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Hector "Toe" Blake , Order of Canada|CM (August
21, 1912 - May 17, 1995) was a Canada|Canadian ice
hockey Player (game)|player and Coach
(sport)|coach in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Born in what is now the ghost town of Victoria
Mine, Ontario, he was raised playing outdoor
hockey in the nickel mining town near the city of
Sudbury, Ontario|Sudbury in Northern Ontario.
Blake played junior and senior hockey in the
Sudbury area and was part of the 1932 Memorial Cup
champions, the Sudbury Cub Wolves. He played for
the Hamilton Tigers of the Ontario Hockey
Association before joining the Montreal Maroons of
the NHL in 1933-34 NHL season|1934, then playing
for the Montreal Canadiens until his retirement in
1947-48 NHL season|1948.

After coaching minor hockey, he was the head coach
for the Canadiens from 1954-55 NHL season|1955 to
1967-68 NHL season|1968, winning eight Stanley Cup
titles – the most for any coach in the
team's history and second in the NHL.

Considered one of the greatest coaches in the
game, Toe Blake was elected to the Hockey Hall of
Fame in 1966 in sports|1966 and was made a Member
of the Order of Canada in 1982.

{| border="2" align="center"
|width="30%" align="center"|Preceded by:
Walter Buswell
|width="40%" align="center"|Montreal
Canadiens#Team captains|Montreal Canadiens
Captains
 1940 - 1948
|width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:
Bill
Durnan
|}
{| border="2" align="center"
|width="30%" align="center"|Preceded by:
Dick
Irvin
|width="40%" align="center"|Head Coaches of the
Canadiens
 1955 - 1968
|width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:
Claude Ruel
|}

==See Also==
*List of retired NHL players
*Stanley Cup
*List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
*List of NHL seasons

==External link==
*
http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHocke
y/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?type=Player&mem=P196602&li
st=ByName#photo Hockey Hall of Fame