In 1898, the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada returned for premier hockey league play. The AHAC got started by teams from the Montreal Winter Carnival,
Edited from Wikipedia entry: Lord Stanley of Preston as Governor General of Canada became highly enthusiastic about ice hockey. Stanley was first exposed to the
The Amateur Hockey Association played five of its first six seasons in a challenger format, a championship process we see in boxing where the winning
The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada would establish itself as Canada’s (and the World’s) elite hockey league between 1887 and 1898. The MWC Tournament was
Between 1875 and 1898 Ice Hockey grew enormously. From the first ever pickup-game played in Montreal in 1875, to the establishment of a national championship
The first Schism of Hockey saw the AHAC transition to the CAHL with the elite teams protecting their mutual rivalry by keeping their circuit exclusive.
In the 1880s there was a few teams called the Wanderers hailing from Montreal. The team that forfeited two of their three
Back in the day when athletic clubs kept in shape by playing in different sports, the Montreal Football Club played hockey in the
McGill University H.C. was an elite hockey club that was formed by students who played at Montreal’s McGill University. This team helped establish Ice
The Montreal Crystals was a hockey club that played for the first decade of premier league hockey. In 1887 they were the first
