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1922-1928
7 1
1921-22 was the Regina Capitals' first season in the new Western Canada Hockey League, they finished second overall and then upset the Edmonton Eskimos in the playoffs to win the league championship. ...
a.k.a. Sheiks, Shieks
1922-1928 7 1
1922-1928 7 1
The Sheiks entered the WCHL in the 1921–22 season. On February 3, 1922, poor attendance forced the club to move to the Moose Jaw Arena and play as the Moose Jaw Sheiks.
The team was reorganized as th...
a.k.a. Maroons
1927-1928 2
1927-1928 2
The Moose Jaw Maroons were a minor-league ice hockey team in the Prairie Hockey League. Based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, they existed from 1926–28. In 1926–27, the team was known as the Moose...
1922-1927
6 2
Created ostensibly as an amateur team in hopes of competing for the Allan Cup, the Tigers helped form the Western Canada Hockey League in 1921 to become the first major professional team in Calgary. I...
1922-1927
6 1
The Eskimos club was formed for the 1909–10 season by sports promoter Deacon White, from the remains of the amateur Edmonton Hockey Club, and inherited its predecessor's membership in the Alberta Amat...
1926-1926
1
1921-22 was the Regina Capitals' first season in the new Western Canada Hockey League, they finished second overall and then upset the Edmonton Eskimos in the playoffs to win the league championship. ...
a.k.a. Millionaires
1912-1926 15 6
1912-1926 15 6
The Vancouver Millionaires (later known as the Vancouver Maroons) were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between...
a.k.a. Aristocrats, Senators
1912-1926 15 4
1912-1926 15 4
The original Victoria franchise of the PCHA, the Senators, were formed in 1911, and became the Aristocrats in 1913. That incarnation is best known for defeating the Stanley Cup champion Quebec Bulldog...
1916-1924
9 3
The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. During their nine seasons, the Metro...
1915-1918
4 1
The New Westminster Royals was the name of several professional ice hockey teams based in New Westminster, British Columbia, first established in 1911 for the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). ...
a.k.a. Canadiens
1910-1917 8 2
1910-1917 8 2
The longest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide and the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the NHL
a.k.a. Blueshirts
1908-1917 10 2
1908-1917 10 2
A member of the "Original Six", the club was one of six NHL teams to have endured through the period of League retrenchment in the 1930s
a.k.a. 228th Battalion, Ontarios, Shamrocks
1913-1917 5
1913-1917 5
The NHA was founded in 1909 without any teams from Toronto, Ontario because there wasn't an arena in the city that was large enough to sustain a franchise. In 1911, a new arena was being built in Toro...
1917-1917
1
The original Victoria franchise of the PCHA, the Senators, were formed in 1911, and became the Aristocrats in 1913. That incarnation is best known for defeating the Stanley Cup champion Quebec Bulldog...
a.k.a. Senators
1884-1917 34 7
1884-1917 34 7
The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League (NHL) and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. The club, which was officially the Ottawa Hockey Club (...
a.k.a. Bulldogs
1883-1917 35 3
1883-1917 35 3
The Quebec Bulldogs (French: Bulldogs de Québec) were a men's senior-level ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The team was officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club (French: Club de hockey de Québ...
1904-1917
14 5
The Montreal Wanderers were an amateur, and later professional, men's ice hockey team based in Montreal. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL), the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey ...
1913-1915
3 2
Sydney joined the Maritime Professional Hockey League (MaPHL) for the 1912–13 season. The team won the league title and challenged for the Stanley Cup against the Quebec Bulldogs.
The Team Captain in...
a.k.a. Black Foxes
1911-1915 5
1911-1915 5
The New Glasgow Cubs, later the New Glasgow Black Foxes, were a professional ice hockey team from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in Canada. The team played for three seasons in the Maritime Professional Hoc...
1915-1915
1 1
Glace Bay Miners played for only one season in 1915, finishing with a record of 5-2 in the MaPHL before folding....
1912-1914
3 1
The New Westminster Royals was the name of several professional ice hockey teams based in New Westminster, British Columbia, first established in 1911 for the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). ...
a.k.a. Crescents
1889-1914 26
1889-1914 26
The Halifax Crescents were an early amateur and later, professional ice hockey team operating in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The team operated in several leagues, gone defunct and been resurrected. ...
1912-1914
3
Halifax Socials played for 3 seasons from 1912 to 1914, several in the MaPHL, before folding....
1911-1913
3 2
Moncton Victorias won the 1911–12 installation of the Maritime Professional Hockey League which gave the club an opportunity to challenge Stanley Cup holders the Quebec Bulldogs of the National Hockey...
1908-1911
4 1
The Berlin Dutchmen were an early professional ice hockey team operating out of Berlin, Ontario, (renamed Kitchener in 1916) from 1907 in the Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL). The Berlin team...
1908-1911
4
The Brantford Indians were a professional ice hockey team from Brantford, Ontario in Canada. The team played for four seasons in the Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL), from 1907 to 1911.
The ...
1909-1911
3 2
The Galt Professionals were a professional ice hockey team from Galt, Ontario in Canada. The team played for three seasons in the Ontario Professional Hockey League, from 1909 to 1911.
Galt Professio...
1910-1911
2
The Waterloo Colts was a professional ice hockey team from Waterloo, Ontario in Canada. The team played for two seasons in the Ontario Professional Hockey League, from 1910 to 1911.
Waterloo Colts be...
1909-1911
3 1
The Renfrew Hockey Club, also known as the Creamery Kings and the Millionaires, was a founding franchise in 1909 of the National Hockey Association, the precursor to the National Hockey League. The te...
1891-1910
20 2
The Shamrocks were founded on December 15, 1886 at a meeting of the Shamrock Lacrosse Club to organize an ice hockey club. The Shamrock Lacrosse Club of Montreal predated the hockey team by twenty yea...
1904-1910
7
The Montreal Nationals (Le National de Montreal) were an amateur, later professional, and then amateur again men's senior-level ice hockey team. They are notable in that they were the first team to re...
1910-1910
1
Playing just four games, the All-Montreal HC was one of the shortest lived pro franchises in sports history.
1910-1910
1
The club was founded in 1906 in the Timiskaming Professional Hockey League, an early professional ice hockey league. In 1909, the Cobalt Silver Kings won the O'Brien Cup as champions of the TPHL.
In ...
1910-1910
1
The Haileybury club was founded in 1906 as one of the teams of the Timiskaming Professional Hockey League (TPHL), a collection of teams sponsored by local mine owners. The club was owned by the O'Brie...
1892-1909
18
The Winnipeg Hockey Club (also known as the Winnipeg Winnipegs) were a former amateur senior-level men's amateur ice hockey team in Winnipeg, Manitoba founded in 1890. They represented Canada at the 1...
1908-1909
2 1
The Winnipeg Maple Leafs, or Maple Leaf Hockey Club, were a professional men's ice hockey team in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg Maple Leafs played in the Manitoba Professional Hockey League from 1907–1...
1909-1909
1 1
Winnipeg Shamrocks played for only one season in 1909, finishing with a record of 5-4 in the MPHL before folding....
1897-1909
13 3
The Pittsburgh Athletic Club, or Pittsburgh PAC, was one of the earliest professional ice hockey teams. It was based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from around 1895 until 1904 and again from 1907 to 1909...
1900-1909
10 3
The Pittsburgh Bankers were one of the earliest professional ice hockey clubs. The club was based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, the first leag...
1897-1909
13
The team first played exhibition games of ice hockey in 1895. The Duquesne team then played in the first season of the WPHL at the Schenley Park Casino, with three other teams, the Pittsburgh Athletic...
1908-1909
2
After the WPHL was revived for the 1907–08 season, it was determined that two new teams would be needed so that the league could return to its four team format. That season, the Pittsburgh Pirates and...
1908-1909
2
The junior Guelph Royals arose when the Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters were sold in 1960, and the new ownership renamed the team. Emile Francis was head coach of the Royals for the 1960–61 OHA season and...
1909-1909
1
St. Catharines Pros played for only one season in 1909 in the OPHL before folding....
1909-1909
1
The Ottawa Senators were a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The team only existed for the final 1909 season of the Federal Hockey League (FHL). The team was composed main...
1904-1909
6
Cornwall Hockey Club played for 6 seasons from 1904 to 1909, several in the FHL, before folding....
1906-1909
4 1
Smiths Falls Seniors played for 4 seasons from 1906 to 1909, several in the FHL, before folding....
1885-1908
24 11
Organized in 1884, they were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA) and used the 'winged wheel' logo. The team was the first to win the Stanley Cup, in 1893
1883-1908
26 7
Interest in ice hockey at the Victoria Skating Club in Montreal, dates to at least 1874, and is attributed to the efforts of James Creighton then a judge of skating at the club, in organizing his frie...
1905-1908
4
The club was founded as the Brandon Hockey Club in 1898. The club first fielded teams in the intermediate division of the Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association. In 1902, the club started fielding...
1905-1908
4
Portage la Prarie played for 4 seasons from 1905 to 1908, several in the MPHL, before folding....
1905-1908
4 3
The Kenora Thistles, officially the Thistles Hockey Club, were a Canadian ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario. Founded in 1894, they were originally known as the Rat Portage Thistles. The team co...
1907-1908
2
The Monarchs merged with the Winnipeg Strathconas as of the 1912–13 season due to struggles in finding ice time, and elected Fred Marples as their president...
1908-1908
1
When the WPHL was revived in 1907, the only two original teams to return to the league after operations were suspended after the 1903–04 season were the Pittsburgh Athletic Club and the Pittsburgh Ban...
a.k.a. Invincibles
1905-1908 4
1905-1908 4
Brockville Hockey Club played for 4 seasons from 1905 to 1908, several in the FHL, before folding....
1906-1908
3
The club was founded in 1901 by Jimmie Enright, owner and manager of the Victoria ice rink in Ottawa. For two seasons, the team only played exhibition matches, without a defeat. For the 1903 season, t...
1905-1907
3 1
The Calumet Miners, also known as the Calumet-Laurium Miners and the Calumet Wanderers, was a professional ice hockey team from Calumet & Laurium, Michigan. The team played for three seasons in the In...
1905-1907
3
Also known as the Canadian Soo and Soo Algonquins. Team was the lone Canadian entry in the International Hockey League, and one of the first openly professional hockey teams in Canada.
1905-1907
3 2
The Portage Lakes Hockey Club was one of the first professional ice hockey clubs. Based in Houghton, Michigan, the club played at the Amphidrome from 1904 until 1906. While members of the Internationa...
1905-1907
3
The Michigan Soo Indians, also known as the American Soo Indians, was a professional ice hockey team from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States. The team played for three seasons in the Internatio...
1905-1907
3
The Pittsburgh Professional Hockey Club, also referred to as the Pittsburgh Professionals and Pittsburgh Pros, were a professional ice hockey team that participated in the International Professional H...
1905-1907
3 1
The Montagnards were a member of the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL), set up as a rival to the CAHL from 1904 until 1908. The club had little success in its first two seasons. In 1904 they played...
1907-1907
1
Morrisburg Hockey Club played for only one season in 1907, finishing with a record of 0-11 in the FHL before folding....
1892-1906
15 11
The Winnipeg Victorias were a former amateur senior-level men's amateur ice hockey team in Winnipeg, Manitoba, organized in 1889. They played in the Manitoba Hockey Association (MHA) in the late 19th ...
1905-1905
1
Montreal Westmount played for only one season in 1905, finishing with a record of 3-7 in the CAHL before folding....
1903-1905
3 2
From 1902 to 1906, the Winnipeg Rowing Club had an ice hockey team in the Manitoba Hockey Association. They were league champions in 1903 and 1904 and challenged the Ottawa Silver Seven for the Stanle...
1901-1904
4 1
The Pittsburgh Keystones were a semi-professional ice hockey club, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, the first league to openly hire hocke...
1903-1904
2 1
For the 1902–03 season, the Victorias were added to the WPHL making it a four team league. The team was made up of players from Ottawa, Ontario, enticed to come to Pittsburgh. The Victorias were able ...
1904-1904
1
The Capital Hockey senior club was created in 1896 by the Capital Hockey Association (CHA) hockey portion of the CAAA.
Perhaps best known are the early amateur senior men's ice hockey clubs which pla...
1897-1900
4
The Western Pennsylvania Hockey league played its first season in 1896–97 at the Casino, with four teams—the Pittsburgh Athletic Club (PAC), the Duquesne Country & Athletic Club (or Pittsburgh Duquesn...
1897-1897
1
On December 30, 1895, the Pittsburgh Press made mention of a “great international hockey and polo tournament” opening game at the casino. The newspaper reported that a team consisting of ten players f...
a.k.a. Britannias, Crescents, Dominions
1884-1895 12 1
1884-1895 12 1
One of the first established ice hockey teams, the Crystals played various challenges against other clubs in the early days of ice hockey competition. They won the Canadian championship in 1886, defea...
a.k.a. Rifles
1892-1894 3
1892-1894 3
The Royal Canadian Dragoons hockey team of the senior cavalry regiment in the Canadian Army and was Canada's first professional, full-time cavalry unit.
1883-1889
7 1
On March 3, 1875 the first organized indoor game was played at Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink by James George Aylwin Creighton and several McGill University students. In 1877, several McGill student...
1886-1886
1
Organizers say the game between the Montreal Hockey Club and a local team assembled by the Van Ness House hotel is the first documented ice hockey game between teams from different countries. The game...
1885-1885
1
The Montreal Foot Ball Club was founded on April 8, 1872 in one of the lower rooms of the Mechanics Hall buildings.
The Montreal Football Club was a Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec t...
1884-1884
1
The Wanderers nickname was the namesake of several earlier Montreal teams. These teams each only lasted one year throughout the latter portion of the 19th Century. The first had played in the Montrea...
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