by Chris Billowsin Site News0 comments
Welcome to IceHockeyLeagues.com. We are in Alpha state as there are some exciting new statistics we will eventually incorporate into the site as resources become available. The purpose of this site is to appreciate the story of hockey by writing about its historical roots and track how it has grown into a billion dollar business […]
by Al Youngin Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival0 commentstags: 1st Hockey League, History of Hockey
Ice Hockey’s origins is up for wide debate. As a raw concept, playing a game where an object is being knocked around with sticks are known to date back to pre-Christian times and in non-Christian lands. The indigenous people of North America played lacrosse while in Europe, these games included the Irish game of hurling, […]
by Al Youngin Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival0 commentstags: 1st Hockey League, History of Hockey, MWC
In 1883, the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA) and McGill University were both asked to participate in the Carnival by organizing for the first time ever an ice hockey tournament. MAAA did not field a team, but McGill University fielded its own team, and two more teams were invited to play in a three-team tournament. […]
by Al Youngin Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival0 commentstags: 1st Hockey League, History of Hockey, MWC
In 1884, the first ever hockey tournament that debuted at the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival returned for a second year. MAAA again did not field a team, but McGill University, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa Hockey Club, Montreal Crystals, and Montreal Wanderers were invited to play in a five-team tournament at the McGill University hockey rink. The 1884 […]
by Al Youngin Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival0 commentstags: 1st Hockey League, History of Hockey, MWC
In 1885, the first ever hockey tournament that debuted at the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival returned for a third year. MAAA iced a hockey team that was the class of the tournament. In addition to MAAA’s Montreal Hockey Club, other teams that competed was McGill University, Montreal Crystals, Montreal Football Club, and Ottawa Hockey Club. The […]
by Al Youngin Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival0 commentstags: 1st Hockey League, 1st International Tournament, History of Hockey, MWC
In 1886, the first ever hockey tournament that debuted at the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival had to be cancelled. A smallpox epidemic was affecting Montreal particularly hard. An invitation to participate in a tournament played out of Montreal allowed some of the teams to fashion some kind of championship beside the Carnival Cup. 1886 saw […]
by Al Youngin Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival0 commentstags: 1st Hockey League, History of Hockey, MWC
In February 1887, the Montreal Winter Carnival returned for a fourth year after not being played the previous year. In addition to MAAA’s Montreal Hockey Club, other teams that competed was McGill University, Montreal Crystals, and Montreal Victorias. The four-team tournament took place at the Crystals hockey rink. In February, the Montreal teams of the […]
by Al Youngin Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival0 commentstags: 1st Hockey League, History of Hockey, MWC
In 1888, the first ever hockey tournament that debuted at the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival was cancelled. The teams that normally participated in this tournament undertook a brave experiment by playing a balanced schedule in the new ice hockey league known as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC). 1888 saw no Carnival Cup winner. […]
by Al Youngin Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival0 commentstags: 1st Hockey League, History of Hockey, MWC
In February 1889, the Montreal Winter Carnival returned for its sixth and final year after not being played the previous year. In addition to MAAA’s Montreal Hockey Club, other teams that competed was McGill University, Montreal Crystals, and Montreal Victorias. The four-team tournament took place at the Victoria hockey rink. The 1889 Montreal Winter Carnival […]
by Al Youngin Early Hockey, Montreal Winter Carnival0 commentstags: 1st Hockey Games, Exhibition Play, History of Hockey, MWC
As written earlier, Ice Hockey got its organized start through Montreal’s Winter Carnival Hockey Tournament, where the top organized clubs competed with each other. There are records that show that these top clubs playing against each other in an informal exhibition series of games from 1875 to 1882. March 3, 1975 is the first recorded […]
