![]() ![]() In juxtaposition, Morris was suspended for the 1914-1915 season, spent the 1919 Stanley Cup Final and 1920 regular season in prison, and missed time in 1922-1923 after accidentally poisoning himself. His six goals in Game 4 and 14 goals and 16 points overall – netted against his generation's greatest goalie, Georges Vezina (1887-1926) – remain, more than a century later, the most ever scored in a Stanley Cup Final. His performance in the 1917 Stanley Cup Final was one of the greatest individual performances in a championship series in any sport. His career exploits include the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) single-season points mark, the Mets' season records for goals, assists, and points, and the team's career record for assists. ![]() Morris was unheralded and likely eyeing his final opportunity to better a desolate life when he arrived in Seattle in November 1915 to join the Metropolitans. Seattle Metropolitans center Bernie Morris's unlikely rise to hockey stardom belied an existence fraught with tragedy. ![]()
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