Roy McGiffen
Roy "Minnie" McGiffen (1891–1917) was a professional ice hockey player. He played for the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association (NHA) from 1912 to 1915. He was a member of the 1914 Stanley Cup championship Blueshirts team.
Playing career
Roy McGiffen played amateur hockey from age 15 with the Coldwater Hockey Club, moving from there to Toronto Simcoe, Toronto Amateur Athletic Club and back to Toronto Simcoe for 1909–10. He played the 1911–12 season for Cleveland of the United States Amateur Hockey Association, before turning professional with the Toronto Blueshirts in 1912–13. He played three seasons with the Blueshirts before retiring after the 1914–15 season.
In the 1914 Stanley Cup challenge of Victoria against the Blueshirts, McGiffen scored the game-winning goal of game two.[1] That season, he led the league in penalty fines of $116.[2] In a 1914–15 regular season game against the Ottawa Senators, McGiffen became involved in a fight with Art Ross that ended with both players being arrested by Toronto police.
He moved to California after his ice hockey days. He had lived there for a year from 1910–11. He died in 1917 in an airplane crash.
References
- Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League.
- ^ Coleman(1966), pg. 264
- ^ "Ottawa Senators - 1914 History". Retrieved 2008-06-03.
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