1906 British Columbia season

This was the 1906 ice hockey season in British Columbia:

Rossland Winter Carnival

See: Rossland Winter Carnival

Rossland-Trail Industrial League

The league expanded its mandate to include teams from Northport, Washington, but none joined. All teams were from Rossland, save the Trail Smelters.

• Trail Smelters - Rossland Bankers 5:0
• Centre-Star/War Eagle Mine - Le Roi Mine 7:0
• Rocky Mountain Rangers - Grocery Clerks 6:1
• Centre-Star Mine - Trail Smelters 2:1 - semifinal
• West Kootenay Power - Rocky Mountain Rangers 2:9 - Forfeit; Rangers used players who had played for other teams, which was against league rules - semifinal
• Centre-Star Mine - West Kootenay Power 3:0 - final

Kootenay League

Rossland and Nelson played regularly scheduled matches as part of an informal Kootenay League.

• Rossland - Nelson 6:6 @ Nelson
• Rossland - Nelson 7:3 @ Rossland
• Nelson - Rossland 4:4
• Nelson - Rossland 5:2
• Nelson - Rossland 3:3 - Kootenay League final; neither team wanted to play OT, so no league winner was declared

Other games

• Greenwood Seniors - Phoenix Seniors 5:2 @ Phoenix
• Greenwood Juniors - Phoenix Juniors 4:3 @ Phoenix
• Greenwood Seniors - Phoenix Seniors 2:1 @ Greenwood
• Greenwood Juniors - Phoenix Juniors 2:1 @ Greenwood
• Fernie - Michel (AB) 11:2 @ Fernie
• Fernie Juniors - Blairmore Juniors (AB) 8:2 @ Blairmore
• Coleman Juniors (AB) - Fernie Juniors 5:3 @ Coleman
• Fernie - Nelson 11:2 @ Fernie
• Fernie - Nelson 14:5 @ Fernie
• Rossland Seniors - Grand Forks 6:3 @ Grand Forks
• Rossland Intermediates - Trail Intermediates 2:0
• Rossland Intermediates - Trail Intermediates 6:2
• Trail Smelters - Rossland Banks 4:1
• Nelson Diamond A-Ashdown - Bell Trading Co. (Grocers)
• Nelson East Ward - Nelson West Ward 6:5
• Rossland Stars - Nickel Plate Flat 2:0 - Juvenile game @ Rossland
• Rossland Seniors - Greenwood Seniors 7:5 @ Greenwood
• Rossland Intermediates - Trail Intermediates 6:2
• New Denver - Sandon 8:4
• New Denver beat Sandon
• Rossland Stars - Nickel Plate Flat 3:0 - Juvenile game
• Trail Juniors - Rossland Junior Invicibles 1:0 OT
• Rossland Juniors - Trail Juniors 2:0

The Vernon bank employees formed a team. They hoped to play against Coldstream Valley and Enderby. The Bankers of Enderby also formed a team, and the Armstrong Hockey Club was founded as well. The Kamloops Lumber Company created a team.

In Spokane, Washington, the Star Shingle Company opened an artificial ice rink at their plant on February 6, 1906. The rink has an ice surface of 200 by 88 feet. On February 7, the first hockey practice took place. The Spokane Amateur Athletic Club formed a team, and another club known as the Independents (who soon changed their name to the Eagles) was formed. Other possible teams were announced as being the Spokane High School, Blair Business College, and Gonzaga University, but none wound up playing.

• 2/26: Spokane Amateur Athletic Club - Eagles 7:0

The Rossland team then came to Spokane to play two exhibition games

• Rossland - Spokane Amateur Athletic Club 2:0
• Rossland - Spokane Amateur Athletic Club 10:1

The Rossland Victorias left on January 26 for a tour through Alberta.

• Edmonton Thistles - Rossland Victorias 5:0
• Strathcona Shamrocks - Rossland Victorias 14:1
• Strathcona Shamrocks - Rossland Victorias 9:3
• Rossland Victorias - Edmonton Thistles 5:3 - Rossland was loaned Strathcona's goalie for the game
• Calgary - Rossland Victorias 6:3
• Calgary - Rossland Victorias 6:0

Crow's Nest Pass League

• 1/8: Macleod (AB) - Coleman (AB) 5:3
• 1/12: Macleod (AB) - Fernie 5:4
• 1/17: Macleod (AB) - Pincher Creek (AB) 7:6
• 2/20: Macleod (AB) - Coleman (AB) 7:1
• 3/?: Macleod (AB) - Pincher Creek (AB) 9:8 @ Coleman

Fernie was suspended by the Crow's Nest Pass League for not turning in the Henderson and Liphardt trophies. They claimed they had grounds to keep them until won by another club. It was later ruled that the Liphardt Cup would remain with Fernie, while the Henderson Cup would go to Pincher Creek. Macleod eventually won the Crow's Nest League title.

Sources

• Knights of Winter: Hockey in British Columbia, 1895-1911