Montreal Victoria

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Stanley Cup winner 1897

The Montreal Victorias (also known as the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal ) were an ice hockey club in the Canadian city ​​of Montreal . First, the Victorias played from 1887 to 1898 in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC). From 1899 to 1905 they played in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) and then (1905 to 1908) in the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA). Finally, they played as an amateur team in the Interprovincial Amateur Hockey Union and the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association until their end in 1939 . Overall, the Victorias were able to win the Stanley Cup six times (1895, 1896, March and December 1897, 1898 and 1899) (there was no challenger in the title wins in 1895 and 1898).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Silverware: 1895-96 Dec Stanley Cup Winner - Montreal Victorias - Legends of Hockey. In: hhof.com. Retrieved March 9, 2016 .
  2. ^ Robert L: 1896 Montreal Victorias Reclaim Stanley Cup In Challenge. In: habseyesontheprize.com. March 8, 2007, accessed March 9, 2016 .
  3. ^ Doug Lennox: Now You Know Hockey. Dundurn, 2008, ISBN 978-1-459-71815-9 , p. 115 ( limited preview in Google book search).