Amateur Career
Harry "Hap" Holmes, alternatively nicknamed "Happy", started playing ice hockey as an amateur with the Parkdale Canoe Club in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) in the 1908–09 season. He played with Parkdale for three seasons, for 11 regular season games and two playoff games. In his first season with the Parkdale Canoe Club, Holmes lost all three games in which he appeared, giving up 22 goals over that stretch. The following season, Holmes appeared in four games, winning and losing two games respectively. Over the 1909–10 season, Holmes gave up 26 goals. In the 1910–11, his last season with the Parkdale Canoe Club, appeared in four regular season games once more, winning three and losing one, giving up only 12 goals over those games. In the playoffs, Holmes played two games, losing one and tying the other, surrendering nine goals. In the 1911–12 season, Holmes appeared in only one exhibition game, as the Blueshirts were unable to play due to the slow completion of their artificial ice. Holmes played a game for the Toronto Tecumsehs, conceding three goals in a victory.
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