Linton Muldoon Treacy, better known as Pete Muldoon, was a Canadian ice hockey coach. He was the coach of the Seattle Metropolitans from 1915 to 1924 and led the team to a Stanley Cup championship in 1917. Muldoon later became the first coach of the Chicago Black Hawks. He was known for reportedly putting a curse on the Black Hawks after he was fired at the end of the 1926–27 season.
Muldoon as a trainer with the 1912 New Westminster Royals
Muldoon with the Seattle Metropolitans
Muldoon (center) with the 1914–15 Portland Rosebuds
Muldoon (back row, center) with the 1916–17 Seattle Metropolitans
The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) from 1915 to 1924. During their nine seasons, the Metropolitans were the PCHA's most successful franchise, as they went 112–96–2 in their nine years as a franchise. The Metropolitans also won the most regular season PCHA championships, winning five times, with Seattle finishing second on three other occasions. The Metropolitans played their home games at the 2,500 seat Seattle Ice Arena located downtown at 5th and University.
Seattle Metropolitans Stanley Cup winning team in 1917. Top row: Harry "Hap" Holmes, Bobby Rowe, Eddie Carpenter, Jack Walker; Middle: Frank Foyston, Pete Muldoon (head coach); Bottom: Bernie Morris, Cully Wilson, Roy Rickey, Jim Riley.
Metropolitans Stanley Cup Banner raised in Climate Pledge Arena
1921 Seattle Metropolitans. Back row: Pete Muldoon, Bobby Rowe, Charles Tobin, Hugh "Muzz" Murray, Trainer Bill Anthony, Roy Rickey, Harry "Hap" Holmes. Front row: Jack Walker, Frank Foyston, Bernie Morris, Jim Riley.