Toronto Wellingtons
{{Short description|Canadian amateur ice hockey team}}
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| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The Toronto Wellingtons were one of the first amateur men's ice hockey teams in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were active around 1900, and are notable for challenging for the Stanley Cup as Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) senior champions of 1901.
Seasons
File:Toronto Wellingtons 1897.jpg
The Wellingtons were organized in 1895 under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). The club fielded a junior ice hockey team from 1895–1898. The club fielded a team in the intermediate level from 1896–1934. It fielded teams at the senior ice hockey level of the OHA from 1899 to 1903. The senior teams were the J. Ross Robertson Cup champions from 1900 to 1903.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohahockey.ca/view/oha/about-us/oha-history-8683/senior-series-2|title=Senior Series|year=2019|website=Ontario Hockey Association|access-date=February 1, 2021}} Journalist W. A. Hewitt served as the team's representative at meetings of the OHA.{{cite book|last=Hewitt|first=W. A.|author-link=W. A. Hewitt|title=Down the Stretch: Recollections of a Pioneer Sportsman and Journalist|publisher=Ryerson Press|date=1958|location=Toronto, Ontario|oclc=8623829|page=184}}
Stanley Cup challenge
As 1901 champions of the Ontario Hockey Association, the Wellingtons were eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup.{{cite news |work=Ottawa Journal |title=Stanley Cup: The Ontario Champions Pretty Sure To Go After It |date=December 10, 1901 |page=10}} In January 1902, the Wellingtons travelled to Winnipeg, Manitoba to play the Winnipeg Victorias for the Stanley Cup.
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! width="140" | Winning Team ! width="5" | Score ! width="140" | Losing Team ! width="145" | Location | ||||
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| January 21, 1902 | Winnipeg Victorias | align="center"|5–3 | Toronto Wellingtons | rowspan="2"|Winnipeg Auditorium |
| January 23, 1902 | Winnipeg Victorias | align="center"|5–3 | Toronto Wellingtons | |
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"|Winnipeg wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0 |
See also
References
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Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1899
Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1903
Category:1899 establishments in Ontario
Category:1903 disestablishments in Ontario
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