Joseph Henry "Bad Joe" Hall (May 3, 1881 - April 5, 1919) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Hall played senior and professional hockey from 1902 to 1919, when he died as a result of the influenza epidemic of 1918. He won the Stanley Cup twice with the Quebec Bulldogs and once with the Kenora Thistles.

Playing career

Hall was born in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom and grew up in Brandon, Manitoba. Nicknamed "Bad Joe" for his aggressiveness on the ice, he played in the Manitoba Hockey Association with the Brandon Wheat Kings, Winnipeg Rowing Club and the Kenora Thistles, and in the National Hockey Association as a member of the Quebec Bulldogs. He played for the Montreal Canadiens in their first two seasons in the National Hockey League from 1917-1919.

Hall won the Stanley Cup with the Kenora Thistles in 1907, for which he received a "loving cup" which is on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame. He won the Cup with the Quebec Bulldogs in 1912 and 1913. He also challenged for the Stanley Cup in 1904 with the Winnipeg Rowing Club.

1919 Stanley Cup Final

Main article: 1919 Stanley Cup Final

In 1919, Hall was part of the Montreal Canadiens team that made it to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Finals were interrupted and eventually cancelled due to an outbreak of Spanish influenza. The flu was contracted by several players on both the Canadiens and their opponents, the Seattle Metropolitans. Hall would eventually succumb to pneumonia, related to his influenza, in a hospital in Seattle, Washington just four days after the Stanley Cup Final series was abandoned.

He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1901-02	Brandon HC	MNWHA		10	11	0	11	8		—	—	—	—	—
1902-03	Brandon HC	MNWHA		6	9	0	9	—		—	—	—	—	—
1903-04	Winnipeg Rowing Club	MHA		6	6	0	6	—		—	—	—	—	—
1903-04	Winnipeg Rowing Club	St-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		3	1	0	1	—
1904-05	Brandon HC	MPHL		8	11	0	11	—		—	—	—	—	—
1905-06	Portage Lakes	IHL		20	33	0	33	98		—	—	—	—	—
1905-06	Quebec Bulldogs	ECAHA		3	2	0	2	3		—	—	—	—	—
1906-07	Brandon HC	MPHL		10	15	1	16	32		2	5	0	5	5
1907-08	Montreal HC	ECAHA		4	5	0	5	11		—	—	—	—	—
1907-08	Montreal Shamrocks	ECAHA		4	4	0	4	6		—	—	—	—	—
1908-09	Edmonton HC	APHL		1	8	0	8	6		—	—	—	—	—
1908-09	Montreal Wanderers	ECHA		5	10	0	10	18		—	—	—	—	—
1908-09	Winnipeg Maple Leafs	MPHL		2	2	1	3	0		2	2	1	3	9
1909-10	Montreal Shamrocks	NHA		10	8	0	8	47		—	—	—	—	—
1909-10	Montreal Shamrocks	CHA		1	7	0	7	6		—	—	—	—	—
1910-11	Quebec Bulldogs	NHA		10	0	0	0	20		—	—	—	—	—
1911-12	Quebec Bulldogs	NHA		18	15	0	15	30		—	—	—	—	—
1911-12	Quebec Bulldogs	St-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		2	2	0	2	2
1912-13	Quebec Bulldogs	NHA		17	8	0	8	78		—	—	—	—	—
1912-13	Quebec Bulldogs	St-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		2	3	0	3	0
1913-14	Quebec Bulldogs	NHA		19	13	4	17	61		—	—	—	—	—
1914-15	Quebec Bulldogs	NHA		20	3	2	5	52		—	—	—	—	—
1915-16	Quebec Bulldogs	NHA		23	1	2	3	89		—	—	—	—	—
1916-17	Quebec Bulldogs	NHA		19	6	5	11	95		—	—	—	—	—
1917-18	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		21	8	7	15	100		2	0	1	1	12
1918-19	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		17	7	1	8	89		5	0	0	0	26
1918-19	Montreal Canadiens	St-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		5	0	0	0	6
NHA totals				137	52	17	69	489		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				38	15	8	23	189		7	0	1	1	38
St-Cup totals				—	—	—	—	—		12	6	0	6	—

Awards and achievements

• IHL First Team All-Star (1906)
• Stanley Cup Championships (1907 - Kenora, 1912 & 1913 - Quebec)
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961
• "Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

In fiction

• In Roy MacGregor's The Ghost of the Stanley Cup in his The Screech Owls series of hockey books, "Bad" Joe Hall is named as the haunting spirit.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]