Moose Johnson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Moose Johnson
- Thomas Ernest "Ernie, Moose" Johnson (February 26, 1886 – March 25, 1963) was a Canadian ice hockey player whose professional career spanned from 1905 to 1931.
- He was a member of four Stanley Cup winning teams between 1905 and 1910 with the Montreal Wanderers of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) and later the National Hockey Association (NHA).
- He moved west, and switched from left wing to defence, in 1911 to join the newly formed Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA).
- He spent the following decade playing with the New Westminster Royals, Portland Rosebuds and Victoria Aristocrats where he was named a PCHA first-team all-star eight times and played in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals with Portland.
- He later played minor professional hockey in California, Minnesota and Oregon before retiring at the age of 45.
- Johnson was known for using perhaps the longest stick in the game's history, giving him a 99-inch reach.
- He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1952.
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