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Wilf
Cude
1952-1963
Position | G |
Catch | L |
Weight | 146lbs |
Height | 5'9" |
Date of birth | July 4th, 1910 |
Place of birth | Barry, GBR |
Deceased on | May 5th, 1968 |
Seasons - MTL | 8 |
Other numbers | 4,17,21,24 |
SEASON |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
|
MIN
Minutes on ice - Total number of minutes the goaltender has been on the ice
|
W
Wins - Games the goaltender has won, either in regulation or in overtime
|
L
Losses - Games the goaltender has lost in regulation
|
T
Ties - Games that have ended in a tie
|
OTL
Overtime losses - Games lost in overtime
|
GA
Goals against - Number of goals scoared against the goaltender
|
SO
Shutouts - Number of games where the goaltender has not allowed a goal
|
GAA
Goals against average - Mean goals-per-game scored on the goaltender
|
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TOTALS | 220 | 13715 | 82 | 100 | 38 | 0 | 606 | 18 | 2.65 |
1933-1934 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
1934-1935 | 48 | 2960 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 145 | 1 | 2.94 |
1935-1936 | 47 | 2940 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 122 | 6 | 2.49 |
1936-1937 | 44 | 2730 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 5 | 2.18 |
1937-1938 | 47 | 2990 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 126 | 3 | 2.53 |
1938-1939 | 23 | 1440 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 3.21 |
1939-1940 | 7 | 415 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3.47 |
1940-1941 | 3 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 |
SEASON |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
|
MIN
Minutes on ice - Total number of minutes the goaltender has been on the ice
|
W
Wins - Games the goaltender has won, either in regulation or in overtime
|
L
Losses - Games the goaltender has lost in regulation
|
T
Ties - Games that have ended in a tie
|
OTL
Overtime losses - Games lost in overtime
|
GA
Goals against - Number of goals scoared against the goaltender
|
SO
Shutouts - Number of games where the goaltender has not allowed a goal
|
GAA
Goals against average - Mean goals-per-game scored on the goaltender
|
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TOTALS | 10 | 664 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2.71 |
1934-1935 | 2 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 |
1936-1937 | 5 | 352 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2.22 |
1937-1938 | 3 | 192 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.44 |

IN AN ERA WHEN THE CANADIENS STRUGGLED FOR ON-ICE SUCCESS, WILF CUDE PROVED TO BE A SILVER LINING AS THE TEAM’S LAST LINE OF DEFENSE.
At 145 pounds, Welsh-born Wilf Cude is among the smallest netminders of all time. He tried out a number of other NHL sweaters before finding a long-term home with the Montreal Canadiens.Breaking into the NHL at age 20, he debuted with the Philadelphia Quakers in 1930-31, the team’s only year of operation. Spending the next season on the NHL’s payroll as a substitute goaltender, he played two games for the Boston Bruins and another as a temporary member of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Acquired by Montreal from the AHA’s Philadelphia Arrows, where he spent 1932-33, Cude appeared in one game with the Habs and was promptly lent to Detroit for the balance of 1933-34.
After backstopping the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup Finals and leading the league with his 1.52 goals-against average, Cude was repatriated in the fall of 1934, much to the dismay of the Detroit organization. He spent the next four years as the Canadiens’ principal netminder.
A fiery competitor who replaced George Hainsworth between the pipes at the Forum, the acrobatic newcomer was both a popular and proficient goaltender, proving his worth as a reliable last line of defense at a time when the team often struggled.
The 1935-36 Canadiens finished in last place in the NHL’s eight-team Canadian Division, winning only 11 games all year. Their tough little goaltender recorded six shutouts and was named to the Second All-Star Team. The honor came his way a second time the next year, when the Habs went from worst to first in their division.
Splitting goaltending duties with Claude Bourque in 1938-39, Cude relinquished the starter’s job to him the next season. He appeared in a handful of Habs games over the next two years, hanging his pads up for good at the end of 1940-41.
Nearly 70 years after leaving the ice at the Forum for the last time, Wilf Cude’s name still appears among the top 10 Canadiens goaltenders in a number of categories. His 220 games in front of the Habs’ net and 2.65 career goals-against average place him 10th on the all-time list. Ninth in career shutouts, Cude blanked his opponents 18 times while wearing Habs colors.
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