{"id":546,"date":"2017-06-04T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2018-03-24T14:37:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T19:37:47","slug":"legacy-of-the-amatuer-hockey-association-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/v1\/legacy-of-the-amatuer-hockey-association-of-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy of the Amatuer Hockey Association of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada would establish itself as Canada\u2019s (and the World\u2019s) elite hockey league between 1887 and 1898. The MWC Tournament was the first ever organized ice hockey tournament that lead to the creation of the first ice hockey league, making the MWC Tournament the direct predecessor to the AHAC for historical and statistical purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The Tournament helped establish Ice Hockey through the following important events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First organized inter-city ice hockey competition, establishing Montreal as the premier ice hockey city in 1883.<\/li>\n<li>First international ice hockey tournament when Tournament was moved to Vermont, USA for one year in 1886.<\/li>\n<li>The top tournament teams went on to form first ice hockey league in 1887.<\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Governor General Lord Stanley was inspired by watching MWC Tournament play in 1889 to the point that he considered donating a Championship Cup to Canada\u2019s top hockey teams. He would later donate the <a title=\"Stanley Cup\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley_Cup\">Stanley Cup<\/a> in 1893, ten years after the Tournament was established.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"wikitable\" style=\"height: 332px;\" width=\"933\">\n<caption><strong>AHAC Senior Division<\/strong><\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Season<\/th>\n<th>Number of Teams<\/th>\n<th>Format<\/th>\n<th>Champions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1887 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1887\/\">1887<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Challenge<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Crystals (final challenge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1888 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1888\/\">1888<\/a><\/td>\n<td>4 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Series<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Hockey Club (playoff)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1888\u201389 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1889\/\">1889<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Challenge<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Hockey Club (final challenge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1890 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1890\/\">1890<\/a><\/td>\n<td>4 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Challenge<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Hockey Club (final challenge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1891 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1891\/\">1891<\/a><\/td>\n<td>6 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Challenge<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Hockey Club (final challenge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1892 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1892\/\">1892<\/a><\/td>\n<td>4 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Challenge<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Hockey Club (final challenge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1893 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1893\/\">1893<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Series<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Hockey Club (best record)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1894 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1894\/\">1894<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Series<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Hockey Club (playoffs)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1895 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1895\/\">1895<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Series<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Victorias (best record)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1896 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1896\/\">1896<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Series<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Victorias (best record)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1897 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1897\/\">1897<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Series<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Victorias (best record)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"1898 AHAC season\" href=\"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1898\/\">1898<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5 Teams<\/td>\n<td>Series<\/td>\n<td>Montreal Victorias (best record)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Amateur Hockey Association of Canada Cumulative <span id=\"Overall_record\" class=\"mw-headline\">Standings:<\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 314px;\" width=\"923\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><strong>TGP<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><strong>TW<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><strong>TL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><strong>TT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><strong>TGF<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><strong>TGA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"75\"><strong>SW\/SP<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montreal Hockey Club<\/td>\n<td>78<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>288<\/td>\n<td>189<\/td>\n<td>7\/12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montreal Victorias<\/td>\n<td>67<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>291<\/td>\n<td>194<\/td>\n<td>4\/11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montreal Crystals<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>74<\/td>\n<td>134<\/td>\n<td>1\/7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ottawa Hockey Club<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>205<\/td>\n<td>161<\/td>\n<td>0\/9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Quebec Hockey Club<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>147<\/td>\n<td>218<\/td>\n<td>0\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montreal Shamrocks<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>94<\/td>\n<td>159<\/td>\n<td>0\/6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>McGill University<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>0\/2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>SV = Seasons Won \/ SP = Seasons Played<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Montreal Winter Carnival Hockey Tournament Cumulative Championship Points<\/h3>\n<table width=\"923\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"569\"><strong>IceHockeyLeagues.com Premier-League Championship Points span to 1887-98<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Team<\/td>\n<td># of Championships<\/td>\n<td>Premier Championship Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montreal Hockey Club<\/td>\n<td>7 (1888-94)<\/td>\n<td>22<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montreal Victorias<\/td>\n<td>4 (1895-98)<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montreal Crystals<\/td>\n<td>1 (1887)<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada would establish itself as 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