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Charlie
Sands
1952-1963
| Position | C |
| Shoots | R |
| Weight | 160lbs |
| Height | 5'9" |
| Date of birth | March 23rd, 1911 |
| Place of birth | Fort William, ON, CAN |
| Deceased on | April 6th, 1953 |
| Seasons - MTL | 4 |
| Other numbers | 18 |
Statistiques
| SEASON |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
|
G
Goals - Number of goals the player has scored
|
A
Assists - Number of goals the player has assisted in
|
PTS
Points - Scoring points, calculated as the sum of G and A
|
+/-
Plus/Minus - The number of team goals for minus the number of team goals against while the player is on the ice
|
PIM
Penalties infraction minutes - Number of penalty minutes the player has been assessed
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTALS | 159 | 28 | 58 | 86 | 0 | 20 |
| 1939-1940 | 47 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 10 |
| 1940-1941 | 43 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 1941-1942 | 38 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 6 |
| 1942-1943 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| SEASON |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
|
G
Goals - Number of goals the player has scored
|
A
Assists - Number of goals the player has assisted in
|
PTS
Points - Scoring points, calculated as the sum of G and A
|
+/-
Plus/Minus - The number of team goals for minus the number of team goals against while the player is on the ice
|
PIM
Penalties infraction minutes - Number of penalty minutes the player has been assessed
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTALS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1940-1941 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941-1942 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1942-1943 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Born in Fort William, ON, Charlie Sands broke into the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1932-33 and was ceded to the Bruins two years later. After capping a four-year stay in Boston with a Stanley Cup Championship in 1939, he and Ray Getliffe joined the Canadiens in 1939-40.
The 5-foot-9, 160-pound, right winger scored nine times and proved his worth as a playmaker, assisting on 20 other goals and finishing second to Toe Blake among Habs scorers.
A solid two-way player, Sands spent four seasons in Montreal, one of a handful of players who remained as Dick Irvin retooled the team from the ground up in the early years of his reign behind the bench.
Slipping to a 13-point season in 1940-41, Sands rebounded with 27 the next, despite missing 10 of the games on the schedule. 1942-43 was Sands’ last in a Canadiens sweater. He appeared in 31 games and recorded a dozen points as the younger Gordie Drillon and Joe Benoit accounted for most of the minutes on the right side.
Their emergence and the return of a promising prospect in Maurice Richard, who had accumulated eleven points in sixteen games in 1942-43, brought an end to the 31-year-old veteran’s time in the Canadiens uniform. Someone new would wear No. 9 for the bleu-blanc-rouge beginning in 1943-44.
Although his rights remained with the Canadiens on paper, Sands became a Ranger for 1943-44 in an arrangement that saw fiery New York forward, Phil Watson, play his only season with Montreal.
Dressing for only nine Rangers games in 1943-44, Sands found that life on the west coast agreed with him, playing on until 1946-47 in Pasadena, Los Angeles and Fresno.
The 5-foot-9, 160-pound, right winger scored nine times and proved his worth as a playmaker, assisting on 20 other goals and finishing second to Toe Blake among Habs scorers.
A solid two-way player, Sands spent four seasons in Montreal, one of a handful of players who remained as Dick Irvin retooled the team from the ground up in the early years of his reign behind the bench.
Slipping to a 13-point season in 1940-41, Sands rebounded with 27 the next, despite missing 10 of the games on the schedule. 1942-43 was Sands’ last in a Canadiens sweater. He appeared in 31 games and recorded a dozen points as the younger Gordie Drillon and Joe Benoit accounted for most of the minutes on the right side.
Their emergence and the return of a promising prospect in Maurice Richard, who had accumulated eleven points in sixteen games in 1942-43, brought an end to the 31-year-old veteran’s time in the Canadiens uniform. Someone new would wear No. 9 for the bleu-blanc-rouge beginning in 1943-44.
Although his rights remained with the Canadiens on paper, Sands became a Ranger for 1943-44 in an arrangement that saw fiery New York forward, Phil Watson, play his only season with Montreal.
Dressing for only nine Rangers games in 1943-44, Sands found that life on the west coast agreed with him, playing on until 1946-47 in Pasadena, Los Angeles and Fresno.
