Bernie Morris


Bernard Patrick Morris was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. When the Metropolitans became the first U.S.-based team to win the Stanley Cup in 1917, Morris scored 14 of Seattle's goals. Morris also played for the Calgary Tigers, the Boston Bruins and various minor league teams.

Playing career

Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Morris played for several senior teams in Manitoba and Saskatchewan before joining the Victoria Aristocrats of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1914. He moved over to Seattle the following season, and played eight seasons for Seattle, and was a member of the Stanley Cup champion 1917 team. He had an outstanding 1917 series, scoring 14 goals in four games.
Morris was scheduled to play in the ill-fated 1919 series, but was arrested by the United States for alleged draft dodging and jailed. He received a sentence of two years, to be served at Alcatraz. By fall he was transferred to an Army unit and in March 1920 granted an honourable discharge.
He would return to hockey after the 1919–20 season and would play in the 1920 series for Seattle.
In October 1923, Morris was traded by Seattle to the Calgary Tigers. He played for the Tigers in the 1924 series against Montreal. In all, Morris played a season and a half with Calgary before being traded again. He was traded to the Montreal Maroons and on to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League on January 3, 1925. He was released by Boston in February 1925, and he returned out west to play with the Regina Capitals.
From 1925 until 1930, Morris finished his career with various teams in the minor California Pro League, the Can-Pro and International League.

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