Barney Holden

Barney Holden

Holden with the Portage Lakes HC.
Born (1881-03-21)March 21, 1881
Winnipeg, MB, CAN[1]
Died October 27, 1948(1948-10-27) (aged 67)
Burnaby, BC, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Portage Lakes Hockey Club
Winnipeg Strathconas
Winnipeg Maple Leafs
Montreal Shamrocks
Quebec Bulldogs
Saskatoon Wholesalers
Playing career 19041912
Holden with the Montreal Shamrocks on a 1911 Imperial Tobacco hockey card.
Holden, second from left in the top row, with the 1905–06 Portage Lakes Hockey Club.

Bernard "Barney" Holden (March 21, 1881 – October 27, 1948) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 120 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the National Hockey Association and International Professional Hockey League. Amongst the teams he played with were the Montreal Shamrocks and Quebec Bulldogs. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Holden was one of the first professional hockey players in history. He scored the first goal in the first game of the first professional hockey league game on December 9, 1904 in the Pittsburgh Duquesne Gardens.

Statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1904–05 Portage Lakes Hockey Club IPHL 24 9 0 9 47
1905–06 Portage Lakes Hockey Club IPHL 20 9 0 9 31
1906–07 Portage Lakes Hockey Club IPHL 20 4 3 7 35
Winnipeg Strathconas MHL 1 1 0 1
1907–08 Winnipeg Maple Leafs MHL 15 4 0 4
Stanley Cup 2 0 0 0 2
1908–09 Winnipeg Maple Leafs MHL 9 3 4 7 9 2 1 0 1 0
1909–10 Montreal Shamrocks CHA 3 1 0 1
1910 Montreal Shamrocks NHA 12 5 0 5 23
1910–11 Quebec Bulldogs NHA 16 4 0 4 40
1911–12 Saskatoon Wholesalers SKPHL 7 6 0 6
Stanley Cup 1 0 0 0 12
IPHL totals 64 22 3 25 113
NHA totals 28 9 0 9 63
Stanley Cup totals 3 0 0 0 14

References

Holden, Daniel T. (September 28, 2004). Cross Check! "Barney" Holden and the birth of professional hockey in North America. Aventine Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1593302115. 

Notes

  1. SIHR – Player List sihrhockey.org

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