Moose Johnson was a member of four Stanley Cup winning teams between 1905 and 1910 with the Montreal Wanderers of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association and later the National Hockey Association.
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32 Facts About Moose Johnson
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Moose Johnson moved west, and switched from left wing to defence, in 1911 to join the newly formed Pacific Coast Hockey Association.
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Moose Johnson spent the following decade playing with the New Westminster Royals, Portland Rosebuds and Victoria Aristocrats where he was named a PCHA first-team all-star eight times and played in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals with Portland.
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Moose Johnson's playing career began in 1902 in the Montreal City Hockey League where he would, at times, play with his junior, intermediate and senior teams all in the same weekend.
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Moose Johnson moved on to the Canadian Amateur Hockey League in 1903 and played two seasons with the Montreal Hockey Club, scoring 9 goals in 11 games in that time.
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Moose Johnson improved to 15 goals in 10 games during the season, and was named to the second all-star team on left wing.
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Moose Johnson scored five more goals in the six games played over three Stanley Cup challenges, including two in the final game of the second series against Kenora to help the Wanderers regain control of the Cup.
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Moose Johnson's offence fell in the ECAHA season, as he recorded nine goals in 10 games for the ECAHA champion Wanderers, but he added 11 goals in five Stanley Cup challenge games as the Wanderers successfully defended their title on three occasions.
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Moose Johnson was an offensive star in the challenges, scoring four goals on one game against the Ottawa Victorias in a January 1908 challenge, and again scoring four in a game against the Winnipeg Maple Leafs in a March 1908 challenge.
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Moose Johnson scored seven goals during the season to help the Wanderers win the inaugural league championship, and consequently re-capture the Stanley Cup from Ottawa.
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Moose Johnson was placed on the New Westminster Royals, and switched positions from left wing to cover-point.
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Moose Johnson remained a star on offence, scoring nine goals in 14 games, and was named to the PCHA's first all-star team, as New Westminster won the inaugural PCHA championship.
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Moose Johnson again made the all-star team in 1915, the first of five consecutive seasons in which he did so.
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Moose Johnson eventually signed with Portland, and was reported to have turned down lucrative offers to return to the NHA.
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For Moose Johnson, it marked his first in a Stanley Cup final in six years, and was not without controversy.
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Moose Johnson decided to play in the series anyway, and scored one goal in the five-game series.
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When it was determined that some of those players would not report to Portland, the Rosebuds refused to relinquish Moose Johnson, leading Patrick to claim he had been "double crossed".
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Moose Johnson was one of the most dominant rushing defensemen of the late-1900s and 1910s.
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Moose Johnson was a consistent scoring threat from the back end through his whole career; in his rookie and sophomore seasons with the Wanderers, he was among the top ten goal scorers in the league, and scored eleven goals over five challenge games during the successful 1908 post-season.
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Nevertheless, Moose Johnson was able to round out his defensive game by the midpoint of his career, and became infamous for his use of the poke check.
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One of the very few players who could do so at the time, Moose Johnson was as capable skating backwards as he was going forwards.
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Moose Johnson was the frequent source of injuries on whichever team he played for – while playing for the Portland Rosebuds in 1915, he had his jaw broken, two ribs fractured, two stitches each in his right leg and left ankle, a flattened shin bone and a badly bruised thigh.
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Moose Johnson then picked his quarrel with Frank Patrick and they came to blows.
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Moose Johnson accumulated eight seasons where his penalty totals were triple or quadruple the number of games played.
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Moose Johnson was named to the ECAHA Second All-Star team in 1908, and the PCHA First All-Star Team in 1912,1913,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919, and 1921.
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Moose Johnson had taken up hockey after losing three fingers on his right hand in a railroad accident — he had been a train brakeman.
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Moose Johnson settled in Portland when his career ended and worked full-time as a brakeman for Union Pacific until he retired to White Rock, British Columbia in 1954.
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Moose Johnson suffered a stroke in 1961, and died two years later at the age of 77.
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