 Linton Muldoon Treacy ( June 4 , 1887 – March 13 , 1929 ) , better known as Pete Muldoon , was a Canadian ice hockey coach and pioneer in the western United States , particularly known for bringing a Stanley Cup championship to Seattle , Washington . He is best known for reportedly putting a curse on the Chicago Black Hawks , as well as team owner Major Frederic McLaughlin , after he was fired at the end of the 1926 @-@ 27 season ; however , it has been alleged that a Toronto sportswriter had come up with the " curse " due to a bout of writer 's block in 1943 . Muldoon was the Black Hawks ' first head coach . 
