Milt Halliday

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

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.

Playing career

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. 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

Regular season and playoffs

				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

• 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

• 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.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database