Thomas Neil Phillips was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. He won the Stanley Cup twice, with the Montreal Hockey Club in 1903 and with the Kenora Thistles in 1907. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945. Phillips worked in the lumber industry until his death in 1923.
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Thomas Neil Phillips was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. He won the Stanley Cup twice, with the Montreal Hockey Club in 1903 and with the Kenora Thistles in 1907. Phillips was considered one of the best players of his era. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945. Phillips worked in the lumber industry until his death in 1923. He had a younger brother, Russell, who also played hockey and won the Cup with the Thistle. Phillips’ father was James Phillips, a stonemason from Fifeshire, Scotland, who immigrated to Canada in 1822 to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His mother, Marcelline, was a native of Buckingham, Quebec, and their three children were born in Ottawa and Rat Portage, Ontario. Phillips played for several different teams and leagues during his hockey career, including the Toronto Marlboros, the Ottawa Hockey Club, and the Vancouver Millionaires. He earned praise for his defensive play, particularly his ability to stop Tony Gingras on the Victorias. Phillips also played for the McGill University hockey team, where he was named captain in 1903.
He died in 1923 at the age of 67. He is buried in Rat Portages, Ontario, with his wife, Marceline. He also had a daughter, Margaret, who was born in 1879, and a son, Robert, who died in 1883. His brother Russell would also play hockey, and was a member of the thistles when they won theStanley Cup with Phillips in 1907, as well as winning the Cup himself in 1903 with the Montréal Hockey Club. Phillips had a son and two daughters from a previous marriage, who were also born in Ontario and Ottawa, and he had two daughters with his second wife, who he had with his third wife, Marion. He played for McGill University from 1902 to 1903, when he moved to Montreal to attend the Central Business School. In 1903 he joined the McGill hockey team for their Stanley Cup challenge series against the Winnipeg Victorias, which Montreal won. The next year he played in the series for the Ottawa hockey club, which won the Ontario Hockey Association championship.
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