Glass, at far right in the front row, with the 1906–07 Montreal Wanderers.
He would play for the Montreal Wanderers for seven seasons. In 1906, he became a professional paid player on the Wanderers, one of five out of a roster of nine. He first signed a contract with the Montreal Hockey Club, then chose not to report and signed with the Wanderers instead for more money. His situation caused a problem for the league, which eventually allowed him to play for the Wanderers and fined him $50. A similar situation occurred before the 1907–08 season and Glass was again fined and threatened with league expulsion if he signed two contracts again. During his time with the Wanderers the Wanderers were the top team in the country, winning league championship and Stanley Cups from 1906 until 1910. In 1911–12, his final season, he played for the Montreal Canadiens.
Frank Glass grew up in the same neighbourhood of Pointe-Saint-Charles in Montreal as fellow Montreal Wanderers player Ernie "Moose" Johnson, and the two were inseparable companions off the ice and also teamed well together on the ice.[2] Glass and Johnson played together on the 1902–03 Montreal St. Lawrence team in the Montreal City Hockey League before rejoining in the 1906 season on the Montreal Wanderers in the ECAHA. At the onset of the 1905–06 season Brooklyn Skating Club manager Tom Howard tried to acquire both Glass and Johnson to his club, but the AAHL rules committee ruled the Canadians ineligible to play with the American club on counts of professionalism.[3]
Deployment and playing style
Outside of the left wing position, Glass also played as a rover, the more free-roaming position in the seven man game between defence and the forward line. The March 21, 1908 issue of the Ottawa Citizen, in a review of the players on the Montreal Wanderers, claimed that Glass' greatest strength as a player was his checking.[4] The newspaper claimed that Glass' effectiveness as a player was not evidently visible to the spectators:
"His work does not show up, and frequently spectators see little to his play. Forwards and defence men on other teams, however, will tell you that Glass is one of the hardest players in the game to get past. His checking back through center ice is also of great assistance to the defence."
