 After his playing career , Holmes coached minor @-@ league teams . He coached the Toronto Millionaires of the Canadian Professional Hockey League ( CPHL ) to a 19 – 6 – 7 record in the 1928 – 29 season , and the Cleveland Indians of the International Hockey League ( IHL ) to a 24 – 18 – 6 record in the 1930 – 31 season . The American Hockey League ( AHL ) named their award for the top goaltender , the Hap Holmes Memorial Award , after him . Holmes died on June 27 , 1941 . He was inducted posthumously into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972 . 
