This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada was an amateur ice hockey league that founded in 1887 that existed until 1898. This league was the forerunner to the modern-day National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup also had its origins with this league. This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ...
The Federal Amateur Hockey League is a defunct Canadian ice hockey league that played three seasons from 1903 to 1906. ...
This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ...
This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ...
This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ...
The Pacific Coast Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league in western Canada, operating from 1911 to 1924 when it merged with the Western Canada Hockey League. ...
The classic NHL shield logo, used until the end of the 2004 lockout. ...
The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. ...
World Hockey Association logo The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. ...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
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The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...
Teams
- 1892-93: Montreal AAA†, Montreal Crystals, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa HC and Quebec HC
- 1893-94: Montreal AAA†, Montreal Crystals, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa HC and Quebec HC
- 1894-95: Montreal AAA, Montreal Crystals, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa HC and Quebec HC
- 1895-96: Montreal AAA, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias† (December 1895), Ottawa HC and Quebec HC
- 1896-97: Montreal AAA, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias†, Ottawa HC and Quebec HC
- 1897-98: Montreal AAA, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias†, Ottawa HC and Quebec HC
† Stanley Cup winner Montreal Amateur Athletic Association is an athletic association located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
Montreal Crystals were an ice hockey team that played in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (1892-1895) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
Montreal Victorias was an hockey team which played first in 1883 at the Montreal Winter Carnival. ...
Quebec HC (Hockey Club) was a hockey team which played in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in the Amateur Hockey Association (1892-1898), the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1898-1905) and the Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (1905-1908). ...
Montreal Shamrocks were a professional ice hockey team which played in the Amateur Hockey Association from 1896 to 1898, the Canadian Amateur Hockey League 1898-1905, the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association 1905-1909 and both the Canadian Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association 1909-1910. ...
History The AHAC was born on December 8, 1888, when various hockey clubs met at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal. In that age, ice hockey was a very different game compared to today: the AHAC rules stated that there were six skaters on each side, with players in all positions often playing the entire game, and that a match was two halves of thirty minutes (also to note that in the day, game meant goal by modern definition). Sudden-death overtime was also in place, and a match would continue until a goal was scored in the event of a tie after regulation. December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Nickname: City of Mary (Ville-Marie) Motto: Concordia Salus (salvation through harmony) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1] [2] [3] - City 365. ...
The AHAC operated on two different systems in its lifetime: the challenge system, where a championship team would face a new challenger each week for the championship, and the series system, which corresponds to the regular season found in the NHL today. With the exception of 1888, the challenge system was exclusively used in the AHAC before the advent of the Stanley Cup, while the series system became the norm in 1893, the first year the Cup was contested.
The first championship team of the AHAC was the Montreal Crystals, having unofficially being declared the champions before the AHAC. The first title change occurred on January 14, 1887, when the Montreal Victorias defeated the champions 4-0. The Victorias would hold the title until the very last challenge game, when the Crystals won 3-2 in their third successive challenge. Because of the Vics' long run as champions, it was decided to switch to the series system in 1888. Montreal Crystals were an ice hockey team that played in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (1892-1895) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...
Montreal Victorias was an hockey team which played first in 1883 at the Montreal Winter Carnival. ...
The series system was a success, although a tie atop the standings between the Vics and the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (Montreal AAA), and the subsequent scheduling of the tiebreaker game caused much trouble when the game was scheduled at a time when two Victorias players were injured, at the home venue of the Montreal AAA. However, teams from outside Montreal incurred huge travelling expenses, which led the AHAC to revert back to the challenge system. Montreal Amateur Athletic Association is an athletic association located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
Stanley Cup In 1893, the first year since 1888 where the AHAC played under a series system, the Montreal AAA lost their first game against the Ottawa Hockey Club, and proceeded to win their next seven en route to the championship. It was also at this time that Lord Stanley, though his aide-de-camp, announced a challenge trophy for the best amateur hockey team in Canada. The Stanley Cup, as it would later be known, would be presented to the Montreal AAA on May 15, 1893, as its initial champions. The AAA was very much split on whether to accept the trophy. The hockey club arm of the AAA, for reasons unknown, was adamant about refusing the trophy, while other arms of the AAA accepted. Thus, the trophy was accepted by the AAA, but with none of the hockey officials of the AAA present. The Ottawa Senators (aka. ...
The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...
May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ...
Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
After accepting the trophy, the AAA remained adamant about returning the trophy that was presented to them. In the end, the AAA investigated into why its hockey club wanted to refuse and return the trophy, even though such an action would damage the reputation of the AAA. It was believed that the people who were in charge of running their team were, in fact, not representative of the team itself, and when the hockey club asked for a loan of $175 in start-up expanses for the 1894 season, it was flatly refused (the first time the AAA refused anything to the hockey club). Inexplicably, the hockey club reversed its position, and the next few months saw a gradual schism between the AAA and the club. Indeed, the inscription on the Cup when it was successfully defended in 1894 only stated "Montreal". The AAA, at one point, considered the hockey club to have seceded from the organization that bore them. The issue would be finally resolved in later years, after various attempts at reconciliation.
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