Samuel Milton Halliday (September 21, 1906 – August 16, 1989) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators from 1926 until 1929, and was a member of the Stanley Cup-winning team of 1927. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1924 to 1939, was spent in various minor leagues.

Milt Halliday
Halliday in 1922
Born (1906-09-21)September 21, 1906
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died August 16, 1989(1989-08-16) (aged 82)
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Ottawa Senators
Playing career 1924–1939

Playing career

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Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Halliday made the jump to NHL hockey from the amateur ranks of the Ottawa Gunners of the Ottawa City Hockey League, joining the hometown Ottawa Senators for the 1926–27 season. Halliday would play on a line with Hec Kilrea and Jack Duggan.[1] That season, the Senators would defeat the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup championship, in the first final series between two NHL teams.

In the following two seasons, Halliday would split his time between the Senators and minor pro teams in London, Ontario and Niagara Falls, Ontario of the Canadian Pro minor league. After the 1928–29 season, Halliday would not play in the NHL again, traded by Ottawa to Hamilton, Ontario of the International League. He would play the rest of his career for various minor professional teams of the International League and the Can-Am leagues. He left professional hockey in 1936 to return to Ottawa, where he played two seasons as a reinstated amateur player for the Ottawa Montagnards of the Ottawa City League before retiring from competitive hockey.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1924–25 Ottawa Gunners OCHL 16 7 1 8
1925–26 Ottawa Gunners OCHL 10 2 12 6 3 0 3
1926–27 Ottawa Senators NHL 38 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0
1927–28 Ottawa Senators NHL 13 0 0 0 2
1927–28 London Panthers Can-Pro 29 8 1 9 6
1928–29 Ottawa Senators NHL 16 0 0 0 0
1928–29 Niagara Falls Cataracts Can-Pro 25 4 1 5 10
1929–30 Hamilton Tigers IHL 41 12 3 15 10
1930–31 Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets IHL 44 11 2 13 14 6 0 0 0 2
1931–32 Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets IHL 16 1 2 3 8
1931–32 Cleveland Indians IHL 29 14 2 16 6
1932–33 Cleveland Indians IHL 42 14 8 22 10
1933–34 Boston Tiger-Cubs Can-Am 39 9 9 18 8 5 2 1 3 0
1934–35 Boston Tiger-Cubs Can-Am 13 2 4 6 2 3 0 0 0 0
1934–35 Cleveland Falcons IHL 31 12 7 19 10
1935–36 Cleveland Falcons IHL 10 1 1 2 2
1935–36 Buffalo Bisons IHL 17 1 5 6 0
1935–36 Rochester Cardinals IHL 18 3 2 5 4
1937–38 Ottawa Montagnards OCHL 18 12 2 14 0
1938–39 Ottawa Montagnards OCHL 3 0 0 0 2
IHL totals 248 69 32 101 64 6 0 0 0 2
NHL totals 67 1 0 1 4 6 0 0 0 0

Transactions

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  • October 24, 1926 – Signed as a free agent with Ottawa (NHL)
  • November 7, 1929 – Traded from Ottawa (NHL) to Hamilton (IHL) for cash
  • January 5, 1932 – Traded from Hamilton (IHL) to Cleveland (IHL) for Stew Dunning
  • December 18, 1935 – Signed as free agent with Buffalo (IHL)
  • February 7, 1936 – Signed as a free agent with Rochester (IHL)

References

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  • Podnieks, Andrew (2003). Players: the ultimate A-Z guide of everyone who has ever played in the NHL. Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada. ISBN 0-385-25999-9.
  • "Milt Halliday's hockey statistics". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  • "Legends of Hockey - NHL Players - Milt Halliday". Retrieved 2008-12-02.

Notes

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  1. ^ Podnieks, p. 322
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