 Harry " Hap " Holmes , alternatively nicknamed " Happy " , started playing ice hockey as an amateur with the Parkdale Canoe Club in the Ontario Hockey Association ( OHA ) in the 1908 – 09 season . He played with Parkdale for three seasons , for 11 regular season games and two playoff games . In his first season with the Parkdale Canoe Club , Holmes lost all three games in which he appeared , giving up 22 goals over that stretch . The following season , Holmes appeared in four games , winning and losing two games apiece . Over the 1909 – 10 season , Holmes gave up 26 goals . In 1910 – 11 , his last season with the Parkdale Canoe Club , he appeared in four regular season games once more , winning three and losing one , while giving up only 12 goals over those games . In the playoffs , Holmes played two games , losing one and tying the other , surrendering nine goals . In the 1911 – 12 season , Holmes appeared in only one exhibition game , as the Toronto Blueshirts were unable to play due to the slow completion of their artificial ice . Holmes played a game for the Toronto Tecumsehs , conceding three goals in a victory . 
