Maritime Professional Hockey League
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The Maritime Professional Hockey League (MaPHL) was a professional men's ice hockey league operating in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from around 1911 until 1914. Two of the league's champions challenged for the Stanley Cup. The league was preceded in 1910–11 by the Interprovincial Professional Hockey League and followed in 1914–15 by the Eastern Professional Hockey League.
History
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Originally the Maritime Hockey League, the loop was created as an amateur ice hockey league operating in Nova Scotia around 1900. The league is notable for having several teams challenge for the Stanley Cup.
Stanley Cup Challengers:
- 1900 - Halifax Crescents
- 1906 - New Glasgow Cubs
1899-1900 season
The competition was also known as the Halifax City Hockey League. The Halifax Crescents won all eight games for 16 points. The other participants were the Halifax Wanderers and the Dartmouth Chebuctos.[1]
1905-06 season
This year, the league was called the Nova Scotia Hockey League.
| Team | Games Played | Wins | Losses | Ties | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Glasgow Cubs | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Halifax Wanderers | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Amherst Ramblers | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Truro Colts | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Halifax Crescents | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Windsor Hockey Club | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
As part of the general progression of elite ice hockey leagues to paid professionals in the time period around 1910, the league made the switch official in 1910, calling itself the Interprovincial Professional Hockey League. The name changed again in 1911 to the Maritime Professional Hockey League and once again in 1914 to the Eastern Professional Hockey League. The EPHL suspended operations on February 7, 1915 after having shrunk to only two teams.[2]
Two MaPHL champions went on to challenge the NHA champion for the Stanley Cup:
- 1912 - Moncton Victorias
- 1913 - Sydney Millionaires
In September 1913, the MaPHL arranged with the NHA and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) for the formation of a hockey commission to govern inter-league operations, contract issues and the play of the Stanley Cup between the league champions. In 1914, it was expected that the MaPHL champion would play the Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA for the Stanley Cup, but this was cancelled and Maritime champions did not play for the Stanley Cup again.
1910–11 season
Main article: Interprovincial Professional Hockey League.
1911–12 season
The Halifax Socials joined the three teams from the IPHL: the Moncton Victorias, the New Glasgow Cubs, and the Halifax Crescents. Each team played the other three teams six times, three home, three away.
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
| Maritime Professional Hockey League | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moncton Victorias | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 80 | 24 |
| New Glasgow Cubs | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 108 | 80 | 20 |
| Halifax Socials | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 100 | 126 | 14 |
| Halifax Crescents | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 94 | 122 | 14 |
1912–13 season
The Sydney Millionaires join the league making five teams that play the others four times each, two home, two away. After the season, the Millionaires would make an unsuccessful challenge against the Quebec Bulldogs for the Stanley Cup.
| Maritime Professional Hockey League | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Millionaires | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 60 | 22 |
| New Glasgow Cubs | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 58 | 20 |
| Moncton Victorias | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 71 | 63 | 18 |
| Halifax Socials | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 67 | 16 |
| Halifax Crescents | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 95 | 4 |
1913–14 season
The New Glasgow Cubs are renamed the New Glasgow Black Foxes. The Moncton Victorias fold bringing the league back to four teams, each playing the others eight times, four home, four away. The Millionaires do not play a planned Stanley Cup challenge against the Toronto Blueshirts.
| Maritime Professional Hockey League | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Millionaires | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 131 | 113 | 32 |
| New Glasgow Black Foxes | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 162 | 117 | 32 |
| Halifax Crescents | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 108 | 107 | 24 |
| Halifax Socials | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 97 | 161 | 8 |
1914–15 season
- Main article: Eastern Professional Hockey League (1914–15)
Teams
- Glace Bay Miners - 1914–1915
- Halifax Crescents - 1910–1914
- Halifax Socials - 1911–1914
- Moncton Victorias - 1910–1913
- New Glasgow Cubs - 1910–1913
- New Glasgow Black Foxes - 1913–1915
- Sydney Millionaires - 1912–1915
Notes
References
- Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904–2005. Books on Demand. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.
- Maritime Professional Hockey League history
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