Ernie ‘Moose’ Johnson
Born: February 26, 1886
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: March 25, 1963 (aged 77)
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lbs (84 kg)
Position: Left Wing/Defence
Shot: Left
| Year | League | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903–04 | CAHL | Montreal AAA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1904–05 | CAHL | Montreal AAA | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 1905–06 | ECAHA | Montreal Wanderers | 10 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 44 |
| 1906–07 | ECAHA | Montreal Wanderers | 10 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 42 |
| 1907–08 | ECAHA | Montreal Wanderers | 10 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 33 |
| 1908–09 | ECAHA | Montreal Wanderers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| 1909–10 | NHA | Montreal Wanderers | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 47 |
| 1910–11 | NHA | Montreal Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 60 |
| 1911–12 | PCHA | New Westminster Royals | 14 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 1912–13 | PCHA | New Westminster Royals | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 1913–14 | PCHA | New Westminster Royals | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 1914–15 | PCHA | Portland Rosebuds | 18 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 1915–16 | PCHA | Portland Rosebuds | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 62 |
| 1916–17 | PCHA | Portland Rosebuds | 24 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 54 |
| 1917–18 | PCHA | Portland Rosebuds | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 1918–19 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 1919–20 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 1920–21 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 24 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| 1921–22 | PCHA | Victoria Cougars | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| ECAHA totals | 40 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 153 | ||
| NHA totals | 29 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 107 | ||
| PCHA totals | 191 | 55 | 38 | 93 | 255 |
Playoff/Stanley Cup Challenges
| Year | League | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905–06 | ECAHA | Montreal Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1906–07 | Stanley Cup | Montreal Wanderers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 1907–08 | Stanley Cup | Montreal Wanderers | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 28 |
| 1908–09 | Stanley Cup | Montreal Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1909–10 | Stanley Cup | Montreal Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915–16 | Stanley Cup | Portland Rosebuds | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Stanley Cup Totals | 19 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 51 | ||
| ECAHA totals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Thomas Ernest “Moose” Johnson (1886–1963) was a Canadian ice hockey player whose long professional career, spanning from 1905 to 1931, saw him transition from a scoring left wing to one of the game’s dominant defensemen (then known as a cover-point or rover). His early career was defined by four Stanley Cup victories with the Montreal Wanderers between 1905 and 1910 in the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) and the National Hockey Association (NHA). While playing in the East, he was known for his offensive contributions, including leading the team in scoring during one playoff run, and often playing alongside his lifelong companion, Frank “Pud” Glass.
In 1911, Johnson moved west to the newly formed Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), where he switched permanently to defense. Playing for teams like the New Westminster Royals, Portland Rosebuds, and Victoria Aristocrats, he established himself as a physical, tough, and highly offensive rushing defenseman, earning PCHA first-team All-Star honors eight times. He became infamous for using an unusually long stick, which gave him an exceptional poke-checking reach. Despite enduring numerous serious injuries, he famously missed only one game across two particularly rough seasons. Johnson played in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals with the Portland Rosebuds—the first American team to challenge for the Cup—and continued his career in minor professional leagues until age 45, long after suffering a severe electric shock in his youth that cost him two fingers. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1952.