Over the next six years, he played junior hockey with the New Edinburghs, Ottawa Muchmore and Creighton Public School. During this time he was no stranger to professional hockey, as he was also a mascot for the Ottawa Senators until 1921. Although no details of what that entailed are available, he was likely a stick-boy. He then spent the next three seasons with the Iroquois Falls "Baby" Eskimos before returning to Ottawa to play for the Gunners for a portion of the 1923-24 season. On January 24th, 1924, Bobby got his shot at the big league when he was signed as a free agent by the Montreal Canadiens, with which he played 11 regular season games along side his brother Billy, as well as 3 of the 4 in Stanley Cup playoff games. This may well have been one of the shortest stints in the NHL on a Stanley Cup winning team for a player.

Despite having shared in the success in Montreal, only 61 days after his arrival, he was traded to the Vancouver Maroons of the WCHL on the very day the Habs were celebrating their Stanley Cup win. Team owner Leo Dandurand felt Bobby was "too small", and traded him for Charlie Cotch.

He then bounced between 5 teams in the next 4 seasons in the WHL, Can-Pro and the Can-Am hockey leagues, and had his best season with the London Panthers in 1926-27, marking 8 goals and 2 assists and a career high 39 penalty minutes. His last season was with Sprague Cleghorn's Newark Bulldogs, with which he played only 5 games, presumably because the long illness began to hinder his performance.

After retiring from hockey, Bobby was a referee for the Ottawa Valley Hockey League, and had a daughter with his wife Kay Wilson. Kay was a successful speed skater, who won civic titles in Hamilton and Ottawa. Bobby died at 27 years of age on June 10th 1931 of Tuberculosis.

Bobby's funeral was held at his brother Carrol's in Ottawa followed by a service at St-Theresa's church and was attended by many members of the sporting circle of the Nations's Capital including all of his famous hockey playing siblings. He was later intered at Notre Dame cemetery along side his parents.

Kay later remarried and moved to Dallas, Texas where she and her husband operated a restaurant named Hamburger Heaven.

I would appreciate photos of Bobby Boucher readers may have, as I was unable to uncover any clear shots.
- James comments@losthockey.com