The Montreal Hockey Club as the first Stanley Cup champions

The Montreal Hockey Club was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884.^[1] They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team played in several early ice hockey leagues, including the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada from 1886 until 1908. The teams were composed of amateurs until 1906. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Montreal Amateur Athletic Association is an athletic association located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Official languages French Government - Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Duchesne - Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 75 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area  Ranked 2nd - Total 1,542,056 km² (595... This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ...

History

The Club is most famous for being the first winner of the Stanley Cup in 1893 and also, for refusing it. They won again in 1894, March 1902 and February 1903. The 1902 team was known as the "Little Men of Iron"^[2] The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (French: ) is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

The team won the Amateur Hockey Association title in 1893 and 1894, and won the Canadian Amateur Hockey League title in 1902. The team played two seasons, in 1907 and 1907-08, with professional players in the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association, and after that no longer competed for the Stanley Cup, which was for professional teams. This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ...

The association continued to field senior level amateur teams and in 1930, won the Allan Cup, the championship for senior amateur teams in Canada. The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded to the national senior (21 and over) amateur men’s hockey champions of Canada. ...

1893 Stanley Cup Refusal

The Stanley Cup, as it would later be known, was to be presented to the Montreal Hockey Club on May 15, 1893, as its initial champions. At the time, the Montreal Hockey Club was in a dispute with its parent organization, the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA). The MAAA was split on whether to accept the trophy. The hockey club, for reasons unknown, was adamant about refusing the trophy, while other arms of the MAAA accepted. Thus, the trophy was accepted by the MAAA, but with none of the hockey officials of the hockey club present. The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (French: ) is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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). ... Montreal Amateur Athletic Association is an athletic association located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

After accepting the trophy, the hockey club remained adamant about returning the trophy that was presented to them. In the end, the MAAA investigated into why its hockey club wanted to refuse and return the trophy, even though such an action would damage the reputation of the MAAA. 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 expenses for the 1894 season, it was flatly refused (the first time the MAAA refused anything to the hockey club). Inexplicably, the hockey club reversed its position, and the next few months saw a gradual schism between the MAAA and the club. The inscription on the Cup when it was successfully defended in 1894 only stated "Montreal". The MAAA, at one point, considered the hockey club to have seceded from the organization that bore them. The issue was resolved in later years, after various attempts at reconciliation.

Season-by-season Record

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See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions

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References

1. ^ Farrell, Arthur (1899). Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game, pg. 51. 
2. ^ Legends of Hockey web site description.