William Robert Hague (April 9, 1885 – September 9, 1969)Billy Hague (1885–1969)
Find A Grave (findagrave.com). Retrieved 2020-10-09.) was a Canadian amateur and professional

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goaltender. He won the

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with the

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in 1905. He played in three other Stanley Cup challenges during his career.

Playing career

Hague first played senior hockey in the

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for the Ottawa Emmetts. He joined the

during the ''Silver Seven'' era, in 1905, succeeding Dave Finnie. In 1906 he was replaced by Percy LeSueur and he joined the

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for the 1906–07 season. He played for the Victorias in a Cup challenge against

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in 1908 losing a two-game series. Hague later played for the Galt Professionals of the OPHL. With Galt he played in a Stanley Cup challenge against the Ottawa HC losing 7–4 in 1911. He joined the

Moncton Victorias The Moncton Victorias were a professional ice hockey team from Moncton, New Brunswick in Canada. The team played for two seasons in the Maritime Professional Hockey League (MPHL), in 1911–12 and 1912–13. Biography Moncton Victorias won the 19 ...

with several other Galt players, winning the Maritime championship and played in another Stanley Cup challenge in 1912 against the

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, losing a two-game series. He later played for Halifax Socials and

of the NHA. He retired after the 1916–17 season.

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