HOCKEY: Ernie Liffiton (continued)
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The photograph on the left is of the 1905-06 Pittsburgh
Bankers. Ernie Liffiton, standing second from the
left, played thirteen matches for the bankers.
In 1907-1908, the same season he was with the Wanderers, Ernie
played four
matches for Renfrew scoring four points. He also played one match
for Brockville, scoring two goals before being ruled ineligible. In 1909-10,
he played four games in the Canadian Hockey Association, which then folded.
His most prolific season was with the Halifax Crescents in 1911-12,
when he played sixteen matches and scored seven goals.
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Like his brothers Artie and Pete, Ernie coached hockey,
but he is the only one whose coaching record is known at this time. In 1914-16, his team finished the regular season in
first place but only won two out of five matches in the playoffs.
In his non-hockey life, Ernie also worked in his
father's Montreal wholesale jewelry and confection store. Later he
moved to Windsor where he worked in the steel industry. He and his
wife, Hedwig "Hattie" Rueckwald, raised four children: Ernest James Liffiton II, Eleanor Jessie,
Douglas Edgar, and Kenneth Robert Liffiton.
Statistics
SEASON |
TEAM |
LEAGUE |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
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GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
| 1901-02 |
Montreal YMCA |
Jr AHAC |
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| 1902-03 |
Stirling |
Jr AHAC |
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| 1903-04 |
Montreal AAA #2 |
Int CAHL |
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| 1904-05 |
Montreal AAA #2 |
Int CAHL |
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| 1905-06 |
Montreal Wanderers #2 |
Int CAHL |
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| 1906-07 |
Pittsburgh |
IHL |
13 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
19 |
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| 1907-08 |
Montreal Wanderers |
ECAHA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Brockville |
Federal |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
X |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
X |
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Renfrew Creamery Kings |
Sr UOVHL |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
X |
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| 1908-09 |
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| 1909-10 |
All-Montreal |
CHA |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
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Renfrew Millionaires |
NHA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| 1910-11 |
Montreal A.C.B. |
Sr MMHL |
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Pittsburgh |
Sr |
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| 1911-12 |
Montreal St. Jacques |
Sr MCHL |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Halifax Crescents |
MPHL |
16 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
12 |
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| 1912-13 |
Toronto Tecumsehs |
NHA |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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Halifax Crescents |
MPHL |
9 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
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| 1913-14 |
Montreal CPR |
Sr MMHL |
9 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
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| 1914-15 |
Montreal St. Lawrence |
Sr MMHL |
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COACHING RECORD |
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W |
L |
T |
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W |
L |
T |
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| 1914-15 |
Lachine |
Sr MHL |
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7 |
2 |
3 |
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2 |
3 |
0 |
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Sources:
Ernie Fitzsimmons, consulting statistician for Total Hockey, The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey
League (1999), provided Ernie Liffiton's statistics from his own collected reference materials. Ernie is also mentioned in the following books.
Coleman, Charles L., The Trail of the Stanley Cup Vol. 1, 1893 - 1926 (1954, National Hockey League) 816 pages.
Cosentino, Frank, The Renfrew Millionaires: The Valley Boys of Winter 1910 (1990, General Store Publishing House), 208 pages.
Mason,Daniel Scott, A History of the International Hockey League (1994, University of British Columbia), 337 pages.
Copyright © 1992 - 2006 Thomas Liffiton
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