.From 1902 to 1906, the Winnipeg...
and the
Kenora ThistlesThe Kenora Thistles were an early amateur men's ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1885 as a senior team by a group of Lake of the Woods lumbermen. The club is notable for winning the Stanley Cup as an amateur team in 1907. The town is the smallest in population to have...
, and in the
National Hockey AssociationThe National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...
as a member of the
Quebec BulldogsThe Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played in...
. He played for the
Montreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team is a member of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
in their first two seasons in the
National Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league as a joint venture for its self perpetuating membership of 30 franchised member clubs located in the United States and Canada...
from 1917-1919.
Hall won the
Stanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club cup trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion. It has been referred to as The Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
with the Kenora Thistles in 1907, for which he received a 'loving cup' which is on display in the
Hockey Hall of FameThe Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...
. He won the Cup with the Quebec Bulldogs in 1912 and 1913. He also challenged for the Stanley Cup in 1904 with the Winnipeg Rowing Club.
1919 Stanley Cup Finals
In 1919, he was part of the Montreal Canadiens team that made it to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Finals were interrupted and eventually cancelled due to an outbreak of Spanish influenza. The flu was contracted by several players on both the Canadiens and their opponents, the
Seattle MetropolitansThe Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. They won the Stanley Cup in 1917, becoming the first American team to do so...
. Hall would eventually succumb to pneumonia, related to his influenza, in a
hospitalA hospital is an institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment, and often but not always providing for longer-term patient stays....
in
Seattle, WashingtonSeattle is located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Situated in the western part of Washington State on an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about south of the Canada – United States border, it is named after Chief Sealth, of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes...
just five days after the Stanley Cup Final series was abandoned.
He was inducted into the
Hockey Hall of FameThe Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...
in 1961.
Career statistics
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Regular season |
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Playoffs |
| Season In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1st through October 1st; in European football , it is generally from August until May In an...
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Team |
League |
GP |
G A goal in ice hockey provides a team with one point. Unlike in American football, where a touchdown is scored if any part of the football crosses any part of the goal line, in ice hockey the entire puck must completely cross the goal line for a goal to be awarded.-Method of scoring:The object of...
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A In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...
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Pts Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player who either scores a goal or earns an assist during a game. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...
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PIMA penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes during which the player can not participate in play...
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GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| 1902–03 |
Brandon HC |
MNWHA The Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association was an early senior-level men's amateur ice hockey league, founded in 1903, and played one season, 1903-1904 before joining the Manitoba Hockey Association...
|
6 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
| 1903–04 |
Winnipeg Rowing Club The Winnipeg Rowing Club is a rowing club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba founded in 1881 by cousins John Galt II & George Galt. The club was incorporated on February 2, 1883, with John Norquay as Club Patron, Thomas Renwick as President, and George Galt as Club Captain.From 1902 to 1906, the Winnipeg...
|
MHL The Manitoba Hockey League was a junior-level men's ice hockey league operating in or around the 1930s in Manitoba, Canada, under the auspices of the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association, now known as Hockey Manitoba....
Sr. |
6 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
10 |
| |
Winnipeg Rowing Club |
St. Cup |
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 1904–05 |
Brandon Wheat Cities The Brandon Wheat Cities was an early senior-level elite amateur ice hockey team that played from 1903 to 1923. It was based in Brandon, Manitoba and played in the Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association, followed by the Manitoba Hockey Association and the early Manitoba Hockey League.The team...
|
MHL Sr. |
10 |
11 |
2 |
13 |
11 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1905–06 |
Portage Lake-Houghton |
IHL |
20 |
33 |
0 |
33 |
98 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Quebec BulldogsThe Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played in...
|
ECAHA |
3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1906–07 |
Brandon Wheat Cities |
MHL Pro |
9 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
32 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
| |
Kenora Thistles The Kenora Thistles were an early amateur men's ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1885 as a senior team by a group of Lake of the Woods lumbermen. The club is notable for winning the Stanley Cup as an amateur team in 1907. The town is the smallest in population to have...
|
St. Cup |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1907–08 |
Montreal HCThe Montreal Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884. They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and used the MAAA 'winged wheel' logo. The team is notable for winning the first Stanley Cup in 1893, and in a...
|
ECAHA |
4 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
11 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Montreal ShamrocksThe Montreal Shamrocks were an amateur, later professional, men's ice hockey club in existence from 1887 until 1910, merging with the Montreal Crystals club in 1896. They won the Stanley Cup ice hockey championship in 1899 and 1900.-Team History:...
|
ECAHA |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1908–09 |
Montreal WanderersThe Montreal Wanderers were an Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers...
|
ECHA |
5 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
15 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Edmonton Pros |
Exh. |
1 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Winnipeg Maple Leafs |
MHL The Manitoba Hockey Association was an early men's senior ice hockey league playing around 1900 in Manitoba, Canada. The league started as an elite amateur league, became professional in 1905, had a professional and an amateur league in 1908–09 and only amateur from 1909 until 1923. Two teams...
Pro |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
| |
Montreal Wanderers |
Exh. |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1910 The 1910 NHA season was the first season of the National Hockey Association men's ice hockey league. The season started on January 5, but was suspended immediately and the league then absorbed the Ottawa and Shamrocks teams of the Canadian Hockey Association and the season continued from January 15...
|
Montreal Shamrocks |
NHAThe National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...
|
10 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
47 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Montreal Shamrocks |
CHA |
1 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1910–11 |
Quebec BulldogsThe Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played in...
|
NHA |
10 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1911–12 |
Quebec Bulldogs |
NHA |
18 |
15 |
1 |
16 |
43 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| |
Quebec Bulldogs |
St. Cup |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 1912–13 |
Quebec Bulldogs |
NHA |
18 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
78 |
2 |
3 |
-- |
3 |
-- |
| |
Quebec Bulldogs |
St. Cup |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| 1913–14 The 1913–14 NHA season was the sixth season of the National Hockey Association . At the end of the regular season, a tie for first place necessitated a playoff to determine the championship and the Stanley Cup. The Toronto Blueshirts defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6–2 in a two-game, total-goals...
|
Quebec Bulldogs |
NHA |
19 |
13 |
4 |
17 |
61 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1914–15 The 1914–15 NHA season was the 6th season of the National Hockey Association and played from December 26, 1914 until March 3, 1915. Each team played 20 games....
|
Quebec Bulldogs |
NHA |
20 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
52 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1915–16 |
Quebec Bulldogs |
NHA |
23 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
89 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1916–17 |
Quebec Bulldogs |
NHA |
19 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
95 |
| 1917–18 |
Montreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team is a member of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
|
NHLThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league as a joint venture for its self perpetuating membership of 30 franchised member clubs located in the United States and Canada...
|
21 |
8 |
7 |
15 |
100 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
| 1918–19 |
Montreal Canadiens |
NHL |
17 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
89 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
| NHL totals |
38 |
15 |
8 |
23 |
189 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
29 |
Awards and achievements
- IHL
The International Professional Hockey League was the first fully professional ice hockey league, operating from 1904 to 1907. It was formed by Jack 'Doc' Gibson, a dentist who played hockey throughout Ontario before settling in Houghton, Michigan. The IPHL was a five team circuit which included...
First Team All-Star (1906)
- Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club cup trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion. It has been referred to as The Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
Championships (1907 - Kenora 1912 & 1913 - Quebec)
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...
in 1961
- “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
The Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum was established in 1985 when the first honoured members were named and plaques were erected in their honour. The first group of inductees was large in order to recognize the accomplishments of Manitoba players, coaches, builders and teams at the...
In fiction
- In Roy MacGregor's The Ghost of the Stanley Cup in his The Screech Owls
The Screech Owls is a series of juvenile fiction novels by Roy MacGregor. There are currently 22 titles in the series, all published by McClelland & Stewart.-Plot:...
series of hockey books, "Bad" Joe Hall is named as the haunting spirit.
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