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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive}}
{{no footnotes|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Bud Poile crop.jpg
| caption = Poile with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in the 1940s
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]]
| played_for = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br> [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]<br> [[Detroit Red Wings]]<br> [[New York Rangers]]<br> [[Boston Bruins]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 185
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|2|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Fort William, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|1|4|1924|2|10|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada
| career_start = 1942
| career_end = 1954
| halloffame = 1990 (Builder)
}}
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'''Norman Robert''' "'''Bud'''" '''Poile''' (February 10, 1924 – January 4, 2005) was a professional [[ice hockey]] player, coach, general manager, and league executive. Bud was the brother of [[Don Poile]], and the father of [[David Poile]].

==Overview==
Poile was born in [[Fort William, Ontario|Fort William]], [[Ontario]], and played junior hockey for the Fort William Rangers. He began his professional career in 1942 as an 18-year-old right winger for the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and—after a break in his career to serve in the [[Second World War]]—was a member of the Leafs' [[Stanley Cup]]-winning team of 1947. The next season, he was traded to the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] in a multi-player deal for [[Max Bentley]]. A year later he was dealt to the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. Before the 1949–50 season he was acquired by the [[New York Rangers]] and was traded mid-season to the [[Boston Bruins]], which would be his final stop in the NHL.

Poile would spend five more years playing in minor professional leagues as a player-coach, first for the [[Tulsa Oilers]] of the [[United States Hockey League]] in 1950–51. He then rejoined the Red Wings organization in 1951–52 as player coach of the Red Wings' [[Maritime Major Hockey League]] affiliate, the [[Glace Bay Miners]]. He moved up to the Wings' [[Western Hockey League]] affiliate, the [[Edmonton Flyers]], in 1952–53. He retired as a player in 1954, but would continue to coach the Flyers until 1962. Poile then became head coach of the [[San Francisco Seals (hockey)|San Francisco Seals]] from 1962 to 1966.

With the NHL expansion in 1967, Poile became general manager of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]], acquiring key members of the team that would win the Stanley Cup in the 1970s. In 1970, Poile became general manager of another NHL expansion team, the [[Vancouver Canucks]], building that club until leaving in 1973 to join the [[World Hockey Association]] as executive vice-president. He left the WHA in May 1976 in the fallout from a brawl in the playoffs between Quebec and Calgary.<ref name="Willes167">{{Citation|surname=Willes|given=Ed|year=2004|title=The Rebel League|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|isbn=0-7710-8947-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/rebelleagueshort0000will |page=167}}</ref>

In August 1976, Poile became president of the [[Central Professional Hockey League|Central Hockey League]]. During the 1983–84 season he also became commissioner of the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]]. The CHL wound down its operations at the end of that season, and Poile continued in his role with the IHL until retiring in 1989.

Poile was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] as a builder in 1990 after a hockey career that spanned six decades. He died in Vancouver on January 4, 2005, of [[Parkinson's disease]]. His son, [[David Poile]], has also had a long management career in the [[NHL|National Hockey League]] and was the first general manager of the [[Nashville Predators]].

Poile has had two professional hockey trophies named after him. The first was the N.R. "Bud" Poile Trophy of the International Hockey League, awarded from 1989 to 2001 to the most valuable player of the Turner Cup Playoffs. The second is the Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy of the American Hockey League, awarded to the team that finishes the regular season with the best record in the Western Conference.

==Awards==
* 2nd team NHL All-Star in [[1947–48 NHL season|1948]].
* Awarded the [[Lester Patrick Trophy]] in [[1988–89 NHL season|1989]].
* Inducted into the  [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1990.

==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
|-
| 1940–41
| Fort William Rangers
| [[Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League|TBJHL]]
| 17 || 25 || 10 || 35 || 14
| 2 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1941–42
| Fort William Rangers
| TBJHL
| 18 || 36 || 29 || 65 || 55
| 3 || 5 || 7 || 12 || 11
|-
| 1941–42
| Fort William Forts
| TBSHL
| 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1942 Allan Cup|1941–42]]
| [[Port Arthur Bearcats]]
| [[Allan Cup|Al-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 6 || 1 || 2|| 3 || 2
|-
| [[1942–43 NHL season|1942–43]]
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 48 || 16 || 19 || 35 || 24
| 6 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1943–44 NHL season|1943–44]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 11 || 6 || 8 || 14 || 9
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| 1943–44
| Toronto RCAF
| [[OHA Senior A League (1890–1979)|OHA-Sr.]]
| 8 || 5 || 9 || 14 || 8
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1943–44
| Toronto Bowsers
| TMHL
| 3 || 5 || 2 || 7 || 0
| 4 || 16 || 5 || 21 || 2
|-  
| [[1945–46 NHL season|1945–46]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 9
| 1
| 8
| 9
| 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1946–47 NHL season|1946–47]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 59 || 19 || 17 || 36 || 19
| 7 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-  
| [[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 3
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1947–48
| [[Chicago Black Hawks]]
| NHL
| 54 || 23 || 29 || 52 || 17
| — || — || — || — || —
|-  
| [[1948–49 NHL season|1948–49]]
| Chicago Black Hawks
| NHL
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1948–49
| [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| NHL
| 56 || 21 || 21 || 42 || 6
| 10 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|- 
| [[1949–50 NHL season|1949–50]]
| [[New York Rangers]]
| NHL
| 28 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 8
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1949–50
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| NHL
| 38 || 16 || 14 || 30 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|-  
| [[1950–51 USHL season|1950–51]]
| [[Tulsa Oilers (1928–51)|Tulsa Oilers]]
| [[United States Hockey League (1945–1951)|USHL]]
| 60 || 15 || 38 || 53 || 48
| 9 || 5 || 6 || 11 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1951–52
| Glace-Bay Miners
| [[Maritime Major Hockey League|MMHL]]
| 84 || 33 || 60 || 93 || 69
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-  
| [[1952–53 WHL season|1952–53]]
| [[Edmonton Flyers]]
| [[Western Hockey League (1952–1974)|WHL]]
| 70 || 20 || 29 || 49 || 62
| 15 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 12
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1953–54 WHL season|1953–54]]
| Edmonton Flyers
| WHL
| 49 || 12 || 39 || 51 || 34
| 13 || 3 || 9 || 12 || 0
|-  
| [[1954–55 WHL season|1954–55]]
| Edmonton Flyers
| WHL
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1954–55
| Edmonton Flyers
| [[Edinburgh Trophy|Ed-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 311 !! 107 !! 122 !! 229 !! 91
! 23 !! 4 !! 5 !! 9 !! 8
|}

==Coaching statistics==
{| cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="3" border="0"
|- align="center" bgColor="#e0e0e0"
! align="center" | Season
! align="center" | Team
! align="center" | League
! align="center" | Type
! align="center" | G
! align="center" | W
! align="center" | L
! align="center" | T
! align="center" | OTL
! align="center" | Pct
|- align="center"
| class="left" | 1952–53
| class="left" | [[Edmonton Flyers]]
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head&nbsp;Coach
| align="center" | 60
| align="center" | 21
| align="center" | 28
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .442
|- align="center" bgColor="#f0f0f0"
| class="left" | 1953–54
| class="left" | Edmonton Flyers
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head&nbsp;Coach
| align="center" | 70
| align="center" | 29
| align="center" | 30
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .493
|- align="center"
| class="left" | 1954–55
| class="left" | Edmonton Flyers
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head Coach
| align="center" | 70
| align="center" | 39
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .636
|- align="center" bgColor="#f0f0f0"
| class="left" | 1955–56
| class="left" | Edmonton Flyers
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head&nbsp;Coach
| align="center" | 70
| align="center" | 33
| align="center" | 34
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .493
|- align="center"
| class="left" | 1956–57
| class="left" | Edmonton Flyers
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head&nbsp;Coach
| align="center" | 70
| align="center" | 39
| align="center" | 27
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .586
|- align="center" bgColor="#f0f0f0"
| class="left" | 1957–58
| class="left" | Edmonton Flyers
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head&nbsp;Coach<sup>1</sup>
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|- align="center"
| class="left" | 1959–60
| class="left" | Edmonton Flyers
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head&nbsp;Coach
| align="center" | 70
| align="center" | 37
| align="center" | 29
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .557
|- align="center" bgColor="#f0f0f0"
| class="left" | 1960–61
| class="left" | Edmonton Flyers
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head&nbsp;Coach
| align="center" | 70
| align="center" | 27
| align="center" | 43
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .386
|- align="center"
| class="left" | 1961–62
| class="left" | Edmonton Flyers
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head Coach
| align="center" | 70
| align="center" | 39
| align="center" | 27
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .586
|- align="center" bgColor="#f0f0f0"
| class="left" | 1962–63
| class="left" | [[San Francisco Seals (hockey)|San Francisco Seals]]
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head Coach
| align="center" | 70
| align="center" | 44
| align="center" | 25
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .636
|- align="center"
| class="left" | 1963–64
| class="left" | San Francisco Seals
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head Coach<SUP>2</SUP>
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|- align="center" bgColor="#f0f0f0"
| class="left" | 1964–65
| class="left" | San Francisco Seals
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head&nbsp;Coach
| align="center" | 70
| align="center" | 31
| align="center" | 37
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .457
|- align="center"
| class="left" | 1965–66
| class="left" | San Francisco Seals
| class="left" | WHL
| class="left" | Head&nbsp;Coach²
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|}
<sup>1</sup> Midseason replacement

² Replaced midseason

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[[Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy]] (AHL)
*[[Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy (IHL)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Bud Poile}}
* {{Ice hockey stats|legendsm=B199001|legendstype=Builder|hockeydb=12094}}

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{{succession box | before = Position created | title = [[List of Philadelphia Flyers general managers|General Manager of the Philadelphia Flyers]] | years = [[1967–68 NHL season|1967]]–[[1969–70 NHL season|69]] | after = [[Keith Allen (ice hockey)|Keith Allen]]}}
{{succession box | before = Position created | title = [[List of Vancouver Canucks general managers|General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks]] | years = [[1970–71 NHL season|1970]]–[[1972–73 NHL season|73]] | after = [[Hal Laycoe]]}}
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{{IHL Commissioner}}
{{Central Professional Hockey League President}}

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