1905 British Columbia season

This was the 1905 ice hockey season in British Columbia:

Rossland Winter Carnival

See: Rossland Winter Carnival

Kootenay Industrial League

All the teams were from Rossland, except the Smelters from Trail. A team from Northport, Washington, was invited to join, but they elected not to.

• Hunter Brothers - War Eagle Mine - announced as first game of league but no records of it being played
• Le Roi Mine - West Kootenay Power 8:2
• Trail Smelters - Rossland Bank Officials (Bank of Montreal?) 3:0
• Bank of Montreal - Hunter Brothers 4:3
• Le Roi Mine - Trail Smelters 4:3
• Centre Star Miners - Trail Smelters 2:1 - League game?
• Le Roi Mine - Hunter Brothers - final; not played as many players came down with flu, and weather soon became too mild for hockey

Other games

• Rossland - Grand Forks 12:2 @ Rossland
• 1/2: Nelson Seniors - Rossland Seniors 7:7 @ Nelson
• Rossland Seniors - Nelson Seniors 4:2 @ Rossland
• Nelson Seniors - Rossland Seniors 10:2 @ Nelson
• Rossland - Fernie 4:4 @ Fernie
• Rossland - Fernie 4:3 @ Fernie
• Nelson Seniors - Rossland Seniors 3:0
• Rossland - Revelstoke 11:7 @ Revelstoke
• Rossland - Vernon 5:4 @ Vernon

Nelson split team up, sending one to Vernon, with the other staying home to play Rossland

• Vernon - Nelson "B" team 8:2
• Rossland - Nelson "A" team 8:6
• Nelson - Fernie 4:2
• Rossland Upper Town - Rossland Lower Town 11:2
• Rossland Intermediates - Lardeau Seniors 9:2
• Summerland - Prairie Valley
• Vernon Intermediates - Kamloops Intermediates 7:0
• Vernon - Kamloops 7:6
• 12/?: Kootenay House - Columbia Hotel 7:0 @ Golden
• 1/?: Town - Lumber Company 3:1 @ Golden
• Golden - Wilmer 5:1 @ Golden
• Rossland Juniors - Trail Juniors 7:2
• Rossland Invincibles - Nelson Invincibles 5:3 - U14 game
• Rossland Invincibles - Nelson Invincibles 2:2 - U14 game
• Nelson Juniors - Trail Juniors 6:2
• 1/21: Victoria - Vancouver 3:2 @ Vancouver
• McLennan, McFeely & Co. - Hudson's Bay Company @ Trout Lake - cancelled as some players were unable to make it
• Shamrocks - Granby 3:1 @ Phoenix
• Phoenix Juniors - Greenwood Juniors 7:3 @ Phoenix
• Grand Forks - Phoenix 2:0 @ Grand Forks
• Greenwood - Phoenix 4:3 @ Greenwood
• 1/2: Cranbrook Juniors - Cranbrook Bankers 2:1
• 1/7: Cranbrook Juniors - Cranbrook Bankers 4:3
• 2/4: Cranbrook Ladies - Cranbrook Bankers 2:1 - Bankers played with one hand only

A series of games was played between Atlin and Discovery.

• 2/5: Atlin - Discovery 7:3
• 2/11: Atlin - Discovery 5:0
• 2/11: Atlin Juveniles - Discovery Juveniles 15:1
• 2/18: Atlin - Discovery 5:3
• 2/25: Atlin - Discovery 3:1
• 3/4: Discovery - Atlin 4:2
• 3/11: Atlin - Discovery 3:1
• 3/11: Atlin Juniors - Discovery Juniors 17:2
• 3/18: Discovery - Atlin 4:2

There were talks of forming a Boundary League, with teams in Greenwood, Grand Forks, and Phoenix.

Crow's Nest Pass League

• 1/9: Fernie - Macleod (AB) 9:1 @ Fernie
• 1/11: Macleod (AB) - Blairmore (AB) 5:3 @ Blairmore
• Pincher Creek (AB) - Blairmore (AB) @ Pincher Creek
• 1/16: Macleod (AB) - Fernie 9:3 @ Macleod
• Fernie - Pincher Creek (AB) 10:1
• Pincher Creek (AB) - Blairmore (AB) 5:1

Standings as of 1/20

1. Coleman 1-0
2. Pincher Creek 1-0
3. Fernie 2-1
4. Macleod 2-1
5. Blairmore 0-4

Sources

• Knights of Winter: Hockey in British Columbia, 1895-1911