Denny Edge

Dennis Douglas Edge (January 10, 1903 – February 18, 1954) was a Canadian-born American player and coach of ice hockey. He served as head coach of the college ice hockey team at Gonzaga University prior to World War II.

Denny Edge
Edge during his time coaching Gonzaga
Biographical details
Born(1903-01-10)January 10, 1903
Saskatchewan, Canada
DiedFebruary 18, 1954(1954-02-18) (aged 51)
Medford, Oregon, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1937–1940Gonzaga (NCAA)
1944–1945Oakland Oaks (PCHL)
Head coaching record
Overall27–13–4 (NCAA)[1]

Biography

Edge was born in January 1903 in Saskatchewan, Canada,[2][lower-alpha 1] and immigrated to the United States in 1925.[5] He was active as an ice hockey player from 1918 until 1927,[3] including two years with the Regina Pats,[6] and culminating with a season of professional play in Los Angeles.[4] Photos with the Oregon Historical Society show in him in uniform with other players on a team named the Spalding Aces.[7] Edge coached the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's ice hockey team prior to World War II,[4] taking that role during the 1937–38 season,[8] and staying through completion of the 1939–40 season.[1] He later served as the head coach for the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast Hockey League during their inaugural season of 1944–45.[9] Edge died in February 1954 at his home in Medford, Oregon; he was survived by his wife and two daughters.[10]

Notes
  1. Some sources state that Edge was born in England;[3][4] however, both his 1942 draft registration card and 1930 census entry list him as being born in Canada.[2][5]

References
  1. "Denny Edge Coaching Record". collegehockeynews.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. "Draft Registration Card". Selective Service System. February 1942. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via fold3.com.
  3. "Hockey deaths - February 1954". sihrhockey.org. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  4. "Gonzaga Team History". collegehockeynews.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  5. "Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930". Multnomah, Oregon: United States Census Bureau. April 2, 1930. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via fold3.com.
  6. "New Spokane Hockey Chief Has a Record of Success". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. September 21, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "Denny Edge, hockey player for Spalding Aces". Oregon Historical Society. 1923. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  8. "Denny Edge to Coach Gonzaga Hockey Men". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. December 31, 1937. p. 12. Retrieved November 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. "Pacific Coast Hockey League Opens Today". Calgary Herald. AP. November 25, 1944. p. 16. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. "Dennis Edge, 52, Local Businessman Succumbs at Home". Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. February 19, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via newspapers.com.

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