Bert Lindsay
| Bert Lindsay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lindsay with the Victoria Aristocrats | |||
| Born |
July 23, 1881 West Garafraxa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
November 11, 1960 (aged 79) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Right | ||
| Played for | |||
| Playing career | 1903–1919 | ||
Leslie Bertrand Lindsay (July 23, 1881 – November 11, 1960) was a Canadian professional
.Playing career
Between 1903 and 1909 Lindsay played amateur hockey for a number of different teams, most notably with Renfrew in the Ottawa Valley Hockey League and the Federal Amateur Hockey League, and in 1907 and 1908 he won two consecutive Citizen Shield as Ottawa Valley champions with Renfrew.[1][2]
Lindsay turned professional in 1910 and played two seasons for the
Victoria Aristocrats of the PCHA for three seasons before returning to the NHA with the Montreal Wanderers
.
Lindsay stayed with the Wanderers when they joined the NHL in 1917, and was the first goalie in league history to earn a win, when his Wanderers defeated the
Westmount Arena
, the home arena of the Wanderers, burned down in January 1918, Lindsay was left without a team for the remainder of the season.
Lindsay signed with the Toronto Arenas for the 1918–19 NHL season and retired when the season ended.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
|
Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | Min | GA | SO | GAA | GP | W | L | T | Min | GA | SO | GAA | ||
| 1903–04 | Guelph Nationals | OHA Int. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1904–05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1905–06 | Toronto Argonauts | OHA Int. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1906–07 | Renfrew Rivers | UOVHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1906–07 | Latchford Pros | TPHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1907–08 | Renfrew Creamery Kings | UOVHL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1907–08 | Brockville Invincibles | FAHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1908–09 | Edmonton Professionals
|
Exhib. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | ||
| 1908–09 | Strathcona Professionals | Exhib. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1908–09 | Renfrew Creamery Kings | FAHL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 35 | 0 | 4.17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1909–10 | Renfrew Creamery Kings | NHA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1909–10 | Renfrew Creamery Kings | NHA | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 730 | 54 | 0 | 4.44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1910–11 | Renfrew Creamery Kings | NHA | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 960 | 101 | 0 | 6.31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1911–12 | Victoria Aristocrats
|
PCHA
|
16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 975 | 90 | 0 | 5.54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1912–13 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 927 | 56 | 1 | 3.62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1913–14 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1005 | 80 | 0 | 4.78 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 13 | 0 | 4.00 | ||
| 1914–15 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1054 | 116 | 0 | 6.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1914–15 | PCHA All-Stars | Exhib. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1915–16 | Montreal Wanderers | NHA | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1380 | 110 | 1 | 4.78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1916–17 | Montreal Wanderers | NHA | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 879 | 95 | 0 | 6.48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1917–18 | Montreal Wanderers | NHL
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 35 | 0 | 8.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1918–19 | Toronto Arenas | NHL | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 998 | 83 | 0 | 4.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHA totals | 67 | 29 | 37 | 1 | 4009 | 371 | 1 | 5.55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| PCHA totals | 64 | 31 | 33 | 0 | 3961 | 342 | 1 | 5.18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 13 | 0 | 4.00 | ||||
| NHL totals | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1238 | 118 | 0 | 5.72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ "Renfrew defeated Vankleek Hill and carried off Citizen Shield". Ottawa Citizen. Mar. 12, 1907 (pg. 8).
- ^ "The Sporting World – Hockey News – Renfrew hold Citizen Shield". Ottawa Citizen. Mar. 18, 1908 (pg. 8).
- ^ Boswell, Randy (April 16, 2017). "Solving the mystery of the NHL's 1st game". CBC News. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bert Lindsay.
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database