Babe Dye Hall of Fame NHL

Cecil Henry "Babe" Dye was arguably the greatest pure goal scorer of the NHL's first decade. A compact and powerful right winger, Dye was renowned for a heavy, accurate shot that terrified opposing goaltenders throughout the 1920s. Spending the majority of his career with the Toronto St. Patricks (who later became the Maple Leafs), he was the centerpiece of their offense, leading the NHL in goals four times in a five-year span.

His greatest triumph came in 1922, when he led Toronto to a Stanley Cup championship, scoring nine goals in the five-game final series alone. Dye’s ability to find the back of the net was statistically historic; he retired with a goals-per-game average that remains among the highest in league history. Despite a career shortened by a serious leg injury, his impact as the league's first true "sniper" earned him an induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1970.

Dye's Awards and Honors

• Stanley Cup Champion (Toronto St. Patricks: 1922)
• 4x NHL Goal Scoring Leader (1921, 1922, 1923, 1925)
• 2x NHL Points Leader (Art Ross equivalent) (1923, 1925)
• Scored the most goals in the NHL during the entire decade of the 1920s

NHL Records

• Holds one of the highest career goals-per-game averages in NHL history (0.741)
• Scored four goals in the deciding Game 5 of the 1922 Stanley Cup Final against Vancouver
• First player in NHL history to record 200 career goals, in just 253 games

NHL Teams

Toronto St. Patricks (1919-1926)
Chicago Black Hawks (1926-1928)
New York Americans (1928-1929)
Toronto Maple Leafs (1930-1931)