1896 Alberta season

This was the 1896 ice hockey season in Alberta:

Scores

• 12/5: Calgary Hockey Club - Calgary Fire Brigade 11:2
• 12/5: A.R. Creagh's Team - Calgary Juniors 4:0
• 12/14: A.M. Parker's Team - A. Hawthorne's Team 1:0 @ Medicine Hat - played on the river for 2 hours
• 12/19: Calgary Hockey Club - Calgary Fire Brigade 6:3
• 12/19: Calgary Victorias - Calgary Juniors 13:0
• 12/25: Edmonton Thistles - Fort Saskatchewan Northwest Mounted Police 4:2
• 12/25: Hose and Chemical - Hook and Ladder - Calgary Fire Brigade game
• 1/1: Fort Saskatchewan Northwest Mounted Police - Edmonton Thistles 3:2
• 1/1: South Edmonton Shamrocks - Edmonton Thistles II 2:2
• 1/2: Calgary Hockey Club - Calgary Fire Brigade 8:6
• 1/16: Calgary Fire Brigade Juniors - Calgary Victoria Juniors ?:1 (text blurred)
• 1/21: Edmonton Stars - South Edmonton Shamrocks 3:2 OT
• 1/23: Calgary Hockey Club Juniors - Calgary Fire Brigade Juniors 2:2
• 1/24: Edmonton School Boys - Edmonton Juniors 5:4 - Boys played with seven, juniors with five players
• 1/25: Fort Saskatchewan Northwest Mounted Police - Edmonton Thistles 1:0
• 1/30: Calgary Juniors - North West Mounted Police 7:5
• 1/31: Edmonton Thistles - South Edmonton Shamrocks 4:1
• 2/3: Edmonton Thistles - Edmonton Stars 4:0
• 2/7: South Edmonton Shamrocks - Edmonton Stars 7:1
• 2/8: Edmonton School Boys - Edmonton Juniors 5:4 - School Boys played with seven players, Juniors with five
• 2/11: South Edmonton Shamrocks - Edmonton Thistles 3:2
• 2/17: Mr. Bolt Niblock's Victorias - Messrs. Hunter and Douglas 1:1 @ Calgary
• 2/22: Edmonton School Boys - South Edmonton Capitals 5:3
• 3/5: Herald Typeslingers - Mr. Bolt Niblock's Victorias 2:0 @ Calgary
• 3/5: Edmonton Thin Men - Edmonton Fat Men 5:1
• 3/7: Fats - Leans 3:2 @ South Edmonton
• 3/12: Edmonton Heavy Weights - Edmonton Light Weights 3:0
• 3/13: Herald Typeslingers - Calgary Mounted Police - "1 to 1 (disputed) in favor of the police"
• 3/13: Medicine Hat Hockey Club - Calgary Hockey Club 9:8 or 10:9 OT - Championship of Alberta for silver cup

Many games were played in Banff between the Town and Sanitarium teams, most of which resulted in favor of the Town.

Calgary junior results as of 3/13: Calgary Juniors had 1 win, 1 tie, and 2 losses, Police had 1 loss, Fire Brigade Juniors had 1 win and 1 tie, and the Victorias had 2 wins and 1 loss.

Calgary City Championship

• 1/16: Calgary Hockey Club - Calgary Fire Brigade 7:4
• 1/23: Calgary Hockey Club - Calgary Fire Brigade 5:2
• 1/30: Calgary Hockey Club - Calgary Fire Brigade 5:1
• 2/6: Calgary Hockey Club - Calgary Fire Brigade 9:6

Edmonton Tournament

See: 1896 Edmonton Tournament

Sources

• Calgary Herald
• Edmonton Bulletin