Lower St. Lawrence League

The Lower St. Lawrence League was contested in that region of Quebec from 1921 to 1941. The first trophy awarded was the Aboussafy Cup. 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

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

Rimouski 7-0-0-14 66:9
Amqui 4-3-0-8 18:36
Matane 4-4-0-8 32:25
Priceville 3-3-1-7 21:21
Mont-Joli 3-4-1-7 17:23
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

Matane 7 pts (6 GP)
Sayabec 7 pts (6 GP)
Mont-Joli 4 pts (5 GP)
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

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

1926-27

Standings

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

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

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

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

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

Matane County League

Standings

Matane 6-3-3-15 44:36
Priceville 5-3-4-14 29:21
Mont-Joli 3-4-4-10 26:28
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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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 - "