Hap Holmes

Who was Hap Holmes?

Harry George "Hap" Holmes was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. As a professional, Holmes won the Stanley Cup four times, with four different teams. He tied the record of his 1914 Stanley Cup winning Toronto Blueshirts teammate Jack Marshall, who also won Cups with four different teams. No other player has duplicated this record.

Holmes played as an amateur for three season with the Parkdale Canoe Club of the Ontario Hockey Association from 1908 to 1911, before joining the professional Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association 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 for the 1915–16 season, winning his second Stanley Cup in his second season with the Metropolitans. For the 1917–18 season, Holmes ended up playing for the Torontos of the National Hockey League 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 would be recalled by the Metropolitans.