Some Stanley Cup records will never be broken, and One Eyed Frank McGee will forever be a part of Stanley Cup Folklore. One Eyed McGee was born in Ottawa, Canada on November 4,1882. One of 9 children born to John Joseph McGee and Elizabeth Crotty. John Joseph McGee was Clerk of Privy Council and his brother Thomas D'Arcy McGee had been a Father of Confereration in Canada. A prominent Ottawa family, the McGee's were involved in many sports, associations, clubs & governments.

One Eyed McGee also played Lacrosse & Rugby - being a Canadian Champion in 1898 with The Ottawa City Rugby Team. Ice Hockey was One Eyed McGee's love, and he got his nickname from the sport he loved so dearly. Frank McGee was playing amatuer Hockey in Ontario for a Canadian Pacific Railway Team, and during a game on March 21, 1900 was struck in the eye by a lifted shot. Frank McGee had to retire from playing Ice Hockey because of the eye injury, but continued to be a part of the game he loved by becoming a referee. In 1903 Frank McGee came out of retirment and joined the Ottawa Hockey Club. The Ottawa Hockey Club soon became known as The Ottawa Silver Seven and Frank now known as "One Eyed" McGee was their star player. One Eyed McGee was one of the smallest players in league play (5' 6"), but he loved to score, was a fast skater that could stickhandle around most players and punished other players with his physical game.  One Eyed McGee scored goals in his very first game for Ottawa, and went on to score a remarkable 135 goals in 45 league games. One Eyed McGee won 4 Stanley Cups between 1903 & 1906.

 

The Stanley Cup Record of 14 goals in 1 game by a single player happened on January 16, 1905 in Dey's Arena (Dey's Skating Rink), Ottawa, Canada with The Silver Seven playing The Dawson City Nuggets.  The Historic Stanley Cup Challege by the Dawson City Nuggets from the Yukon in north-western Canada, set the stage for a number of Stanley Cup records that will never be broken. The Dawson City Nuggets had a long way to go to get to Ottawa for the challenge, and after 25 days of travel that included hundreds of miles of walking, dogsleds, bicycles, steam ship & trains they arrived in Ottawa on January 11, 1905  just 2 days before the start of the Stanley Cup challenge. The first team from the western part of Canada to challenge for the Stanley Cup were not well rested for the first game on January 13, 1905. The first game was won by The Silver Seven 9 to 2 with a little stick work to players heads by both teams, resulting in one player, Art Moore being knocked out with a stick to the head. After the game, Norman Watt of the Dawson City Nuggets was heard saying that One Eyed Frank McGee wasn't that good - he only scored  1 goal during the game. 

Francis Clarence McGee (One Eyed Frank McGee) retired again after the 1906 Ice Hockey season. McGee worked for the Canadian Government Department of Indian Affairs for many years, and enlisted himself into the military for World War 1. McGee would fight on the front line with the 43rd Regiment as a Lieutenant in the 21st Infantry Battalion. During The Battle of Somme, near Courcelette, France - McGee was killed in action on September 16, 1916.        Frank McGee's body was never recovered.

Frank McGee was one of the original Hockey Hall of Fame inductee's in 1945.                                                                       

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