Arthur Sixsmith
| Arthur Sixsmith | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sixsmith with Ottawa HC in 1900–01. | |||
| Born |
June 27, 1880 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
March 15, 1969 (aged 88) Titusville, Florida, U.S. | ||
| Position | Rover | ||
| Played for |
Pittsburgh Keystones Pittsburgh Professionals Pittsburgh Bankers Ottawa Senators | ||
| Playing career | 1901–1909 | ||
Arthur Egerton Sixsmith (June 27, 1880 – March 15, 1969) was a
Career
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Sixsmith first played senior hockey at the age of 15 with the Ottawa Cliffsides of the Ottawa City Hockey League. He played junior hockey until 1899 when he joined the Ottawa Hockey Club, playing two seasons for the club, scoring seven goals in nine games. During his time with the club, Ottawa won two CAHL titles.[1]
In 1901, Art visited Pittsburgh on his way back to Ottawa from his wedding in Campbellton, New Brunswick. In Pittsburgh, he met Arthur McSwigan and the two men founded the WPHL. By 1902, Art convinced his brother, Garnet, and several other Canadian players to play in the new league.[2]
He then turned professional with the WPHL's
Following his hockey career, he went into the banking industry working his way up the corporate ladder in
Statistics
Exh. = Exhibition games
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1900 | Ottawa Hockey Club |
CAHL | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1901 | Ottawa Hockey Club | CAHL | 7 | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1901–02 | Pittsburgh Keystones | Exh. | 7 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1901–02 | Pittsburgh Keystones | WPHL | 13 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1902–03 | Pittsburgh Victorias | WPHL | 11 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1903–04 | Pittsburgh Victorias | WPHL | 13 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Pittsburgh Victorias | US Pro | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 1904–05 | Pittsburgh Professionals | IPHL | 11 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1905–06 | Pittsburgh Professionals | IPHL | 18 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1906–07 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1907–08 | Pittsburgh Bankers | WPHL | 19 | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Pittsburgh Bankers | World Pro | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |||
| 1908–09 | Pittsburgh Bankers | WPHL | 15 | 17 | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| WPHL totals | 71 | 60 | 13 | 73 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| IPHL totals | 29 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Statistics per Society for International Hockey Research at sihrhockey.org
References
- ^ Pittsburgh Press. November 21, 1915. p. Sports, 6.
- ^ Pittsburgh Press. p. 21.
- Pittsburgh Press. November 8, 1903. p. 20.
- ^ a b Fitzsimmons, Ernie. "1900-10 Early Pro Hockey". PittsburghHockey.net. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ Deppen, Colin (May 28, 2019). "Like hockey? You have Pittsburgh to thank for that". The Incline. Pittsburgh. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
External links
- Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1.