Hamby Shore

Samuel Hamilton Shore (February 12, 1886 – October 13, 1918) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played several seasons for the Ottawa Senators between 1909 and 1918, notably during the "Silver Seven" era when the club was champion from 1903 until 1906. Shore died as a result of the influenza epidemic of 1918.

Playing career Hamby Shore joined the Ottawa Hockey Club in the Federal Amateur Hockey League as a teenager in 1904, when the club was already Stanley Cup champion. After one season, he played out west with Winnipeg Seniors, before returning to Ottawa in 1906–07, playing in the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association. He returned to Winnipeg to play professionally, with the Winnipeg Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Strathconas. He played in the Maple Leafs' unsuccessful 1908 Stanley Cup challenge against the Montreal Wanderers. Shore, second from left in the top row, with the NHA All-Stars 1912. Shore did not play during the following season, in 1908–09, due to illness.

Shore returned to Ottawa, now a professional club, in the 1909–10 season, playing in both the short-lived Canadian Hockey Association and in the National Hockey Association, and appeared on another Stanley Cup winner with the Senators. He was a member of a third Stanley Cup winner, in 1911. He would remain in the Ottawa organization for seven more years, until October 1918, when he died of the Spanish flu epidemic.

On the opening night of the NHL, Shore and teammate Jack Darragh had the first contract dispute in the league's history. They were late for the Senators’ game, which they would end up losing 7–4 to the Montreal Canadiens.

A multi-sport athlete, outside of ice hockey Shore was also a bowler of note, figuring on several of the championship teams in the Civil Service League. He also played baseball in the Civil Service series, and also played rugby football in his hometown of Ottawa. Shore was also involved in horse racing and had purchased a racing mare, Vivian S., entering her in races on both the Canadian and American racing circuits. Shore was a civil servant with the federal Department of the Interior at the time of his death.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Shore, at the bottom, with the 1907–08 Winnipeg Maple Leafs. Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1904–05 Ottawa Senators FAHL 6 3 0 3 — 1 2 0 2 — 1905–06 Winnipeg Seniors MHA — — — — — — — — — — 1906–07 Pembroke Lumber Kings UOVHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1906–07 Ottawa Senators ECAHA 10 15 0 15 — — — — — — 1907–08 Winnipeg Strathconas MPHL 14 23 0 23 — — — — — — 1907–08 Winnipeg Maple Leafs MPHL 1 4 0 4 — — — — — — 1907–08 Winnipeg Maple Leafs St-Cup — — — — — 2 2 0 2 – 1909–10 Ottawa Senators CHA 2 2 0 2 — — — — — — 1909–10 Ottawa Senators NHA 12 6 0 6 44 — — — — — 1909–10 Ottawa Senators St-Cup — — — — — 4 3 0 3 6 1910–11 Ottawa Senators NHA 16 7 0 7 53 — — — — — 1910–11 Ottawa Senators St-Cup — — — — — 2 0 0 0 6 1911–12 Ottawa Senators NHA 18 8 0 8 35 — — — — — 1912–13 Ottawa Senators NHA 19 15 0 15 66 — — — — — 1913–14 Ottawa Senators NHA 13 6 3 9 46 — — — — — 1914–15 Ottawa Senators NHA 20 5 1 6 53 5 0 0 0 0 1915–16 Ottawa Senators NHA 19 2 1 3 83 — — — — — 1916–17 Ottawa Senators NHA 19 11 6 17 88 2 0 0 0 6 1917–18 Ottawa Senators NHL 18 3 8 11 51 — — — — — NHA totals 136 60 11 71 468 7 0 0 0 6 NHL totals 18 3 8 11 51 — — — — —

Achievements Stanley Cup Champion, 1905, 1910, 1911 with Ottawa ECAHA all-star, 1906–07 Member of NHA all-stars touring British Columbia against PCHA teams in 1912.