Curry was born in 1925 in Chapleau, Ontario and raised in Kirkland Lake by his parents Dalton and Mable Curry. He played junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals and starred for the team. Curry won the Memorial Cup in 1944 with the Generals. The Montreal Canadiens realized his potential and signed him. He played for the Montreal Royals before being brought up to the Canadiens.
Curry recorded his only career hat trick on October 29, 1951, a night when Princess Elizabeth, soon to become Queen Elizabeth II, was in attendance at the Montreal Forum.
After retiring as a player, Curry coached the Montreal Royals, then went on to work for the Canadiens' front office for over forty years, starting out as director of sales and travel secretary. In the summer of 1968, he was promoted to assistant general manager. During the summer of 1970 Curry became the manager-coach of the Montreal Voyageurs, replacing Al MacNeil who was promoted to assistant coach (later coach) of the Montreal Canadiens. MacNeil returned to become manager-coach of the Voyageurs, now the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, in the summer of 1971, after winning the Stanley Cup. Curry returned to the Canadiens as assistant general manager. He remained in that position until 1978, and then stayed on with Montreal as director of scouting for a couple more years. During his time in Montreal in management and scouting, Curry was awarded Stanley Cup rings in 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Curry's name was added to the Cup in 1977 and 1978.
Curry died at a Montreal hospital on September 16, 2006. He was survived by his wife of 61 years, June, and his two daughters.
floyd, curry, floyd, james, busher, curry, august, 1925, september, 2006, canadian, hockey, right, winger, born, 1925, august, 1925chapleau, ontario, canadadiedseptember, 2006, 2006, aged, montreal, quebec, canadaheight5, weight175, positionright, wingshotrigh. Floyd James Busher Curry August 11 1925 September 16 2006 was a Canadian ice hockey right winger Floyd CurryBorn 1925 08 11 August 11 1925Chapleau Ontario CanadaDiedSeptember 16 2006 2006 09 16 aged 81 Montreal Quebec CanadaHeight5 ft 11 in 180 cm Weight175 lb 79 kg 12 st 7 lb PositionRight wingShotRightPlayed forMontreal CanadiensPlaying career1945 1959Curry was born in 1925 in Chapleau Ontario and raised in Kirkland Lake by his parents Dalton and Mable Curry He played junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals and starred for the team Curry won the Memorial Cup in 1944 with the Generals The Montreal Canadiens realized his potential and signed him He played for the Montreal Royals before being brought up to the Canadiens Curry played his entire National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens His career started in 1947 and ended in 1958 During his time with Montreal Curry won four Stanley Cups in 1953 1956 1957 and 1958 Curry recorded his only career hat trick on October 29 1951 a night when Princess Elizabeth soon to become Queen Elizabeth II was in attendance at the Montreal Forum After retiring as a player Curry coached the Montreal Royals then went on to work for the Canadiens front office for over forty years starting out as director of sales and travel secretary In the summer of 1968 he was promoted to assistant general manager During the summer of 1970 Curry became the manager coach of the Montreal Voyageurs replacing Al MacNeil who was promoted to assistant coach later coach of the Montreal Canadiens MacNeil returned to become manager coach of the Voyageurs now the Nova Scotia Voyageurs in the summer of 1971 after winning the Stanley Cup Curry returned to the Canadiens as assistant general manager He remained in that position until 1978 and then stayed on with Montreal as director of scouting for a couple more years During his time in Montreal in management and scouting Curry was awarded Stanley Cup rings in 1969 1973 1976 1977 1978 and 1979 Curry s name was added to the Cup in 1977 and 1978 Curry died at a Montreal hospital on September 16 2006 He was survived by his wife of 61 years June and his two daughters Career statistics edit Regular season PlayoffsSeason Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM1940 41 Kirkland Lake Golden Gate NOJHA 20 9 4 13 5 1941 42 Oshawa Generals OHA Jr 24 11 15 26 20 12 9 10 19 151941 42 Oshawa Generals MC 11 11 6 17 41942 43 Oshawa Generals OHA Jr 22 22 24 46 16 10 8 5 13 81942 43 Oshawa Generals MC 8 7 6 13 21943 44 Oshawa Generals OHA Jr 26 22 26 48 13 10 4 7 11 61943 44 Oshawa Generals MC 10 11 8 19 141944 45 Toronto Navy TNDHL 7 7 7 14 2 7 9 6 15 41944 45 Toronto Uptown Tires TMHL 2 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 01944 45 Toronto Fuels TMHL 7 2 2 4 0 1945 46 Montreal Royals QSHL 32 22 23 45 8 11 3 6 9 41946 47 Montreal Royals QSHL 40 23 20 43 26 11 3 4 7 41946 47 Montreal Royals AC 14 6 2 8 141947 48 Montreal Canadiens NHL 31 1 5 6 0 1947 48 Buffalo Bisons AHL 14 6 8 14 10 1948 49 Buffalo Bisons AHL 67 24 19 43 12 1948 49 Montreal Canadiens NHL 2 0 0 0 21949 50 Montreal Canadiens NHL 49 8 8 16 8 5 1 0 1 21949 50 Buffalo Bisons AHL 24 4 6 10 6 1950 51 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 13 14 27 23 11 0 2 2 21951 52 Montreal Canadiens NHL 64 20 18 38 10 11 4 3 7 61952 53 Montreal Canadiens NHL 68 16 6 22 10 12 2 1 3 21953 54 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 13 8 21 22 11 4 0 4 41954 55 Montreal Canadiens NHL 68 11 10 21 36 12 8 4 12 41955 56 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 14 18 32 10 10 1 5 6 121956 57 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 7 9 16 20 10 3 2 5 21957 58 Montreal Canadiens NHL 42 2 3 5 8 7 0 0 0 21958 59 Montreal Royals QHL 57 9 13 22 40 8 1 3 4 21958 59 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 0 0 4 NHL totals 601 105 99 204 147 91 23 17 40 38See also editlist of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchiseExternal links editBiographical information and career statistics from NHL com or Eliteprospects com or Hockey Reference com or The Internet Hockey Database Picture of Floyd Curry s name on the 1958 Stanley Cup plaque Former Canadien Curry dies at 81 nbsp This biographical article relating to a Canadian ice hockey winger born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Floyd Curry amp oldid 1136926133, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
