Sibby Nichol

Sebastian John "Sibby" Nichols (August 10, 1884SIHR – Player List sihrhockey.org – January 20, 1957) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 110 games in various amateur and professional leagues, including the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association and Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Amongst the teams he played with were the Montreal Shamrocks, Vancouver Millionaires, Victoria Aristocrats, Spokane Canaries, and Seattle Metropolitans. He also played lacrosse with the Vancouver Lacrosse Club.
==Biography==
Nichols started out playing hockey in Montreal, Quebec where he represented the Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Light Heat Power, and Montreal Astor-Canadien in different leagues. In the 1910–11 season he also played for the Moncton Victorias of the IPPHL and Belleville of the EOPHL, before moving out west to Vancouver and the Vancouver Millionaires in the PCHA for the 1912 season.
Nichols played for the Vancouver Millionaires from 1912 to 1916, though in the 1914–15 season when the Millionaires won its only Stanley Cup he was with the military and stationed in Asia on the ship RMS Empress of Russia at the outbreak of World War I."Patricks sent to Hong Kong for Sibby Nichols" The Morning Leader, December 2, 1915. Back in the league for the 1915–16 season Nichols played one game with the Millionaires before moving on to the Victoria Aristocrats.
The Aristocrats were transferred to Spokane, Washington for the 1916–17 PCHA season and played there for one year as the Spokane Canaries, with Nichols tallying 10 goals. In March 1917 Nichols entered the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Forces and did not play for two seasons before making a brief comeback in the 1919–20 season with the Seattle Metropolitans, appearing in the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals."Sibby Nichols at Seattle" The Spokesman-Review, December 25, 1919.
Nichols was born in Alexandria in the township of North Glengarry, Ontario in 1884, and he died in Los Angeles in 1957.
==Statistics==
CAHL-I = Canadian Amateur Hockey League-Intermediate, MMfHL = Montreal Manufacturers Hockey League, MCSHL = Montreal City Senior Hockey LeagueIPPHL = Inter-Provincial Professional Hockey League, EOPHL = Eastern Ontario Professional Hockey League, Exhb. = Exhibition games
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1907–08 	Montreal Shamrocks-2 	CAHL-I 	 	3 	5 	0 	5 	– 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1908–09 	Montreal Shamrocks-2 	CAHL-I 	 	6 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
 	Montreal Light Heat Power	MMfHL 	 	10 	11 	0 	11 	7 	 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0
1909 	Montreal Shamrocks 	ECHA 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	3 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1909–10 	Montreal Light Heat Power	MMfHL 	 	9 	11 	0 	11 	– 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1909–10 	Montreal Shamrocks 	CHA 	 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1910–11 	Montreal Light Heat Power	MMfHL 	 	3 	8 	0 	8 	4 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
 	Montreal Astor-Canadien 	MCSHL 	 	2 	2 	0 	2 	2 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
 	Moncton Victorias 	IPPHL 	 	5 	13 	0 	13 	4 	 	4 	14 	0 	14 	0
 	Belleville 	EOPHL 	 	2 	3 	0 	3 	– 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1912 	Vancouver Millionaires 	PCHA 	 	15 	19 	0 	19 	35 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1912–13 	Vancouver Millionaires 	PCHA 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1913–14 	Vancouver Millionaires 	PCHA 	 	12 	14 	6 	20 	21 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1914–15 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1915–16 	Vancouver Millionaires 	PCHA 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
 	PCHA All-Stars 	Exhb. 	 	2 	2 	0 	2 	0 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
 	Victoria Aristocrats 	PCHA 	 	11 	12 	10 	22 	3 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1916–17 	Spokane Canaries 	PCHA 	 	23 	10 	11 	21 	68 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1917–18 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1918–19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1919–20 	Seattle Metropolitans 	PCHA 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	3 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	Stanley Cup	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
PCHA totals	PCHA totals 	PCHA totals	 	67 	55 	27 	82 	130 	 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Statistics from Society of International Hockey Research at sihrhockey.org
==References==
*Sibby Nichols at Just Sports Stats
*Sebastian John Nichols at Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame
===Notes===
Category:Born in 1889
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Seattle Metropolitans players
Category:Spokane Canaries players
Category:Vancouver Millionaires players
Category:Victoria Aristocrats players