Henry Hiram "Smoky" Harris (April 28, 1905 – December 31, 1975) was a Canadian professional

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player. Harris played in the

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(PHL),

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(PCHL) and the

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(NHL). Harris played 32 games for the

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during the 1930–31 season, which had several years earlier employed his older brother

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. He was born in

Kenora Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District. The his ...

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Playing career

Harris first played senior-level hockey in 1927–28 for the

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of the Prairie Hockey League. After one season, Harris transferred to the

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of the Pacific Coast Hockey League. Harris played two seasons for the Eskimos before being traded to the

of the NHL. However, he did not join Boston right away as Boston loaned him back to Seattle for the rest of the 1929–30 season. The following season, Harris travelled to Boston, and played 32 games for the Bruins and twelve games for the Bruins' affiliate

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. That was the only season in the NHL for him as he was not re-signed. He caught on with the

Buffalo Majors The Buffalo Majors were a professional ice hockey team in the city of Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, New York (state), New York. The team played two seasons in the American Hockey Association (1926–1942), American Hockey Association. The team was o ...

for one season before returning west to play with the

Calgary Tigers The Calgary Tigers, often nicknamed the ''Bengals'', were an ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 1920 until 1927 as members of the Big-4 League, Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League. The Tigers were revived in ...

of the North West Hockey League. Harris played three seasons for the Tigers. He died in Winnipeg in 1975 and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery.Obituaries, ''Winnipeg Free Press'', Saturday, January 03, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, pg. 34

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Henry 1905 births 1975 deaths Boston Bruins players Boston Tigers (CAHL) players Buffalo Majors players Calgary Tigers players Canadian ice hockey left wingers Ice hockey people from Ontario Regina Capitals players Seattle Eskimos players Sportspeople from Kenora Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States