Louis Dieudonné Berlinguette, last name occasionally spelt as Berlinquette, (May 26, 1887 – June 1, 1959) was a
Canadian
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professional
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ice hockey
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left winger
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who played eight seasons in the
National Hockey League
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for the
Montreal Canadiens
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,
Montreal Maroons
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and
Pittsburgh Pirates. He also spent six seasons with the Canadiens in the
National Hockey Association
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prior to the inception of the NHL.
Louis Berlinguette won the
Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1916 against the
Portland Rosebuds. He was also a member of the Canadiens when they played in the
1919 Stanley Cup Finals
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against the
Seattle Metropolitans
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, a series which was called off due to the
Spanish flu
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pandemic with the two team having won two games each.
"Final game for Stanley Cup is definitely off"
''Border Cities Star'' (Windsor). April 3, 1919 (pg. 13). Retrieved 2020-10-23.
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Regular season and playoffs
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1887 births
1959 deaths
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Haileybury Comets players
Ice hockey people from Quebec
Montreal Canadiens (NHA) players
Montreal Canadiens players
Montreal Maroons players
People from Outaouais
Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) players
Quebec Castors players
Saskatoon Sheiks players
Stanley Cup champions