1899–1900 American ice hockey season

This was the 1899-1900 American ice hockey season:

Chicago, Illinois

A meeting featuring the hockey players of the Wanderers' Cricket Club was held on January 10, 1900, for the purpose of organizing a hockey team named the Chicago Hockey Club. Northwestern University also formed a hockey team this winter.

No records exist of any hockey games taking place in Chicago in 1900.

Cleveland, Ohio

On December 26, 1899, it was reported that there were plans to revive hockey in Cleveland, and that an interscholastic league was likely to be formed, as the Central High School had leased a plot of land to build an ice rink on, and had organized two teams. The West, Central, and University Schools were also deemed likely to compete. Central High School was set to play the first game of the year on January 5, 1900, but there was no ice.

The Western Reserve University medical students formed a team, composed of Stahl, E.J. Stewart, J.R. Stewart, Scanlan, Wendler, McCurdy, and Vasha. J.R. Stewart had previously played for a Hamilton, Ontario, team, and organized a game against Hamilton, while also negotiating with other Canadian teams.

Unfortunately, mild weather prevented any games from being played this winter.

Massachusetts

The sport of ice hockey replaced ice polo in Massachusetts for the 1899-1900 season.

“Efforts are being made to supplant ice polo by the Canadian hockey game in the New England Ice Polo and Hockey League. At tomorrow evening’s [Dec. 21] meeting officers will be elected and a schedule adopted. From present indications it is believed that the Canadian game will be adopted this year, as Harvard, Yale, Brown and other large colleges have taken it up. Harvard, Tech and Boston College will be invited to become members of the league. The New England Skating Association officials are anxious to promote the game of hockey among the schoolboys, and with this purpose in view they have called a meeting of the interscholastic men for Friday evening to be held at 38 Gray’s Hall, Harvard College. At last year’s meeting of the school league it was voted to substitute hockey this year for ice polo.”

“At the annual meeting of the New England Ice Polo and Hockey League last evening, the league was reorganized as the New England Hockey League. The most important question to come before the meeting was the proposition to give up the old game of ice polo and adopt the Canadian game of hockey. Harvard and the other colleges have adopted the Canadian game, which has grown in popularity in this country from year to year. It was decided that the Canadian rules will govern the league games this season. A silk banner has been offered to the winning team, which must play out every scheduled game. It is expected that individual cups will be offered later in the season.

The old board of officers was abolished at the meeting and the governing power of the league will be vested in a committee of seven as follows: I.S. Clark, North Shore, chairman; Mark Lyman, Newtowne A.C.; C.A. R Lewis, Cambridge; Walde E. Chapman, Roxbury; J.E. O’Connell, Dorchester; John W. Kernan, Wakefield, and F.M. Benedict, Philips Andover.

A communication from Manager Barr of the Technology Hockey Club was received, in which he stated that Tech would be unable to enter the league, owing to a faculty regulation… Several of the league teams will meet the Technology boys during the early part of the season. Boston College will not be represented by a team this year. The Newtowne Club has arranged New York and Canadian trips, while the North Shore team will meet several New York clubs. Dorchester will make a tour through the provinces in February. A new team, to be known as the Wanderers, has been organized at Somerville, composed for the most part of Canadians who live in this city.”

The Massachusetts Interscholastic and Interprepatory Hockey Leagues were also contested this winter. Arlington High School won the Interprepatory League title. The Suburban League remained an ice polo competition for 1900.

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  The planned playing schedule for the New England Hockey League.

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  The planned schedule for the Interscholastic Hockey League.

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  The planned schedule for the Suburban Ice Polo League.

1899-1900 Game Results

• December 28: Harvard University - Newtowne Athletic Club 4:2 @ Holmes Field
• December 29: Harvard University - Newtowne Athletic Club 7:2
• December 30: Tufts College Kappa of Zeda Psi - Tufts College Gamma Beta of Alpha Tau Omega 4:3 @ Medford
• December 30: Dorchester Hockey Club - Roxbury Scrub Team 7:0
• January 1: Tufts College Gamma Beta of Alpha Tau Omega - Tufts College Kappa of Zeda Psi 7:4 @ Medford
• January 2: Tufts College Gamma Beta of Alpha Tau Omega - Tufts College Kappa of Zeda Psi 5:5 @ Medford
• January 9: English High - Roxbury Picked Team 1:1
• January 9: Newtowne AC - Roxbury-Dorchester Combination 5:3
• January 11: Tufts Dental College - Wellington Hockey Club 5:5
• January 11: Roxbury High - Picked Team 7:1 - ice polo game
• January 13: Tufts Dental College - Picked Team 3:1
• January 13: Roxbury Hockey Club - Dorchester Combination 3:0
• January 17: Dorchester Hockey club - English High School 5:0 @ Franklin Field
• January 17: Somerville High - Cambridge High & Latin 3:2
• January 18: Harvard Law School - Harvard University 4:3
• January 18: Newtowne AC - Picked Team 5:3
• January 18: Cambridge High & Latin - Harvard University Juniors 4:1
• January 18: Roxbury High - Mt. Pleasant 5:2
• January 24: Harvard University Seniors - Harvard University Juniors 2:1 OT @ Cambridge
• January 24: Waltham High - Arlington High 1:0 - Interprepatory Ice Polo League game in series for 1899 cup
• January 26: Waltham High - Arlington High 2:1 - "
• January 27: E.P.U. Ice Polo Team (City Point) - Tufts Dental College 2:1
• January 28: Harvard University Seniors - Harvard University Juniors 3:1 @ Cambridge
• January 30: Dorchester Hockey Club - Roxbury Picked Team 7:3 @ Franklin Field
• January 30: Harvard University - Harvard Law School 8:3 @ Holmes Field
• January 31: Harvard University - Harvard Law School 7:4 @ Holmes Field
• February 2: Dorchester Hockey Club - Picked Team 8:4 @ Franklin Field
• February 2: St. Mark’s School - Harvard University Freshmen 4:1
• February 3: Brookline Country Club - Harvard 7:5 - ice polo game
• February 4: Harvard University Sophomores - Harvard University Seniors 5:1 - Harvard Class Championship final @ Cambridge
• February 6: Harvard - Harvard Sophomores 9:0
• February 7: Dorchester Hockey Club - Picked Team 4:4 @ Franklin Field
• February 10: Masachusetts Institute of Technology - Picked Team 5:1
• February 21: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Andover Academy 3:1

New England Ice Hockey League results

• January 5: Dorchester Hockey Club - Cambridge 1:1
• January 13: Newtowne AC - Phillips Andover 6:0
• January 27: Newtowne AC - Dorchester Hockey Club 3:1
• February 3: Newtowne AC - North Shore 6:1

Massachusetts Interscholastic Hockey League results

• January 11: Cambridge High & Latin - English High School 2:0
• January 17: Melrose High School - Cambridge Manual Training School 3:1 @ Cambridge
• January 30: Cambridge Manual Training School - English High School 2:0 @ Spy Pond
• February 1: Cambridge High & Latin - Melrose High School 2:1 @ Spy Pond
• February 2: Cambridge Manual Training School - Somerville High School 2:1 OT @ Spy Pond
• February 3: Cambridge High & Latin - Cambridge Manual Training School 2:0
• February 7: Melrose High School - Somerville High School 1:0

Massachusetts Interprepatory Hockey League results

• January 30: Arlington High School - Hale’s School of Boston 19:0 @ Spy Pond
• February 3: Waltham High School - Hale's School of Boston 6:0
• February 17: Arlington High School - Waltham High School 4:3 @ Upper Mystic Pond

Massachusetts Suburban Ice Polo League results

• January 18: Melrose High School - Winchester High School 5:2

Michigan

The Port Huron Hockey Club received a challenge from the Detroit school for boys in late February. They later faced the Parkhill and Petrolia, Ontario clubs in March. The Port Huron team consisted of the following players: F.W. Johnson, Harold De Lyon, G. Ferrington, Henry Burns, J.A. Letherland, R.A. Chrisner, and Wm. McDonald.

1899-1900 Game Results

• January 16: Lake Linden Tigers - Dollar Bay Hustlers @ Lake Linden - ice polo game
• February 14: Watford (ON) Hockey Club - Port Huron Hockey Club 9:1 @ Palace Ice Rink

Minnesota

There were three senior teams in St. Paul by the winter of 1899-1900 - the St. Paul Athletic Club, St. Paul Hockey Club, and the Virginias. A junior (U15) competition was held, featuring the St. Paul High School, Manual Training School, Laurels, and Virginias.

On January 11, 1900, the St. Paul Athletic Club beat the Minneapolis Hockey Club 4-2 at the Virginia rink in St. Paul.

By 1900, ice hockey had also become popular in Duluth and Superior, and in Crookston, the Crookston Hockey Club was organized. The Duluth Zeniths were renamed the Great Eastern Hockey Club. They defeated the St. Paul Athletic Club in three consecutive games played in Duluth.

The Minnehaha and Summit ice polo clubs were also active this winter.

1899-1900 Game Results

• January 11: St. Paul Athletic Club - Minneapolis Hockey Club 4:2

St. Paul AC roster: R. MacDonald (G), B. MacDonald (P), E.J. Murphy (CP), G. Patterson, Bob Barrown, J. Murphy, T.M. Newsome (FW) Minneapolis HC roster: Vance (G), McBridge (P), Laland (CP), Tait, Labelle, Taylor, Raymond (FW)

• January 19: Great Eastern Hockey Club - St. Paul Athletic Club 5:2 @ Duluth

GEHC roster: Fairweather, Southerland, Winters, Lemieux (forwards), Wilson (point), Lloyd (cover), Brunet (goal). St Paul AC roster: Peabody, Smith, Manley, Craige (forwards), Routh (point), Brennan (cover), Staughton (goal).

• January 20: Great Eastern Hockey Club - St. Paul Athletic Club 4:0 @ Duluth
• January 20: Great Eastern Hockey Club - St. Paul Athletic Club 4:0 @ Duluth
• January 25: St. Paul Athletic Club - St. Paul High School
• January 29: St. Paul Athletic Club - Manual Training School 4:0

St. Paul AC roster: H. Castle (G), O. Oehme (P), D. McDonald (CP), T.M. Newson, E. Clark, J. McDonald, R.E. Barron (FW). Training School roster: F.E. Lanpher (G), F.U. Wyman (P), E. Merrick (CP), S.K. Teasdale, J.D. Mills, A.E. Larkin, S.T. Bass (FW).

• February 5: Virginia Hockey Club - St. Paul Athletic Club 7:5

St. Paul AC roster: Castle (G), M. Ome (CP), T. Newson (P), B. Barron, G. Patterson, Johnny Murphy, R. Macdonald (FW). VHC roster: E.J. Murphy (G), W.J. Bailey (CP), B. Macdonald (P), Lawrence, Clark, G. Macdonald, C. Wiley (FW).

• February 8: Virginia Hockey Club - Athletic Club team 5:0
• February 10: Virginia Juniors - Laurels 6:0
• February 13: Great Eastern Hockey Club - Endion Hockey Club 3:2 @ Duluth - Head of the Lakes Championship
• February 21: Virginia Juniors - Laurels 2:1
• February 25: Virginia Hockey Club - Minneapolis Hockey Club
• February 26: Great Eastern Hockey Club - Endion Hockey Club 0:0 @ Duluth - Head of the Lakes Championship
• March 6: Mechanic Arts - St. Paul Central
• March 6: Great Eastern Hockey Club - Endion Hockey Club 5:2 @ Duluth - Head of the Lakes Championship

GEHC roster: Fairweather, Di Marco, Winters, Southerland (forwards), Lemieux (cover point), Hall (point), Brunet (goal). Endion roster: McLennan, Close, Alworth, Bermi (forwards), Wood (cover point), Skuse (point), Smeed (goal).

New Hampshire

1899-1900 Game Results

• February 7: Greenville Hockey Club - Fitchburg Pinehurst Club (MA) 4:0 @ Fitchburg

New York

See: 1899-00 AAHL season

Six teams participated in the American Amateur Hockey League during the 1899-1900 season, playing a double round-robin schedule - the Brooklyn Crescents, Brooklyn Skating Club, US 1st Naval Battalion, New York Athletic Club, New York Hockey Club, and New York St. Nicholas. The Crescents won the championship, finishing undefeated.

Yale University won the American Intercollegiate Hockey Association title for the third consecutive season. The University of Pennsylvania dropped out of the league, and were replaced by Princeton University.

The New York and Long Island Interscholastic Hockey Leagues were both in operation once again. The winners - Berkeley School and Polytechnic Preparatory School, respectively - met in the New York State Interscholastic Championship on March 7. Polytechnic beat Berkeley 2-0.

McGill University from Quebec visited New York City in December, and the Ottawa Hockey Club played there in March. New York St. Nicholas traveled to Montreal, Quebec, in February. They lost to the McGill University Hockey Club 11-3 on the 22nd and Montreal AAA 5-1 the next day. The AAA team was composed of junior players.

A New York All-Star Team visited the Maritimes in late February. On the 26th and 27th, they faced the Halifax Crescents, and were beaten by scores of 12-3 and 8-1, respectively. The All-Stars lost 3-2 in overtime to the Moncton Orioles on March 1, and fell by the same score (also in overtime) to the Saint John Hockey Club on the 2nd. On March 19, the University of Buffalo hockey team went to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and defeated the local Hockey Club 10-9.

1899-1900 Game Results

• November 14: New York St. Nicholas - Columbia University 7:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• November 24: New York Hockey Club - Columbia University 8:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• November 25: New York Athletic Club - Yale University 7:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• November 30: US 1st Naval Reserves - Columbia University 1:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December ?: Cutler School - Columbia University 1:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 2: New York St. Nicholas - Yale University 3:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 5: New York Athletic Club - Yale University 4:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 5: New York Hockey Club - Yale University 3:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 7: Brooklyn Crescents - All Brooklyn Hockey Team 5:3 @ Clermont Rink
• December 8: New York Athletic Club - Columbia University 9:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 12: New York St. Nicholas - Columbia University 5:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 13: Brooklyn Skating Club - US 1st Naval Reserves 6:1 @ Clermont Rink
• December 15: Heffley High School - Staten Island Academy 2:0 @ Clermont Rink
• December 16: US 1st Naval Reserves - Columbia University 2:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 16: Adelphi College - Brooklyn High School 9:3 @ Clermont Rink
• December 19: New York St. Nicholas - US 1st Naval Reserves 7:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 19: Brooklyn Crescents - Heffley High School 8:4 @ Clermont Rink
• December 21: Heffley High School - Staten Island Academy 7:0 @ Clermont Rink
• December 22: New York St. Nicholas - Yale University 3:1
• December 22: Brooklyn Skating Club - Columbia University 3:1 @ Clermont Rink
• December 22: Drisler School Alumni - Drisler School 6:3 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 22: Columbia Grammar School - Phi Delta Sigma 0:0
• December 23: Cutler School - St. Paul’s School (NH) 3:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 23: Staten Island Academy - Columbia Grammar School 2:1 @ Clermont Rink
• December 25: All Brooklyn Hockey Team - Heffley High School 4:0 @ Clermont Rink
• December 27: Cutler School - Princeton University 2:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 28: Brooklyn Crescents - All Brooklyn Hockey Team 3:1 @ Clermont Rink
• December 29: New York Athletic Club - McGill University (QC) 4:3 OT @ St. Nicholas Rink
• December 30: New York All-Star Team - McGill University (QC) 10:6 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• January 1: Brooklyn Crescents - Yale University 7:1 @ Clermont Rink
• January 1: East Meadowbrook No. 2’s - East Meadowbrook No. 1’s (both from NJ) 6:4 @ Hempstead
• January 3: Heffley High School - Brooklyn High School 6:0 @ Clermont Rink
• January 4: Cutler School - Pomfret School (CT) 2:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• January 5: Brooklyn Skating Club II - US 2nd Naval Battalion 7:0 @ Clermont Rink
• January 5: Dreisler School - Lawrenceville School (NJ) 3:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• January 5: Meadowbrook Hunt Club Kernochans - Meadowbrook Hunt Club Stevensons (both from NJ) 7:5 @ Hempstead
• January 6: US 1st Naval Battalion - Princeton University 2:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• January 6: Staten Island Academy - Polytechnic Preparatory School 4:1 @ Clermont Rink
• January 11: Buffalo Hockey Club - Masten Park High School 27:0
• January 11: Stevens Institute (NJ) - Polytechnic Preparatory School 4:1 @ Clermont Rink
• January 13: New York Athletic Club - Yale University 4:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• January 13: Niagara-on-the-Lake (ON) - Buffalo Picked Team 8:6 @ Buffalo
• January 17: Staten Island Academy - US 2nd Naval Battalion 7:1 @ Clermont Rink
• January 20: New York Athletic Club - Princeton University 5:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• January 20: Buffalo Picked Team - Staten Island Academy 4:2 @ Clermont Rink
• January 24: Heffley High School - US 2nd Naval Battalion 7:0 @ Clermont Rink
• January 27: Staten Island Academy - Dwight School 1:0 @ Clermont Rink
• January 27: Welland Hockey Club (ON) - Iroquois Hockey Club 5:4 @ Buffalo
• February 1: Iroquois Hockey Club II - University of Buffalo II 9:3
• February 1: Huntingdon Hockey Club (QC) - Pontiac Hockey Club 8:0 @ Saranac Lake
• February 1: Stevens Institute (NJ) - Heffley High School 2:1 @ Clermont Rink
• February 2: Welland Juniors (ON) - Masten Park High School 8:2 @ Buffalo
• February 3: Welland Hockey Club (ON) - Iroquois Hockey Club 15:6 @ Welland
• February 3: US 1st Naval Battalion - US 2nd Naval Battalion 13:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• February 3: Adelphia High School tied Brooklyn High School @ Clermont Rink
• February 3: Staten Island Academy - De La Salle Institute 2:0 @ Clermont Rink
• February 7: Polytechnic Preparatory School - US 2nd Naval Battalion 4:1 @ Clermont Rink
• February 7: Welland Hockey Club (ON) - Iroquois Hockey Club 8:5 @ Buffalo
• February 10: Oakville Hockey Club (ON) - Buffalo Picked Team 7:1
• February 14: De La Salle Institute - De La Salle Alumni 3:0 @ Clermont Rink
• February 15: US 2nd Naval Battalion - New York University 2:2 @ Clermont Rink
• February 16: Pittsburgh All-Stars - New York St. Nicholas 8:3 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• February 17: New York Athletic Club - Pittsburgh All-Stars 2:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• February 20: US 2nd Naval Battalion - Brooklyn Skating Club II 4:3 @ Clermont Rink
• February 21: Heffley High School - Adelphi College 5:2 @ Clermont Rink
• February 22: Heffley High School - Staten Island Academy 4:1 @ Clermont Rink
• February 23: All Brooklyn Hockey Team - US 1st Naval Battalion Substitutes 6:1 @ Clermont Rink
• February 23: Iroquois Hockey Club II - University of Buffalo II 6:1
• February 27: Brooklyn Skating Club II - Heffley High School 3:3 @ Clermont Rink
• February 28: Adelphi College - St. Francis Xavier College 4:3 @ Clermont Rink
• March 1: New York Boy’s High School - Erasmus Hall 2:1 @ Clermont Rink
• March 2: Adelphi College - US 2nd Naval Battalion 3:3 @ Clermont Rink
• March 9: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - New York Boy’s High School 8:1 @ Clermont Rink
• March 10: New York Athletic Club - Yale University 5:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• March 11: Staten Island Academy - Dreisler School 7:0 @ Clermont Rink
• March 19: University of Buffalo - Niagara-on-the-Lake Hockey Club (ON) 10:9 @ Niagara-on-the-Lake
• March 22: University of Buffalo - Cornell University 10:1 @ Buffalo
• March 23: New York Athletic Club - Ottawa Hockey Club 3:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• March 24: New York Athletic Club - Yale University 7:0
• March 25: Ottawa Hockey Club - New York All-Star Team 5:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink

New York Interscholastic Hockey League results

• January 27: Berkeley School - Dreisler School 4:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• January 30: De La Salle Institute - Dwight School 1:1
• February 2: Cutler School - Columbia Grammar School 2:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• February 8: Berkeley School - De La Salle Institute 1:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink

Long Island Interscholastic Hockey League results

• January 12: Pratt Institute - Erasmus Hall 5:0 @ Clermont Rink
• January 13: Brooklyn Latin School - Staten Island Academy 1:0 @ Clermont Rink
• January 19: St. Paul’s School - Adelphi College 4:3 @ Clermont Rink
• January 26: Polytechnic Preparatory School - Brooklyn Latin School 11:0 @ Clermont Rink
• February 2: St. Paul’s School - Brooklyn High School 1:0 @ Clermont Rink
• February 9: Polytechnic Preparatory School - Pratt Institute 8:0 @ Clermont Rink
• February 16: Polytechnic Preparatory School - St. Paul’s School 3:1 - final @ Clermont Rink

New York State Interscholastic Hockey Championship results

• March 7: Polytechnic Preparatory School - Berkeley School 2:0 @ Clermont Rink

The University of Buffalo team.

Buffalo Hockey Association

On December 8, 1899, a league known as the Buffalo Hockey Association was established. It was divided into two groups. Section A: Iroquois Hockey Club, Crystal Hockey Club, Buffalo Hockey Club, University of Buffalo. Section B: Masten Park High School, Buffalo Tennis Club, Caledonian Curling Club. The Buffalo Hockey Club forfeited several matches after failing to appear, and came to close to being disqualified from the competition. The University of Buffalo clinched the city championship as Section A winners on March 13, defeating Iroquois 6-0.

• January 9: Crystal Hockey Club - Iroquois Hockey Club 6:4
• January 12: Buffalo Hockey Club - Crystal Hockey Club 10:2
• January 24: Masten Park High School - Buffalo Tennis Club 6:5
• January 26: Iroquois Hockey Club - Buffalo Hockey Club 8:4
• January 29: University of Buffalo - Buffalo Hockey Club 9:0
• February 1: Iroquois Hockey Club - Buffalo Hockey Club 7:2
• February 3: Crystal Hockey Club - Buffalo Hockey Club - BHC claimed the rink was not sufficiently lit and refused to play, CHC claimed the game by default
• February 6: Caledonian Curling Club - Buffalo Tennis Club 6:5
• February 6: Iroquois Hockey Club - Crystal Hockey Club 2:0 - after 27 minutes, Brophy of the Crystals was injured, and it was agreed to call the game off
• February 14: University of Buffalo - Crystal Hockey Club 6:0
• February 15: Caledonian Curling Club - Masten Park High School 3:2
• February 16: Iroquois Hockey Club - University of Buffalo 4:2
• February 17: Buffalo Tennis Club - Caledonian Curling Club 10:6
• February 20: University of Buffalo - Buffalo Hockey Club Forfeit
• February 24: University of Buffalo - Iroquois Hockey Club 7:5
• February 26: Crystal Hockey Club - Buffalo Hockey Club Forfeit
• February 26: Masten Park High School - Buffalo Tennis Club 10:1
• February 28: Crystal Hockey Club - University of Buffalo 5:4
• March 2: Iroquois Hockey Club - Crystal Hockey Club 6:4
• March 7: Masten Park High School - Caledonian Curling Club 5:1 - Masten Park won Section B
• March 9: University of Buffalo - Buffalo Hockey Club Forfeit
• March 13: University of Buffalo - Iroquois Hockey Club 6:0 - Section A final

Pennsylvania

See: 1899–1900 WPHL season

Ice hockey was played in Pittsburgh once again this winter. The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League expanded to four teams with the addition of the Pittsburgh Bankers. The Pittsburgh Athletic Club won the championship for the second consecutive year. Pittsburgh High School also repeated as champions in the Interscholastic League.

The West Park Ice Palace in Philadelphia was closed this winter, so no hockey was played in the city itself. However, on February 22, 1900, the Quaker City Hockey Club was once again organized, with George Orton being elected captain. However, it appears the team did not play any games this year.

1899-1900 Game Results

• January 3: Yale University - Pittsburgh Pankers 2:1 @ Pittsburgh
• January 4: Yale University - Western University of Pennsylvania 1:0 @ Pittsburgh
• January 5: Yale University - Duquesne Country & Athletic Club 3:2 @ Pittsburgh
• January 6: Yale University - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 5:4 @ Pittsburgh
• January 24: Queen’s University - Western University of Pennsylvania 4:2 @ Pittsburgh
• January 25: Queen’s University - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 4:0 @ Pittsburgh
• January 26: Queen’s University - Duquesne Country & Athletic Club 6:3 @ Pittsburgh
• February 1: Bala Athletic Club - Swarthmore Preparatory School 2:1 @ Swarthmore
• March 2: New York Athletic Club - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 3:0 @ Pittsburgh
• March 3: New York Athletic Club - Pittsburgh All-Stars 1:1 @ Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Interscholastic Hockey League results

• November 29: East Liberty Academy - Shadyside Academy 1:0
• December 2: Pittsburgh High School - Pittsburgh Academy 8:0
• December 6: East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh Academy 1:0
• December 10: Pittsburgh High School - Shadyside Academy 2:1
• December 13: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 3:2
• December 19: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 2:0
• December 23: Pittsburgh High School - Pittsburgh Academy 4:1
• December 27: Pittsburgh Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:1
• December 30: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:1
• January 3: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:0
• January 10: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0
• January 17: East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh Academy 1:0
• January 24: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 3:0
• January 31: East Liberty Academy - Shadyside Academy 2:1
• February 7: East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh Academy 8:4
• February 14: East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:0
• February 21: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 2:1 OT
• February 28: Pittsburgh Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0
• March 6: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh Academy 2:0
• March 7: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 4:0
• March 14: East Liberty Academy - Shadyside Academy 1:0
• March 21: East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh Academy 2:0
• March 28: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:0
• April 4: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh Academy 6:0
• April 12: Pittsburgh High School - Shadyside Academy 4:0

Swarthmore Class Championship

• February 1: Swarthmore College Seniors - Swarthmore College Sophomores 1:0 - semifinal
• February 1: Swarthmore College Freshmen - Swarthmore College Juniors 3:0 - semifinal
• February 20: Swarthmore College Seniors - Swarthmore College Freshmen 3:2 - final

Rhode Island

1899-1900 Ice Hockey Game Results

• February 5: Brown University - Brown Graduates 2:2 @ Providence

1899-1900 Ice Polo Game Results

• January 11: University Grammar School - Cranston High School 9:1 @ Providence
• January 24: Hope High School - English High School 10:1 @ Providence
• January 30: Manual Training School - Woonsocket High School 1:1 @ Woonsocket
• January 31: Hope High School - Pawtucket High School 8:3 @ Providence
• February 2: Hope High School - Classical High School 3:0 @ Providence
• February 6: University School - Hope High School 2:1 @ Providence

St. Louis, Missouri

The St. Louis Turners club

There were two leagues in St. Louis this winter, the Interscholastic League, composed of Manual Training School, St. Louis High School, Smith Academy, and St. Louis University, and the St. Louis Hockey League (or Hockey Association), featuring the St. Louis University Alumni, St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association, the Maple Leafs (formerly the All-Canadians, Association Football Hockey Club, St. Louis Turners, and Washington University. The Columbia Hockey Club played in the league in December, but were replaced by the Turners in January. The SLU Alumni edged out the Maple Leafs for the title.

1899-1900 Game Results

• December 1: All-Canadians - St. Louis AAA 5:0

St. Louis Hockey League Results

• December 12: Maple Leafs - Washington University 2:0
• December 13: SLU Alumni - St. Louis AAA 1:0
• December 14: Columbia Hockey Club - Association Football Club 7:0
• December 19: Maple Leafs - SLU Alumni 0:0
• December 20: Washington University - Columbia Hockey Club 1:0
• December 21: St. Louis AAA - Association Football Club 1:1
• December 26: Washington University - Association Football Club 2:0
• December 28: Maple Leafs - St. Louis AAA 7:1
• January 3: Washington University - Maple Leafs 0:0
• January 4: SLU Alumni - St. Louis AAA 2:1
• January 5: Association Football Club - St. Louis Turners 7:0
• January 8: Maple Leafs - St. Louis AAA 2:1
• January 10: Association Football Club - Washington University 1:0
• January 12: SLU Alumni - St. Louis Turners 8:0
• January 15: SLU Alumni - Maple Leafs 2:0
• January 17: Washington University - St. Louis Turners 11:0
• January 22: Maple Leafs - Association Football Club 1:0
• January 24: Washington University - SLU Alumni 2:1 OT
• January 25: St. Louis AAA - St. Louis Turners 2:0
• January 29: Maple Leafs - St. Louis Turners 4:0
• January 31: Washington University - St. Louis AAA
• February 2: SLU Alumni - Association Football Club
• February 5: Association Football Club - St. Louis Turners 3:0
• February 7: Maple Leafs - Washington University 2:1
• February 12: SLU Alumni - St. Louis Turners 3:0
• February 16: Association Football Club - Washington University 2:1 OT
• February 19: St. Louis Turners - Washington University 2:1
• February 21: SLU Alumni - Maple Leafs 0:0
• February 23: Association Football Club - St. Louis AAA
• February 26: St. Louis AAA - St. Louis Turners 2:0
• February 28: Maple Leafs - Association Football Club 0:0
• March 2: SLU Alumni tied Washington University
• St. Louis AAA - St. Louis Turners
• March 5: Washington University - St. Louis AAA 0:0
• March 7: Maple Leafs - St. Louis Turners 1:0
• March 9: SLU Alumni - Association Football Club 1:0

Final standings

1. SLU Alumni 7-1-2 16 pts
2. Maple Leafs 6-1-3 15 pts
3. Association Football Club 6-3-1 13 pts
4. Washington University 3-4-3 9 pts
5. St. Louis AAA 2-6-2 6 pts
6. St. Louis Turners 1-9-0 2 pts

Interscholastic League Results

• December 8: Smith Academy tied St. Louis University
• December 14: St. Louis University - Manual Training 0:0
• December 16: Smith Academy - St. Louis High School 1:0
• December 21: St. Louis High School - Manual Training 1:1
• December 28: St. Louis University - St. Louis High School
• December 30: St. Louis High School - Smith Academy 0:0
• January 4: Smith Academy - St. Louis University 0:0
• January 6: Manual Training - St. Louis High School 1:0
• January 13: Smith Academy - Manual Training 2:1
• January 25: Manual Training - St. Louis University 2:0
• February 3: Manual Training - Smith Academy 2:0
• February 10: St. Louis High School - Smith Academy 1:0

Spokane, Washington

There was ice polo played at the Liberty Park lake in Spokane for the first time this winter. The Spokane High School formed a polo team in December 1899. They had their first practice on December 29.

On January 30, the following was written in the Spokane Chronicle: “The Spokane Amateur Athletic Club has the first ice polo teams ready to play for the championship of the city. There are many good skaters in the athletic club… The club players want to organize Wednesday evening [Jan. 31] and the committee, composed of Ralph Hunt, Clarence Burch and I.M. Cornthwait, has called a meeting for 7:15 on that evening to effect an organization. Every member of the club that wishes to have a trial is urged to be present. They intend to have a list of about 20 players so that in 15 minutes they can select from the number a team to go on the ice and play a match game of polo. They challenge any and every team in the city. They intend to skate and to play while the ice lasts, and therefore challenge any team to play a match of ice polo within two days, and if not then at any time that the other team may find convenient.”

A practice game was played between the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club and the High School on January 31, and there were talks of a four-team tournament being arranged with the Athletic Club, High School, Spokane Ice Polo Club, and the Blair Business College competing.

On February 1, the Spokane Ice Polo Club beat the Blair Business College 7-0 at Liberty Park. A game between the Ice Polo Club and the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club, slated for the 2nd, was called off due to snow.

The Spokane Ice Polo Club hoped to organize games with Greenwood, Nelson and Rossland, BC. The Spokane High School club applied to participate in the Rossland Winter Carnival in British Columbia, but they were not allowed to compete, owing to a smallpox quarantine. The players selected for the tournament were Allen Jones, Walter Hague, Louis Masurette, Percy Thompson, and Philip Gilpatrick. They also sent a challenge to Nelson's second team.

On February 15, the Spokane High School club traveled to Rossland to face the Sandon (BC) team. They got blasted 16-0, in an ice hockey game. The Spokane players were under a misapprehension that hockey and ice polo were the same game, and were surprised by the differences, particularly the offside rule, which was not a term known to them, and the fact that ice hockey was played with a puck and straight sticks, whereas a ball and curved sticks were used in ice polo.

1899-1900 Ice Polo Results

• February 1: Spokane Ice Polo Club - Blair Business College 7:0
• February 15: Sandon Hockey Club (BC) - Spokane High School 16:0 @ Rossland

Wheeling, West Virginia

"There is a probability of a hockey club being formed by local enthusiasts to play the improved game of 'shinny' on the Back river, and should the good ice continue the club will likely be a go. Among the names mentioned in connection with its organization are: Lester English, 'Billy' McCombs, Herbert Riheldaffer, and others."

Wisconsin

It was reported that Oshkosh ice skaters were planning to play ice hockey on Lake Winnebago this winter.

College ice hockey

See: 1899–1900 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season

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