Rudy Pilous

Rudy Pilous
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1985 (Builder)
Born (1914-08-11)August 11, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died December 5, 1994(1994-12-05) (aged 80)
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Coached for Chicago Black Hawks
Winnipeg Jets

Rudolph Pilous (August 11, 1914 – December 5, 1994) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Pilous won the Stanley Cup coaching the Chicago Black Hawks in 1961 alongside winning the Avco World Trophy three times (1976, 1978, 1979) as general manager of the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 in the builder category. He is credited with initiating the action of pulling the goalie for an extra forward when there is a delayed penalty or when a team is losing by a goal in the last few minutes of play.

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