Joseph Amos Hermas "Butch" Arbour (January 26, 1895 – November 1, 1943) was a

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professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. A left winger, Arbour played two seasons in the

National Hockey Association The National Hockey Association (NHA), officially the National Hockey Association of Canada Limited, was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor of today's National Hockey Lea ...

and six seasons in the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

for

Montreal Canadiens The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...

Hamilton Tigers The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilton, Ontario. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1920 to 1925. The Tigers were formed by the sale of the Quebec Bulldogs NHL franchise to Hamilton intere ...

and

Toronto St. Patricks The Toronto St. Patricks (colloquially known as the St. Pats) were a professional ice hockey team which began playing in the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1919. The Toronto NHL franchise (league membership) had previously been held by the Arena ...

. Arbour was a member of the 1916 Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens team. His

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attestation papers lists his trade or calling as a

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. He died in

Orillia Orillia is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is in Simcoe County between Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Although it is geographically located within Simcoe County, the city is a single-tier municipality. It is part of the Huronia region of Cent ...

, Ontario.''La Presse'' (Montreal, Quebec). Nov. 3, 1943.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Transactions

*January 23, 1919 – Signed as a free agent by Montreal Canadiens *November 26, 1921 – Traded to Hamilton Tigers by Montreal with Harry Mummery for Sprague Cleghorn *December 14, 1923 – Traded to Toronto by Hamilton with Bert Corbeau and George Carey for Ken Randall, the NHL rights to Corb Denneny and cash

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* 1895 births 1943 deaths Canadian ice hockey left wingers Hamilton Tigers (ice hockey) players Ice hockey people from Simcoe County Montreal Canadiens (NHA) players Montreal Canadiens players Stanley Cup champions Toronto 228th Battalion players Toronto St. Pats players {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1890s-stub