Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akabatana neSeattle Metropolitans muna 1915 uye akatamba mwaka misere yeMetropolitans, uye aive nhengo yevakundi veStanley Cup muna 1917. Rickey akatambawo mu1919 Stanley Cup Finals
neMetropolitans, asi nhevedzano yokurwisana neMontréal Canadiens yakabviswa pa 2-2 nemhaka yechirwere cheSpanish flu. Rickey pachake akanga ari muProvidence Hospital muSeattle aine fivha yakakwirira.