George_Merritt_(ice_hockey)

Whitey Merritt

Whitey Merritt

Canadian ice hockey player

George Henry "Whitey" Merritt (December 29, 1869 – May 16, 1916) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey goaltender who played for the Winnipeg Victorias of the Manitoba Hockey Association during the last decade of the 19th century.

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Whitey Merritt, at left in the middle row, with the 1899–1900 Winnipeg Victorias.

Whitey Merritt started out with the Winnipeg Victorias in the 1891–92 season as both a goaltender and a skater, but from the 1893–94 season and onwards he played exclusively as a goaltender. Merritt won a Stanley Cup with the Victorias in 1896.[3] Amongst his teammates were Dan Bain and Jack Armytage.

Merritt was born in Goderich, Ontario in 1869 and died in Winnipeg in 1916.

Awards and achievements

  • Stanley Cup Championships – 1896 with the Winnipeg Victorias.
  • First goalie to wear leg pads – Whitey Merrit put on a pair of cricket pads on February 14, 1896. He went on to win a shutout in a 2-0 game against the Montreal Victorias.[4]

References

Notes

  1. [1]
    SIHR – Player List sihrhockey.org
  2. [2]
    George Henry "Whitey" Merritt at Memorable Manitobans
  3. [3]
    Stanley Cup Annual Record 1896 (February) nhl.com
  4. [4]
    "Honoured Members Database | Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame". honouredmembers.sportmanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
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