# Charles Tobin

Charles Stuart Tobin (November 24, 1885 – May 30, 1924) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Tobin played 175 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). Amongst the PCHA teams he played for were the New Westminster Royals, Portland Rosebuds, Seattle Metropolitans, Vancouver Millionaires and Victoria Cougars.

## Personal life

Tobin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He died in 1924 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland, Oregon after illness due to ulcers of the stomach.

## Playing career

Tobin first played senior-level ice hockey with the Edmonton Thistles in 1904–05. Starting in 1906, Tobin played for several teams in early western Canada professional leagues, such as Battleford of the Alberta Professional League, Winnipeg Monarchs, Winnipeg Shamrocks and Winnipeg Hockey Club of the Manitoba leagues, Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw of the Saskatchewan Professional League.
Hockey on the Canadian Prairies was often strenuous due to the weather and the physical nature of the game, and once, while Tobin was playing with North Battleford in the city of Battleford, the temperature was so low that the players had to use alcohol rubs to fight off frostbite. And in December 1907, while playing for the Winnipeg Hockey Club in a qualifying test game, he was assaulted by Joe Hall in a particularly rough contest and had to be carried off the ice.
   "The 'Pegs were going down the ice and Hall had just jumped into the game when he and Tobin came together. Tobin was knocked down and as Hall circled past him he swung his stick around with the result that it crashed into Tobin's head with a sickening sound and the 'Peg player was stretched on the ice, afterwards being carried off."
In 1912, the new PCHA was formed and Tobin joined the league in its second season, in 1912–13, playing for the New Westminster Royals. Tobin would play the bulk of his career in the PCHA, playing with the Portland Rosebuds, Victoria Aristocrats, Seattle Metropolitans and Vancouver Millionaires. Several of the teams were PCHA champions and Tobin played in the 1916, 1920 and 1922 Stanley Cup finals with the Rosebuds, Metropolitans and Millionaires, but did not play for a Stanley Cup champion, losing in the fifth and deciding game all three times.

## Statistics

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1904–05 | Edmonton Thistles | ASHL | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1906–07 | Winnipeg Shamrocks | WCAHA | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1907–08 | North Battleford | APHL | 9 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Brandon Wheat Cities | MHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1908–09 | Winnipeg Shamrocks | MHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1909–10 | Winnipeg Hockey Club | WAHL | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1910–11 | Winnipeg Monarchs | WAHL | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Saskatoon Westerns | SPHL | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Prince Albert Mintos | SPHL | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
| | Prince Albert Mintos | Stanley Cup | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 1911–12 | Moose Jaw Brewers | SPHL | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1912–13 | New Westminster Royals | PCHA | 13 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1913–14 | New Westminster Royals | PCHA | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1914–15 | Portland Rosebuds | PCHA | 18 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1915–16 | Portland Rosebuds | PCHA | 18 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | | Stanley Cup | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 1916–17 | Portland Rosebuds | PCHA | 24 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1917–18 | Portland Rosebuds | PCHA | 18 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1919 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 20 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1919–20 | Seattle Metropolitans | PCHA | 19 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Stanley Cup | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920–21 | Seattle Metropolitans | | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921–22 | Vancouver Millionaires | | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Stanley Cup | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PCHA totals | PCHA totals | PCHA totals | 174 | 101 | 30 | 131 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Cup totals | Stanley Cup totals | Stanley Cup totals | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 |