Alex Wellington Explained

Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Right
Played For:Quebec Bulldogs
Birth Date:August 4, 1891
Birth Place:Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:1910
Career End:1921

Alexander Robertson "Duke" Wellington (August 4, 1891 – September 20, 1967)[1] was a Canadian ice hockey player. Wellington played senior ice hockey and one game in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Bulldogs during the 1919–20 NHL season.

Wellington played junior hockey with the Port Arthur YMCA, moving up to senior hockey with the Port Arthur Stingrays in 1911. He continued in the Thunder Bay Senior League until 1915 when he played for St. Paul of the USAHA and seven games for Pittsburgh Duquesne Garden. Wellington moved to New York City in 1916 but was ruled ineligible to play there as a non-resident. The following season he played for the New York Wanderers of the USNHL. He played one game as a free agent for Quebec of the NHL in 1919–20, playing against the Ottawa Senators on January 10, 1920, but returned to New Larochelle-New York of the USAHA for the rest of the season. In 1920–21, he split his final season between the Port Arthur Bearcats and New Larochelle.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1910–11Port Arthur Thunder BaysNOHL5 9 0 9 62 1 0 1 0
1911–12Port Arthur YMCATBJHL7 3 0 3
1912–13Port Arthur Thunder BaysTBSHL6 3 6 0 6
1913–14Port Arthur Thunder BaysTBSHL9 29 0 29 2 2 0 2
1914–15Thunder Bay ShuniahsTBSHL8
1915–16Thunder Bay ShuniahsTBSHL2 2 0 2 6
1915–16Pittsburgh Duquesne GardenExhib6 2 2 4 0
1915–16St. Paul SaintsNMHL20 17 0 17 4 1 1 2
1917–18New York WanderersUSNHL8 1 0 1
1919–20New Larochelle-New YorkUSAHA
1919–20Quebec BulldogsNHL1 0 0 0 0
1920–21Port Arthur Bear CatsTBSHL5 8 1 9
1920–21New Larochelle-New YorkUSAHA4 11 4 15 9
NHL totals1 0 0 0 0

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sihrhockey.org/__a/members/deaths_by_year.cfm?year=1967&month=9 Hockey deaths - September 1967