1888 Maritimes season
This was the 1888 ice hockey season in the Canadian Maritimes:
Nova Scotia
A meeting of the Halifax Royal Blue hockey club was held on January 13, 1888. The following officers were elected: Capt. A.S. Thompson (re-elected), Vice-capt. J.J. O'Bryan (re-elected), Sec'y R.B. Elliott. Managing committee: C.W. Kelly, John O'Bryan, and A.S. Smith, with the officers ex officio. At the Snow Shoe drive, scheduled for next Wednesday, a match was to be played between the association and the Snow Shoe club, teams to be captained by Thompson and O'Brien respectively.[1] It was postponed to January 21. No mention was made of a hockey game.
- 1/7: Dartmouth Knockabouts - Halifax Britannias 0:0[2]
- 1/27: Dartmouth Chebuctos beat Dartmouth Knockabouts[3]
- 2/15: Dartmouth Chebuctos - Halifax Wanderers 5:0[4]
Chebuctos roster: J. Young (captain), C. Patterson, Walter Faulkner, F. Young. W. Graham, J. Hyde, George Pyke. Wanderers roster: W.A. Henry (captain), L.J. Fuller, H. Wylde, W. Neal, H. Hart, W.A. Duffus, F. Salter.
- 2/29: Dartmouth Chebuctos - Halifax Royal Blues @ Dartmouth[5]
- Dartmouth Chebuctos - Dalhousies[6]
- 3/12: Dartmouth Knockabouts - Halifax Royal Blues @ Dartmouth[7]
- 3/14: Halifax Wanderers - Halifax Royal Blues[7]
- 3/15: Windsor Hockey Club tied Dartmouth Chebuctos @ Windsor, NS[8]
Contemporary accounts
The March 12, 1888, edition of the Halifax Herald.
