Horrace Merrill

Horace Jefferson Merrill (November 30, 1884According to his gravestone – December 24, 1958) was a Canadian professional hockey player who played two seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators. He won a Stanley Cup Championship in 1920. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada but lived most of his life in Ottawa. 
== Playing career ==
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Merrill moved to Ottawa at an early age. By 1907, Merrill was playing senior-level hockey with the Ottawa Seconds of the Ottawa City Hockey League. The following year he also started playing for the Ottawa Cliffsides and was a member of their Allan Cup-winning squad in 1909. By 1912, he joined the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey Association (NHA). He stayed with the Senators until his retirement in 1920.
=== Career statistics ===
* Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes
  	  	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs
YEAR 	TEAM 	GP 	G 	A 	PTS 	PIM 	GP 	G 	A 	PTS 	PIM
1912–13	Ottawa Senators	10 	5 	0 	5 	4 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1913–14	Ottawa Senators	18 	3 	3 	6 	29 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1914–15	Ottawa Senators	20 	3 	0 	3 	32 	5 	1 	0 	1 	0
1915–16	Ottawa Senators	24 	4 	1 	5 	25 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1916–17	Ottawa Senators	18 	1 	2 	3 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0 	3
1917–18	Ottawa Senators	3 	0 	0 	0 	3 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1918–19	Did Not Play 	Did Not Play 	Did Not Play 	Did Not Play 	Did Not Play 	Did Not Play 	Did Not Play	Did Not Play	Did Not Play	Did Not Play	Did Not Play
1919–20	Ottawa Senators	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
 	Totals 	98 	16 	6 	22 	105 	7 	1 	0 	1 	3
Source: 
 
==Personal life==
Merrill retired to live and marry in Ottawa. He became the president of the Dadson-Merrill Press Company until his retirement from that business in 1945. He also served as a school trustee. In 1958, he suffered a stroke on an automobile trip to Florida with his wife, while driving through Cortland, New York, and was returned to Ottawa on December 19, 1958. He died a week later and is buried in Ottawa at Beechwood cemetery along with numerous other Senators players.
== References ==
==External links==
*Profile at Legendsofhockey.net
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Category:Born in 1884
Category:Dead in 1958
Category:Ottawa Senators (NHA) players
Category:Ottawa Senators (original) players
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Ottawa Cliffsides players
Category:Allan Cup winners