Cooney Weiland Ralph " Cooney " Weiland ( November 5 , 1904 in Seaforth , Ontario - July 3 , 1985 ) was an NHL forward who played for the Boston Bruins , Ottawa Senators , and Detroit Red Wings . Weiland began playing junior hockey in Seaforth , where he spent three seasons with his hometown team . In 1923 he moved to Owen Sound , Ontario to attend school , planning a career as a druggist . He joined that city ' s junior team , the Owen Sound Greys , and led them to the 1924 Memorial Cup as Canadian champions . He was the club ' s top scorer with 68 goals in 25 games . After the Greys lost the 1925 OHA final to Toronto Aura Lee , Weiland began a three - year stint with the Minneapolis Millers of the old American Hockey Association . That led to the start of his NHL career with Boston , where he celebrated his rookie campaign in 1928 – 29 with a Stanley Cup victory over the New York Rangers . It was the first Cup win in Bruins history . In his second season during 1929 – 30 , he scored 43 goals and 73 points in 44 games aided by a rule change that season only . It shattered the NHL ' s single - season points record of 51 which had been set two years earlier by Montreal Canadiens legend Howie Morenz . Weiland held the record alone until 1942 – 43 , when Doug Bentley of the Chicago Black Hawks tied it , and shared it for one more year — Boston ' s Herb Cain broke the record with 82 points in 1943 – 44 . The Bruins went to the Cup final again in 1930 but were swept by Montreal . Weiland had a brief career with Ottawa and played two seasons in Detroit , reaching the Cup final for a third time in 1934 . Weiland returned to Boston in 1935 and retired in 1939 with 173 goals and 333 points in 510 career games . But he ended his NHL playing career as he had begun it ; the Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs and earned their second Stanley Cup . He then stepped behind the bench as the club ' s new head coach and piloted Boston to its third Cup in 1940 – 41 . Weiland coached the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League for the next four seasons , then coached the league ' s New Haven entry for two more years . In 1950 he began his longest coaching stint , at Harvard University Crimson Tide , where he compiled a record of 316 – 172 – 17 before retiring in 1971 . That year also marked his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . A member of the Beanpot Hall of Fame , Weiland was twice named coach of the year by the American ice hockey coaches Association , first in 1955 , when he led the Crimson to third place in the NCAA tournament , and again in his final season , when his team captured the ECAC tournament . The New England Hockey Writers Association named Weiland its coach of the year five times and honored him with the Schaefer Pen Award for contribution to amateur hockey in 1962 . He received the Lester Patrick Award for contribution to hockey in the United States in 1972 . Weiland coached seven All - Americans , including three - time first - team selection Joe Cavanagh ' 71 and two - time pick David Johnston ' 63 . His players earned a total of 26 first team All - Ivy honors , highlighted by the 1956 – 57 team , which was comprised entirely of Crimson players . Four of Weiland ' s Harvard players helped the 1960 U . S . Olympic team win the gold medal in Squaw Valley . Among that group was the legendary Bill Cleary ' 56 , who went on to assist Weiland and succeed him as head coach . Cleary served in that role for 19 seasons and as athletic director for 11 . He earned the Hobey Baker Legend of College Hockey Award in 1993 . Cufflinks presented to Weiland after Owen Sound ' s Memorial Cup win in 1924 are part of a permanent junior hockey exhibit at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto .