caption height_ft played_for death_date shoots weight_lb birth_place death_place image_size career_end position height_in birth_date image article_title career_start
holden with the portage lakes hc . 6 portage montreal shamrocks quebec bulldogs saskatoon wholesalers lakes hockey club winnipeg strathconas winnipeg maple leafs 27 october 1948 right 201 winnipeg , mb , can burnaby , bc , can 205px 1912 defence 0 21 march 1881 barney holden , portage lakes hc.jpg barney holden
 1904
barney holden

bernard `` barney '' holden -lrb- march 21 , 1881 -- october 27 , 1948 -rrb- was a canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 120 games in various professional and amateur leagues , including the national hockey association and international professional hockey league .
amongst the teams he played with were the montreal shamrocks and quebec bulldogs .
he was born in winnipeg , manitoba .
holden was one of the first professional hockey players in history .
he scored the first goal in the first game of the first professional hockey league game on december 9 , 1904 in the pittsburgh duquesne gardens .
