Évariste Payer (July 21, 1888 – September 1, 1963) was a Canadian ice hockey centre. He played 9 games with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey Association (NHA) from 1910 to 1912, and one game for the Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1917–18 season.[1]
| Evariste Payer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Payer with the Rockland Hockey Club. | |||
| Born |
July 21, 1888 Rockland, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died | September 1, 1963 (aged 75) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Montreal Canadiens | ||
| Playing career | 1909–1918 | ||
Playing career
editPayer played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey Association (NHA) during the 1910–11 and 1911–12 seasons. He then played senior hockey until 1915, when he joined the army. He re-joined the Canadiens in the NHA's successor National Hockey League (NHL) in 1917–18. Payer would play only 1 game in the NHL, on January 5, 1918 against the Ottawa Senators.[2] His death is recorded as September 1, 1963 on his gravestone at Notre Dame Cemetery in Gatineau, Quebec.
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1910–11 | Montreal Canadiens | NHA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1911–12 | Montreal Canadiens | NHA | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1911–12 | Montreal Hochelaga | MCHL | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1912–13 | Montreal Champêtre | MCHL | 12 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1913–14 | Montreal Champêtre | MCHL | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1914–15 | Rockland Seniors | LOHA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1917–18 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1917–18 | Rockland Seniors | LOHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHA totals | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
edit- ^ ÉVARISTE PAYER[permanent dead link] "Né à Rockland, Ontario, le 22 décembre 1887, décédé en 1963. Avant, lance de la gauche, 5'6'', 150 lb"
- ^ "Evariste Payer NHL player page". NHL.com. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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