{"id":342,"date":"2023-11-21T10:57:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2024-05-14T07:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T11:18:27","slug":"milton-conrad-milt-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/hall-of-fame\/reds-in-other-hofs\/milton-conrad-milt-schmidt\/","title":{"rendered":"Milton Conrad \u201cMilt\u201d Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milton Conrad \u201cMilt\u201d Schmidt<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Born March 5, 1918 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
\nHeight: 6’0″ Weight: 185 lbs<\/p>\n

Milt Schmidt, the center on hockey\u2019s famous \u201cKraut line,\u201d which first skated together with the Reds in 1936, was inducted into the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961 He was the first of the famous trio to be so enshrined. On January 1, 2017, as part of the NHL\u2019s centennial, Milt was selected as one of the \u201c100 Greatest Players\u201d in NHL history. One of the great ambassadors of the game, he was also an inductee into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.<\/p>\n

Milt, along with Wood Dumart and Bobby Bauer, skated for Providence in the 1936-37 season, lighting the red light for eight goals in 23 games. That same year, the talented all-around athlete was also invited to try out for baseball\u2019s St. Louis Cardinals. He declined.<\/p>\n

Despite missing nearly 3 years while serving on a bomber squadron in WWII, he scored 229 goals and 575 points in a total of 776 games over 16 NHL seasons between 1936 and 1955. He won two Stanley Cups with Boston in 1938 and 1940. In 1952, he was named the league\u2019s MVP.<\/p>\n

Schmidt also coached the Bruins for 13 seasons and compiled a 250-394-126 record between 1954 and 1976. He was promoted to General Manager in 1967 and was the architect of the Bruins\u2019 powerhouse teams of the 70\u2019s that began with his discovery and signing of Bobby Orr.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Milton Conrad \u201cMilt\u201d Schmidt<\/strong>
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