Birmingham Amateur Ice Hockey League

The Birmingham Amateur Ice Hockey League began play at the Parad-Ice Rink in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Irondale in March 1955. It lasted until 1960. The Birmingham All-Stars were composed of the best players of the league, and faced outside teams.

Results

1955

Bayliss Ironmen and Parad-Ice Pucksters in action on March 17, 1955.

• 3/10: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Bayliss Ironmen 8:4
• 3/17: Bayliss Ironmen - Parad-Ice Pucksters 3:1
• 3/24: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Bayliss Ironmen 9:3
• 3/31: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Bayliss Ironmen 7:6
• 4/7: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Bayliss Ironmen 6:5

Other games

• 4/14: Birmingham All-Stars - Wichita Boeing Strato-Jets (KS) 11:4

A practice prior to the start of the 1955-56 season.

1955-56

• 11/20: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Shades Valley Rebels 12:4
• 11/27: Shades Valley Rebels - Irondale Merchants 7:6
• 12/4: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Irondale Merchants 10:5
• 12/11: Shades Valley Rebels - Parad-Ice Pucksters 11:8
• 12/18: Irondale Merchants - Shades Valley Rebels 9:3
• 12/27: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Irondale Merchants 6:5
• 1/3: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Shades Valley Rebels 12:8
• 1/10: Irondale Merchants - Parad-Ice Pucksters 14:7
• 1/17: Shades Valley Rebels - Irondale Merchants 11:10
• 1/26: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Irondale Merchants 9:8
• 2/2: Shades Valley Rebels - Parad-Ice Pucksters 9:7
• 2/9: Shades Valley Rebels - Irondale Merchants 15:14
• 2/23: Irondale Merchants - Parad-Ice Pucksters 10:9
• 3/1: Shades Valley Rebels - Parad-Ice Pucksters 13:8 - final, game one
• 3/8: Parad-Ice Pucksters - Shades Valley Rebels 13:11 - final, game two
• 3/15: Shades Valley Rebels - Parad-Ice Pucksters 12:11 OT - final, game three

Other games

Birmingham played three games against the Memphis All-Stars. See Tennessee for the results.

• 2/16: Blacks - Greens 13:8 - all-star game to determine who would represent Birmingham against Memphis
• 2/26: Birmingham All-Stars - Atlanta All-Stars 12:7 @ Birmingham

1956-57

No league games were reported in the Birmingham newspapers for 1956-57, although it is known the Birmingham All-Stars faced the Memphis All-Stars three times during the season.

1957-58

• 12/1: Maroons - Aces 21:12
• 12/8: Maroons - Hawks 12:11
• 12/15: Hawks - Aces 12:10
• 12/22: Maroons - Aces 12:11
• 12/29: Maroons - Hawks 16:6
• 1/5: Aces - Hawks 21:6
• 1/12: Maroons beat Aces
• 1/19: Hawks - Maroons 17:13
• 1/26: Aces - Hawks 13:12
• 2/2: Aces - Maroons 13:12
• 2/9: Hawks - Maroons 8:7
• 2/16: Aces - Hawks 12:5

Standings as of 2/10

1. Maroons 5-3 106:80
2. Aces 4-4 95:93
3. Hawks 3-5 77:109

• 2/23: Aces - Maroons 14:8 - final, game one
• 3/2: Maroons - Aces 12:9 - final, game two
• 3/9: Maroons - Aces 8:7 - final, game three

Other games

The Birmingham All-Stars faced the Memphis All-Stars twice on the road.

1959

It was reported that there were plans to form an all-star team to play an all-star team from Auburn and Columbus, GA on February 22.

• 2/8: Maroons - Aces 13:12 - season opener

No other games from this season were reported.

1960

It was reported that there were plans to arrange games with teams from Memphis, TN, Atlanta, GA, and Durham, NC.

• 1/10: Irondale Merchants - Sims Paper Co. 12:9
• 1/17: Irondale Merchants - Fontaine Trucking 12:2
• 1/24: Sims Paper Co. - Fontaine Trucking 7:4
• 1/31: Sims Paper Co. - Irondale Merchants 11:7
• 2/7: Irondale Merchants - Fontaine Trucking 9:8
• 2/14: Sims Paper Co. - Fontaine Trucking 14:7
• 2/21: Sims Paper Co. - Irondale Merchants 16:11
• 2/28: Irondale Merchants - Fontaine Trucking 12:8
• 3/6: Sims Paper Co. - Fontaine Trucking 14:7 - Sims earned the right to meet Georgia Tech in a best of 3 series (was this actually referring to the final series against Irondale?)
• 3/13: Sims Paper Co. - Irondale Merchants 13:4 - final, game one
• 3/20: Sims Paper Co. - Irondale Merchants Forfeit - final, game two - Irondale had to forfeit due to test work at Georgia Tech, where some of their players were in school

Sources

• Birmingham News
• Birmingham Post-Herald