Evariste Payer 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...

 centre

Centre (ice hockey)

The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

 who played two seasons with 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 ...

 in the National Hockey Association

National Hockey Association

The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...

 (NHA) and one game for the Canadiens in the 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...

 (NHL).

Playing career

Payer played 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 ...

 in the defunct National Hockey Association

National Hockey Association

The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...

 (NHA) from 1910–11 to 1911–12. He then played senior hockey until 1915, when he joined the army. He re-joined the Canadiens in the NHA's successor 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...

 (NHL) in 1917–18. Payer would play only 1 game in the NHL.

Career statistics

• Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes

  			Regular Season					Playoffs
  YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
  1910–11	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 ...	NHA National Hockey Association The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...	5	0	0	0	3	--	--	--	--	--
  1911–12	Montreal Canadiens	NHA	4	1	0	1	0	--	--	--	--	--
  1911–12	Montreal Hochelaga	MCSHL	7	6	0	6	6	--	--	--	--	--
  1912–13	Montreal Champêtre	MCSHL	12	13	0	13	15	1	1	0	1	0
  1913–14	Montreal Champêtre	MCSHL	10	10	0	10	20	--	--	--	--	--
  1914–15	Rockland Seniors	LOHA	5	0	0	0	3	--	--	--	--	--
  1917–18	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--
  1917–18	Rockland Seniors	LOHA	--	--	--	--
  --	--	--	--	--
  NHL Totals			1	0	0	0	0

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