Edward George Gerard (February 22, 1890 – August 7, 1937) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and manager.

He spent the first three years of his playing career as a left winger before switching to defence, retiring in 1923 due to a throat ailment.

After his playing career, he served as a coach and manager, working with the Montreal Maroons from 1925 until 1929 and winning the Stanley Cup in 1926.

Well-renowned during his hockey-playing career, he was regarded as one of the best defenders of his era and gained notice for being a tough player (though not considered violent or dirty).

[2] Gerard lived in Ottawa's New Edinburgh neighbourhood and grew up with future National Hockey League (NHL) players Aurèle Joliat and the four Boucher brothers: Billy, Bobby, Frank, and Georges.

He changed careers in 1912, moving to the Geodetic Survey and rose in that field to chief engineering clerk at the time of his death.

[4] Throughout his adult life, Gerard dealt with a throat ailment which had caused particular discomfort during his hockey career because the cold aggravated it.

[2][8] In later life he was an avid golfer and fisherman, spending his summers near Pembroke, Ontario, a town close to Ottawa.

[9] As early as 1910 Gerard was approached by the Ottawa Senators of the professional National Hockey Association (NHA), but he decided to remain an amateur.

[11] Having played at the senior amateur level since 1907 for teams in Ottawa, Gerard decided to turn professional in 1913, remaining in his hometown with the Senators.

[15] Starting in the 1919–20 season that saw Gerard record 16 points in 22 games, the Senators became one of the most dominant teams in the NHL, winning the Stanley Cup three times in four years between 1920 and 1923, losing only in 1922.

[21] Gerard had another strong showing in 1921–22 season, with 18 points in 21 games, as the Senators won the league championship, though losing to the Toronto St. Patricks in the playoffs.

[24] Toronto, with Cameron back in the line-up, won the series, and Gerard was included on the winning roster, his third consecutive Stanley Cup championships.

He broke his collarbone during a series against the Vancouver Maroons and missed the first game of the 1923 Stanley Cup Finals against the Edmonton Eskimos as a result.

Gerard returned for the second, and deciding match, which saw the Senators win the Stanley Cup for the third time in four years.

[26][27] Before the start of the 1923–24 season Gerard was advised by the team doctor that his throat ailment, though benign, would be made worse by continued physical exertion and breathing the cold air in hockey arenas, and this could ultimately diminish his respiratory system.

[28] He coached the remaining eleven games of the season, winning only one, as the Maroons finished fifth in the six-team league, eight points ahead of their fellow expansion team, the Boston Bruins.

[30] During the second game of the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals Lorne Chabot, the goalie for the opposing New York Rangers, was injured.

Although he started his time with the Senators as a forward, where he was expected to contribute goals, he made the transition to defence by his fourth season with the team.

[4][41] During his one game with the St. Patricks in the 1922 Stanley Cup Finals, Gerard was noted as "one of Eastern Canada's premier athletes", and his "ability to administer a good heavy body check with lightning speed and clever stick-handling" was also praised.