The rest of his career was spent playing amateur hockey in the Boston area, and he retired in 1923.

Skilton was working as a munitions expert posted by the U.S. government in Montreal and offered the Wanderers $1 to play in the NHL.

He continued to play amateur hockey in the Boston area after World War I.

The bank accused Skilton of making a false statement by claiming assets of over $150,000 during loan negotiations when he was virtually bankrupt.

He sought $1.5 million but a jury awarded him $13,508 from one defendant – Framingham police chief William W.