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Originally Posted by tarheelhockey
Here are the goals by Rat Portage (Billy McGimsie's team) from the 1905 Ottawa/Rat Portage series according to the box scores in the Montreal Gazette.
GAME 1
Phillips (4)
Griffis (3)
Bellefueille
Hooper
GAME 2
Griffis
Hooper
GAME 3
Phillips (3)
Hooper
These correctly add up to 9, 2 and 4, Rat Portage's goal totals in the series.
McGimsie = 0 goals
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That was the year Ottawa was accused of purposely slushing the ice to slow the faster Thistles down, and yeah, Tommy Phillips seemed to deal with it a lot better than McGimsie.
McGimsie reportedly played well in the 1903 and 1906 Cup challenges, though.