Every year the AHL awards the goaltender(s) with the lowest goals against average who have played in at least 25 regular season games the “Hap Holmes Memorial Award”.
Who is Harry “Hap” Holmes? How is he connected to the great city of Cleveland?
Holmes got his professional hockey start with the Toronto Blueshirts from 1912-1915. During his second season (1913-14), Holmes led the Blueshirts to their first Stanley Cup win. This was also the first time a Toronto based team won a Stanley Cup.
He would then go on to play for the Seattle Metropolitans from 1915-17 and then again from 1918-1924.