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[[File:American Amateur Hockey League Trophy.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Championship trophy of the league.]]
[[File:American Amateur Hockey League Trophy.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Championship trophy of the league.]]
The '''American Amateur Hockey League''' was an amateur ice hockey league in the [[United States]]. The league was founded in 1896, and was based in New York City and New Jersey, until 1914, when the [[Boston Athletic Association|Boston AA]] joined the league. In the 1900–01 season a team from Philadelphia, Quaker City HC, also played in the AAHL. The league ceased operations after the 1917–18 season.
The '''American Amateur Hockey League''' was an amateur ice hockey league in the [[United States]]. The league was founded in 1896, and was based in New York City and New Jersey, until 1914, when the [[Boston AA]] joined the league. In the 1900–01 season a team from Philadelphia, Quaker City HC, also played in the AAHL. The league ceased operations after the 1917–18 season.


Hobey Baker, famous American athlete and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945, played two seasons in the league for the St. Nicholas Hockey Club between 1914–1916. Sprague Cleghorn, another Hockey Hall of Fame member, spent the 1909–10 season with the New York Wanderers, as did his brother Odie Cleghorn.
Hobey Baker, famous American athlete and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945, played two seasons in the league for the St. Nicholas Hockey Club between 1914–1916. Sprague Cleghorn, another Hockey Hall of Fame member, spent the 1909–10 season with the New York Wanderers, as did his brother Odie Cleghorn.

Latest revision as of 13:02, 13 December 2016

American Amateur Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 1896
No. of teams
Country(ies)  United States
Ceased 1917
Championship trophy of the league.

The American Amateur Hockey League was an amateur ice hockey league in the United States. The league was founded in 1896, and was based in New York City and New Jersey, until 1914, when the Boston AA joined the league. In the 1900–01 season a team from Philadelphia, Quaker City HC, also played in the AAHL. The league ceased operations after the 1917–18 season.

Hobey Baker, famous American athlete and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945, played two seasons in the league for the St. Nicholas Hockey Club between 1914–1916. Sprague Cleghorn, another Hockey Hall of Fame member, spent the 1909–10 season with the New York Wanderers, as did his brother Odie Cleghorn.

During St. Nicholas Hockey Club's inaugural season in the league, in 1896–97, the team were represented by several notable American tennis players, among them William Larned, Henry Slocum, Malcolm Chace and Robert Wrenn. Canadian middle-distance runner George Orton played for Quaker City HC in 1900–01.

A great bulk of the players in the AAHL came from different Ivy League schools such as Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Yale. Among them were United States Senator Leverett Saltonstall and prominent businessman Harold Stanley. The league also had many Canadian players on its teams, among them Tom "Attie" Howard, Bob Wall, Bill Dobby, Artie Liffiton and Riley Castleman.

Teams

Champions

Images

  • New York Athletic Club in the inaugural 1896–97 season.

    New York Athletic Club in the inaugural 1896–97 season.

  • Brooklyn Skating Club in the 1903–04 season.

    Brooklyn Skating Club in the 1903–04 season.

  • St. Nicholas Hockey Club in 1905–06.

    St. Nicholas Hockey Club in 1905–06.

  • Brooklyn Crescents in 1905–06.

    Brooklyn Crescents in 1905–06.

References

  • League profile
  • Society for International Hockey Research at sihrhockey.org
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