June 27, 1941(1941-06-27) (aged 53) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.[6]
Height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight
170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position
Goaltender
Caught
Left
Played for
Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) Torontos (NHL) Toronto Arenas (NHL) Victoria Cougars (WCHL/WHL) Detroit Cougars (NHL)
Playing career
1912–1928
Harry George "Hap" Holmes (February 21, 1888 – June 27, 1941) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. As a professional, Holmes won the Stanley Cup four times, with four teams. He tied the record of his 1914 Stanley Cup winning Toronto Blueshirts teammate Jack Marshall, who also won Cups with four teams.[7] No other player has duplicated this record.
Holmes played as an amateur for three seasons with the Parkdale Canoe Club of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) from 1908 to 1911, before joining the professional Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association (NHA) in 1912–13. Holmes won the first of his four Stanley Cups in 1914. Although being under contract to the Blueshirts, Holmes joined the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) for the 1915–16 season, winning his second Stanley Cup (1917) in his second season with the Metropolitans. For the 1917–18 season, Holmes ended up playing for the Torontos (the following year renamed as the Toronto Arenas) of the National Hockey League (NHL) through a series of loans by other teams. Holmes won his third Stanley Cup in his only full season with the Torontos. After playing two games in the 1918–19 season for the Toronto Arenas, Holmes was recalled by the Metropolitans. Holmes played for the Metropolitans for the next six seasons, until the team folded.
In the 1924–25 season, Holmes joined the Victoria Cougars of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL/WHL). Holmes played for the Cougars for two seasons, winning the Stanley Cup for his fourth and last time. After the WCHL/WHL folded, Holmes joined the Detroit Cougars of the NHL, playing with the Cougars for two seasons before retiring.
Holmes was a stand-up style goaltender; later on in his career, Holmes wore a cap in goal to protect his head from objects thrown by spectators. Holmes coached minor-league teams after his retirement, notably the Toronto Millionaires of the Canadian Professional Hockey League (CPHL) and the Cleveland Indians of the International Hockey League (IHL). Holmes died in 1941, near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and was inducted posthumously into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.
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Harry George "Hap" Holmes (February 21, 1888 – June 27, 1941) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. As a professional, Holmes won the Stanley...
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game-winning goal in Victoria's 6–1 win to clinch the Cup. Cougars goaltender HapHolmes recorded a 2.00 goal-against average for the series. Jack Walker led Victoria...
of Famers Hec Fowler (goaltender), Frank Foyston, Frank Fredrickson, HapHolmes (goaltender), Clem Loughlin, Harry Meeking and Jack Walker. Note: W =...
Sawchuk (1970) 40 years, 66 days – Sean Burke (2007) 40 years, 32 days – HapHolmes (1928) 40 years, 10 days – Tim Thomas (2014) 40 years, 3 days – Roberto...
League. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020. "Grosenick, Ingram win HapHolmes Award". prohockeynews.com. May 13, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020. Biographical...
2.20 goals against average (GAA) during the series. HapHolmes recorded a 3.00 GAA. It was Holmes' fourth consecutive Stanley Cup Finals, and his fifth...
Adams – Hall of Fame player, later Detroit coach and general manager HapHolmes – Hall of Fame goaltender Harry Cameron – Hall of Fame defenseman Reg...
professional hockey. For his outstanding play, Larocque was awarded the HapHolmes Memorial Award with teammate Michel Deguise, and was selected to the Second...
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AHL's 2016–17 All-Rookie Team and was a co-recipient of the 2017 Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award. Undrafted and regarded as undersized for a goaltender...
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their 9–1 victory in game four. Future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender HapHolmes recorded a 2.90 goals-against average for the Mets. Montreal Canadiens...
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award – Best Goaltender (1983–84) Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award – Lowest Goals against average (1947–48) Louis A.R. Pieri...
average, being named to the 2017 all-star game receiving the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award, and helping Wilkes-Barre finish with the best record...
lockout. That season, he and teammate Jason LaBarbera shared the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award, awarded to the goalie (or goalies) with the league's...
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