Bobby Rowe (ice hockey)

Robert Price "Stubby" Rowe (August 19, 1885 – September 21, 1948) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 283 games in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and four games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Renfrew Millionaires, Victoria Aristocrats, Seattle Metropolitans, and Boston Bruins.

Bobby Rowe
Rowe with the Renfrew Creamery Kings on a 1911 Imperial Tobacco hockey card
Born(1885-08-19)August 19, 1885
Heathcote, Ontario, Canada
DiedSeptember 21, 1948(1948-09-21) (aged 63)
Portland, Oregon, United States
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
PositionRight wing/Defence
ShotLeft
Played forPortage Lakes Hockey Club
Renfrew Millionaires
Victoria Aristocrats
Seattle Metropolitans
Boston Bruins
Playing career1905–1926
Rowe, in the upper left corner, with the Victoria Aristocrats.

Rowe won the Stanley Cup in 1917 with the Seattle Metropolitans,[1] the first time a team from the United States had won the coveted prize.

After his hockey career, Rowe worked with promoting midget auto racing in the Northwest United States.[2]

Death

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He died in Portland, Oregon in 1948, aged 63.

Career statistics

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  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1902–03Portage LakesExhib.12250254202
1903–04Meaford JuniorsOHA-Jr.
1904–05Meaford JuniorsOHA-Jr.
1905–06Barrie Hockey ClubOHA-Sr.41301315
1906–07Barrie ProsExhib.1404
1906–07Renfrew RiversidesUOVHL
1906–07Latchford ProsTPHL11010
1907–08Renfrew RiversidesUOVHL2909
1908–09Haileybury CometsTPHL10000
1908–09Renfrew Creamery KingsFAHL2909
1909–10Renfrew Creamery KingsNHA91101138
1910–11Renfrew Creamery KingsNHA161101182
1911–12Victoria AristocratsPCHA161001062
1912–13Victoria AristocratsPCHA15871534
1912–13Victoria AristocratsExhib.22029
1913–14Victoria AristocratsPCHA12871511
1913–14Victoria AristocratsSt-Cup30000
1914–15Victoria AristocratsPCHA1261713
1915–16Seattle MetropolitansPCHA1735825
1916–17Seattle MetropolitansPCHA259122145
1916–17Seattle MetropolitansSt-Cup40220
1917–18Seattle MetropolitansPCHA173252820000
1918–19Seattle MetropolitansPCHA2056111920110
1918–19Seattle MetropolitansSt-Cup51016
1919–20Seattle MetropolitansPCHA222461620110
1919–20Seattle MetropolitansSt-Cup521313
1920–21Seattle MetropolitansPCHA240222920110
1921–22Seattle MetropolitansPCHA232133420003
1922–23Seattle MetropolitansPCHA3072971
1923–24Seattle MetropolitansPCHA24102123020008
1924–25Boston BruinsNHL41010
1925–26Portland RosebudsWHL20000
PCHA totals25773511244171203311
St-Cup totals1733619

References

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  1. ^ "Seattle overwhelmed Canadiens and landed hockey championship" Ottawa Citizen. March 27, 1917 (pg. 8). Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  2. ^ "MEN BEHIND Races Tonight At Jones Park THE MIDGETS" Vancouver Sun. July 25, 1939 (pg. 9). Retrieved 2020-10-29.
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