Chadwick dies at 90, goalie started 140 consecutive games for Maple Leafs
Ed Chadwick, who arrived in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs because of injury then proved to be a fan-favorite ironman by starting 140 consecutive games, died this week.
The oldest living Maple Leafs goalie was 90.
Now, the Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins, the two NHL teams for which he played in the 1950s and 1960s, are meeting in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Chadwick never having played in the postseason.
“Chad,” as he was popularly known, grew up worshipping the Maple Leafs, who played about 60 miles southeast of his hometown of Fergus, Ontario, but there was little to suggest in the NHL’s one-goalie days of the 1950s that he’d crack a Toronto lineup anchored by veteran Harry Lumley. In fact, Chadwick overcame great odds to play hockey at any level, born with a club foot and unable to wear a pair of boots until his early teens
