Henry Judah "Flip" Trihey (December 25, 1877 in Berlin, Ontario – December 9, 1942) was a Canadian

Canada

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 amateur

Amateur

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 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 forward

Forward (ice hockey)

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 who played for the Montreal Shamrocks

Montreal Shamrocks

The Montreal Shamrocks were an amateur, later professional, men's ice hockey club in existence from 1886, merging with the Montreal Crystals club in 1896. They won the Stanley Cup ice hockey championship in 1899 and 1900...

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Harry Trihey was captain of "The Fighting Irish," better known as the Montreal Shamrocks of the CAHL

Canadian Amateur Hockey League

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. He was not a Montreal

Montreal

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er by birth, but played a high level of ice hockey since his youth in Berlin. Trihey debuted with the Shamrocks in a one game appearance in 1897 and quickly earned a full-time spot on the roster. On February 4, 1899, Trihey amassed ten goals in one game in a match versus Quebec

Quebec Bulldogs

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. He would go on to lead the Shamrocks to three consecutive Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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 titles.

Trihey served as secretary-treasurer and president of the CAHL following his retirement as a player. He also served as a referee and sat on the advisory board of the Montreal Wanderers

Montreal Wanderers

The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...

 Hockey Club. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Hockey Hall of Fame

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 in 1950.

See also

• Arthur Farrell
• Fred Scanlan
  Fred Scanlan
  Frederick R. Scanlan was a Canadian amateur ice hockey forward who played for the Montreal Shamrocks and Winnipeg Victorias. He played on a forward line with other notable players' Arthur Farrel and Harry Trihey. Fredrick was a Stanley Cup champion with the Shamrocks in 1899, 1900...
  
  

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