[4] He changed his name to Pete Muldoon because the pursuit of a professional sports career was discouraged in Ontario at the time.

However, local health officials called off the deciding sixth game just hours before it was due to start when several players on both teams were stricken by Spanish flu.

With virtually his entire team either hospitalized or confined to bed and efforts to find replacements vetoed by the PCHA, Canadiens owner George Kennedy announced he was forfeiting the game—and the Cup—to Seattle.

He followed most of his players to the National Hockey League when most of the Rosebuds were sold to Major Frederic McLaughlin to start the Chicago Black Hawks.

After the Black Hawks ended the 1926–27 season with a playoff berth after finishing in third place in the American Division with a 19–22–3 record, he resigned because of constant meddling from McLaughlin.

[5] Muldoon returned to Seattle and became involved in efforts to bring a professional team back to the city, as a new arena was constructed in 1928.

In the spring of 1929, Muldoon went to Tacoma, Washington, with co-owner and local boxing promoter Nate Druxman to search for a location to build a new rink in order to establish a team.

[8] Coleman admitted to inventing the "curse" due to a bout of writer's block in 1943 when he needed to meet a publishing deadline.