One of the most prolific Canadian athletes of the 1920s was Cecil "Babe" Dye, who, in addition to hockey, played football for the Toronto Argonauts and was a very good minor league baseball player. Dye was at his best in hockey, of which the then-named Toronto St. Patricks was the beneficiary of.
Dye signed with Toronto in 1919, and in his second season, he led the NHL in Goals. Two seasons later, Dye led the St. Patricks to a Stanley Cup while again leading the NHL in Goals (31) while doing so again the following season (27). Dye became the first player to lead the NHL in Goals four times when his career-high 38 led the league in 1924-25.
As athletic as the forward was, Dye was not a great skater and relied on an incredible shot and unequaled stickhandling. There were few players in his era or any other era, who could score but couldn't playmake, but goals are the arbiter of wins.
Dye’s play plummeted after that season, and he was traded a year later. He returned to play six final games in the NHL to Toronto in 1930-31. With the Maple Leafs, Dye had a phenomenal 1.24 Points per Game Average and put the puck in the net 175 times in 177 Games.
Dye entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1970.
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