Floyd “Busher” Curry won four Stanley Cups with Montreal Canadiens.
Curry was born in Chapleau in 1925. Shortly after his release from the Canadian military in the fall of 1945, Floyd Curry became a professional hockey player as a member of the Quebec Royals of the Quebec Senior Hockey League (in 1946, renamed the Montreal Royals).
On October 29, 1951, Curry recorded his only career hat trick. He scored three goals in a 6-1 Habs victory over the New York Rangers in front of the Princess. It was a night when Princess Elizabeth, soon to become Queen Elizabeth II, and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, was in attendance at the Montreal Forum. The Princess left the Forum under the impression that Busher Curry was the best hockey player in the world.
It was Curry’s greatest moment.
