Quebec
Quebec is a province in Canada. It has a population of about 7,750,000. Its capital is Quebec City and its largest city is Montreal.
History of hockey in Quebec
On March 3, 1875, the first recorded indoor ice hockey game took place at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal. Organized by James George Alwyin Creighton, who captained one of the teams, the game was between two nine-member teams of the Victoria Skating Club, using a wooden 'puck'. There were numerous games played in Quebec between 1875 and 1882. The "Montreal Rules" for ice hockey were published in The Montreal Gazette on February 27, 1877. James Creighton is thought to be the person responsible for supplying the rules to the newspaper. The first games in Quebec City took place in 1880.
There was an ice hockey tournament played at the Montreal Winter Carnival from 1883-1889. The 1886 Carnival was not held due to a smallpox outbreak, but a Dominion Hockey Championship was organized instead. The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) was a championship founded by the Victoria Hockey Club (Montreal), Ottawa Hockey Club, McGill University, Montreal AAA, and the Montreal Crystals on December 8, 1886, and remained in existence until 1898. In 1888 the AHAC introduced junior and intermediate divisions. The Quebec Hockey Club joined the competition in 1889. The AHAC was challenge-based until 1893, when an eight-game, double round-robin schedule was adopted.
The Montreal Hockey Club won the Stanley Cup in the first year it was up for competition in 1893. Teams from Montreal were very successful in Stanley Cup challenges, holding the cup frequently up to 1910. After the demise of the AHAC in 1898, teams from Quebec joined the Canadian Amateur Hockey League, which lasted until 1905. The CAHL was succeeded by the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association.
In November 1909, the ECHA dissolved over the plans of the Montreal Wanderers to move to an arena with fewer (revenue paying) spectator seats. The three other teams announced that they were leaving the ECHA, creating the Canadian Hockey Association. The Wanderers helped form a competing league, the National Hockey Association (NHA). The CHA played for less than two weeks, merging with the NHA in January 1910. The NHA was replaced by the National Hockey League in 1917, and the Montreal Canadiens and Wanderers jumped to the new league.
Senior hockey first came to Quebec and teams from the province began competing for the Allan Cup when the Interprovincial Hockey League was organized in 1908-09. The league featured teams from Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. In 1910, Sherbrooke, champions of the St. Lawrence Hockey League, challenged for the cup. The Art Ross Cup was awarded to the Quebec senior champions from 1912-1920.
Overview
| Teams |
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| Major Pro |
| Montreal Canadiens (1917-) (NHL) (NHA 1909-17) |
| Montreal Maroons (1924-1938 (NHL) |
| Montreal Wanderers (1917-1918) (NHL) (NHA 1909-17) |
| Quebec Bulldogs (1919-1920) (NHL) (NHA 1910-17) |
| Quebec Nordiques (1979-1995) (NHL) (WHA 1972-79) |
| Montreal Shamrocks (1909-1910 (NHA) |
| Minor Pro |
| Laval Rocket (2017-) (AHL) |
| Montreal Voyageurs (1971-1972) (AHL) |
| Quebec Aces (1959-1971) (AHL) |
| Quebec Citadelles (1999-2002 (AHL) |
| Sherbrooke Canadiens (1984-1989) (AHL) |
| Sherbrooke Jets (1982-1984) (AHL) |
| Quebec Castors (1926-1935) (CAHL) |
| Trois-Rivieres Lions (2021-) (ECHL) |
| Quebec Rafales (1996-1998) (IHL) |
| University (OUA) |
| Concordia Stingers (1975-) |
| McGill Redmen (1902-) |
| UQTR Patriotes (1970-) |
| Leagues |
| Minor Pro |
| Ligue Nord-Américane de Hockey (1996-)** |
| Quebec Hockey League (1953-1959) |
| Eastern Professional Hockey League (1959-1963) |
| Major Junior |
| Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (1969-) |
| Junior A |
| Junior Amateur Hockey Association (1887-1949)* |
| Quebec Junior Championship (1918-1970) |
| Quebec Junior A Hockey League (1972-1982) |
| Quebec Junior Hockey League (1988-) |
| Junior B (AA) |
| Coupe Dodge (Provincial Championship) (1984-) |
| Quebec Junior B Championship (1943-1969) |
| Chaudiere-Appalaches Junior AA Hockey League (2006-) |
| Estrie-Mauricie Junior AA Hockey League (2006-) |
| Laurentides-Lanaudiere Junior AA Hockey League (2006-) |
| Lac St-Louis Junior AA Hockey League (2006-) |
| Metropolitaine Junior AA Hockey League (2006-) |
| Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Junior AA Hockey League (2006-) |
| Junior C (A) |
| Hockey Experts Junior A Hockey League |
| Laval Junior A Hockey League |
| Lac St-Louis Junior A Hockey League |
| Mauricie Junior A Hockey League |
| Montreal Junior A Hockey League |
| Orford-Saint-Francois Junior A Hockey League |
| Rivers Junior A Hockey League |
| Rive-Nord Junior A Hockey League |
| Richelieu Junior A Hockey League |
| Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Junior A Hockey League |
| Yamaska-Missisquoi Junior A Hockey League |
| Junior D (B) |
| Laval Junior B Hockey League |
| Lac St-Louis Junior B Hockey League |
| Mauricie Junior B Hockey League |
| Montreal Junior B Hockey League |
| Orford-Saint-Francois Junior B Hockey League |
| Rivers Junior B Hockey League |
| Rive-Nord Junior B Hockey League |
| Richelieu Valley Junior B Hockey League |
| Senior |
| Art Ross Cup (1912-1920) |
| Quebec Senior Championship (1920-1970) |
| Quebec Intermediate Championship (1918-1970) |
| Ligue Centrale de Hockey (1978-2008) |
| Ligue de Hockey Senior AA L.D.B. du Quebec (1979-2000) |
| Ligue de hockey Senior Majeur du Quebec (1979-82; 1994-96) |
| Ligue de Hockey Senior de l'Est su Quebec (1997-2010) |
| Quebec Senior North-East Hockey League (2003-2007) |
| Laval Senior A Hockey League (2013-) |
| Ligue de Hockey Senior AAA du Quebec (2017-) |
| Early Leagues (Pre-1910) |
| Montreal Winter Carnival (1883-1889) |
| Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (1886-1898) |
| Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1898-1905) |
| Federal Amateur Hockey League (1904-1907) |
| Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (1905-1909) |
| Canadian Hockey Association (1909-1910) |
(*Known as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada junior league from 1887-1909. **Known as the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League from 1996-2004.)
League, regional and national championships
| Championship | Times won | Description |
| Stanley Cup | 48 | Total championships |
| Stanley Cup | 25 | National Hockey League champion |
| NHA Championship | 5 | National Hockey Association champion |
| Avco World Trophy | 1 | World Hockey Association champion |
| Calder Cup | 1 | American Hockey League champion |
| Memorial Cup | 8 | Canadian Major-Junior national champion |
| Allan Cup | 10 | Canadian senior national champion |
| Royal Bank Cup | 0 | Canadian Junior "A" national champion |
| NWHL Championship | 1 | National Women's Hockey League championship |
| CWNL Championship | 3 | Canadian Women's Hockey League championship |
| Clarkson Cup | 1 | women's hockey champion in North-America |
| University Cup | 5 | CIS national men's university champion |
| CIS Women's Championship | 3 | CIS national women's university champion |
See also
- Bishop's College Hockey Club
- Chicoutimi Hockey Club
- Grand'Mere Hockey Club
- Lennoxville Hockey Club
- Sherbrooke Hockey Club
| Canadian Provinces | |
 Alberta -  British Columbia -  Manitoba -  Newfoundland and Labrador -  New Brunswick
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 Nova Scotia -  Ontario -  Prince Edward Island -  Quebec -  Saskatchewan
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Territories:  Northwest Territories -  Nunavut -  Yukon
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