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{{Short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Bill Moe.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| position = [[Defenceman|Defense]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 175
| shoots = Left
| played_for = [[New York Rangers]]
| ntl_team =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|10|2}}
| birth_place = [[Danvers, Massachusetts|Danvers]], [[Massachusetts]], USA
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|7|13|1916|10|2}}
| death_place =
| career_start = 1939
| career_end = 1953
}}
'''William Carl Moe''' (October 2, 1916 – July 13, 1996)<ref name=nyr/> was an American professional [[ice hockey]] [[Defenceman|defenseman]] who played five seasons for the [[New York Rangers]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) between 1944 and 1949. He also spent ten seasons in the [[Eastern Hockey League|Eastern Amateur Hockey League]], the [[Pacific Coast Hockey League]], and the [[American Hockey League]] from 1939 to 1953. During his NHL career he was one of only three Americans in the league. In his only NHL playoff game he fractured two [[vertebrae]] after throwing a check. He was inducted into the [[United States Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1974. Moe was born in [[Danvers, Massachusetts]], but grew up in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].
==Playing career==
Moe began his career playing for the Atlantic City Sea Gulls in the [[Eastern Hockey League|Eastern Amateur Hockey League]] (EAHL). After playing 34 games for the Gulls he was traded to the [[Baltimore Orioles (ice hockey)|Baltimore Orioles]] in January 1940, for Ed Powers. He finished the season with 6 goals and 11 points between the two clubs. Moe played one more season with the Orioles, matching his goal production and increasing his points to 12.<ref name=hr>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/moebi01.html|title=Bill Moe player profile|publisher=Hockey Reference|accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref> He then moved on to play with the [[Philadelphia Ramblers]] in the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL).
Moe "excelled" in the AHL and posted 24 points in his lone season in Philadelphia.<ref name=loh>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13750|title=Bill Carl Moe player profile|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref> Following season's end Moe changed teams again this time joining the AHL's [[Hershey Bears]]. Moe's production dipped in his first year with Hershey, but in his second he finished with his AHL career high 31 points.<ref name=hr/> In the off-season he was named to the AHL First All-Star Team,<ref name=loh/> and his rights were traded to the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[New York Rangers]]. Moe made his NHL debut on November 26, 1944 against the [[Boston Bruins]].<ref name=nyr>{{cite web|url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/atrplayer.htm?id=8447878|title=New York Rangers All-Time Roster: Bill Moe|publisher=New York Rangers|accessdate=2011-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714181151/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/atrplayer.htm?id=8447878|archive-date=2011-07-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> He played 35 games for the Rangers in the [[1944-45 NHL season|1944-45 season]] while also playing 12 games for the Bears.<ref name=hr/> When Moe entered the NHL he became one of only three Americans playing in the league, [[Frank Brimsek]] and [[John Mariucci]] were the other two.<ref name=usa>{{cite web|url=http://www.usahockey.com/ushhof/default.aspx?NAV=AF_01&id=242368&DetailedNews=yes|title=William C. Moe player profile|publisher=USA Hockey|accessdate=2011-03-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717182038/http://www.usahockey.com/ushhof/default.aspx?NAV=AF_01&id=242368&DetailedNews=yes|archivedate=2011-07-17}}</ref>
Midway through the [[1945-46 NHL season|following season]] Moe was accused of delivering an illegal low hit to the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks']] [[Bill Mosienko]] which resulted in a torn knee ligament. Rangers' head coach, [[Frank Boucher]], defended Moe by saying "Bill [Moe] stopped Mosienko with a fair [[bodycheck]] and bodychecking is part of a defenseman's job."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y79TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gzgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2738,1046067&dq=bill+moe&hl=en|title=Dirty Work?|accessdate= 2011-03-09|newspaper=[[The Leader-Post]]|date=1946-01-09|page=12}}</ref> Moe finished the season with four goals and eight points, as the Rangers finished last for the fourth straight year.<ref name=stand>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/|title=New York Rangers Franchise Index|publisher=Hockey Reference|accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref> He continued to improve, increasing his point total over the next two season first to 14 then to 16, and the Rangers made the playoffs for the first time in six seasons during the [[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48 season]].<ref name=hr/><ref name=stand/> In his NHL playoff debut, on March 24, 1948 against the [[Detroit Red Wings]], Moe fractured two [[vertebrae]] after throwing a check at [[Bill Quackenbush]].<ref name=nyr/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qTMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3083,5061289&dq=bill+moe&hl=en|title=Rangers Lose Bill Moe For Rest of Playoffs|accessdate= 2011-03-09|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=1948-03-26|page=15}}</ref> It was the only NHL playoff game that he played in.<ref name=hr/> Prior to the start of the [[1948–49 NHL season|next season]] Moe was involved in an automobile accident with four of his teammates, as they were retiring from [[exhibition game]]s in [[Quebec]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lPcjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_f8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4965,5328755&dq=bill+moe+accident&hl=en|title=Automobile Crash Sidelines Rangers|accessdate= 2011-03-09|newspaper=[[Toledo Blade]]|date=1948-10-09|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=724rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kJkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4293,2067411&dq=bill+moe+accident&hl=en|title=Russlle Recalled to Rangers Camp|accessdate= 2011-03-09|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=1948-10-11|page=16}}</ref> He suffered two scalp wounds, requiring 24 stitches to close, and a [[Concussion|mild concussion]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pzQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EyUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4936,981466&dq=bill+moe&hl=en|title=Rangers Hockey Players Released from Hospital|accessdate= 2011-03-09|newspaper=[[The Milwaukee Journal]]|date=1948-10-12|page=2}}</ref> Despite the injuries, Moe played in a career best 60 games registering 9 assists along with an NHL career high 60 [[Penalty (ice hockey)|penalty minutes]].<ref name=hr/> During the off-season the Rangers traded Moe, along with the rights to [[Lorne Ferguson]] and future considerations to the Bruins for [[Pat Egan]] and cash. The Bruins acquired Moe to play for the Bears who were now their [[farm team]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=coItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y5kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3825,1587671&dq=bill+moe+hershey+trade+rangers&hl=en|title=Egan to Rangers for Player, Cash|accessdate= 2011-03-09|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=1949-10-08|page=10}}</ref>
Moe played two more seasons with the Bears, registering a total of 5 goals and 37 points. After his two seasons in Hershey, Moe moved to the [[Pacific Coast Hockey League]] playing for the [[Calgary Stampeders (ice hockey)|Calgary Stampeders]]. He played only one season in Calgary before returning to the EAHL, finishing his career with the [[Troy Uncle Sam Trojans]]. Moe retired at the end of the year and in his final professional season he recorded a career high 35 points.<ref name=nyr/><ref name=hr/> In 1974 Moe was inducted into the [[United States Hockey Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usahockey.com/ushhof/default.aspx?NAV=AF_01&ID=191918|title=U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Enshrinees|publisher=USA Hockey|accessdate=2011-03-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223021406/http://www.usahockey.com/ushhof/default.aspx?NAV=AF_01&ID=191918|archivedate=2010-02-23}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| 1938–39
| Cleveland Blues
| Exhib
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1939–40
| [[Atlantic City Seagulls (EHL)|Atlantic City Seagulls]]
| [[Eastern Hockey League|EAHL]]
| 34 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 19
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1939–40
| [[Baltimore Orioles (ice hockey)|Baltimore Orioles]]
| EAHL
| 26 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 12
| 9 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1940–41
| Baltimore Orioles
| EAHL
| 49 || 6 || 6 || 12 || 71
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1941–42 AHL season|1941–42]]
| [[Philadelphia Rockets]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 54 || 5 || 19 || 24 || 30
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1942–43 AHL season|1942–43]]
| [[Hershey Bears]]
| AHL
| 55 || 8 || 12 || 20 || 69
| 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 9
|-
| [[1943–44 AHL season|1943–44]]
| Hershey Bears
| AHL
| 47 || 9 || 22 || 31 || 48
| 6 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1944–45 NHL season|1944–45]]
| [[New York Rangers]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 35 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 14
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1944–45 AHL season|1944–45]]
| Hershey Bears
| AHL
| 12 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 12
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1945–46 NHL season|1945–46]]
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 48 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 14
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1946–47 NHL season|1946–47]]
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 59 || 4 || 10 || 14 || 44
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48]]
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 59 || 1 || 15 || 16 || 31
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[1948–49 NHL season|1948–49]]
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 60 || 0 || 9 || 9 || 60
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1949–50 AHL season|1949–50]]
| Hershey Bears
| AHL
| 55 || 2 || 20 || 22 || 29
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1950–51 AHL season|1950–51]]
| Hershey Bears
| AHL
| 59 || 3 || 12 || 15 || 41
| 6 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1951–52 PCHL season|1951–52]]
| [[Calgary Stampeders (ice hockey)|Calgary Stampeders]]
| [[Pacific Coast Hockey League|PCHL]]
| 57 || 5 || 15 || 20 || 48
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1952–53
| [[Troy Uncle Sam Trojans]]
| EAHL
| 57 || 12 || 23 || 35 || 51
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 261 !! 11 !! 42 !! 53 !! 163
! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0
|}
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:1996 deaths]]
[[Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen]]
[[Category:Atlantic City Sea Gulls (EHL) players]]
[[Category:Baltimore Orioles (ice hockey) players]]
[[Category:Calgary Stampeders (WHL) players]]
[[Category:Hershey Bears players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey players from Minnesota]]
[[Category:New York Rangers players]]
[[Category:Philadelphia Ramblers players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Minneapolis]]
[[Category:Troy Uncle Sam Trojans players]]
[[Category:United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees]]