1908–09 American ice hockey season

This was the 1908-09 American ice hockey season:

Chicago, Illinois

The Illinois Athletic Club

The Illinois Athletic Club played two games against the Chicago Hockey Club this winter. They also traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, and defeated the local Auditorium Club twice. The club hoped to face St. Paul for the Central Western Championship, but no game took place.

With plans in place for an artificial rink to be opened in Chicago by the fall of 1909, a group of baseball magnates discussed forming a six-team hockey league for the 1909-10 season, featuring three teams in Chicago, and one each in St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. There were also plans to create a hockey league with teams selected from Chicago, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, Atlanta, St. Louis and Houghton. John T. McNamara, the former owner of the Portage Lakes Hockey Club, wanted to found an international professional league composed of clubs from Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, New York, Boston, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Quebec.

1908-09 Game Results

• 1/14: Illinois Athletic Club - Chicago Hockey Club 2:2

IAC roster: Barrett (goal), Donnelly (point), Anthony (cover point), Lund (rover), Kavanaugh (center), Harris (right wing), Milne (left wing). CHC roster: Byrne (goal), Masterson (point), R. Gaisford (cover point), Shaver (rover), C. Gaisford (center), Hodges (right wing), Whitney (left wing).

• 1/17: Illinois Athletic Club - Chicago Hockey Club 10:2

IAC roster: Barrett (goal), Young (point), Anthony (cover point), M. Harris, Kavanaugh, Holding, Pettigrew (forwards). CHC roster: J. Kearney (goal), Gallagher (point), R. Gaisford (cover point), C. Gaisford, Hodges, McMullen, Whitney (forwards).

Colorado

The Holiday Hockey Club of Colorado Springs and the Colorado School of Mines played a series for the state championship, which could not be completed due to a lack of ice. The University of Colorado also formed a hockey team.

1908-09 Game Results

• 12/17: Leadville Independents - Leadville High School 4:2
• 1/1: Colorado School of Mines - Holiday Hockey Club 2:0 @ Colorado Springs
• 1/2: Holiday Hockey Club - Colorado School of Mines 2:0 @ Colorado Springs
• 1/2: Colorado School of Mines - Holiday Hockey Club 0:0 @ Colorado Springs

Connecticut

1908-09 Game Results

• 12/26: Hartford Public High School - Springfield High School (MA) 1:0
• 1/9: New Haven High School - Hartford Public High School 2:0
• 1/30: Pomfret School - Hartford Public High School 4:1
• 2/4: Taft School - Cheshire School
• 2/12: Wesleyan - Middletown High School 6:2

Iowa

Hockey returned to Des Moines for the first time since 1907 this winter.

Des Moines Hockey League Results

• 1/1: Fort Des Moines Officers - Ramblers 4:1
• 1/1: Hopkins Bros. - Wild Rose 4:1
• 1/1: Highland Park College - Capital City Telegraphers 5:1
• 1/7: Hopkins Bros. - Capital City Telegraphers 5:1
• 1/8: Fort Des Moines Officers - Highland Park College 6:0
• 1/9: Fort Des Moines Officers - Capital City Telegraphers 12:0
• 1/10: Fort Des Moines Officers - Hopkins Bros. 2:1
• 1/11: Wild Rose - Ramblers 8:1
• 1/13: Wild Rose - Capital City Telegraphers 8:1
• 1/17: Fort Des Moines Officers - Wild Rose 2:1
• 1/18: Capital City Telegraphers - Boston Lunch 2:0

Massachusetts

The Worcester Country Club

The Boston Hockey League was formed for the 1909 season, with the first and second teams of the Brae Burn Country Club, the Boston Crescents, Winchester Country Club, Brookline Hockey Club, and the Boston Hockey Club competing. The various school hockey leagues were also in operation.

1908-09 Game Results

• 12/12: St. Paul's School (NH) - Boston Crescents 9:3 @ Concord, NH
• 12/17: Melrose High - Wellesley High 2:0
• 12/17: Rindge Manual Training - Cambridge Latin 2:0
• 12/21: Arlington High - All Collegiates 5:4
• 12/22: Newton High - Wellesley High 4:0
• 12/22: Melrose High - Cambridge Latin 6:2
• 12/25: Rindge Manual Training - Rindge Alumni 3:1
• 12/25: Melrose High - Melrose High Alumni 4:1
• 12/28: Medford High - Arlington High 1:0
• 12/30: Arlington High - Wakefield High 1:0
• 1/2: Arlington Boat Club - Medford Boat Club 1:1
• 1/2: Boston Crescents - Arlington Hockey Club 5:4
• 1/2: Hillside AA - Cambridge Hockey Club 4:2
• 1/2: Newton High - Rindge Manual Training 4:1
• 1/2: Brookline Hockey Club - Milton Hockey Club 5:0
• 1/2: Melrose Independents - Wakefield Independents 1:0
• 1/2: Dorchester Hockey Club - All-School 2:0
• 1/2: Picked Team - Malden High 2:0
• 1/2: Arlington High - Wellesley High 2:1
• 1/7: Medford High - Melrose High 3:1
• 1/7: Arlington High - Brookline High 8:1
• 1/7: Wellesley High - Roxbury Latin 0:0 OT
• 1/8: Newton High - Roxbury Latin 8:0
• 1/8: Medford High - Everett High 2:0 - Suburban League
• 1/8: Arlington High - Cambridge Latin 2:1
• 1/9: Harvard Freshmen - Boston Crescents 2:2
• 1/9: Arlington Boat Club - Boston City Trust 2:0
• 1/9: Arlington Hockey Club - Cambridge Hockey Club 3:1
• 1/9: Menotomy Hockey Club - Cambridge All-Stars 6:4
• 1/9: Melrose Independents - Wakefield Independents 1:0
• 1/9: Pomfret School (CT) - Cambridge Latin 3:0 @ Putnam, CT
• 1/9: Melrose High - Wakefield High 9:0
• 1/9: Rindge Manual Training - Malden High 3:2
• 1/9: Phillips Andover Academy - English High 2:1 OT
• 1/9: Arlington High - Milton High 2:0 3OT
• 1/9: Dorchester High - Talbot Prep 5:4
• 1/9: Newton High - Mechanic Arts High 6:0
• 1/13: Cambridge Latin - Arlington High 1:0
• 1/13: Medford High - Wellesley High 1:0
• 1/16: Boston Crescents - Harvard Seconds 3:1
• 1/16: Arlington High - Winchester High 5:3
• 1/16: Brookline Hockey Club - Winchester Country Club 4:1
• 1/16: Newton High - Milton High 5:3
• 1/19: Rindge Manual Training - Somerville High 5:0
• 1/19: Milton High - Cambridge Latin 4:1 - Interprepatory League
• 1/19: Melrose High - Brookline High 13:0
• 1/19: Newton High - Dorchester High 7:0
• 1/19: Wellesley High - Framingham High 9:0
• 1/20: Melrose High - Rindge Manual Training 8:2 - Interscholastic League
• 1/20: Harvard Freshmen - Roxbury Latin 5:0
• 1/21: Cambridge Latin - Somerville High 1:0
• 1/21: Milton High - Dorchester High 3:0
• 1/21: Marshfield Tigers - North Marshfield Stars 2:0
• 1/23: Trinity - Amherst 1:0
• 1/26: Cambridge Latin - Newton High 3:3 5OT
• 1/26: Arlington High - Arlington AA 3:2
• 1/27: Melrose High - Phillips Andover Academy 7:5
• 1/27: Harvard Freshmen - Milton Academy 4:3
• 1/27: Medford High - Mechanic Arts High 6:1
• 1/27: Malden High - Everett High 2:1
• 1/28: Somerville High - Malden High 0:0 3OT
• 1/28: Brae Burn Country Club - Harvard Freshmen 3:2
• 1/29: Somerville High - Everett High 0:0 4OT
• 1/29: Arlington High - Milton Academy 3:2 OT
• 1/29: Rindge Manual Training - Dorchester High 5:0
• 1/29: Melrose High - Wakefield High 8:1
• 1/30: Newton High - Cambridge Latin 10:1
• 1/30: St. Paul's School (NH) - Harvard Freshmen 6:2 @ Concord, NH
• 2/1: Melrose High - Medford High 2:0
• 2/1: Milton High - Mechanic Arts High 2:1 - Interprepatory League
• 2/1: Milton Hockey Club - Brae Burn Country Club II 4:2
• 2/2: Brookline High - Wellesley High 1:0
• 2/2: Harvard Seconds - Brae Burn Country Club 7:1
• 2/3: Melrose High - Arlington High 14:1 - Interscholastic League
• 2/3: Wellesley High - Needham High 9:0
• 2/3: Milton Academy - Mechanic Arts High 6:0
• 2/4: Somerville High - Dorchester High 1:0 2OT
• 2/4: Malden High - Chelsea High 2:1
• 2/8: Melrose High - Malden High 3:1
• 2/8: Medford High - Rindge Manual Training 1:0
• 2/8: Brae Burn Country Club II - Roxbury Hockey Club 4:0
• 2/9: Milton High - Roxbury Latin 4:2 - Milton clinched Interprepatory League title
• 2/9: Newton High - Arlington High 7:1
• 2/9: Rindge Manual Training - Winchester High 5:3
• 2/9: St. Mark's School - Wellesley High 7:1
• 2/9: Melrose High - Everett High 11:0
• 2/9: Mechanic Arts High - Cambridge Latin 2:1 - Interprepatory League
• 2/11: Winchester High - Arlington High 4:3
• 2/12: Newton High - Brookline High 6:0 - Prepatory League final
• 2/13: Boston Crescents - St. Paul's School (NH) 4:1 @ Concord, NH
• 2/13: Williams - Amherst 6:0
• 2/15: Melrose High - Milton Academy 0:0 OT
• 2/17: Medford High - Milton Academy 2:0
• 2/18: Melrose High - Milton Academy 3:3
• 2/22: St. Paul's School (NH) - Boston Crescents 4:1 @ Concord, NH

Boston Hockey League Results

• 1/2: Boston Crescents - Brae Burn Country Club II 6:0
• 1/13: Boston Crescents - Brookline Hockey Club 3:2
• Boston Crescents - Boston Hockey Club 9:2
• 1/9: Brae Burn Country Club - Winchester Country Club 2:1 3OT
• Brae Burn Country Club - Boston Hockey Club 9:3
• Brookline Hockey Club - Winchester Country Club 6:2
• 1/21: Brae Burn Country Club - Brookline Hockey Club 5:3
• 1/26: Brae Burn Country Club II - Boston Hockey Club 4:3
• 1/30: Brookline Hockey Club - Brae Burn Country Club II 4:3
• 2/3: Brookline Hockey Club - Boston Hockey Club 5:3
• 2/11: Boston Crescents - Brae Burn Country Club 5:1 - Crescents clinched title
• 2/12: Boston Crescents - Winchester Country Club 5:0

Michigan

The Detroit Athletic Club

Owing to poor weather, the Detroit Athletic Club was only able to play in two hockey games this winter. Hancock won the Copper Country Championship, while Mohawk won the Copper Country Junior Championship.

1908-09 Game Results

• 1/1: Baraga Wanderers - Mohawk 2:2 @ Baraga
• 1/9: Port Huron Athletics - Port Huron High School 12:0
• 1/13: Port Huron Athletics - Fort Gratiots 1:0
• 1/16: Peoples State Bank - D.M. Ferry Co. 4:3 @ Detroit
• 1/17: Marquette - Scrub Team 14:0
• 1/19: Port Huron High School - Pine Grove Park 4:1
• 1/23: Detroit Athletic Club - Windsor Hockey Club (ON) @ Detroit - not played
• 2/3: Detroit Athletic Club - Windsor Hockey Club (ON) 7:0 @ Detroit
• 2/11: Detroit Athletic Club - Tilbury Hockey Club (ON) 6:3 @ Tilbury
• 2/18: Detroit Athletic Club - Windsor Hockey Club (ON) @ Detroit - not played
• 2/21: Baraga Wanderers - Marquette 11:3 @ Baraga
• 3/3: Mohawk - Baraga 9:1 @ Mohawk
• 3/7: Chassell - Baraga 2:1
• 3/15: Canadian Soo - Michigan Soo 4:2
• 3/31: Houghton - Hancock 4:3

Copper Country Championship Results

• 12/18: Hancock - Houghton 6:1
• 12/18: Laurium - Red Jacket 4:3
• 12/22: Houghton - Laurium 6:4
• 12/29: Hancock - Mohawk 5:1
• 12/31: Laurium - Houghton
• 1/5: Laurium - Hancock 3:2
• 1/8: Red Jacket - Hancock 1:0
• 1/12: Houghton - Red Jacket
• 1/13: Mohawk - Laurium 4:4
• 1/15: Hancock - Laurium
• 1/18: Houghton - Mohawk 7:0
• 1/21: Red Jacket - Mohawk 6:0
• 1/26: Hancock - Houghton 2:0
• Red Jacket - Laurium
• 2/1: Laurium - Mohawk
• 2/2: Red Jacket - Hancock
• 2/4: Hancock - Red Jacket
• 2/5: Houghton - Mohawk
• 2/6: Red Jacket - Mohawk
• 2/8: Hancock - Laurium 9:2
• 2/11: Mohawk - Houghton 4:3
• 2/12: Red Jacket - Laurium
• 2/16: Houghton - Laurium 2:1
• 2/18: Mohawk - Laurium
• 2/19: Hancock - Houghton
• 2/23: Hancock - Mohawk 5:1
• 2/24: Houghton - Red Jacket
• Hancock tied Laurium
• 3/2: Hancock - Red Jacket 8:2
• 3/4: Houghton - Laurium 6:2
• 3/5: Mohawk - Red Jacket
• 3/6: Hancock - Mohawk 1:1
• 3/9: Hancock - Houghton 3:1
• 3/9: Laurium - Mohawk 5:3
• 3/11: Hancock - Mohawk (playoff of tie)
• 3/12: Red Jacket - Laurium
• 3/13: Mohawk - Laurium
• 3/15: Houghton - Red Jacket
• 3/17: Hancock - Red Jacket 5:0
• 3/19: Red Jacket - Hancock
• 3/22: Red Jacket - Mohawk
• 3/23: Hancock - Laurium
• 3/25: Hancock - Mohawk 5:0

3/17-25 games were all scheduled as playoffs of earlier ties.

UP Interscholastic Championship Results

• 1/27: Hancock High School - Lake Linden High School 2:0
• 2/8: Calumet High School - Hancock High School 2:1
• 2/10: 'Houghton High School - Hancock High School 6:2
• 2/17: Houghton High School - Hancock High School 13:2
• 2/27: Houghton High School - Calumet High School 11:1
• 3/16: Houghton High School - Dollar Bay High School 5:3

Standings (prior to cup games)

1. Houghton HS 5-0
2. Calumet HS 3-3
3. Dollar Bay HS 3-3
4. Hancock HS 2-3
5. Lake Linden HS 0-4

Houghton won the title.

Minnesota

The planned playing schedule for the Twin City League

Part two of the schedule

The Duluth Bryants Alumni

The Duluth Fairmounts

The Twin City Hockey League featured eight teams this winter, the Lake Harriet Hockey Club, Minneapolis YMCA, Lake Shore Hockey Club, Minneapolis Wanderers, and the Chinooks, Bost Club, Phoenix, and Lafayettes of St. Paul. The Phoenix won the league title.

1908-09 Game Results

• 12/19: St. Paul Boat Club - Minneapolis Amateur Hockey Association 8:3
• 12/25: Duluth Adams Alumni - Duluth Tigers 3:0
• 1/1: Duluth Adams - Duluth Bryants 2:0
• 1/1: Duluth Adams Alumni - Duluth Fairmounts 0:0
• 1/3: Duluth Bryant Alumni - Duluth Fairmounts 1:0
• 1/9: Hallock - Winnipeg Canadian Northern 4:1 @ Hallock
• 1/9: Duluth Heights - Duluth Fairmounts 1:0
• 1/11: Conrarys - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 3:1
• 1/11: Duluth Zeniths - Minneapolis Amateur Hockey Association 2:1 @ Minneapolis
• 1/17: Duluth Adams - Duluth Fairmounts 5:0
• 1/17: Duluth Adams II - Duluth Fairmounts II 1:0
• 1/25: Hallock - Morris (MB) 8:0 @ Hallock
• 1/27: St. Paul Boat Club - Hallock 7:1 @ St. Paul
• 1/29: St. Paul Phoenix - Hallock 4:0 @ St. Paul
• 1/30: Minneapolis Amateur Hockey Association - Hallock 4:2 @ Minneapolis
• 1/30: Duluth Heights - Hummers 3:1
• 2/2: Minneapolis Amateur Hockey Association Officers - Roosevelt Club 7:1
• 2/6: Roosevelt Club - Minneapolis Amateur Hockey Association Officers 10:8
• 2/7: Duluth Adams Alumni II - Duluth Heights 1:0
• 2/13: Virginia - Hibbing 2:1 @ Virginia
• 2/14: Duluth Heights - Duluth Maroons 1:0
• 2/14: Duluth Adams Alumni II - Superior Columbias 12:0
• 2/17: Fort Frances (ON) - Rainy River 2:3 - Rainy River left ice in protest of official and game was awarded to Fort Frances @ Spooner
• 2/21: Duluth Maroons - Duluth Fairmounts 2:1
• 2/21: Eveleth - Virginia 14:0 @ Virginia
• 2/27: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Minneapolis Wanderers 4:0 - Lake Shore won Burton Cup as city champions
• 2/27: Hibbing - Virginia 5:2 @ Hibbing
• 2/28: Duluth Adams II - Duluth Maroons 1:0

Duluth Amateur Hockey League Results

• 1/25: Duluth Adams Alumni - Duluth Fairmounts 3:1
• 1/27: Duluth Bryants Alumni - Lester Park 3:1
• 2/1: Lester Park - Duluth Adams Alumni 2:1
• Northern Juniors - Duluth Fairmounts
• 2/5: Duluth Bryants Alumni - Duluth Adams Alumni 3:1
• 2/10: Lester Park - Northern Juniors 2:1
• 2/12: Lester Park - Duluth Fairmounts 16:1
• 2/15: Northern Juniors - Duluth Bryants Alumni 2:0
• 2/17: Duluth Bryants Alumni - Duluth Fairmounts 1:0
• 2/19: Northern Juniors - Duluth Adams Alumni 3:1
• 2/24: Duluth Bryants Alumni - Lester Park 1:0
• 2/26: Northern Juniors - Lester Park 4:0
• 3/12: Northern Juniors - Duluth Bryants Alumni 3:2 - Juniors clinched title

Twin City Hockey League Results

• 12/22: Chinooks - Lake Shore Hockey Club 9:5
• 12/22: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - YMCA 13:2
• 12/22: Phoenix - Boat Club 4:3
• 12/25: Phoenix - Lake Shore Hockey Club 4:3
• 12/25: Chinooks - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 26:1
• 12/25: Boat Club - YMCA 13:1
• 12/25: Wanderers - Lafayettes 9:0
• 12/28: Lafayettes - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 7:6 2OT
• 12/29: Phoenix - Wanderers 6:3
• 1/1: Phoenix - Chinooks 4:2
• 1/1: Wanderers - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 7:2
• 1/1: Lake Shore Hockey Club - YMCA 19:1
• 1/1: Boat Club - Lafayettes 25:1
• 1/5: Boat Club - Wanderers 5:1
• 1/13: Phoenix - Lafayettes 7:1
• 1/?: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Wanderers 4:2
• 1/23: Lafayettes - Wanderers 2:1
• 1/27: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Chinooks 3:1
• 1/30: Phoenix - Wanderers 8:0
• 2/3: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - Wanderers 1:0
• 2/4: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Lafayettes 7:1
• 2/8: Phoenix - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 11:2
• 2/10: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Boat Club 7:4
• 2/10: Phoenix - Lake Harriet Hockey Club Forfeit
• 2/11: Chinooks - Wanderers 9:2
• 2/15: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Wanderers 11:2
• 2/16: Phoenix - Lake Shore Hockey Club 4:3 2OT
• 2/24: Boat Club - Wanderers 4:2

Twin City High School League Results

• 1/8: St. Paul Central High School - Minneapolis East High School 21:0
• 1/8: St. Paul Mechanic Arts - Minneapolis South High School 25:0
• 1/15: Minneapolis West High School - Minneapolis Central High School 12:0
• 2/4: Minneapolis Central High School - Minneapolis East High School 2:1 2OT
• 2/6: Minneapolis West High School - Minneapolis South High School 17:1
• 2/12: St. Paul Mechanic Arts - Minneapolis West High School 8:0
• 2/12: Minneapolis West High School - Minneapolis North High School Forfeit

Montana

Butte Hockey Club

There were hockey teams in Butte, Missoula, Great Falls, and Helena this winter. Butte defeated Missoula twice, and claimed the Montana State Championship.

1908-09 Game Results

• 1/17: Butte Hockey Club - Missoula Hockey Club 3:0 @ Butte
• 1/31: Butte Hockey Club - Missoula Hockey Club 3:0 @ Missoula

New Hampshire

1908-09 Game Results

• 1/9: Rye AC - Portsmouth Argonaut AC 4:1

New York

See: 1908-09 AAHL season

The American Amateur Hockey League was once again contested in New York City in 1908-09. The Union College Cup was a high school competition played in Buffalo. The Louden Field Club of Albany was a successful club, who even succeeded in beating the famous New York St. Nicholas seven.

1908-09 Game Results

• 12/16: New York St. Nicholas - St. Paul's School Combination (NH) 3:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 12/17: St. Paul's School (NH) - St. Mark's School (MA) 11:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 12/18: Pomfret School (CT) - St. Mark's School (MA) 5:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 1/2: New York St. Nicholas - Montreal AAA 6:4 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 1/7: All-New York - University of Toronto 4:4 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 1/8: Albany Hockey Club - St. Catharine's Bankers (ON) 19:5
• 1/8: Pawling School - Boys' High School 4:3
• 1/11: Cutler School - Boys' High School 3:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 1/15: La Salle Hockey Club - Buffalo Technical High School 15:1
• 1/15: Berkeley School - De Witt Clinton High School 3:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 1/18: Poly Prep - Groff School 4:3 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 1/19: Thorold Hockey Club (ON) - La Salle Hockey Club 8:5 @ Thorold
• 1/22: New York Law School - Poly Prep 1:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 1/27: Berkeley School - Trinity School 6:4 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 1/31: Louden Field Club - Springfield YMCA Traning 11:1 @ Albany
• 2/1: Poly Prep - Cutler School 5:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 2/5: Huntingdon Hockey Club (QC) - Pontiac Hockey Club 1:0 @ Saranac Lake
• 2/9: Niagara Falls Tecumsehs (ON) - La Salle Hockey Club 5:2 @ Niagara Falls
• 2/10: Niagara Falls Crescents (ON) - La Salle Hockey Club @ Niagara Falls, ON
• 2/10: Groff School - Boys' High School 5:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 2/16: La Salle Hockey Club - Lafayette High School 5:3 @ Niagara Falls
• 2/20: Williams College - Amherst College 6:1 @ Albany
• 2/20: Louden Field Club - Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute 6:0 @ Albany
• 2/27: Louden Field Club - New York St. Nicholas 6:5 @ Albany
• 3/1: Poly Prep - Berkeley School 8:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• Lafayette High School - Hamburg High School 3:0
• Lafayette High School - Rochester East High School 2:0
• Lafayette High School - Rumsey's 3:1
• Lafayette High School - Technical High School 10:1
• 3/6: New York Athletic Club - Montreal Victorias 8:6 OT - was 5:5 after regulation @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 3/8: Groff School - Poly Prep 4:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink - Groff clinched New York Interscholastic League title
• 3/12: Ottawa Hockey Club - Montreal Wanderers 6:4 @ St. Nicholas Rink
• 3/13: Ottawa Hockey Club - Montreal Wanderers 8:8 @ St. Nicholas Rink - Ottawa won series for $1,000 14 goals to 12
• Pawling School - Army 1:1
• Pawling School - Mackenzie School 6:0
• Pawling School - Harstrom School (CT) 11:0
• Pawling School - Ridgefield 21:0
• Pawling School - Riverview 12:0
• Pawling School - Groff School 2:0

Union College Cup

• 1/13: Technical High School - Central High School 4:2
• 2/12: Lafayette High School - Central High School 11:0
• Lafayette High School - Technical High School Forfeit
• Lafayette High School - Masten Park High School Forfeit

Lafayette won.

North Dakota

The Hannah Hockey Club defeated Grand Forks to win the North Dakota State Championship. Langdon also had an active team.

1908-09 Game Results

• Hannah Hockey Club - Langdon Hockey Club @ Hannah
• 1/29: Hannah Hockey Club - Langdon Hockey Club @ Langdon
• 2/10: Hannah Hockey Club - Grand Forks Hockey Club 7:2 @ Hannah - State Championship
• 2/11: Grand Forks Hockey Club - Langdon Hockey Club 4:2 @ Langdon
• 2/19: Hannah Hockey Club - Pilot Mound (MB) @ Pilot Mound
• Hannah Hockey Club - Pilot Mound (MB) 21:5 (8:2, 13:3)

Ohio

Three teams participated in the Northern Ohio Hockey Association during the 1908-09 season, the Cleveland Athletic Club, Crescents, and Thistles. On January 8, the Cleveland Athletic Club withdrew from the league, claiming they did not want to jeopardize their amateur status. They were replaced by a new team, the Clevelands, who assumed their place in the standings. The Crescents won the championship and the Spalding Trophy.

1908-09 Game Results

• 1/12: Cleveland Thistles - Pittsburgh Amateurs (PA) 3:1 @ Elysium
• 1/13: Cleveland Crescents - Pittsburgh Amateurs (PA) 5:0 @ Elysium
• 1/17: Canton - Akron Clippers 11:0 @ Canton
• 1/22: Cleveland All-Stars - St. Michael's College (ON) 4:2 @ Elysium
• 1/23: St. Michael's College (ON) - Cleveland All-Stars 5:2 @ Elysium
• 3/27: All Americans - All Canadians 2:1 @ Elysium

Northern Ohio Hockey Association Results

• 12/5: Cleveland Athletic Club - Crescents 3:2
• 12/8: Crescents - Thistles 3:1
• 12/12: Cleveland Athletic Club - Thistles 4:0
• 12/15: Crescents - Cleveland Athletic Club 3:1
• 12/19: Crescents - Thistles 2:0
• 12/29: Thistles - Cleveland Athletic Club 4:0
• 1/9: Crescents - Thistles 2:1
• 1/16: Thistles - Clevelands 3:0
• 1/19: Crescents - Clevelands 3:2
• 1/30: Crescents - Thistles 3:1
• 2/2: Clevelands - Crescents 2:1
• 2/6: Clevelands - Thistles 4:0
• 2/9: Crescents - Thistles 4:0
• 2/13: Clevelands - Crescents 3:2
• 2/16: Clevelands - Thistles 4:2
• 2/17: Crescents - Thistles 8:1
• 2/19: Clevelands - Crescents 2:1
• 2/20: Clevelands - Thistles 3:0
• 2/27: Crescents - Thistles 5:1
• 3/6: Clevelands - Thistles 2:1
• 3/20: 'Crescents - Clevelands 6:3

Pennsylvania

See: 1908–09 WPHL season

The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League returned for its final season in 1908-09.

Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Interscholastic League did not crown a champion this winter, warm weather preventing enough games from being played.

1908-09 Game Results

• 1/20: Classical High School - Pawtucket High School 6:0
• 1/21: Hope High School - English High School 5:0
• 1/28: Classical High School - Cranston High School 5:0
• 1/29: La Salle Independents- - Cranston High School 1:1
• 2/1: East Providence High School - Pawtucket High School 3:0
• 2/2: Classical High School - English High School 2:1
• 2/9: English High School - Pawtucket High School 1:0

St. Louis, Missouri

The Auditorium Ice Rink opened on the site of the former Ice Palace in December 1908, and hockey was revived in St. Louis. An interscholastic league was organized with the Central High School, McKinley High School, Manual Training School, and Smith Academy competing. The Auditorium and St. Louis Skating Club's were formed. The Racquet, Country, and University clubs also planned to field teams this winter, but none materialized.

There were talks of the Yale University team playing in St. Louis over Christmas, but due to a full schedule, they were unable to come. The first game of hockey since 1903 was played in St. Louis on December 28. The Auditorium Club defeated a team from Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 18, and lost twice to the Illinois Athletic Club from Chicago in early February. The Auditorium closed two days after the series, as the building's owners were losing lots of money.

1908-09 Game Results

• 12/28: St. Louis Skating Club - Auditorium Club 3:3

Skating Club roster: Bischoff (goal), Houston (point), Willett (cover point), Forshaw (right center), Menges (left center), Lowis (right wing), Magner (left wing). Auditorium roster: McKeown (goal), Fisher (point), Kenney (cover point), Prince (right center), Langford (left center), C. Dowling (right wing), E. Dowling (left wing).

• 1/18: Auditorium Club - Winnipeg (MB) 4:0
• 1/25: Auditorium Club - Picked Team 5:2
• 2/5: Illinois Athletic Club - Auditorium Club 9:5 (or 8:5)

IAC roster: Donnelly (goal), Gordon (point), Anthony (cover point), West (rover), Cavanan (center), Harper (right wing), Young (left wing). Auditorium roster: McKenzie (goal), R.H. Dowling (point), Willett, Sheehan (cover point), Lowis (rover), Dowling (center), Minges (right wing), Cotton (left wing).

• 2/6: Illinois Athletic Club - Auditorium Club 8:1

IAC roster: Donnelly (goal), Gordon (point), O'Brien (cover point), West (rover), Cavanah (center), Wright (right wing), Young (left wing). Auditorium roster: McKenzie (goal), McNown-Minges (point), R. Dowling (cover point), Shinn (rover), G. Dowling (center), Cotton (right wing), Magner (left wing).

Interscholastic League Results

• 1/8: McKinley High School - Manual Training School 4:1
• 1/22: Smith Academy - Central High School 2:0

Spokane, Washington

Spokane was invited to send a team to compete in the Rossland Winter Carnival hockey tournament, and planned on doing so. Mr. Leighton was to be the captain and manager of the Spokane team. However, the Spokane team did not wind up playing in the tournament.

Utah

There were plans for the Salt Lake Hockey Club and the East Hockey Club to meet in championship games on January 1 and 2, 1909. Neither of the games were played.

1908-09 Game Results

• 1/1: Salt Lake Hockey Club - East Hockey Club
• 1/2: Salt Lake Hockey Club - East Hockey Club

Vermont

1908-09 Game Results

• 1/1: Proctor Beavers No. 2 - Proctor South Street 2:0
• 1/1: Proctor Beavers No. 2 - Center Rutland 2:1
• 1/9: Randolph High School - Whitcomb High School 2:0
• 1/16: Vermont Academy - Windsor High School 6:2
• 1/31: Rutland High School - Center Rutland 0:0 OT
• 1/31: Vermont Academy - Walpole (NH) 3:0
• 2/13: Windsor High School - Stevens High School (Claremont, NH) 10:0
• 2/17: Vermont Academy - Dartmouth Freshmen 1:0
• 2/22: Windsor High School - Vermont Academy II 7:0

Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Associated Hockey League was formed for the 1908-09 season.

1908-09 Game Results

• 2/15: Milwaukee Western/Town Club Seniors - Milwaukee Town Club Juniors 14:2

Milwaukee Associated Hockey League Results

• 12/27: Gordons - Westerns 1:0
• 12/27: Centurys - Pine Hollows 2:1
• 1/17: Gordons - Centurys 3:2
• 1/17: Westerns - White Squadrons 2:1
• 1/17: Juanitas - Pine Hollows 3:1

College ice hockey

See: 1908–09 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season

Sources

• Boston Globe
• Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express
• Chicago Tribune
• Detroit Free Press
• Duluth Evening Herald
• Salt Lake Herald
• Star Tribune

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