Carman Marshall

Carman Marshall was born in 1929 at Woodlawn, west of Ottawa. His father was a railroad employee, and one of his many transfers took the family to Brockville where Carman played peewee and bantam hockey.

Two transfers later, the family was in Maxville where he played for three years with the Maxville Millionaires, although he was still a junior.

During the 1947-48 and 1948-49 seasons, Carman played with Lloyd Laporte’s highly successful Inkerman Rocket Junior team. During the first season they defeated the Ottawa Senators for the ODHA championship before being eliminated by Halifax St. Mary’s in Memorial Cup quarter-finals. And in the second season they eliminated the Ottawa champs, St. Pat’s Juniors and went on to defeat Halifax St. Mary’s the Maritime champions. The Rockets were then defeated by the powerful Montreal Royal Juniors.

Having been recruited in 1949 by the Hull Volants, who played in the Eastern Ontario Senior League, Carman accompanied the team on a successful European tour to Scotland, England, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, France, and Switzerland. During his second year with the Hull Volants, he was selected for the second all-star team.

With the Cornwall Colts in 1951-52, his team won the league championship, only to be eliminated by Matane in the first round of the Allan Cup playdowns. The next two years were spent with the Colts in the OHA Senior League competing against the Kingston Canadians, Belleville McPharlands, Whitby, Dunlops, and Ottawa-Hull Junior Canadians. Coach Frank Mario described Carman as a dedicated hard-working team man, a solid defenceman who could move the puck very well, particularly out of his own end.

After playing the 1955-56 season with the Cornwall Chevies, Carman gave up competitive hockey. However he stayed with the game by playing with Cornwall old-timer teams. After forty years of service with CN and VIA, Carman retired January 31, 1990. A widower, he resides in Cornwall, and has two sons, David and Paul. It is fitting that his hockey abilities, and his successes, be recognized.