Ernest Laforce was a Canadian professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 defenceman who played in one National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 game for the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

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Juniors

Laforce played for the Verdun Maple Leafs

Verdun Maple Leafs

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 and the Montreal St. Pats of the Montreal City Hockey League prior to playing in the NHL.

NHL

Laforce played one game as a member of the Montreal Canadiens during the 1942–43 NHL season

1942–43 NHL season

-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Leading goaltenders:...

. He was signed to the team as an injury replacement. He wore jersey #14

QSHL

Laforce went on to play six seasons as a member of the Montreal Royals

Montreal Royals

The Montreal Royals were a minor league professional baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, that existed from 1897–1917 and from 1928–60 as a member of the International League and its progenitor, the original Eastern League...

, a team that played in the Quebec Senior Hockey League

Quebec Senior Hockey League

The Quebec Senior Hockey League was an ice hockey league that operated between 1941 and 1959 in Québec, Canada. From 1941, it operated on an amateur basis, before becoming the semi-professional Quebec Hockey League in 1953...

 where he was known as one of the best playmaking defencemen in the league. before retiring in 1950.

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