Harry Mummery
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Harold "Mum" Mummery was an Canadian
professional ice hockey
defenceman. Mummery played professionally from 1911 until 1923, including six seasons in the National Hockey League
for the Toronto Blueshirts
, Toronto Arenas
, Quebec Bulldogs
, Montreal Canadiens
and Hamilton Tigers. He was a three-time O'Brien Cup champion and a two-time winner of the Stanley Cup
.
At the time of his career, Mummery was the largest player ever in the NHA and NHL, playing at 245 pounds in his NHL years and he was known to eat two steaks before hockey games. Mummery appeared in three games as an NHL
goaltender in an era when teams didn't dress a backup netminder, making him the skater to have played the most games in net. He suited up as a goaltender twice with Quebec and once with Hamilton.
, Illinois
, Mummery moved to Brandon, Manitoba
at an early age. He first played hockey at the senior-level for the Brandon Elks in 1907–08. From there he moved to Fort William
, Ontario to play a season with the Fort William Forts in the Northern Ontario Hockey League. He returned to the prairies playing for Brandon and Moose Jaw in minor professional leagues. In 1912, he joined the Quebec Bulldogs
of the National Hockey Association
(NHA). In his rookie season the Bulldogs won the O'Brien Trophy
and successfully defended the Stanley Cup championship. He played with the Bulldogs until he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens
in 1916. The Canadiens won the O'Brien Trophy that season but lost to the Seattle Metropolitans
in the Stanley Cup championship.
Before the beginning of the 1917–18 season the NHA ceased operations and the owners formed the National Hockey League
(NHL). The players from the Quebec Bulldogs were dispersed to teams in the new NHL and Mummery was loaned to the Toronto Blueshirts club, now run by the Toronto Arena Company. The club would go on to win the Stanley Cup in a challenge series against the Vancouver Millionaires
of the PCHA. After the season the Arena company formed the Toronto Arena Hockey Club and Mummery signed for the 1918–19 season. Unfortunately, the Arenas only managed to win 5 of their games over the course of the 18 game schedule and with poor attendance figures the team officially withdrew from the league on February 20, 1919.
In 1919–20 the Quebec Bulldogs returned and joined the NHL making it a four team league once again. The NHL re-assigned former Bulldogs players from the NHA, who were now playing in the NHL, back to the team. Mummery was one of those players. When the Quebec team was sold at the end of the 1919-20 season and transferred to Hamilton, Mummery was traded to the Montreal Canadiens where he played the 1920–21 NHL season. He was traded back to the Hamilton Tigers before the start of the 1921-22 season, playing parts of two season there before another trade in 1923 sent him to the Saskatoon Sheiks
of the West Coast Hockey League
. He played four games for Saskatoon in 1922–23 and retired.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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. Mummery played professionally from 1911 until 1923, including six seasons 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...
for the Toronto Blueshirts
Toronto Blueshirts
The Toronto Hockey Club, known as the Torontos and the Toronto Blue Shirts were a professional National Hockey Association team that played in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
, Toronto Arenas
Toronto Arenas
The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...
, Quebec Bulldogs
Quebec Bulldogs
The Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played since 1880...
, 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 ...
and Hamilton Tigers. He was a three-time O'Brien Cup champion and a two-time winner of the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
.
At the time of his career, Mummery was the largest player ever in the NHA and NHL, playing at 245 pounds in his NHL years and he was known to eat two steaks before hockey games. Mummery appeared in three games as an NHL
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...
goaltender in an era when teams didn't dress a backup netminder, making him the skater to have played the most games in net. He suited up as a goaltender twice with Quebec and once with Hamilton.
Playing career
Born in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, Mummery moved to Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
at an early age. He first played hockey at the senior-level for the Brandon Elks in 1907–08. From there he moved to Fort William
Fort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...
, Ontario to play a season with the Fort William Forts in the Northern Ontario Hockey League. He returned to the prairies playing for Brandon and Moose Jaw in minor professional leagues. In 1912, he joined the Quebec Bulldogs
Quebec Bulldogs
The Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played since 1880...
of 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). In his rookie season the Bulldogs won the O'Brien Trophy
O'Brien Trophy
The O'Brien Trophy, or O'Brien Cup, as labelled on the trophy itself, is a retired trophy that was awarded in the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League ice hockey leagues of North America from 1910 to 1950. It was originally donated to the NHA by Canadian Senator M.J....
and successfully defended the Stanley Cup championship. He played with the Bulldogs until he was traded to 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 1916. The Canadiens won the O'Brien Trophy that season but lost to the Seattle Metropolitans
Seattle Metropolitans
The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. They won the Stanley Cup in 1917, becoming the first American team to do so...
in the Stanley Cup championship.
Before the beginning of the 1917–18 season the NHA ceased operations and the owners formed 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). The players from the Quebec Bulldogs were dispersed to teams in the new NHL and Mummery was loaned to the Toronto Blueshirts club, now run by the Toronto Arena Company. The club would go on to win the Stanley Cup in a challenge series against the Vancouver Millionaires
Vancouver Millionaires
The Vancouver Millionaires were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926...
of the PCHA. After the season the Arena company formed the Toronto Arena Hockey Club and Mummery signed for the 1918–19 season. Unfortunately, the Arenas only managed to win 5 of their games over the course of the 18 game schedule and with poor attendance figures the team officially withdrew from the league on February 20, 1919.
In 1919–20 the Quebec Bulldogs returned and joined the NHL making it a four team league once again. The NHL re-assigned former Bulldogs players from the NHA, who were now playing in the NHL, back to the team. Mummery was one of those players. When the Quebec team was sold at the end of the 1919-20 season and transferred to Hamilton, Mummery was traded to the Montreal Canadiens where he played the 1920–21 NHL season. He was traded back to the Hamilton Tigers before the start of the 1921-22 season, playing parts of two season there before another trade in 1923 sent him to the Saskatoon Sheiks
Saskatoon Sheiks
The Saskatoon Sheiks were a professional ice hockey team in the Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League from 1922 to 1928. The team was based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, except for the end of the 1922 season, when they played in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.The team entered the WCHL in...
of the West Coast Hockey League
West Coast Hockey League
The West Coast Hockey League was a professional minor ice hockey league active in the western United States from 1995 to 2003. The number of teams ranged from six to nine. The teams were located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Washington...
. He played four games for Saskatoon in 1922–23 and retired.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1912-13 | Quebec Bulldogs | NHA | 19 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1913-14 | Quebec Bulldogs | NHA | 20 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1914-15 | Quebec Bulldogs | NHA | 20 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1915-16 | Quebec Bulldogs | NHA | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1916-17 | Montreal Canadiens | NHA | 20 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | ||
| 1917-18 | Toronto Arenas | NHL | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 38 | ||
| 1918-19 | Toronto Arenas | NHL | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1919-20 | Quebec Bulldogs | NHL | 24 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1920-21 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 24 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1921-22 | Hamilton Tigers | NHL | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1922-23 | Hamilton Tigers | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1922-23 | Saskatoon Sheiks | WCHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL totals | 106 | 33 | 19 | 52 | 226 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | ||||
Awards and achievements
- Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
Championships (1913 - Quebec, & 1918 - Toronto) - O'Brien Cup NHA championships (1913 - Quebec, 1917 - Montreal Canadiens, 1918 - Toronto Blueshirts)
- “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of FameManitoba Hockey Hall of FameThe Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum was established in 1985 when the first honoured members were named and plaques were erected in their honour. The first group of inductees was large in order to recognize the accomplishments of Manitoba players, coaches, builders and teams at the...