Horace Jefferson Merrill (November 30, 1884[1] – 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 | 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 | ||||||||||
| 1919–20 | Ottawa Senators | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 98 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Source: Horace Merrill - Stats. NHL. Retrieved on 2009-08-19.
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.[2] He also served as a school trustee.[2] 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.[2] He died a week later and is buried in Ottawa at Beechwood cemetery along with numerous other Senators players.