Stan Brown Dr . Stanley Brown ( May 9 , 1898 in North Bay , Ontario – July 6 , 1987 in North Bay , Ontario ) was a professional ice hockey defenceman . He played in 48 National Hockey League games for the New York Rangers and the Detroit Cougars . He also earned a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Toronto . Professional career . Minor league hockey . Brown played hockey as a teen with the North Bay Arena Stars of the North Bay Hockey League . As a 16 year old , Brown excelled and quickly join the Ontario Hockey Association Junior ranks , playing for both the Berlin Union Jacks and the St . Michael ' s Majors . During the 1916 – 17 season , Brown spent some time in the OHA - Senior playing with the Toronto St . Pats , scoring three goals in eight games . Deciding it was time for college , Brown enrolled in the University of Toronto to study dentistry . He also joined the Toronto Dentals , a local club made up of dentistry students , which had just won the Allan Cup . Brown successfully juggled both his studies and his play on the ice , and after two seasons with the Dentals , finally was offered a roster spot on the University of Toronto ' s Varsity Blues men ' s ice hockey team . Brown played on the team for two years , helping the team to win the Allan Cup in 1921 by scoring eight points in the five game playoff . After graduating , Brown decided to follow his hockey career and left dentistry for a later day . He joined the Sault Ste . Marie Greyhounds for the 1922 – 23 season and put up seven points in his first eight games . He continued to impress and in this second season with the Greyhounds , Brown helped lead the team to their first and his second Allan Cup . The Greyhounds moved to Detroit for the 1926 – 27 season in an effort to stem the loss of money from the club and Brown moved with them . The Detroit Greyhounds played only six games that season before they and the Northern Ontario Hockey Association Senior - A League folded . Playing in the NHL . Brown didn ' t have to wait long before lacing up his skates again . The New York Rangers of the NHL signed Brown as a free agent on December 23 , 1926 . Brown played the final 24 games of the 1926 – 27 season with the Blueshirts , scoring six goals and two assists . He played in both playoff games for New York that year , failing to record a point and watching the Boston Bruins go on to the Stanley Cup Finals . On October 10 , 1927 , Brown was traded to the Detroit Cougars for Harry Meeking and Archie Briden as part of Jack Adams major restructuring plan for Detroit . Brown played only 24 games of the 1927 – 28 season in Detroit before again being traded . On February 13 , 1928 , the Cougars received Pete Palangio and cash from the Montreal Canadiens for Brown . Brown was quickly assigned to Montreal ' s farm team the Windsor Bulldogs of the Canadian Professional Hockey League . Brown scored 13 points in his first season as the team was getting ready for a move to the International Hockey League . Brown had his best year during the 1929 – 30 season , in which the defenceman scored 23 points and logged 22 penalty minutes . Brown played four more seasons in Windsor before retiring after the 1934 – 35 season . Brown the coach . The first game of the year for the Bulldogs during the 1934 – 35 season would turn out to be Brown ' s last , as He had been asked to try his hand at coaching the team that he had been a part of for the past seven years . As the Head Coach , Brown finished with a 14 – 23 – 7 record . Brown decided that coaching wasn ' t his passion and decided to retire from ice hockey .