Lower St. Lawrence League

The Lower St. Lawrence League was contested in that region of Quebec intermittently from 1911 to 1941. The Aboussafy Cup was awarded in the early 1920s. Rimouski gained permanent possession of the Russell Cup, first awarded in 1924, with their third consecutive title in 1936. Afterwards the teams played for the Couillard Cup.

Results

1910-11

• 2/11: Matane - Metis-Beach 5:2 - this was the fifth victory of the season for Matane, and it assured them of the Lower St. Lawrence League championship, and the magnificent silver cup offered by M.J. O'Brien, President of Canada & Gulf Terminal Ry

Other games

• 1/22: St-Germain - Rimouski 6:4
• 2/19: Rimouski - Ste-Flavie 6:0
• 2/27: Matane - Rimouski 4:0

1911-12

• 1/6: Rimouski - Matane 2:1
• Metis-Beach - Rimouski
• 2/1: Rimouski - Matane 3:1
• 2/3: Matane - Metis-Beach 2:0
• 2/21: Metis-Beach - Rimouski 3:2
• 2/24: Metis-Beach - Matane 4:1

Standings

1. Metis-Beach 3-1
2. Rimouski 2-2
3. Matane 1-3

Other games

• 2/4: Rimouski - Ste-Flavie 6:3

1912-13

• 1/11: Metis-Beach - Matane 4:1
• 1/18: Rimouski - Metis-Beach 6:3
• 1/25: Matane - Rimouski 6:4
• 2/5: Metis-Beach - Matane 2:1
• 2/15: Metis-Beach - Rimouski 8:2
• 2/22: Rimouski - Matane 1:1 OT

Standings

1. Metis-Beach 3-1
2. Rimouski 1-2-1
3. Matane 1-2-1

Other games

• 2/2: Rimouski - Riviere-du-Loup National 2:2
• 3/2: Rimouski - Priceville 10:2

1913-14

Other games

• 1/4: Matane - Rimouski 7:1
• 1/17: Metis-Beach - Rimouski 3:0
• 2/1: Rimouski - Fraserville 4:1

1914-15

Other games

• 1/3: Rimouski - All-Stars 6:3
• 1/17: Rimouski - Amqui 4:1
• 1/31: Rimouski - Campbellton (NB) 4:2
• 2/7: Rimouski - Sayabec 15:4
• 2/14: Rimouski - Fraserville 6:2
• 2/21: Fraserville - Rimouski 7:0
• 2/28: Rimouski - Matane 4:3

1915-16

Other games

• 1/30: Rimouski - Sayabec 4:0
• 2/5: Amqui - Rimouski 6:5

1919-20

Other games

• 1/?: Priceville - Mont-Joli 9:5
• 1/?: Matane - Priceville 7:2
• 2/15: Riviere-du-Loup Saint-Patrice - Matane 3:2
• 3/?: Matane - Montmagny 6:4

1920-21

• 1/?: Pricevile - Matane 6:1
• 1/?: Priceville - Mont-Joli 10:2
• 1/29: Priceville - Matane 3:2
• 2/20: Priceville - Mont-Joli 21:2 - Priceville finished season 6-0 in league play, scoring 51 goals and conceding 9

Other games

• 1/?: Priceville - Metis-Beach 10:0

1921-22

Standings as of 2/24

1. Rimouski 7-0-0-14 66:9
2. Amqui 4-3-0-8 18:36
3. Matane 4-4-0-8 32:25
4. Priceville 3-3-1-7 21:21
5. Mont-Joli 3-4-1-7 17:23
6. Sayabec 0-7-0-0 12:50

Other games

• 2/22: Matane - Metis-Beach 7:3
• 3/5: Matane - Amqui 4:2

1922-23

• 1/6: Priceville - Mont-Joli 3:1
• 1/6: Sayabec - Matane 3:3
• 1/7: Mont-Joli - Sayabec 1:1 - awarded to Mont-Joli as Sayabec left the ice before the end of the game
• 1/7: Matane - Priceville 4:2
• 1/14: Matane - Priceville 3:7 - awarded to Matane as Priceville played with Deschenes of Rimouski
• 1/14: Sayabec - Mont-Joli 3:2

• 1/21: Sayabec - Matane 2:1
• 1/28: Mont-Joli - Matane 2:1
• 1/28: Sayabec - Priceville 4:3
• 2/4: Matane - Mont-Joli 1:0
• 2/4: Priceville - Sayabec 6:3
• 2/11: Sayabec - Matane 2:1

Standings as of 2/9

1. Matane 7 pts (6 GP)
2. Sayabec 7 pts (6 GP)
3. Mont-Joli 4 pts (5 GP)
4. Priceville 4 pts (5 GP)

Sayabec earned the right to challenge Rimouski for the Aboussafy Cup.

• 2/18: Rimouski - Sayabec 7:4
• 2/24: Rimouski - Sayabec 7:0

Other games

• 12/31: Rimouski - Montmagny 7:5
• 1/6: Rimouski - Le Provinical 4:1
• 1/7: Rimouski - Laval-Amateur 6:1
• 1/21: Rimouski - Laval 8:1
• 1/28: Amqui - Rimouski Association Sportive 11:0
• 1/28: Rimouski - Old City 8:3
• 2/4: Amqui - Riviere-du-Loup 2:0
• 2/18: Amqui - Rimouski Association Sportive 4:0
• 2/25: Rimouski - Riviere-du-Loup 2:2
• 2/26: Amqui - Bathurst (NB) 3:3
• 3/11: Rimouski - Amqui 3:1

1923-24

Assorted game results

• 1/6: Rimouski - Rimouski St-Germain 11:2
• 1/13: Rimouski - Priceville 12:1
• 1/20: Rimouski - Matane 8:1
• 1/20: Rimouski St-Germain - Rimouski Etoile 6:4
• 1/27: Campbellton (NB) - Riviere-du-Loup 5:1
• 2/3: Riviere-du-Loup Montcalms - Rimouski St-Germain 5:0
• 2/3: Rimouski - Priceville 9:4
• 2/10: Rimouski - Mont-Joli 19:2 - league game
• 2/10: Rimouski - Laval-Amateur 5:0
• 2/17: Rimouski St-Germain - Rimouski Etoile 7:2
• 2/24: Rimouski - Beauport 5:0
• 2/27: Rimouski Etoile - Mont-Joli Jr 5:0

1924-25

• 1/4: Matane - Priceville 8:3
• 1/4: Metis-Beach - Mont-Joli 5:3
• 1/10: Matane - Metis-Beach 10:0
• 1/11: Priceville - Mont-Joli 1:0
• 1/17: Priceville - Metis-Beach 4:4
• 1/18: Matane - Mont-Joli 1:1
• 1/24: Matane - Metis-Beach
• 1/25: Mont-Joli - Priceville
• 2/1: Matane - Mont-Joli 7:2
• 2/8: Matane - Mont-Joli 2:0
• 2/15: Matane - Priceville 6:2
• 2/?: Priceville - Metis-Beach 1:0
• 2/22: Mont-Joli - Priceville 4:2

Matane won.

Other games

• 1/4: St-Francois d'Assises - Rimouski 5:2
• 1/11: Rimouski - Lauzon St-Louis 9:2
• 1/18: Rimouski - Dalhousie (NB) 13:0
• 1/25: Riviere-du-Loup - Rimouski 1:0
• 2/1: Rimouski - Riviere-du-Loup 4:3
• 2/1: Priceville - Rimouski St-Germain 2:1
• 2/15: Riviere-du-Loup - Rimouski 3:2
• 2/26: Rimouski St-Germain - Rimouski Royal 6:1
• 3/8: Sayabec - Rimouski 1:0
• 3/10: Rimouski - Rimouski St-Germain 7:3
• 3/12: Rimouski CB - Rimouski National 4:1

1925-26

Standings

1. Sayabec 6-2-0-12
2. Matane 5-2-1-11
3. Rimouski 4-4-0-8
4. Mont-Joli 2-5-1-5
5. Priceville 1-5-2-4

1926-27

Standings

1. Rimouski 10-0-0-20 50:11
2. Sayabec 7-2-0-14 50:15
3. Amqui 5-5-0-10 44:18
4. Matane 5-4-0-10 29:42
5. Priceville 1-9-0-2 29:74
6. Mont-Joli 1-9-0-2 20:62

Matane-Sayabec game from 1/30 was not counted in table. It was interrupted after 19 minutes of play.

Other games

• 2/27: Rimouski - Montreal CPR 8:3

1927-28

• 1/6: Rimouski - Matane 5:4
• 1/8: Rimouski - Matane 3:0
• 1/8: Priceville - Sayabec 4:3
• 1/15: Matane - Priceville 5:3
• 1/22: Rimouski - Priceville 4:1
• 1/22: Sayabec - Matane 4:3
• 2/5: Sayabec - Rimouski 1:0
• 2/5: Matane - Priceville 7:5
• 2/12: Rimouski - Sayabec 0:0
• 2/19: Rimouski - Priceville 4:3
• 2/19: Sayabec - Matane 4:3
• 2/26: Priceville - Sayabec 1:0

Standings

1. Rimouski 4-1-1-9 16:9
2. Sayabec 3-2-1-7 12:11
3. Matane 2-4-0-4 22:24
4. Priceville 2-4-0-4 17:23

1928-29

Other games

• 1/13: Riviere-du-Loup Banquiers - Rimouski 9:2
• Priceville - Matane 7:0
• Priceville - Mont-Joli 11:2
• 1/20: Priceville - Rimouski 7:2
• 1/27: Priceville - Rimouski 4:2
• 2/23: Rimouski - Amqui 7:2

1929-30

Rimouski City League

• 1/16: Rimouski St. Francois Xavier - Rimouski 7:5
• 1/19: St-Georges - Rimouski 3:1
• 1/23: St-Georges - Rimouski St. Francois Xavier 4:1
• Rimouski - St-Georges 3:2
• 2/9: Rimouski tied St-Georges
• 2/11: Rimouski - Rimouski St. Francois Xavier 7:6
• 2/13: St-Georges - Rimouski St. Francois Xavier 1:0
• 2/16: Rimouski St. Francois Xavier - Rimouski 3:1

Other games

• 12/?: Priceville - Rimouski 14:2
• 12/?: Priceville - Sayabec 5:0
• 1/19: Priceville - Amqui 7:1
• 2/1: Rimouski Maple Leafs - Rimouski Etoiles 4:1
• 2/2: Priceville - Rimouski St. Francois Xavier 6:3
• 2/10: Rimouski Maple Leafs - Bas St-Laurent Pouvoir 7:2
• 2/12: Rimouski Maple Leafs - Bas St-Laurent Pouvoir 4:0
• 2/27: Rimouski St. Francois Xavier - Rimouski Maple Leafs 5:1 - best of three series
• 2/28: Rimouski St. Francois Xavier - Rimouski Maple Leafs - "
• 3/2: Rimouski - Trois-Pistoles 8:3

1930-31

Rimouski City League

1. Rimouski St. Francois Xavier 5-1-2-12 15:6
2. Rimouski 3-3-2-8 12:14
3. Rimouski Pouvier 1-5-2-4 11:18

Matapedia Hockey League

• 1/18: Priceville - Sayabec 4:2
• 2/15: Sayabec - Mont-Joli 3:2
• Priceville - Mont-Joli 6:1
• Priceville - Sayabec 10:3
• Priceville - Mont-Joli 7:0

Other games

• Priceville - Rimouski 2:2
• Priceville - Rimouski 4:2
• Priceville - Metis-Beach 9:2
• Priceville - Amqui 5:0
• Priceville - Metis-Beach 11:4
• Priceville - Matane 17:1
• 1/11: Rimouski St. Francois Xavier - Trois-Pistoles Royal 7:1
• 2/2: Amqui' - Sayabec 4:1
• 3/1: Dalhousie (NB) - Rimouski St. Francois Xavier 8:4

1931-32

Standings as of 1/29

1. Price 4-1-0-8 11:7
2. Rimouski 3-1-1-7 15:4
3. Mont-Joli 2-2-1-5 6:7
4. Sayabec 0-5-0-0 2:16

Post 1/29 scores

• 1/31: Rimouski - Sayabec 8:4
• Price - Mont-Joli 2:0

Price won the Russell Cup.

Other games

• 2/14: Quebec Soleil - Riviere-du-Loup St. Lawrence 6:4
• 2/21: Quebec Soleil - Rimouski 3:3
• 2/28: Mont-Joli - Price 1:0

1932-33

• 1/8: Rimouski ACJC - Mont-Joli ACJC 3:1
• 1/15: Mont-Joli ACJC - Rimouski Pouvoir 4:3
• 2/12: Rimouski Pouvoir - Rimouski ACJC 5:3
• 2/19: Rimouski Pouvoir - Mont-Joli ACJC 4:1 - semifinal
• 2/26: Rimouski Pouvoir - Mont-Joli ACJC 4:0 - "
• 3/5: Rimouski Pouvoir - Rimouski ACJC 4:2 - final
• 3/12: Rimouski ACJC - Rimouski Pouvoir 2:0 - 0:1 tiebreaker OT - "

1933-34

Lower St. Lawrence Championship

• 2/25: Rimouski - Riviere-du-Loup CNR 9:4

Other games

• 1/14: Riviere-du-Loup CNR - Edmundston (NB) 2:1
• 1/28: Rimouski - Sayabec 8:2
• 2/4: Rimouski - Priceville 6:4
• 2/11: Rimouski - Riviere-du-Loup Banques 9:1
• 2/18: Sayabec - Amqui 4:1
• 2/18: Riviere-du-Loup Banques - Rimouski 4:2
• 3/4: Rimouski - Sayabec 2:1
• 3/4: Causapscal Freres du Sacre Coeur - Rimouski II 4:2
• 3/9: Priceville - Price Matane 4:3
• 3/10: Matane All-Stars - Priceville 5:3
• 3/11: Rimouski - Campbellton Tigers (NB) 3:2
• 3/15: Rimouski - Mont-Joli 2:1
• 3/25: Rimouski - Bathurst Papermakers (NB) 7:2

1934-35

• 1/13: Rimouski - Mont-Joli 5:0
• 1/13: Price - Sayabec
• 1/20: Rimouski - Sayabec 6:2
• 1/20: Mont-Joli - Price
• 1/27: Rimouski - Sayabec
• 1/27: Price - Mont-Joli
• 2/3: Sayabec - Mont-Joli
• 2/3: Price - Rimouski 4:3
• 2/10: Rimouski - Price 3:0
• 2/10: Sayabec - Mont-Joli 4:1
• 2/17: Sayabec - Price
• 2/17: Rimouski - Mont-Joli 10:2
• 2/24: Rimouski - Price 4:1 - final
• 3/3: Rimouski - Price 4:2 - "

1935-36

• 1/5: Rimouski - Sayabec 5:4
• 1/5: Price - Mont-Joli 2:1
• 1/6: Price - Metis-Beach 4:2
• 1/6: Sayabec - Mont-Joli
• 1/12: Rimouski - Price 3:1
• 1/12: Sayabec - Metis-Beach 5:1
• 1/18: Sayabec - Metis-Beach
• 1/19: Rimouski - Mont-Joli 7:3
• 1/19: Price - Sayabec 9:5
• 1/25: Rimouski - Metis-Beach
• 1/26: Price - Mont-Joli
• 1/26: Rimouski - Sayabec 4:0
• 2/2: Sayabec - Price
• 2/7: Rimouski - Metis-Beach 4:1
• 2/8: Mont-Joli - Metis-Beach
• 2/9: Rimouski - Mont-Joli 6:0
• 2/9: Price - Metis-Beach
• 2/16: Rimouski - Price 4:0
• 2/16: Mont-Joli - Sayabec
• 2/23: Metis-Beach - Mont-Joli
• 3/1: Rimouski - Price 4:2 - final
• 3/8: Rimouski - Price 2:2 - "

Other games

• 1/?: Rimouski - Matane 2:2
• Riviere-du-Loup - Trois-Pistoles 7:3
• 2/2: Rimouski - Trois-Pistoles 3:1
• 2/9: Sayabec - Amqui 6:2
• Price - Trois-Pistoles 4:2
• Price - Riviere-du-Loup 3:2
• 2/23: Quebec Royal 22nd Regiment - Rimouski 6:2

1936-37

Rimouski Commercial League

Standings as of 2/19

1. Employes civils 7-2-0-14 50:24
2. Marchands 7-5-0-14 58:71
3. Annonceurs 4-5-0-8 53:49
4. Price 3-9-0-6 59:76

Matane County League

Standings

1. Matane 6-3-3-15 44:36
2. Priceville 5-3-4-14 29:21
3. Mont-Joli 3-4-4-10 26:28
4. Metis-Beach 2-6-3-7 31:45

Final

• 2/21: Matane - Price de Priceville 3:1
• 2/28: Matane - Price de Priceville 5:3

1937-38

Lower St. Lawrence Championship

• 2/20: Rimouski - Price de Priceville 4:3
• 3/6: Price de Priceville - Rimouski 5:4
• 3/13: Price de Priceville - Rimosuki 5:3

Other games

• 1/2: Rimouski - Montmagny 12:1
• 1/5: Metis-Beach - Matane 3:0
• 1/9: Riviere-du-Loup - Mont-Joli 5:4
• Rimouski - Campbellton (NB) 7:0
• 1/16: Rimouski - Canadien National 15:0
• 1/27: Rimouski - New Carlisle 9:0
• 1/29: Matane - Mont-Joli II 3:2
• 1/30: Quebec Castors - Rimouski 9:3
• 2/6: Rimouski - Dalhousie (NB) 11:0
• 2/13: Riviere-du-Loup - Quebec Crescents 8:2
• 2/13: Rimouski - Quebec Indians 4:1
• Sayabec - Mont-Joli 2:0
• Sayabec - Rimouski Fusiliers 4:2
• Sayabec - Causapscal 13:2
• Price de Priceville - Sayabec 5:3
• Sayabec - Rimouski/Price 3:2
• Sayabec - Matapedia 6:3

1938-39

Six teams participated in the league - Price, Rimouski, Mont-Joli, Matane, Metis-Beach, and Sayabec.

Results

• Price - Rimouski 2:1
• 12/18: Sayabec - Mont-Joli 3:2
• 12/26: Price - Metis-Beach 5:1
• 1/1: Price - Mont-Joli 4:1
• 1/6: Price - Mont-Joli 7:0
• 1/8: Price - Matane 3:3
• Rimouski - Sayabec 7:5
• Matane - Sayabec 4:3
• 1/22: Price - Rimouski 4:2
• 1/29: Rimouski - Matane 6:4
• 2/5: Matane - Mont-Joli 6:3
• 2/5: Price - Sayabec 7:1
• 2/19: Rimouski - Price 3:1
• 2/26: Price - Rimouski 2:1
• 3/5: Rimouski - Price 4:1 - Rimouski clinched the Couillard Cup

Other games

• 3/?: Sayabec - Causapscal 4:3
• 3/8: Mont-Joli - Matane/Sayabec/Metis Combination 5:2
• 3/12: Matane - Price - first game of Matane County Hockey League finals, Price defaulted the second game due to injuries, and Matane was awarded the cup
• 3/17: Amqui - Dalhousie (NB) 2:1
• 3/17: Causapscal - Sayabec 5:3
• 3/19: Rimouski - All-Stars 5:5
• 3/22: Matane Seniors - Matane Juniors 3:3
• 3/26: Rimouski - Matane 7:3 - Lower St. Lawrence champion vs Matane County League champion

Contemporary accounts

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  Article from L'evenement-journal.

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1939-40

• 1/7: Rimouski - Mont-Joli 8:2
• 1/14: Rimouski - Matane 2:0 - game was stopped early in the third period due to a brawl, and the league was dissolved shortly thereafter, though it was later reformed
• 1/21: Mont-Joli - Matane 6:5 OT
• 2/?: Mont-Joli - Matane 4:0
• 2/18: Mont-Joli - Rimouski 9:5
• 3/?: Matane - Rimouski 13:4 - semifinal
• Mont-Joli - Matane 4:1 - final
• Mont-Joli - Matane 7:6 - "

Other games

• 12/17: Campbellton (NB) - Rimouski 7:6
• 12/17: Matane - Mont-Joli 6:4
• 12/24: Mont-Joli - Rimouski 7:1
• 1/2: Rimouski - Dalhousie (NB) 8:1
• 2/18: Matane - Price 5:3

1940-41

• 12/8: Mont-Joli - Rimouski 4:0
• 12/15: Rimouski - Matane 3:3 OT
• 12/22: Mont-Joli - Matane 8:1
• 12/26: Mont-Joli - Rimouski 8:2
• 12/29: Matane - Rimouski
• 1/5: Mont-Joli - Matane 6:3
• 1/6: Mont-Joli - Rimouski 3:2 OT
• 1/12: Rimouski - Matane 4:3
• 1/19: Matane - Mont-Joli 3:2
• 1/26: Rimouski - Mont-Joli 1:1 OT
• 2/2: Mont-Joli - Matane 4:3
• 2/9: Rimouski - Matane 6:4
• 2/16: Mont-Joli - Rimouski 4:3 - final
• 2/23: Mont-Joli - Rimouski 3:1 - "
• 3/2: Mont-Joli - Rimouski 7:3 - " - Mont Joli won Couillard Cup

Other games

• 1/6: Rimouski - Dalhousie (NB) 11:5
• 1/12: Mont-Joli - Price 5:3
• 1/19: Rimouski - Quebec Royal Air Force 2:2
• 1/23: Mont-Joli - Price 10:3
• 2/2: Rimouski - Laval 4:3

Images

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  1913 Rimouski club.

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  1924 Mont Joli club.

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  1927 Rimouski club.

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  1931 Rimouski St. Francis Xavier.

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  Caricatures from the February 25, 1934 Rimouski-Riviere-du-Loup CNR game.

Sources

• Le progres du Golfe
• Le soleil
• L'Action Catholique : organe de l'Action sociale catholique
• L'evenement-journal