Samuel Milton Halliday (September 21, 1906 – August 16, 1989) was a Canadian professional

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player. He played in the

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(NHL) for the

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from 1926 until 1929, and was a member of the Stanley Cup-winning team of

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. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1924 to 1939, was spent in various minor leagues.

Playing career

Born in

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, Halliday made the jump to NHL hockey from the amateur ranks of the Ottawa Gunners of the

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, joining the hometown Ottawa Senators for the 1926–27 season. Halliday would play on a line with

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and Jack Duggan.Podnieks, p. 322 That season, the Senators would defeat the

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in the Stanley Cup championship, in the first final series between two NHL teams. In the following two seasons, Halliday would split his time between the Senators and minor pro teams in

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and

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of the Canadian Pro minor league. After the 1928–29 season, Halliday would not play in the NHL again, traded by Ottawa to

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of the International League. He would play the rest of his career for various minor professional teams of the International League and the

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leagues. He left professional hockey in 1936 to return to Ottawa, where he played two seasons as a reinstated amateur player for the Ottawa Montagnards of the Ottawa City League before retiring from competitive hockey.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Transactions

* October 24, 1926 – Signed as a free agent with Ottawa (NHL) * November 7, 1929 – Traded from Ottawa (NHL) to Hamilton (IHL) for cash * January 5, 1932 – Traded from Hamilton (IHL) to Cleveland (IHL) for Stew Dunning * December 18, 1935 – Signed as free agent with Buffalo (IHL) * February 7, 1936 – Signed as a free agent with Rochester (IHL)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halliday, Milt 1906 births 1989 deaths Boston Tigers (CAHL) players Buffalo Bisons (IHL) players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey left wingers Cleveland Falcons players Cleveland Indians (IHL) players Hamilton Tigers (IHL) players Ice hockey people from Ottawa London Panthers players Niagara Falls Cataracts players Ottawa Senators (1917) players Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (IHL) players Rochester Cardinals players Stanley Cup champions