FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
The Federal Amateur Hockey League was a Canadianice hockey league that played three seasons from 1903 to 1906. Three of the four teams in the league's inaugrual season were clubs that had been rejected for membership by the Canadian Amateur Hockey League, while the fourth—the Montreal Wanderers—was comprised of disillusioned players from two Montreal-based CAHL teams. The Stanley Cup-champion Ottawa HC jumped from the CAHL to the FAHL in 1904, while the Montreal Nationals went in the opposite direction and joined the CAHL. 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. ... 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. ... 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 Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...
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It was originally used as the trophy given out to the top amateurhockey team in Canada, decided by the acceptance of a challenge from another team by the Cup holders and trustees.
Until 1910, when Cup trustees declared that only players who played in their league's regular season were eligible to play for the Cup, it was commonplace for both champion and challenger in the challenge series to bring in professional ringers to play the challenge games.
Governor General Adrienne Clarkson stated early in the dispute that the Cup should be awarded to the top women's hockey team since the lockout cancelled the NHL season, but on March 10, 2005, she announced that she would instead create a new trophy for women's hockey.
The National HockeyLeague can trace it's roots back to some of the early amateurleagues pre 1900 that were primarily in what was then known as the Dominion of Canada.
In 1885 the first hockeyleague in Canada was formed in Kingston Ontario, the AmateurHockey Association of Canada was formed in 1886-87 and in 1890 the Ontario Hockey Association was organized.
Although senior amateurhockey in Canada is not as popular as it once was, the Allan Cup is still contested each year and community pride brings with it some excellent hockey.
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