Geran was the first player from the United States to make the NHL, starting with the Montreal Wanderers in the NHL's inaugural season, 1917–18. The Wanderers arena, the Westmount Arena, burnt down on January 2, 1918, and with no alternative the team folded after six games; Geran had played in four of them but recorded no points.
In 1921–22 Geran signed with Français Volants, a team based in Paris, becoming the first American to play in France. He scored 88 goals in eight games there. He returned to the US and spent the next several years playing in Boston in the United States Amateur Hockey Association, and in 1925 went back to the NHL as he signed with the Boston Bruins. The manager of the Bruins was Art Ross, who had been Geran's teammate on the Wanderers and a good friend. Geran played 33 games in 1925–26, scoring five goals and one assist, and left the league after that. In 37 career NHL games, he scored five goals and six points.
Geran's first two goals as a Bruin came in the same game, his team's 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on December 11, 1925.

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