1887-88 Canadian Season

This was the 1887-88 ice hockey season in Canada:

Competitions

• 1888 AHAC season
• 1888 AHAC Intermediate season
• 1888 JAHA Season
• 1888 Quebec Challenge Cup
• 1888 Maritimes season

Other games

• 12/27: Montreal Victorias - Montreal AAA 4:0
• 1/6: Montreal Crystals - McGill 6:0
• 1/7: Montreal Crystals - Montreal Victorias 2:1
• 1/7: Dartmouth Knockabouts - Halifax Britannias 0:0
• 1/11: Montreal Crystals - McGill 4:0
• 1/25: Royal Military College I - Royal Military College II 4:4 - teams were captained by W. Rose and Sgt. Kerr, respectively
• 1/27: Montreal AAA III - Montreal Victorias II 1:0
• 2/1: Lachine Hockey Club II tied Princess Hockey Club
• 2/4: Quebec Hockey Club - Quebec Victorias 3:1
• 2/8 Lachine Hockey Club - Valois Hockey Club 3:2
• 2/10: Princess Hockey Club - Lachine Hockey Club 6:0
• 2/15: Dartmouth Chebuctos - Halifax Wanderers 5:0

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.

• 2/16: Granite Curling Club - Caledonians 4:1 - first hockey game in Toronto
• 2/17: Quebec Victorias - Quebec Hockey Club 3:3
• 2/20: Quebec Hockey Club - Montreal Crystals 5:1
• 2/22: Royal Military College Cadets - Queen's University 7:0
• 2/24: Montreal Crystals III - Montreal Victorias II 3:2 - teams played 12 more minutes after full time, Victorias scored twice to end game at 4:3
• 2/28: St. John's AA - Lachine Hockey Club II 2:1
• 2/29: Bishop's College School - Bishop's College Hockey Club 12:4 @ Lennoxville, QC
• 3/2: Montreal Victorias - Quebec Hockey Club 2:1
• 3/3: Montreal AAA - Quebec Hockey Club 5:0
• 3/3: Royal Military College Cadets - Queen's University 7:0
• 3/5: St. John's AA - St. James Hockey Club 4:1
• 3/7: St. John's AA - Lachine Hockey Club 3:2
• 3/8: Commercial Union Insurance Co. (QC) - Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance (QC) 4:2
• 3/11: Quebec Hockey Club - Montreal Victorias 2:1
• 3/11: Princess Hockey Club - Fettes College 3:0
• 3/15: Windsor Hockey Club tied Dartmouth Chebuctos @ Windsor, NS
• 3/17: Princess Hockey Club - Hawthornes Hockey Club 4:0
• 3/?: Bishop's College School tied Bishop's College Hockey Club
• 3/19: Princess Hockey Club - St. John's AA 3:2
• 3/22: Princess Hockey Club - Montreal Victorias II 2:1
• 3/22: St. John's AA - St. James Hockey Club 2:1
• 3/23: Montreal Crystals - Quebec Victorias 7:1
• 3/23: Sherbrooke Hockey Club - Bishop's College School 6:2
• 3/23: St. James Hockey Club - Metropolitan Hockey Club 1:0
• 3/25: Montreal Victorias II - Quebec Victorias 6:0
• 3/31: Victoria Street Hockey Team - St. James Hockey Club 6:1

Some local bankers played the first shinny hockey games in Owen Sound, Ontario in 1888.

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