Toronto Mercantile Hockey League
The Toronto Mercantile Hockey League was contested in Toronto, Ontario from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Teams
- 1926-27: A&R Clarke, City Hall, Imperial Oil, Stockyard Packers
- 1927-28: Toronto CNR, Toronto CCM, City Hall, Imperial Oil, Goodyears, Stockyard Packers
- 1928-29: Toronto CCM, Stobie-Forlong, Stockyard Packers
- 1929-30: Toronto CNR, Goodyear, Imperial Oil, Stockyard Packers, Willys-Overland
- 1930-31: Toronto CNR, Toronto CCM, Eaton's, Imperial Oil, Stockyard Packers
- 1931-32: City Hall, Cities Services, Toronto CCM, Eaton's, Stockyard Packers
- 1932-33: Bell Telephone, British Consols, Cities Service, Hydro Electric, Stockyard Packers
- 1933-34: British Consols, Toronto CCM, Cities Service, Red Indian Chiefs
- 1934-35: British Consols, Cities Service, Oshawa Chevvies, Dominions, McColl Frontenacs
- 1935-36: British Consols, Oshawa Chevvies, Dominions, Goodyears, McColl Frontenacs
- 1936-37: Anaconda Brass, Kodaks, Moffat Rangers, R.H. Sloan, Stockyard Packers, West End Industries
- 1937-38: Anaconda Brass, Kodaks, R.H. Sloan, Stockyard Packers, West End Industries
- 1938-39: Donnell-Mudge, Kodaks, R.H. Sloan, Stockyard Packers, Tip Top Tailors
- 1939-40: Donnell-Mudge, Kodaks, Ostranders Jewellers, Stockyard Packers, Tip Top Tailors
- 1940-41: Campbells, Donnell-Mudge, Kodaks, Ostranders Jewellers, Stockyard Packers, Toronto RCAF
- 1941-42: Bowles Lunch, Campbells, Kodaks, Ostranders Jewellers Stockyard Packers
- 1942-43: Dehavilland, Ostranders Jewellers, Stafford Industries, York Arsenal
- 1943-44: Bower Orphans, Toronto CIL, Toronto Fuels, Stafford Industries
- 1944-45: Bowser Orphans, Toronto Fuels, Uptown Tires, United Auto Workers
- 1945-46: Bowser Orphans, Dorst's, G.H. Woods, Uptown Tires
- 1946-47: Bowser Orphans, Dorst's, G.H. Woods, Navy Vets
- 1947-48: Navy Vets, Stockyard Packers, Stanton Fuels, Swansea Sentinels
- 1948-49: Stockyard Packers, Swansea Sentinels, Weston Bread, West York Meteors
- 1949-50: Toronto Bell AC, Ramblers, Stockyard Packers, Swansea Sentinels
- 1950-51: Stockyards, Wilson's Transport, Kingsway Lumber, Toronto Bell AC
- 1951-52: Saracini, Stockyards, Rocky River, Driscolls
- 1952-53: Kingsway Lumber, Dynes, Reliable, Saracini
Results
- 1940-41
Standings as of 2/20
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donnell-Mudge | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 80 | 49 | 28 |
RCAF | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 44 | 18 |
Campbells | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 54 | 59 | 18 |
Kodaks | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 49 | 17 |
Stockyards | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 55 | 17 |
Ostranders | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 54 | 79 | 10 |
Post 2/20 scores
- 2/22: RCAF - Stockyards 1:1
- 2/22: Donnell-Mudge - Campbells 3:2
- 2/26: Kodaks - Ostranders 6:4
- 2/26: Stockyards - Donnell-Mudge 3:1
- 3/1: RCAF - Ostranders 6:3
- 3/1: Campbells - Kodaks 2:2
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/17
- RCAF 2-2-0-4 11:10
- Donnell-Mudge 2-2-0-4 15:14
- Stockyards 2-2-0-4 10:8
- Kodaks 2-2-0-4 7:11
- 3/19: RCAF - Stockyards 4:2
- 3/19: Donnell-Mudge - Kodaks 3:2
- 3/22: RCAF - Donell-Mudge 1:1
- 3/22: Stockyards - Kodaks 3:1
- 3/26: Stockyards - RCAF 3:2 - replay of 3/19 game
Final
- 3/29: Donnell-Mudge - Stockyards 7:4
- 4/2: Stockyards - Donnell-Mudge 9:7 OT
- 4/5: Stockyards - Donnell-Mudge 5:4
- 4/7: Donnell-Mudge - Stockyards 5:3
- 4/9: Donnell-Mudge - Stockyards 4:3 OT
- 1941-42
Standings as of 2/16
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Campbells | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 105 | 88 | 27 |
Ostranders | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 98 | 86 | 26 |
Stockyards | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 71 | 74 | 22 |
Kodaks | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 95 | 84 | 18 |
Bowles | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 76 | 121 | 11 |
Post 2/16 scores
- 2/18: Campbells - Stockyards 7:3
- 2/18: Kodaks - Bowles 5:5
- 2/21: Kodaks - Stockyards 5:3
- 2/21: Ostranders - Campbells 4:2
- 2/25: Ostranders - Bowles 6:2
- 2/25: Campbells - Kodaks 13:6
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/17
- Campbells 5-0-0-10 24:11
- Ostranders 2-3-0-4 15:13
- Kodaks 2-3-0-4 12:18
- Stockyards 1-4-0-2 15:24
- 3/18: Kodaks - Stockyards 6:2
- 3/18: Ostranders - Campbells 3:2
- 3/21: Ostranders - Kodaks 5:2 - sudden death game
Final
- 3/23: Campbells - Ostranders 9:5
- 3/25: Ostranders - Campbells 5:2
- 3/26: Ostranders - Campbells 6:2
- 3/28: Campbells - Ostranders 11:1
- 3/30: Campbells - Ostranders 6:3
- 1942-43
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Staffords | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 118 | 68 | 36 |
Ostranders | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 114 | 87 | 30 |
DeHavillands | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 91 | 67 | 28 |
Stockyards | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 103 | 130 | 17 |
York Arsenal | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 70 | 144 | 9 |
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/15
- DeHavillands 5-0-0-10 23:6
- Ostranders 3-2-0-6 19:20
- Stockyards 2-3-0-4 14:19
- Staffords 0-5-0-0 10:21
- 3/17: DeHavilannds - Stockyards 8:2
- 3/17: Ostranders - Staffords 5:5 OT
Final
- 3/20: DeHavillands - Ostranders 7:3
- 3/24: DeHavillands - Ostranders 4:3
- 3/27: DeHavillands - Ostranders 7:6
- 1943-44
Second Series standings
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bowsers | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 79 | 19 |
CIL | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 80 | 15 |
Toronto Fuels | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 94 | 102 | 14 |
Staffords | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 90 | 82 | 12 |
Overall standings
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bowsers | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 155 | 132 | 36 |
Staffords | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 162 | 133 | 33 |
Toronto Fuels | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 152 | 158 | 29 |
CIL | 30 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 105 | 151 | 22 |
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/13
- Staffords 3-1-0-6 19:11
- Bowsers 2-2-0-4 16:13
- CIL 2-2-0-4 15:20
- Toronto Fuels 1-3-0-2 18:24
- 3/15: CIL - Toronto Fuels 6:4 OT
- 3/15: Staffords - Bowsers 3:2
- 3/18: Toronto Fuels - Staffords 11:7
- 3/18: Bowsers - CIL 7:3
- 3/22: Bowsers - CIL 5:4 - sudden death
Final
- 3/25: Bowsers - Staffords 3:3
- 3/29: Staffords - Bowsers 4:2
- 4/1: Bowsers - Staffords 13:8
- 4/5: Bowsers - Staffords 13:4
- 4/8: Bowsers - Staffords 11:6
- 4/12: Bowsers - Staffords 10:6
- 1944-45
First Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bowsers | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 46 | 22 |
UAW | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 56 | 20 |
Uptowns | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 65 | 104 | 6 |
Toronto Fuels | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 60 | 98 | 4 |
Second Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UAW | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 109 | 59 | 25 |
Uptowns | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 103 | 71 | 20 |
Bowsers | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 73 | 77 | 14 |
Toronto Fuels | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 58 | 136 | 6 |
Round-robin playoffs
- 2/28: Bowsers - Uptowns 6:0
- 3/3: Uptowns - UAW 3:2
- 3/7: UAW - Bowsers 7:2
- 3/10: Uptowns - Bowsers 3:2
- 3/14: Uptowns - UAW 6:4
- 3/17: Bowsers - UAW 2:0
Final
- 3/21: Bowsers - Uptowns 7:3
- 3/24: Bowsers - Uptowns 8:5
- 3/28: Bowsers - Uptowns 7:3
- 4/1: Bowsers - Uptowns 7:4
- 1945-46
First Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woods | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 49 | 19 |
Bowsers | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 40 | 19 |
Dorsts | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 63 | 14 |
Uptowns | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 54 | 86 | 8 |
Second Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uptowns | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 46 | 17 |
Bowsers | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 44 | 14 |
Dorsts | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 50 | 13 |
Woods | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 53 | 12 |
- 2/20: Woods - Bowsers 6:5
- 2/20: Dorsts - Uptowns 6:1
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/11
- Bowsers 5-0-0-10 27:18
- Woods 3-2-0-6 26:20
- Uptowns 1-3-1-3 21:22
- Dorsts 0-4-1-1 15:29
- 3/13: Woods - Dorsts 12:10
- 3/13: Bowsers - Uptowns 10:2
Final
- 3/17: Woods - Bowsers 3:0
- 3/20: Woods - Bowsers 6:4
- 3/24: Bowsers - Woods 11:4
- 3/27: Woods - Bowsers 8:5
- 3/31: Woods - Bowsers 4:2
- 1946-47
Second Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dorsts | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 63 | 20 |
G.H. Wood | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 68 | 71 | 17 |
Bowsers | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 58 | 13 |
Navy Vets | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 70 | 10 |
Overall standings
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dorsts | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 137 | 117 | 35 |
Bowsers | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 114 | 101 | 35 |
G.H. Wood | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 138 | 133 | 34 |
Navy Vets | 30 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 103 | 152 | 16 |
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/10
- Bowsers 3-1-0-6 19:14
- Dorsts 2-1-1-5 22:12
- Navy Vets 2-2-0-4 15:24
- G.H. Wood 0-3-1-1 12:18
- 3/12: G.H. Wood - Navy Vets 10:5
- 3/12: Dorsts - Bowsers 4:3
- 3/16: Bowsers - Naval Vets 4:1
- 3/16: G.H. Wood - Dorsts 8:1
Final
- 3/19: Dorsts - Bowsers 6:5
- 3/23: Dorsts - Bowsers 5:3
- 3/26: Bowsers - Dorsts 6:2
- 3/30: Bowsers - Dorsts 5:4
- 4/2: Bowsers - Dorsts 7:6
- 4/9: Dorsts - Bowsers 11:5
- 4/13: Dorsts - Bowsers 5:3 OT
- 1947-48
First Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swansea | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 63 | 17 |
Stantons | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 46 | 17 |
Stockyards | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 65 | 14 |
Navy Vets | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 54 | 12 |
Second Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swansea | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 48 | 17 |
Stantons | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 54 | 13 |
Stockyards | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 46 | 13 |
Navy Vets | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 56 | 13 |
- 3/13: Stockyards - Stantons 4:1
- 3/13: Navy Vets - Swansea 4:3
Round-robin playoffs
- Stantons 4-2-0-8 18:12
- Swansea 4-2-0-8 23:18
- Navy Vets 2-3-1-5 13:13
- Stockyards 0-5-1-1 14:25
Final
- 4/7: Stantons - Swansea 5:4
- 4/10: Swansea - Stantons 11:4
- 4/14: Swansea - Stantons 9:3
- 4/17: Stantons - Swansea 6:4
- 4/21: Swansea - Stantons 4:3
- 4/24: Stantons - Swansea 7:6
- 4/28: Stantons - Swansea 11:6
- 1948-49
First Half | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weston Bread | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 53 | 26 |
West York Meteors | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 55 | 21 |
Swansea Sentinels | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 46 | 20 |
Stockyard Packers | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 42 | 101 | 3 |
Second Half | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weston Bread | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 41 | 18 |
Swansea Sentinel | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 53 | 18 |
Stockyard Packers | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 67 | 15 |
West York Meteors | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 57 | 64 | 9 |
Round-robin
- 2/26: West York - Swansea 6:3
- 3/2: West York - Wonder Bread 6:3 OT
- 3/6: Swansea - Wonder Bread 5:4
- 3/9: West York - Swansea 4:3
- 3/12: West York - Wonder Bread 4:1
- 3/16: Swansea - Wonder Bread 6:4
Final
- Swansea - West York 4:1 on series (9:5, 8:1, 4:2, 6:8 OT, 7:2)
Ontario Industrial Final
- Swansea - Hamilton Westinghouse 3:0, 1 tie on series (5:5 OT, 5:3, 9:8 OT, 6:4)
- 1949-50
First Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ramblers | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 53 | 24 |
Swansea | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 71 | 51 | 21 |
Stockyards | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 53 | 19 |
Bell AC | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 48 | 81 | 8 |
Second Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stockyards | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 64 | 22 |
Bell AC | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 77 | 18 |
Ramblers | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 53 | 62 | 16 |
Swansea | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 73 | 72 | 16 |
Round-robin playoffs
- Ramblers 4-2-0-8 13:10
- Swansea 4-2-0-8 20:15
- Stockyards 2-3-1-5 12:17
- Bell AC 1-4-1-3 18:21
Final
- 4/8: Ramblers - Swansea 7:2
- 4/12: Swansea - Ramblers 10:4
- 4/15: Ramblers - Swansea 5:4
- 4/19: Swansea - Ramblers 7:0
- 4/22: Swansea - Ramblers 5:1
- 4/26: Swansea - Ramblers 4:4 OT
- 4/30: Swansea - Ramblers 7:7 OT
- 5/3: Swansea - Ramblers 6:5
- 1950-51
First Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stockyards | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 44 | 28 |
Wilsons Transport | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 59 | 55 | 21 |
Kingsway Lumber | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 48 | 75 | 12 |
Bell AC | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 48 | 59 | 11 |
Second Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stockyards | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 54 | 27 |
Bell AC | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 68 | 68 | 18 |
Kingsway Lumber | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 55 | 63 | 14 |
Wilsons Transport | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 61 | 70 | 16 |
Round-robin playoffs
- Wilsons Transport 4-0-0-8
- Bell AC 1-3-0-2
- Stockyards 1-3-0-2
- 3/31: Stockyards - Bell AC 6:5 - tiebreaker
Final
- 4/4: Stockyards - Wilsons 6:3
- 4/7: Stockyards - Wilsons 3:1
- 4/11: Stockyards - Wilsons 9:5
- 4/14: Stockyards - Wilsons 4:2
- 1951-52
Standings
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saracini | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 131 | 88 | 51 |
Stockyards | 36 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 105 | 93 | 35 |
Rocky River | 36 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 99 | 116 | 31 |
Driscolls | 36 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 78 | 116 | 27 |
Round-robin playoffs
- Stockyards 2-1-0-4 18:15
- Saracini 2-1-0-4 16:13
- Rocky River 1-3-0-2 19:25
Final
- 3/29: Saracini - Stockyards 6:0
- 4/5: Stockyards - Saracini 6:4
- 4/9: Saracini - Stockyards 4:3
- 4/12: Saracini - Stockyards 8:4
- 4/16: Saracini - Stockyards 5:3
- 1952-53
First Series
Standings as of 12/24
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kingsway Lumber | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 55 | 22 |
Dynes Leasiders | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 78 | 66 | 17 |
Saracini | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 51 | 16 |
Reliable Transports | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 40 | 58 | 9 |
- 12/27: Kingsway - Reliable 4:2
- 12/27: Saracini - Dynes 4:2
- 12/30: Reliable - Saracini 4:2
- 12/30: Dynes - Kingsway 6:0
Second Series
Standings | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kingsway Lumber | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 59 | 21 |
Dynes Leasiders | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 69 | 73 | 19 |
Reliable Transports | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 67 | 62 | 18 |
Saracini | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 65 | 14 |
Round-robin playoffs
- Dynes 2-0-0-4 14:3
- Kingsway 2-1-0-4 14:8
- Saracini 0-3-0-0 7:24
Final
- 3/21: Dynes - Kingsway 10:5
- 3/24: Kingsway - Dynes 7:3
- 3/28: Kingsway - Dynes 6:6 OT
- 3/31: Dynes - Kingsway 11:3
- 4/4: Dynes - Kingsway 7:6 OT
- 4/7: Kingsway - Dynes 5:3
- 4/11: Dynes - Kingsway 4:2
Sources
- Toronto Star