▁his ▁career ▁he ▁played ▁for ▁Pitts burgh ▁Bank ers , ▁Pitts burgh ▁Prof ession als , ▁Ren f rew ▁C ream ery ▁Kings , ▁Montreal ▁W ander ers , ▁Hal if ax ▁C res c ents ▁and ▁the ▁Toronto ▁T ec um se hs . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁he ▁played ▁on ▁the ▁Montreal ▁W ander ers ▁team ▁that ▁won ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup . ▁ ▁Ren f ew ▁vs . ▁P embro ke ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁the ▁P embro ke ▁Hockey ▁Club ▁refused ▁to ▁play ▁against ▁the ▁Ren f rew ▁C ream ery ▁Kings . ▁They ▁object ed ▁to ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁Er nie , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁Montreal ▁W ander ers ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁was ▁sl ated ▁to ▁play ▁for ▁the ▁team . ▁In ▁that ▁match ▁and ▁one ▁that ▁followed , ▁both ▁teams ▁brought ▁in ▁professional ▁players ▁from ▁Montreal ▁and ▁Ott awa ▁to ▁bol ster ▁their ▁ch ances ▁for ▁victory . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁Er nie ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁j ew eler ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁family ▁of ▁one ▁sister ▁and ▁five ▁brothers . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁twenty - four , ▁Er nie ▁married ▁Louise ▁Jane ▁Thomas . ▁He ▁worked ▁in ▁his ▁f athers ▁Montreal ▁wh oles ale ▁j ew el ry ▁and ▁con fection ▁store , ▁but ▁in ▁later ▁years ▁moved ▁to ▁W inds or , ▁Ontario ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁steel ▁industry . ▁He ▁and ▁his ▁second ▁wife