Samuel James Hebert was a Canadian professional

Professional

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 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 goaltender

Goaltender

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. He played professionally from 1913 until 1924 in the National Hockey Association

National Hockey Association

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 (NHA), National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 (NHL) and Western Canada Hockey League

Western Canada Hockey League

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 (WCHL).

Playing career

Hebert played for several amateur teams in Ottawa before turning professional in 1913 with the Toronto Ontarios

Toronto Ontarios

The Toronto Ontarios was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey Association from 1912 to 1915 based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

 of the NHA. In December 1914, he returned home, traded to the Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators (original)

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 for Skene Ronan

Skene Ronan

Erskine Rockliffe Ronan was a Canadian professional hockey player who played 10 professional seasons. Ronan played the majority of his professional career in the National Hockey Association and played one season in its successor league, the National Hockey League in 1918–19 as a member of the...

. He played two games for Ottawa in the 1914–15 season

1914–15 NHA season

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 before joining the military. After a year in the military, Hebert returned to professional hockey as a member of the Senators. He was part of a three-way trade with Ottawa and Montreal, ending up with 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...

 for the balance of the 1916–17 season. After the suspension of the NHA in 1917, Hebert signed with the Torontos of the NHL, playing two games before being traded to Ottawa for cash. He played the following seasons with amateur competition, returning to professional hockey with 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 WCHL in 1921. He played two seasons with Saskatoon before rejoining the Senators in 1924, playing two final games with the Senators to end his career.

Transactions

• December 29, 1913 - Signed as a free agent by Toronto Ontarios.
• December 25, 1914 - Traded to Ottawa Senators by Toronto Ontarios/Shamrocks with cash for Skene Ronan
  Skene Ronan
  Erskine Rockliffe Ronan was a Canadian professional hockey player who played 10 professional seasons. Ronan played the majority of his professional career in the National Hockey Association and played one season in its successor league, the National Hockey League in 1918–19 as a member of the...
  
  
• January 16, 1917 - Traded to Montreal Canadiens by Ottawa for Jack Fournier.
• January 16, 1917 - Traded to Quebec Bulldogs by Montreal Canadiens for Tommy Smith.
• January 24, 1917 - Loaned to Ottawa by Quebec as emergency replacement for Clint Benedict
  Clint Benedict
  Clinton Stevenson "Praying Bennie" Benedict was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads. He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to wear a face mask...
  
   (Toronto 8, Ottawa 5).
• December 5, 1917 - Signed as a free agent by Toronto (NHL).
• February 11, 1918 - Traded to Ottawa by Toronto for cash.
• November 25, 1919 - Rights awarded to Quebec when team activated in NHL.
• December 2, 1921 - Signed as a free agent by Saskatoon (WCHL).
• February 1, 1922 - Transferred to Moose Jaw (WCHL) after Saskatoon franchise relocated.
• October 26, 1922 - Returned to Saskatoon after Moose Jaw franchise relocated.
• February 29, 1924 - Signed as a free agent by Ottawa.

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Personal life

Sammy Hebert had a wife, two sons and a daughter as well as six grandchildren he never met.

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