In 1927, Dye suffered a major leg injury during training camp, and did not return to play until the last 10 games of that season.

Dye's production dropped significantly as a result of his leg injury, and was reassigned to the Americans' minor league affiliate, the New Haven Eagles in 1929.

The next year, Dye signed as a free agent with the first professional team he played for, since renamed the Maple Leafs.

He was the NHL's top goal scorer of the 1920s, and remains the St. Patricks/Maple Leafs' all-time franchise points per game leader.

[6] He was recalled back to Toronto after one game with Hamilton, as the team needed him to replace the injured Corb Denneny.

Dye scored a hat trick in the series-clinching fifth game of the Finals, becoming only the second NHL player to do so; his feat would not be replicated again for 101 years.

In September 1923, Dye announced that he was retiring from ice hockey to focus on baseball, but when the season started he re-signed with the St. Patricks.

"Dye is surely a nifty baseball player, a good hitter, reliable outfielder, and speedy on the base paths," reported The Sporting News in August 1924.

He was released by Toronto in July 1926 and signed by the Baltimore Orioles of the International League, where he finished his baseball career that year.

While not known as a fast skater, Dye was an excellent stickhandler[12][13][14] and possessed one of the hardest and most accurate wrist shots in hockey during his tenure with the league.

Almost unique among his contemporaries with the exception of Gordie Roberts and Harry Cameron,[15] he was capable of great precision from long distances, while maintaining unrivaled velocity.

Toronto centreman Reg Noble won a faceoff in the Vancouver end, passing the puck back to Dye.

The right winger immediately whipped the puck past Hugh "Old Eagle Eyes" Lehman, who had stood stock still without noticing the rubber entering his net.

[16] While ice hockey sticks at the time were commonly made from maple, yellow birch, ironwood, ash or hickory,[20] the latter is by far the strongest and most flexible.

[22] Dye used this stick and his wrist strength to propel the puck at occasionally dangerous speeds, and his "wicked drives"[23] and shots that goalies "could not see" [24] were mentioned many times in game summaries.

[26] Opposing defencemen would attempt to knock down long shots made by Dye from centre ice, only to find out in dismay that their sticks had been shattered in two.