 In the 1906–07 season, Phillips led the league in goals, with eighteen.In the first game of the Thistles' successful two-game, total-goal Stanley Cup challenge against the Wanderers in January 1907, Phillips scored all four goals in the Thistles' 4–2 victory; he followed that up with three goals in the second game, an 8–6 victory, giving the Thistles a 12–6 win.A two-game rematch two months later saw the team lose; Phillips' nine goals, and sixteen penalty minutes led both categories.