Sylvio Mantha

**Joseph Sylvio Theobald Mantha** (Afrilu 14, 1902 - Agusta 7, 1974) ƙwararren mai tsaron kankara ne wanda ya taka leda a wasanni goma sha huɗu a gasar Hockey ta ƙasa don Montreal Canadiens da Boston Bruins. An zabe shi zuwa dakin Fame na Hockey a cikin 1960, an dauke shi a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun masu kare hanya biyu na zamaninsa.

## Aikin Farko
Mantha ya fara ne a matsayin dan wasan dama na Notre Dame de Grace Juniors a cikin 1919, kafin ya buga wa Verdun a cikin Tsakanin Dutsen Royal Hockey League, da Imperial Tobacco da Northern Electric a gasar masana'antar Montreal. Ya taka leda a takaice don Montreal Nationales a gasar Quebec. Bayan ya zira kwallaye hudu a wasanni tara tare da Nationales, Montreal Canadiens ya sanya hannu a watan Disamba na 1923.

## Aikin NHL
Canadiens sun fara Mantha a matsayin dan wasan gaba, sannan suka motsa shi don kare shi a matsayin wani bangare na yunkurin matasa, saboda tsohon sojan tsaron Montreal Sprague Cleghorn da Billy Coutu sun tsufa. An yi amfani da shi a hankali a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin wannan kakar ta farko, amma ya sami karin lokacin kankara bayan haka a matsayin mai maye gurbin Cleghorn kuma an dakatar da Cleghorn a lokacin kakar. Mantha ya fi yin wasa akai-akai a cikin wasannin share fage, yana taimakawa Canadiens zuwa gasar cin kofin Stanley na 1924.

Lokacin da aka siyar da Cleghorn kafin lokacin 1925 – 26 NHL, Mantha ya sami babban matsayi. Tare da ci gaba da cinikin Coutu zuwa Boston a cikin 1927, an nada shi kyaftin na ƙungiyar, kuma an haɗa shi tare da Herb Gardiner - wanda aka samu tare da rarrabuwar ƙungiyar Hockey ta Yamma daga Calgary Tigers - don zama sabon masu tsaro don farawa. Kanadiyawa. Mantha ya ji rauni a fafatawar da aka yi a waccan shekarar, amma ya murmure ya zira kwallo daya tilo da Montreal ta ci a karshen wasan karshe a wasan yanke shawara (da rashin nasara) ga Sanatocin Ottawa.

Sabon haɗe tare da mai tsaron gida Battleship Leduc bayan Gardiner ya bar ya zama kocin ɗan wasa a Chicago, Mantha ya zira kwallo ta farko a Lambun Boston a watan Nuwamba 20, 1928, wanda ya jagoranci Canadiens zuwa cin nasara 1 – 0 akan Boston Bruins. Mantha kuma ya yi wasa tare da ɗan uwansa Georges a waccan kakar, ɗan wasan rookie wanda Montreal ta sanya hannu. A ƙarshen kakar wasa, an haɗa Mantha a kan tsaro tare da Marty Burke, haɗin gwiwa wanda zai daɗe na yanayi da yawa.

1929 – 30 ya ga Montreal ta lashe Kofin Stanley na biyu a lokacin Mantha, wanda ya yi tauraro da kwallaye biyu a cikin mafi kyawun-na-uku na gasar cin kofin Stanley a kan Bruins da aka fi so, wanda ke da mafi kyawun kashi a tarihin NHL a lokacin na yau da kullun. A cikin wannan kakar, Mantha ya sami babban matsayi a cikin burin aiki, taimako da maki, ya ƙare na biyu a tsakanin masu tsaron gasar zuwa King Clancy na Sanatocin a raga, kuma na uku a bayan Clancy da Bruin Eddie Shore a maki.

Ƙungiyar All-Star ta farko da ta ƙare kakar wasa ta farko an sanya suna a cikin 1930–31, kuma an kira Mantha Team All-Star na biyu akan tsaro na waccan shekarar da ta gaba, saboda bajintar sa na mai tsaron gida. Goaltender George Hainsworth zai karbi mukamin kyaftin din kungiyar Mantha a 1933, bayan Mantha zai sake samun nasara a kakar wasa ta gaba.

## Ajewa
Bayan ya yi ritaya a matsayin ɗan wasa, Mantha ya yi aiki a matsayin mai yin layi da kuma alƙalan wasa na Ƙungiyar Hockey ta Amurka da kuma NHL. Koyaya, ya sami ci gaba da tafiye-tafiyen da ake buƙata na jami'in kankara mai wahala, kuma ya canza zuwa horar da ƙungiyoyin ƙwararrun ƙwallon ƙafa na yankin Montreal. Ya horar da Montreal Concordias, Laval Nationales (1943–1945), Verdun Maple Leafs (1945–1947), St. Jerome Eagles (1947–1948, 1951–1952), da Verdun Lasalle (1950–1951) kafin ya bar wasan hockey da aka shirya mai kyau. A wannan lokacin, Mantha ya ba da gudummawa wajen jagorantar zauren Famer Bernie Geoffrion na gaba zuwa Concordias, wanda a lokacin ke ƙarƙashin ikon Canadiens, bayan ya ga Geoffrion mai shekaru 14 a lokacin ya zira kwallaye biyar a wasa.

An shigar da Mantha a cikin Hockey Hall of Fame a 1960, kuma ya mutu a Montreal a watan Agusta 1974.

Georges da Sylvio Mantha Arenas wani ɓangare ne na Complex Récréatif Gadbois a Montreal kuma suna masa suna da ɗan'uwansa Georges Mantha.

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