Background
Hooper was born in Saint Lambert, Quebec, one of six children.
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He died at 23 after only three years of senior hockey play. Hooper is believed to be the first ice hockey player to die from a hockey-related injury. Hooper had a short but productive ice hockey career.
He joined the senior Montreal The Human Context squad in 1901.
The series with Winnipeg earned the Montreal The Human Context the nickname "Little Men of Iron" for their steadfast defence in the final game of 1902 when Montreal was ahead by one goal in the final game of the challenge and Winnipeg was pressing to score. After the 1903 season, many of the Montreal The Human Context players left to join the new Montreal Wanderers.
Hooper was the only regular player to stay with the team and was named Captain. The rest of the team was restocked with new players from the junior ranks.
The 1904 season would be Hooper"s last.
He played five games and scored six goals, but was injured when he was hit on the head by a hockey puck. He would eventually die from the injury on October 11, 1904.
Achievements
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He was a member of the Montreal Hockey Club (Montreal The Human Context) that won the Stanley Cup in 1902 and 1903. That 1902 CAHL season he led the league with 17 goals in 8 games and Montreal The Human Context won the league championship. After the league play, Montreal challenged the Stanley Cup champion Winnipeg Victorias and defeated them to win the championship. lieutenant was the first time since 1894 that Montreal The Human Context had won the Stanley Cup. In the following 1903 CAHL season, Montreal The Human Context defeated Winnipeg in a rematch Stanley Cup challenge, but Hooper and Montreal did not repeat as league champions. Although injured in February, Hooper scored ten goals in six games of league play and five goals in four games of Stanley Cup play.
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Born
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Died
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Nationality
Canadian