1896 Maritimes season

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This was the 1896 ice hockey season in the Canadian Maritimes:

Results

New Brunswick

See also: 1896 Saint John Hockey League and 1896 Saint John Church & School Hockey League

  • 2/8: Saint John AA - Halifax Wanderers 7:2 - E. LeRoi Willis Trophy @ Saint John[1]

AA roster: Skinner (goal), Fairweather, Dunn, Jones (forwards), Harrison (cover), Coombs (point). Halifax roster: McCarthy (goal), Turnbull, DeMille, Henry (forwards), Pickering (cover), Clarke (point).

  • 3/5: Saint John Bicycle & Athletic Club - Summerside Hockey Club 7:2 @ Saint John
  • 3/5: Amherst Hockey Club - Moncton Hockey Club 2:1 @ Moncton[2]
  • 3/12: All-Saint John - All-Halifax Hockey Team 4:1 @ Saint John[3]

Saint John roster: Skinner (goal), Coombs (point), Harrison (cover), P. Clarke, A. Tufts, R. Fairweather, G. Robertson (forwards). Halifax roster; McCarty (goal), Pickering (point), Laidlaw (cover), Mont, Mullane, Keefe, Swaffer (forwards), Grant (spare).

  • 3/13: Saint John AA - All-Halifax Hockey Team 1:0 OT - tied 0:0 after regulation, Halifax refused to play OT, so game was awarded to Saint John.[4]

[5]

  • 3/18: St. Paul's School - Davenport School 2:1
  • 3/18: Picked Team - St. Mark's School 2:0 - only one half was played
Moncton City League
  • 1/9: Victorias - Moncton AAA 6:0[6]

AAA roster: H. Campbell (goal), Len Harris (point), P. Dickson (cover), E.A. Harris, N. Ray, F. Armstrong, W. Schwartz (forwards), F. Robertson (spare). Victorias roster: C. Trues (goal), C. Stulz (point), I. Malcolm (cover), J.W. Humphrey, E. Embree, D. Malcolm, O. Goldrup (forwards), E.B. Hagerty (spare).

  • 1/16: I.C.R. - Bankers 4:3[7]

[8]

  • 1/23: Victorias - I.C.R. 2:0
  • 1/23: City - Bankers 3:0

[9]

  • 1/30: I.C.R. - City 3:2
  • 1/30: Victorias - Bankers 2:0

Mr. A.E. Holstead, manager of the Victoria Rink in Moncton, offered a cup for hockey competition. The first club to win three consecutive games from their opponents would earn it.[10]

Nova Scotia

See also: 1896 Halifax City Hockey League

  • 1/17: Halifax Crescents - Halifax North West Arm 3:2[11]
  • 1/24: Halifax Ramblers - 66th P.L.F., Company F 2:1[12]
  • 2/14: Dartmouth Junior Chebuctos - Halifax Junior Wanderers 1:0[13]
  • 2/22: Dartmouth Chebuctos - Amherst Hockey Club 4:3 @ Amherst[14]
  • 2/24: Saint John AA - Halifax Wanderers 2:0 @ Halifax - E. LeRoi Willis Trophy[15]

Saint John roster: Skinner (goal), Coombes (point), Harrison (cover), N. Fairweather, R. Fairweather, Clarke, G.W. Jones (forwards). Wanderers roster: Henry (goal), Clarke (point), Pickering (cover, Turnbull, Keefe, DeMille, McCurdy (forwards).

  • 2/25: All-Halifax - Saint John AA 3:0 @ Halifax[16]
  • 2/25: Halifax Crescents - United Banks 3:1[17]
  • 2/25: Halifax Banking Co. - Bank of Nova Scotia 3:2[17]
  • 2/28: Halifax Wanderers - Acadia Axemen 1:0[18]

Wanderers roster: W. Henry (goal), R. McKay (point), W. Pickering (cover), Clarke, Turnbull, Keefe, Burrows (forwards). Acadia roster: F.B. Jonah (goal), H. Johnson (point), S. Johnson (cover), H. Johnson, Moffatt, D'mock, Freeman (forwards)

  • 2/28: Halifax Ramblers - Pictou Hockey Club 5:1[18]

Ramblers roster: McCarthy (goal), Bailey (point), Forbes (cover), Clarkson, Service, Stephens, Laidlaw (forwards). Pictou roster: Fullerton (goal), McKay D.S (point), Skinner (cover), Carroll, Munro, Glennie, McKenzie (forwards).

  • 3/10: Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers - 66th P.L.F. 2:2 @ Halifax[19]
  • 3/11: Halifax Junior Wanderers - Windsor @ Windsor[19]
  • 3/16: Amherst Hockey Club - Pictou Hockey Club 10:0[20]
  • 3/24: Halifax Junior Wanderers - Dartmouth Junior Chebuctos 2:2[21]
  • 3/24: Berkshire Officers - 66th P.L.F. 6:2 @ Halifax[21]
Halifax Bankers League[18]
  • 1/9: Merchants' Bank - Bank of Montreal 15:0
  • 1/15: Union Bank - Peoples Bank 8:0
  • 1/22: Halifax Banking Co. - Bank of Nova Scotia 7:3
  • 1/28: Halifax Banking Co. - Bank of Montreal 12:1 - Halifax Bankers League[22]

Banking Co. roster: Metzler (capt.), DeMille, Beal, McCurdy, Lyde, Turnbull. Montreal roster: Clark, Worsley, Oliver, Stubbing, Strikeman (capt.), Gilpin.

  • 2/5: Merchants' Bank - Bank of Nova Scotia 5:1
  • 2/6: Halifax Banking Co. - Peoples Bank 10:2
  • 2/12: Union Bank - Bank of Montreal 16:1
  • 2/13: Merchants' Bank - Halifax Banking Co. 4:3
  • 2/19: Union Bank - Bank of Nova Scotia 4:2
  • 2/20: Merchants' Bank - Peoples Bank 6:0
  • 2/26: Peoples Bank - Bank of Montreal 4:0
  • 2/27: Union Bank - Halifax Banking Co. 7:0
  • 3/4: Union Bank - Merchants' Bank 7:1 - Union clinched title
  • 3/5: Bank of Nova Scotia - Peoples Bank
  • 3/11: Bank of Montreal - Bank of Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

  • 1/31: Charlottetown Victorias - Charlottetown Hockey Club 6:3
  • 2/7: St. Dunstan's College - Prince of Wales College 7:3
  • 2/12: Summerside Oranges - Summerside Green 5:3
  • 2/19: Charlottetown Victorias - Charlottetown Hockey Club 8:1 - Victorias clinched Charlottetown Championship
  • 2/25: Charlottetown Abegweits - Crapaud Victorias 10:0
  • 3/6: Summerside Hockey Club - Amherst Hockey Club 2:2
  • 3/6: St. Dunstan's College - Prince of Wales College 3:2
  • 3/13: Charlottetown Victorias II - Souris 1:1
  • 3/13: Charlottetown Victorias - Summerside Hockey Club 4:2

References

  1. Saint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-02-10
  2. Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-03-06
  3. Saint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-03-13
  4. Saint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-03-14
  5. Saint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-03-19
  6. Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-10
  7. Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-17
  8. Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-24
  9. Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-31
  10. Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-07
  11. Halifax Herald, 1896-01-18
  12. Halifax Herald, 1896-01-25
  13. Halifax Herald, 1896-02-15
  14. Halifax Herald, 1896-02-24
  15. Saint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-02-25
  16. Saint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-02-26
  17. 17.0 17.1 Halifax Herald, 1896-02-26
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 Halifax Herald, 1896-02-29
  19. 19.0 19.1 Halifax Herald, 1896-03-11
  20. Halifax Herald, 1896-03-17
  21. 21.0 21.1 Halifax Herald, 1896-03-25
  22. Halifax Herald, 1896-01-31