The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association was an ice hockey league in Canada that played four seasons. It formed in 1905 with six clubs: four from the Canadian Amateur Hockey League and two from the Federal Amateur Hockey League. In 1906, the league allowed teams to openly use professional players and in 1908 it was renamed the Eastern Canada Hockey Association. In November 1909, four teams announced that they were leaving the ECHA. Three of them created the Canadian Hockey Association. This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ...
Teams
Montreal AAA (1905-1908) – joined an amateur league in 1908
Ottawa Senators (1906-1909; known as Ottawa Silver Seven 1905-1908) – joined the CHA in 1909
Quebec Bulldogs (1906-1909; known as Quebec HC 1905-1908) – joined the CHA in 1909
Montreal Amateur Athletic Association is an athletic association located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... 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. ... Montreal Victorias was an hockey team which played first in 1883 at the Montreal Winter Carnival. ... Montreal Wanderers The Montreal Wanderers were a professional hockey team that played in Montreal, Quebec and one of the founding franchises of the National Hockey League in the 1917-18 NHL season. ... The Ottawa Senators (aka. ... This article is on the ice hockey team. ...
The National HockeyAssociation (December 2, 1909 - December 11, 1918) was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
At the time of the league's founding in 1910, the EasternCanadaHockeyAssociation which dated from 1906 and was itself the successor of the first recognized major hockey league, the Amateur HockeyAssociation, was in the midst of a political battle.
In an effort to freeze out the Montreal Wanderers franchise, the ECHA disbanded and a new league formed to be called the Canadian HockeyAssociation, deliberately designed to exclude the Wanderers.