# Eddie Bush

Edward Webster Bush (July 11, 1918 — May 31, 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played 26 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings between 1939 and 1942. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1938 to 1951, was spent in various minor leagues. He later became a coach, spending several years in the junior Ontario Hockey Association, finishing by coaching the Kansas City Scouts of the NHL for 32 games during their second and final season in 1975–76.

## Career

Bush began his career by playing junior hockey in Guelph, Ontario. He then became a hockey vagabond, playing on fourteen separate squads over thirteen years as a professional. He played 26 games over parts of two seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, but spent most of his career in the American Hockey League Bush also saw his career interrupted by military service, as he took off the entire 1945-46 campaign to serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Bush's five-point Game 3 in the 1942 Stanley Cup Finals remains the record for defensemen in a championship round game.
In 1950, Bush began his long coaching career by presiding over his hometown junior club, the Collingwood Shipbuilders. He later led a variety of other teams, including the Guelph Biltmores, Kitchener Rangers and Hamilton Red Wings ( he coached Hamilton to a 1962 Memorial Cup victory) of junior hockey, and the Quebec Aces and Richmond Robins of the AHL. He took a job as a scout with the fledgling Kansas City Scouts, and he served as interim coach for 32 games in 1976.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | 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 |
| 1936–37 | Guelph Indians | OHA | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1937–38 | Guelph Indians | OHA | 14 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 18 |
| 1937–38 | Guelph Indians | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1938–39 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1938–39 | Pittsburgh Hornets | IAHL | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1938–39 | Kansas City Greyhounds | AHA | 25 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1939–40 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 41 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1940–41 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1940–41 | Providence Reds | AHL | 37 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 1941–42 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 1941–42 | Providence Reds | AHL | 36 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1942–43 | Toronto RCAF | OHA Sr | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1942–43 | Toronto RCAF | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| 1943–44 | Dartmouth RCAF | NSDHL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1944–45 | Dartmouth RCAF | NSDHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1946–47 | St. Louis Flyers | AHL | 34 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1946–47 | Providence Reds | AHL | 26 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 111 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1947–48 | Philadelphia Rockets | AHL | 68 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 163 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948–49 | Philadelphia Rockets | AHL | 46 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948–49 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1949–50 | Cincinnati Mohawks | IHL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1949–50 | Louisville Blades | USHL | 8 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1949–50 | Sherbrooke Saints | QSHL | 31 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 89 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 1949–50 | Sherbrooke Saints | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 1950–51 | Collingwood Shipbuilders | OHA Sr | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| IAHL/AHL totals | IAHL/AHL totals | IAHL/AHL totals | 352 | 71 | 145 | 216 | 692 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 23 |

## Coaching record

| Team | Year | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Post season |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | T | Pts | Finish | Result |
| Kansas City Scouts | 1975–76 | 32 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 36) | 5th in Smythe | Missed playoffs |