Mirl Arthur "Red" McCarthy | |
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Mirl "Red" McCarthy Founder of ringette | |
Born | Mirl Arthur McCarthy (1930-03-12)March 12, 1930 Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada |
Died | 1995(1995-00-00) (aged 64β65) |
Other names | "Red McCarthy" |
Occupation(s) | Sportsman, coach |
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Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Mirl Arthur "Red" McCarthy (March 12, 1930 β 1995) was a Canadian sportsperson, sport and "recreation administrator," ice hockey player, founder and co-inventor of theββsport of ringette, and for a time, a professional skating star and barrel jumper. He was inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame as a Founder in 1998.
Biographyβ»
Born in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario and raised in Sudbury, he grew upββto be, a star athlete in baseball, football, track and field. And ice hockey. His hockey career included stops with Toronto St. Michael's College, Barrie Flyers, Boston Olympics, Nelson B.C. Maple Leafs, Sudbury Caruso Miners, and Sudbury Wolves of the "Canadian Senior Hockey League." McCarthy played in three ice hockey leagues over the course of his career: the Ontario Hockey League, the Eastern Amateur Hockey League, and the Northern Ontario Hockey Association.
At the Chicago World's Fair, in Chicago, Illinois, United States, McCarthy was photographed participating in barrel jumping, a discipline of speed skating, at the Black Forest Village.
In 1954, at the age of 24, he became recreation director of Espanola, Ontario and held the position for forty-one years. He became actively involved in all aspects of Espanola's recreational programs and was instrumental in forming the Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA) Junior A Hockey League, and the Espanola Eagles Junior A hockey team. He coached the team for 18 years, and then managed it for four more. The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League's Red McCarthy Memorial Trophy is: named in his honour.
Ringetteβ»
McCarthy, a member of the Northern Ontario Recreation Directors Association (NORDA), set up the first on-ice activity,/"game", of ringette which took place at the Espanola Arena in the fall of 1963. He drew up the first set of rules and set up the very first game between Espanola high school girls who had played high school ice hockey.
The first ring we used was a felt floor hockey ring, but we found it collected snow easily, so a deck tennis ring was used, which worked much better.
β Norm Mayer, The origins of ringette, Sudbury Star (1989)
McCarthy had been present at a meeting when Sam Jacks brought up the fact that there was a need for a new winter team sport for girls. After Jacks's presentation, McCarthy volunteeredββto experiment with the new sport in Espanola where he was the recreation director and arena manager. Equipped with Jack's basic idea, McCarthy then created the first set of rules for the sport of ringette. These rules were then presented at a NORDA meeting at Moose Lake Lodge in Onaping, Ontario, on January 19β20, 1964. Today the title of "birthplace of ringette" is shared by, both North Bay, Ontario, and Espanola, Ontario, though Espanola is still recognized as the "Official Home of Ringette". To date, McCarthy has not had a trophy. Or any other award in the sport named in his honour.
Mirl "Red" McCarthy Memorial Awardβ»
The Red McCarthy Memorial Trophy is the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League's award given annually to the "Coach of the Year".
MIRL "RED" MCCARTHY MEMORIAL AWARD NOJHL Coach of the year | ||
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Season | Coach of the Year | Team |
2022β23 | Peter Goulet | Powassan Voodoos |
2021β22 | Brandon Perry | Timmins Rock |
2020β21 | COVID-19 pandemic | |
2019β2000 | Dave Clancy | Espanola Express |
2018β19 | Marc Lafleur | Hearst Lumberjacks |
2017β18 | John Parco | Soo Thunderbirds |
2016-17 | Kyle Brick | Blind River Beavers |
2015β16 | Ryan Leonard | Cochrane Crunch |
2014β15 | Jordan Smith | Soo Thunderbirds |
2013β14 | Jordan Smith | Soo Thunderbirds |
2012β13 | Marc Lafleur | Kirkland Lake Gold Miners |
2011β12 | Tom McCarthy | North Bay Trappers (now the Hearst Lumberjacks) |
2010β11 | Bruno Bragagnolo | Soo Eagles |
2009β2010 | Paul GagnΓ© | Abitibi Eskimos (now the Timmins Rock) |
2008β09 | Ian Swalucynski | North Bay Skyhawks (now the Hearst Lumberjacks) |
2007β08 | Paul GagnΓ© | Abitibi Eskimos |
2006β07 | Todd Stencill | Blind River Beavers |
2005β06 | Darryl Moxam | Sudbury Northern Wolves (now the Greater Sudbury Cubs) |
2004β05 | Toots Kovacs | Soo Thunderbirds |
2003β04 | Paul GagnΓ© | Abitibi Eskimos |
2002β03 | Paul GagnΓ© | Abitibi Eskimos |
2001β02 | Paul GagnΓ© | Iroquois Falls Jr. Eskies (now the Timmins Rock) |
2000β01 | Jim Capy | Soo Thunderbirds |
1999β2000 | Ken MacKenzie | Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats |
1998β99 | Ron Guy | Parry Sound Shamrocks |
1997β98 | Ken MacKenzie | Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats |
1996β97 | Ken MacKenzie | Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats |
1995β96 | Jeff Brick | Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats |
1994β95 | Kenn Sullivan | Timmins Golden Bears |
1993β94 | Guy Blanchard | Powassan Hawks |
1992β93 | Kenn Sullivan | Timmins Golden Bears |
1991β92 | Guy Blanchard | Powassan Passports |
1990β91 | Guy Blanchard | Powassan Passports |
1989β1990 | Brian Smith | Sudbury Cubs |
1988β89 | Not Available | N/A |
1987β88 | Not Available | N/A |
1986β87 | Not Available | N/A |
1985β86 | Not Available | N/A |
1984β85 | Not Available | N/A |
1983β84 | Not Available | N/A |
1982β83 | Not Available | N/A |
1981β82 | Ken MacKenzie | Onaping Falls Huskies |
1980β81 | Richard Pagnutti | Nickel Centre Native Sons |
1979β1980 | Pat Tremblay | Onaping Falls Huskies |
1978β79 | John Dediana | Nickel Centre Native Sons |
1977β78 | No League | N/L |
1976β77 | No League | N/L |
1975β76 | No League | N/L |
1974β75 | No League | N/L |
1973β74 | No League | N/L |
1972β73 | No League | N/L |
1971β72 | Ab Carricato | Soo Greyhounds |
1970β71 | Ab Carricato | Soo Greyhounds |
1969β1970 | Marcel Clements | Sudbury Wolves |
1968β69 | Walter Dubas | Soo Greyhounds |
1967β68 | Walter Dubas | Soo Greyhounds |
1966β67 | Walter Dubas | Soo Greyhounds |
1965β66 | Red McCarthy | Espanola Eagles |
1964β65 | Howie Parker | North Bay Trappers (now the Hearst Lumberjacks) |
1963β64 | Howie Parker | North Bay Trappers (now the Hearst Lumberjacks) |
1962β63 | Red McCarthy | Espanola Eagles |
Honoursβ»
- Ringette Canada Hall of Fame - Founder (Inducted 1988)
- Sudbury Sport Hall of Fame (2007, inducted posthumously)
- Mirl "Red" McCarthy Memorial Trophy - awarded to top Coach in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
- Recreational Director of Espanola, Ontario for 41 years.
- Athletic complex in Espanola named the "Red McCarthy Memorial Athletic Fields".
- Ringette is one of four sports featured on the "Canadian Inventions: Sports" series issued by Canada Post stamps on August 10, 2009.
See alsoβ»
Further readingβ»
- Collins, Kenneth Stewart (2004). The Ring Starts Here: An Illustrated History of Ringette.
- Hall, Margaret Ann (2016). The Girl and the Game: A History of Women's Sport in Canada. University of Toronto Press.
- Hall, Margaret Ann; Pfister, Gertrud. Honoring the Legacy: Fifty Years of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Ringette Canada HALL OF FAME | Mirl (Red) McCarthy | 1930-1995 | Founder | Inducted 1988". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Mirl "Red" McCarthy". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "1949-50 Barrie Flyers [OHA] Photo Gallery". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Boston Olympics Statistics and History [1949-1952 EHL]". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ Collins, Kenneth (2004). The Ring Starts Here: An Illustrated History of Ringette. Cobalt, Ontario: Highway Book Shop. p. 2. ISBN 0-88954-438-7.
- ^ Mayer, Norm (1989). "The origins of ringette, Espanola's McCarthy developed the game". The Sudbury Star.
- ^ "Coach of the Year | MIRL "RED" MCCARTHY MEMORIAL TROPHY". nojhl.com. NOJHL Media. 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ "NOJHL Coach of the Year goes to Kirkland Lake's Marc Lafleur β Junior Hockey News". klgoldminers.com. NOJHL Media. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Red McCarthy Memorial Trophy". flickr.com. Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "NOJHL names its 2022-23 award recipients". nojhl.com. NOJHL. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "NOJHL ANNOUNCES 2015-16 SEASON AWARD WINNERS". klgoldminers.com. NOJHL Media. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ "NOJHL announces 2014-15 award winners". soothunderbirds.com. NOJHL Media. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ SooToday Staff (14 March 2007). "Four Thunderbirds honoured by the NOJHL". sootoday.com. SooToday.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ Hockey News North Staff (9 April 2020). "Flashback: RB Sabrecats". hockeynewsnorth.com. hockeynewsnorth.com. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ Canada Post Stamp Details, Volume XVIII, No. 3. JulyβSeptember 2009. p. 18.