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Milt Schmidt

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Milt Schmidt is a Canadian professional ice hockey center, coach and general manager, mostly for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), where he was a member of the Kraut Line. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961. In 2017 Schmidt was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

Schmidt and his childhood friends Bobby Bauer and Woody Dumart were teamed up together in the NHL as well. They formed the Kraut Line, and were a strong and dependable line for the Bruins for most of the following fifteen seasons. They were a key ingredient to the Bruins' success as they rampaged to the regular season title and a hard-fought Stanley Cup victory in 1939. The following season Schmidt became a star, as he led the league in scoring and guided the Bruins to another first-place finish and the third-most goals in team history. The 1941 season saw Schmidt spearhead the Bruins to their second Cup win in three years. Named captain in 1951, Schmidt won the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player that year. He retired as a player partway through the 1954-1955 season to take over head coaching duties.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast

Pictured on one of six Canada commemorative postage stamps issued 24 January 2004 honoring living hockey players. Stamps were issued in booklet form and in a single souvenir sheet. Other players honored were Johnny Bower, Brad Park, Larry Robinson, Marcel Dionne, and Ted Lindsay.
Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, 1961.
Center/defenseman with the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins, 1937-1937 thru 1941-1942 & 1945-1946 thru 1954-1955.
Coach of the NHL's Boston Bruins (1954-1955 thru 1960-1961 & 1962-1963 thru 1965-1966) and Washington Capitals (1974-1975 thru 1975-1976).
While scouting for the Boston Bruins, he "discovered" then-future hall of famer Bobby Orr.

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