Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournaments#1885
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File:Ice hockey McGill University 1884.jpg
The Montreal Winter Carnival Ice Hockey Tournaments were a series of annual ice hockey tournaments held in the 1880s in conjunction with the Montreal Winter Carnival, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. First held in 1883, these tournaments are considered to be the first championship ice hockey tournaments and the predecessor to the first championship ice hockey league, the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada.
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History
In 1883, the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association was asked to add sports to the events to be held with the Montreal Carnival. The association was affiliated with the Montreal Snow Shoe Club. Along with the McGill Hockey Club, they organized a four-team tournament, played partly outdoors on the Saint Lawrence River. The trophy for this tournament is on display at the McCord Museum in Montreal.A picture of this trophy can be seen at here [http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M976.188.1§ion=196]. In 1884, the location changed to a rink made on the McGill University grounds. It was moved indoors subsequently. The carnival was not held in 1886 and 1888.
In December 1886, the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada was founded by the four Montreal teams (McGill, Montreal Hockey Club, Montreal Crystals, Montreal Victorias) and the Ottawa Hockey Club.
Season-by-season record
- 1883: Montreal Winter Carnival Hockey Tournament (winner McGill), held on the St. Lawrence River
- 1884: Montreal Winter Carnival Hockey Tournament (winner Victorias), held at McGill's outdoor rink
- 1885: Montreal Winter Carnival Hockey Tournament (winner Montreal), held at the Crystal Rink
- 1886: No tournament; Carnival cancelledThe 1886 Montreal Winter Carnival was cancelled due to a smallpox epidemic in Montreal. — Dominion Championship (winner Crystals)According to [http://www.azhockey.com/Do.htm azhockey.com], Crystals was awarded the trophy, when the Quebec team did not finish due to the Crystals' rough tactics.{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=35}}
- 1887: Montreal Winter Carnival Hockey Tournament (winner Montreal){{sfn|Kitchen|2000|p=10}}
- 1888: No tournament; Carnival cancelled{{cite web |title=Sporting Intelligence |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cqZKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6CsDAAAAIBAJ&dq=carnival&pg=1490%2C3218663 |work=The Montreal Daily Herald |date=March 5, 1888 |page=8}}
- 1889: Montreal Winter Carnival Hockey Tournament (winner Victorias){{sfn|Kitchen|2000|p=12}}
=1883=
The carnival was held from January 23 to 28. Montreal, McGill and Quebec teams contested the trophy and McGill won the tournament. The trophy for this tournament is on display at the Musee McCord Museum in Montreal.A picture of this trophy can be seen here [http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M976.188.1§ion=196].
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| January 26 | Montreal Victorias | 0 | Quebec | 0 | St. Lawrence River rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Daily Witness |date=January 26, 1883 |page=8 |title=The Winter Carnival |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fohMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-ywDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1365%2C1102428}} |
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| January 26 | McGill | 2 | Montreal Victorias | 1 | St. Lawrence River rink |
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| January 27 | McGill | 2 | Quebec | 2 | Crystal Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Daily Witness |date=January 29, 1883 |page=4 |title=The Winter Carnival |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VmhhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-ywDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1364%2C1168136}} |
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| January 27 | Quebec | 1 | Montreal Victorias | 1 | Victoria Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Daily Witness |date=January 25, 1883 |title=Victoria Skating Club |page=4}} |
McGill wins hockey tournament
==Rosters==
The following players were part of the hockey teams participating in the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival.
Montreal Victorias: C. Lamothe (c.), S. Abbott, J. Arnton, E. Sheppard, E. Stevenson, J. Muir, D. Watt.
Quebec HC: W. Scott (c.), F. Ashe, A. Scott, M. Swift, A. Colley, S. Valler, A. Davidson.
McGill: A. Low, J. Elder, T. Green, R. Smith, W. Murray, J. Kinlock (c.), P. Foster.
Source: Montreal Daily Witness
=1884=
File:1884 Montreal Winter Carnival program cover.jpg
The 1884 tournament saw several games lost due to rain. The outdoor rink was unplayable on February 6 and the Crystals and Wanderers did not show at the rink for their games. Both teams lost by default although the games could not have been played.
The tournament was the first appearance of the Ottawa Hockey Club (which would eventually field a team in the National Hockey League) in competitive play. The club made it to the final game before losing to the Victorias 1–0.
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| February 1 | Crystals | 5 | Wanderers | 0 | Crystal Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Daily Witness |date=February 2, 1884 |page=5|title=Sports and Games}} |
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| February 4 | Victorias | 1 | McGill | 0 | McGill Rink{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=27}} |
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| February 5 | Crystals | 1 | Wanderers | 0 | McGill Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=February 6, 1884 |page=7|title=The Hockey Matches}} |
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| February 6 | McGill | W | Crystals | L(default) | McGill Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=February 7, 1884 |page=5 |title=The Hockey Matches}} |
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| February 6 | Wanderers | L(default) | Victorias | W | McGill Rink |
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| February 7 | McGill | 1 | Ottawa | 0 | McGill Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=February 8, 1884 |page=5 |title=The Hockey Matches}} |
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| February 8 | Ottawa | 9 | Victorias | 1 | McGill Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=February 9, 1884 |page=5 |title=The Hockey Matches}} |
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| February 8 | Wanderers | L(default) | McGill | W | McGill Rink{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=27}} |
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| February 9 | Ottawa | 3 | McGill | 0 | McGill Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=February 11, 1884 |page=5 |title=The Hockey Matches}} |
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| February 9 | Victorias | 2 | Crystals | 0 | McGill Rink{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=27}} |
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| February 11 | Victorias | 1 | Ottawa | 0 | McGill Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=February 12, 1884 |page=1 |title=Hockey}} |
Victorias win Winter Carnival Tournament
Source: Montreal Gazette
=1885=
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| January 27 | Ottawa | 3 | Victorias | 1 | Crystal Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=January 28, 1885 |pages=5–8|title=The Hockey Tournament}}{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=29}} |
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| January 28 | Montreal | 6 | Montreal Football Club | 0 | Crystal Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=January 29, 1885 |page=5|title=The Hockey Tournament}}{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=29}} |
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| January 29 | McGill | 2 | Crystals | 0 | Crystal Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=January 30, 1885 |page=5|title=The Hockey Match}}{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=29}} |
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| January 30 | Ottawa | 2 | Montreal | 2 | Crystal Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=January 31, 1885 |page=5|title=The Hockey Tournament}}{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=29}} |
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| January 31 | Montreal | 1 | Ottawa | 0 | Crystal Rink{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |date=February 2, 1885 |page=5 |title=The Hockey Tournament}}{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=29}} |
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| January 31 | Montreal | 1 | McGill | 0 | Crystal Rink{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=29}} |
Montreal wins Winter Carnival Tournament
Source: Montreal Gazette
==Rosters==
The following players were part of the hockey teams participating in the 1885 Montreal Winter Carnival.
Montreal Victorias: J. Arnton, J. Muir
Montreal HC: Tom Paton, Fred Larmonth, Billy Aird, Billy Hodgson, Richard Smith, F. W. Barlow, Duncan McIntyre.
McGill: G. W. Stephens, J. M. Elder, Hanbury Arthur Budden, J. A. Kinlock, H. D. Johnson, R. E. Palmer, C. P. Brown.
Montreal Football Club: A. Elliott, R. Campbell, W. J. Cleghorn, A. J. Campbell, R. Sterling, D. Robertson.
Montreal Crystals: William Hutchison, James A. Stewart, Robert Laing, Jack A. Findlay, Allan Cameron, W. McCaffrey, D. Labonte.
Ottawa HC: William O'Dell, G. Currier, Thomas D. Green, Tom Gallagher, Frank Jenkins (c.), Jack Kerr, Halder Kirby.
Source: Montreal Gazette
=1887=
In February, the Montreal teams of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada participated in the Montreal Winter Carnival hockey tournament. The tournament, which was scheduled to play outdoors on an ice rink at the Ice Palace, was disrupted by two days of storms, and was not completed until February 25. During this time, no challenges were played.
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| February 7 | Victorias | 2 | Montreal | 0 | Ice Palace Rink |
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| February 11 | Montreal Crystals | 5 | Montreal HC (second) | 0 | Crystal Rink |
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| February 17 | Montreal Crystals | 6 | Montreal HC | 3 | Crystal Rink |
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| February 23 | Montreal Victorias | 5 | McGill | 1 | Victoria Rink |
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| February 25 | Montreal Victorias | 1 | Montreal HC | 1 | Victoria Rink |
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| February 21 | Montreal Crystals | 0 | Montreal HC | 1 | Crystal Rink |
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| February 23 | Montreal Victorias | 8 | McGill | 0 | Crystal Rink |
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| February 25 | Montreal Victorias | 0 | Montreal HC | 1 | Crystal Rink |
Montreal wins Winter Carnival Tournament
Source: Montreal Gazette
==Rosters==
The following players were part of the hockey teams participating in the 1887 Montreal Winter Carnival.
Montreal HC: W. Hutchison, J. Stewart, A. Cameron, J. Findlay, A. Hodgson, J. Virtue, W. Hodgson.
Montreal Victorias: T. Arnton, J. Muir, J. Campbell, A. Shearer, J. Arnton, J. Craven, E. Barlow.
Montreal Crystals: W. Norris; D. Brown, C. Ellard; R. Laing, J. McDonald, S. McQuisten, J. McGoldrick, D. Elliott.
McGill: H. McNutt, A. Shanks, C. Wylde, F. Lucas, H. Budden, D. Hamilton, W. Warden.
Source: The Montreal Daily Herald
=1889=
The 1889 Winter Carnival featured the first game of ice hockey witnessed by Lord Stanley, Governor General of Canada, who would later donate the Stanley Cup.{{cite news |work=Toronto Daily Mail |date=February 5, 1889 |title=Winter Carnival Sports |page=2}}
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| February 4 | Victorias | 2 | Montreal | 1 | Victoria Rink |
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| February 9 | Crystals | 7 | McGill | 3 | Victoria Rink{{cite news |work=Toronto Daily Mail |date=February 11, 1889 |title=A Rattling Game Between the Crystal and McGill Clubs |page=2}} |
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| February 18 | Victorias | 3 | Crystals | 2 | Victoria Rink{{cite news |work=Toronto Daily Mail |date=February 19, 1889 |title=Skating: Gordon Wins the Mile Championship |page=2}} |
Montreal Victorias win Winter Carnival Tournament
Source: Kitchen 2000, p.12
1886 Burlington Winter Carnival
The Burlington Coasting Club proposed a winter carnival for the city of Burlington, Vermont as a rival attraction to the Montreal Winter Carnival, with the hope of inaugurating the event. It was scheduled to begin on February 15, 1886 and featured five days of winter sports activities. A committee from the club had been visiting Montreal to obtain attractions for the carnival as well as gain tips on how to manage the event.{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023253/1886-01-21/ed-1/seq-4/|title=A Carnival At Burlington|newspaper=The Caledonian-Record |date=January 21, 1886 |access-date=January 4, 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072143/1886-02-05/ed-1/seq-5/|title=Preparing For The Carnival|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |date=February 5, 1886 |access-date=January 4, 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072143/1886-03-05/ed-1/seq-11/|title=The Carnival|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |date=March 5, 1886 |access-date=January 4, 2017}} The Montreal Snow Shoe Club, along with several organisations from Montreal were invited to the carnival to participate in the events. The Montreal Crystals and the Montreal Hockey Club accepted the invitation, as did the Ottawa Hockey Club,{{sfn|Kitchen|2008|p=30}} which later withdrew due to scheduling conflicts. A local team was quickly assembled from the employees of the Van Ness House, a hotel in Burlington. Montreal HC won the gold medal, and the Crystals won the silver.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=SrsqWtBqNIQC&dat=18860227&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Close of the Carnival |work=The Day |page=1 |date=February 27, 1886}} Originally scheduled for February 15–19,{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072143/1886-01-15/ed-1/seq-3/|title=Our Carnival|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |date=January 15, 1886 |access-date=January 4, 2017}} the organizers were forced to move the events one week later due to unseasonable weather. The carnival was held on February 22–26. The hockey games were played on Lake Champlain in heavy wind. The first game was played on the morning of February 26, with two 20-minute halves. There was no score through 40 minutes, and Montreal's R. Smith scored in overtime. The second game was between Montreal HC and Van Ness House, and it was the first international ice hockey game. The players representing Van Ness House did not have any hockey experience, having only gone through a few practices prior to the carnival. The two teams played two 15-minute periods, with Montreal winning 3–0 and thus claiming the gold medal. The final game was played in two 10-minute periods, with Joseph McGoldrick of the Crystals scoring the only goal to capture the silver medal.
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| February 26 | Montreal HC | 1 (OT) | Crystals | 0 | Lake Champlain{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072143/1886-03-05/ed-1/seq-2/|title=The Hockey Match|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |date=March 5, 1886 |access-date=January 4, 2017}} |
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| February 26 | Montreal HC | 3 | Van Ness House | 0 | Lake Champlain |
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| February 26 | Crystals | 1 | Van Ness House | 0 | Lake Champlain |
Montreal wins Winter Carnival Tournament
Source: Lord Stanley: The Man Behind the Cup ({{ISBN|1-55168-281-8}})
=Rosters=
The following players were part of the hockey teams participating in the 1886 Burlington Winter Carnival.{{cite web|url=http://hockeygods.com/blog/hockeyhistory/The_1st_International_Ice_Hockey_Game_1886 |title=The 1st International Ice Hockey Game 1886 |website=HockeyGods |access-date=January 10, 2019}}
Van Ness House: Lewis C. Johnson, Charles H. Whitcomb, Maxwell A. Kilvert, William F. Waters, Edward. S. Griffing, Howard Crane, Walter A. Laduke (captain)
Montreal HC: Tom L. Paton, George S. Lowe, Duncan McIntyre, Francis Barlow, Francis Crispo, William C. Hodgson, Richard F. Smith, Fred M. Larmonth (captain)
Montreal Crystals: Allan Cameron, Jonathan A. Findlay, Edward McCaffrey, Joseph F. McGoldrick, William Hutchison, James Virtue, Robert Laing (captain)
See also
References
- {{Citation
| last = Kitchen
| first = Paul
| year = 2000
| contribution = Before The Trail of the Stanley Cup
| editor-last = Diamond
| editor-first = Dan
| title = Total Hockey
| pages = 8–15
| isbn = 1-892129-85-X
}}
- {{cite book|last=Kitchen |first=Paul |title=Win, Tie or Wrangle |year=2008 |publisher=Penumbra Press |location=Manotick, Ontario |isbn=978-1-897323-46-5 }}
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