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	*March 20, 1906: '''Princes''' 8 - Oxford Canadians 4		*March 20, 1906: '''Princes''' 8 - Oxford Canadians 4
	*March 21, 1906: '''Oxford Canadians''' 4 - Princes 3		*March 21, 1906: '''Oxford Canadians''' 4 - Princes 3
	*December 5, 1906: '''Princes''' - Oxford Canadians		*December 5, 1906: '''Princes''' 3 - Oxford Canadians 2
	*December 12, 1906: '''Princes''' - Oxford Canadians		*December 12, 1906: '''Princes''' 5 - Oxford Canadians 1
	*March 16, 1907: '''Oxford Canadians''' 3 - Princes 2 (Maxse Cup)		*March 16, 1907: '''Oxford Canadians''' 3 - Princes 2 (Maxse Cup)
	*December 3, 1907: '''Princes''' 9 - Oxford Canadians 1 (also reported as 8-1)		*December 3, 1907: '''Princes''' 9 - Oxford Canadians 1 (also reported as 8-1)

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	*January 31, 1903: Cambridge 7 - Princes 7		*January 31, 1903: Cambridge 7 - Princes 7
	*February 6, 1903: '''Canadian Rugby Club''' 5 - London Canadians 3		*February 6, 1903: '''Canadian Rugby Club''' 5 - London Canadians 3
	*November 17, ~~1904~~: '''London Canadians''' 8 - Amateur SC 5 (Ice Hockey League)		*October 1903: '''C.M.G. Howell's Team''' 8 - B.M. Patton Team 3
	*November 21, ~~1904~~: '''Princes''' 9 - Cambridge 6 (Ice Hockey League)		*November 1903: '''Princes''' 8 - Mr. D.A. Hingtston's Team 6
			*November 28, 1903: '''C.M.G. Howell's Team''' 7 - Princes 4
			*November 17, 1903: '''London Canadians''' 8 - Amateur SC 5 (Ice Hockey League)
			*November 21, 1903: '''Princes''' 9 - Cambridge 6 (Ice Hockey League)
			*January 30, 1904: '''Combined League Team''' 3 - Royal Military College (Canada) 2
	*February 24, 1904: '''London Canadians''' 6 - Princes 3 (Ice Hockey League)		*February 24, 1904: '''London Canadians''' 6 - Princes 3 (Ice Hockey League)
	*March 20, 1906: '''Princes''' 8 - Oxford Canadians 4		*March 20, 1906: '''Princes''' 8 - Oxford Canadians 4

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			[[File:1903 London-Rugby.png\|thumb\|250px\|An illustrated depiction of the February 6, 1903, match between the Canadian Rugby Club and the London Canadians, from the ''Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News''.]]
	'''Prince's Skating Club''' was an ice rink in the Knightsbridge area of [[London]], [[England]]. It saw a number of firsts for ice hockey in Britain and Europe.		'''Prince's Skating Club''' was an ice rink in the Knightsbridge area of [[London]], [[England]]. It saw a number of firsts for ice hockey in Britain and Europe.

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'''Prince's Skating Club''' was an ice rink in the Knightsbridge area of [[London]], [[England]]. It saw a number of firsts for ice hockey in Britain and Europe.

The rink was opened on Montpelier Square on 7 November 1896 by the Princes Sporting Club. It operated on a membership-only basis and was aimed at the elite of British figure skaters who wished to practice on uncrowded ice.<ref name=isaq>[s.n.] (June 2004). [http://web.archive.org/web/20050617085913/http://www.isaq.org.au/Newsletters/June%2004%20Newsletter.pdf The Establishment of Artificial Ice-rinks]. ''News off the Edge'', news bulletin of the Ice Skating Association of Queensland. '''39'''. Archived 17 June 2005.</ref>

Prince's was the second large rectangular rink in Britain after Stockport, its ice measuring 210 by 52 feet. This made it an ideal venue for the developing sport of ice hockey.

The rink closed in summer 1917. The building was later used by Daimler Hire, and ultimately demolished.

==Ice hockey==
The rink was owned by Admiral Maxse, who granted [[Peter Patton]] permission to form [[Princes Ice Hockey Club]] at the rink at the end of 1896. It began playing challenge matches in early 1897, initially against the three existing teams in England: [[Niagara Ice Hockey Club|Niagara]], [[Brighton Ice Hockey Club|Brighton]] and the [[Royal Engineers Ice Hockey Club|Royal Engineers]].

In 1900, the rink hosted the [[Ice Hockey Varsity Match]] to be played since 1895, although [[Oxford University Ice Hockey Club|Oxford]] insisted on playing with bandy sticks and a lacrosse ball. The next year, another Varsity Match was held, this time using a puck and hockey skates.

In 1902, [[London Canadians]] was founded as a second ice hockey team at the rink. They and Princes participated in Europe's first ice hockey league, which they contested against [[Argyll Ice Hockey Club|Argyll]] and the [[Amateur Skating Club]], both based at [[Hengler's Ice Rink]], and [[Cambridge University Ice Hockey Club|Cambridge University]]. The league started in November 1903 and was completed in February 1904 after eight games. Canadians won the tournament, with Princes taking second place.

The league was not repeated, as Hengler's closed. Instead, Princes began undertaking annual European tours (as did London Canadians' successors, [[Oxford Canadians]]), while teams such as [[SC Lyon]], [[Club des Patineurs de Bruxelles]] and [[Club des Patineurs de Paris]] came to play the London-based teams. The 1908 match with Paris was the first under [[International Ice Hockey Federation|Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace]] (international) rules in Britain; it was also notable as Thomas Sopwith played in goal.

In March 1910, the first [[English National Team|England]]-[[Scottish National Team|Scotland]] ice hockey match was held at the rink, but the sport was suspended at the start of [[World War I]]. Despite this, the [[British Ice Hockey Association]] was founded at the rink in 1914.

==Figure skating==

In October 1908, the figure skating events of the Olympics were held at the rink - the first ice sport ever included in the Olympics and the only occasion Olympic ice events have been held in Britain.<ref name=olymp>Theodore Andrea Cook (1909). [http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf The Fourth Olympiad, being the Official Report: The Olympic Games of 1908]. The British Olympic Association. p. 39, p. 284. Accessed September 2013.</ref>

==Notable Matches==
This is a list of noteworthy games to take place at Prince's.

*February 13, 1897: '''Princes''' 6 - "Fenwick's Team" 3 (first match to be played at rink)
*March 16, 1900: '''Oxford''' 7 - Cambridge 6 (Varsity Match)
*March 17, 1900: '''Varsity Combination''' 7 - Princes 2
*February 6, 1901: '''Princes''' 13 - Oxford 4
*March 6, 1901: '''Princes''' 8 - Oxford 7
*March 15, 1901: '''Cambridge''' 6 - Oxford 5 (Varsity Match)
*March 16, 1901: '''Princes''' 10 - Varsity Combination 6
*February 19, 1902: Princes 9 - Cambridge 9
*March 15, 1902: '''Cambridge''' 9 - Princes 5 (Maxse Cup)
*1902: '''Cambridge''' 5 - Princes 0
*November 1902: Oxford/Cambridge Combination tied Princes
*January 31, 1903: Cambridge 7 - Princes 7
*February 6, 1903: '''Canadian Rugby Club''' 5 - London Canadians 3
*November 17, 1904: '''London Canadians''' 8 - Amateur SC 5 (Ice Hockey League)
*November 21, 1904: '''Princes''' 9 - Cambridge 6 (Ice Hockey League)
*February 24, 1904: '''London Canadians''' 6 - Princes 3 (Ice Hockey League)
*March 20, 1906: '''Princes''' 8 - Oxford Canadians 4
*March 21, 1906: '''Oxford Canadians''' 4 - Princes 3
*December 5, 1906: '''Princes''' - Oxford Canadians
*December 12, 1906: '''Princes''' - Oxford Canadians
*March 16, 1907: '''Oxford Canadians''' 3 - Princes 2 (Maxse Cup)
*December 3, 1907: '''Princes''' 9 - Oxford Canadians 1 (also reported as 8-1)
*December 11, 1907: '''Oxford Canadians''' 8 - Princes 4
*February 19, 1908: '''Princes''' 10 - Oxford Canadians 2
*March 17, 1908: '''Princes''' 7 - Oxford Canadians 2 (Maxse Cup)
*December 2, 1908: Princes 7 - Oxford Canadians 7
*November 26, 1910: '''Oxford Canadians''' 7 - Princes 5
*March 1911: '''Princes''' 5 - Manchester 2
*1912: '''Princes''' 4 - Manchester 1
*December 13, 1913: '''Princes''' 5 - Manchester 0
*December 1913: '''Princes''' 12 - Royal Engineers 3
*December 1913: '''Princes''' 9 - Cambridge 2
*March 1914: '''Princes''' 10 - Royal Engineers 5
*March 1914: '''Princes''' 10 - Cambridge 0

What in all likelihood was the final match played at Princes took place between members of the Canadian 228th Battalion in April 1917. The players, many of whom had played at the highest level in Canada, divided into "Toronto" and "Montreal" sides. The game ended in a 6-6 deadlock.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Martin C. Harris, ''Homes of British Ice Hockey''

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