Albert Pudas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Siikajoki, Northern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
About Albert Pudas
- Juho Albert Pudas (originally Putaansuu) (February 17, 1899 – October 28, 1976) was a Finnish-Canadian hockey player and coach.
- He was the first Finnish-born hockey player in the National Hockey League and possibly in North America.
- Following his hockey career Pudas was active in the capacity of referee. Pudas moved to Canada at the age of 18 months.
- He began his hockey career in Port Arthur, Ontario with the Pascoes, Ports, and later, the Port Arthur Bearcats.
- On October 28, 1926, Pudas accepted a contract offer from the Toronto St.
- Pats, along with fellow Bearcats Bill Brydge, Danny Cox and Lorne Chabot.
- Pudas was recalled December 29, 1926, by the Toronto Maple Leafs (the St.
- Pats renamed themselves early in the season) to play a pair of games against Boston and Montreal.
- These four games made Pudas officially the first Finnish-born player to play in the NHL. In 1936, Pudas coached the Port Arthur Bearcats who represented Canada in the Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany.
- Canada won a silver medal with Pudas as coach (the only medal Canada won at these games).
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