New York Americans Team Photo 1925

Team Roster
Front Row L to R - Ken Randall, Harry Helman, Bullet Joe Simpson, Earl "Spiff" Campbell, Eddie Bouchard, Alex McKinnon, John "Crutchy" Morrison.

Back Row - Jake Forbes, Red Green, Billy Burch (captain), Charlie Langlois, Shorty Green, Tommy Gorman (coach/manager), George Lewis "Tex" Rickard (Madison Square Garden owner), Jesse Spring, Billy Cameron, Mickey Roach, Howie Lockhart (practice goalie).

The NY Americans played a 36 game regular NHL season, winning 12, losing 20 with 4 ties, finishing 5th in NHL standings. No playoffs.

NOTE
3 players in this photo never played a NHL game for the New York Americans - Harry Helman, Jesse Spring & Howie Lockhart.

2 players were Great War Soldiers, and members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Joe Simpson was awarded a Military Medal for gallantry. Shorty Green fought bravely at the Third Battle of Ypres where he was Mentioned in Dispatches. At Passchendaele he was a poison gas casualty but survived.