A Look At Art Somers

The unheralded Art Somers won a Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1932-33.

Art Somers was born in Winnipeg on January 19^th, 1902. At only 5’5’’, 167lbs, Somers may have been on the smaller side but he played a big game.

Somers started his hockey career in Winnipeg in 1918 and then played briefly for the Selkirk Fishermen. In 1921, he played with the Winnipeg Falcons Jrs., the team that beat the Stratford Ontario Jrs., who had the famed center, Howie Morenz, as captain, to be the first ever Western Canadian team to win the Memorial Cup.

From there, Somers went to the senior Winnipeg Victorias for a season, and then joined the Winnipeg Falcons seniors. After a season in Fort William, Ontario., he joined the Winnipeg Maroons in 1928-29 and played in the old Manitoba-Minnesota Pro League.