Hockey 1900-1909

• American Amateur Hockey League or (_____)• Teams based in the _____ ______ _____area, • 1st ________ ________in the US in _____ • Through the 1900s, the New York Crescent

Athletic Club, based in Brooklyn, dominated the league, winning 8 championships from 1900 -1910

Hockey 1900-1909• Teams were ____ _____–based,

(BUT talent came from _______)• ____________, a hotbed of hockey, formed the Twin

City League in 1902–1903(teams from the Minneapolis and St. Paul area)

• Amateur leagues existed for short periods in ___________, __________, ___________D.C., ___________, and __________as well.

• Outside of city or regionally based teams, ___________took up the sport and developed ___________that grew in the 1900s.

Hockey 1900-1909• _________of 1900, the __ team __________

_________ ___________

(______, _________, ________, _______, and ______)

• Harvard supplanted _______as the dominant team

• _________wins 4 straight league titles

(until _________broke the streak in the 1906–7 season)

• ___________finished off the decade with its 2nd championship in

the 1909–1910 season

• ______ ______, who entered _________in 1910, would be the

impetus for their success into the next decade

Hockey 1900-1909• ________ _________, from ___________,

____________, • _______of _______began his career in _______• Went to the prestigious ___ ____ ______ in New

Hampshire• __________ amazing stick work led to the only defeat

that Princeton's Tigers would face that season • The skills he developed, both at ___ _____ and during

practice at __________, would set the stage for his emergence in the 1910s as one of the _________ ___________ players of all time.

Hockey 1900-1909

• _________ College entered competition in the 1905–1906 season

• Dartmouth (1908–1909) had a remarkable year finishing 2nd in the intercollegiate league to Harvard (They also went the entire season without registering a single penalty)

• Hockey, like football, had begun to struggle with images of __________ and __________

• In 1907 the sport's 1st official fatality occurred. Players began to suffer injuries such as broken limbs, having their ______ sliced open by skate _______, and their heads opened up by violent ______ ______

Hockey 1900-1909

• The _____, already alerted to the _________ in college football, focused on the _______ acts and began to question if ________ would become just another example of unregulated ___________ in sport

• Dartmouth's _______-___ _______and relative success on the ice provided hope that hockey need not be relegated to a game of __________ _________

Hockey 1900-1909• Professional hockey’s ____ debut was in _____ starring the

_________ ______• On that first team, __ out of the __players were ________ • “____” ________was the leading scorer for the Lakers• 1902–1903 team picture, which included “_______” the mascot

dog, referred to the team as the champions of the _____• Season Record ___-___-___• Scored _____ goals • Gave up only ____ goals• In the playoffs, they tied the Pittsburgh Bankers ___-___ in the

1st game before defeating them in the 2nd contest ___-___ to win the U.S. Championship

Hockey 1900-1909• The Portage Lakers were the 1st professional hockey

team in 1903–1904 and they ______ only ___ of their ____ games, including the __________

• Their only regular-season loss came at the hands of ________ ___ 7-6.

• In the U.S. playoffs, they lost to the _______ _________ 5-2

• After their repeat victory as U.S. Champions, the ______hosted Canada's best team, the ________ ___________at the _____________ in Houghton

• Over 5,000 fans watched as ________ defeated ________ by scores of 8-4 and 9-2 to claim the title of ________ ____________

• An integral part of the Lakers' success was the acquisition of _________ ________

Hockey 1900-1909

Hancock High School State Champions 1904-1905

Hockey 1900-1909

• A local high school star in not only hockey, but also in _______ and __________ , ______ became the key __________ for Portage

• _________ , the 1st great ________-_____ hockey player, was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975 joining his teammate “Doc” Gibson, a charter member of the Hall in 1973

Hockey 1900-1909

• In 1904–1905, Portage joined 3 other clubs to form the _____________ ___________ __________ (IHL).

• The IHL attracted many of the best __________ players • IHL teams primarily came from the Upper Peninsula region

of ___________ but also included a team from Sault St. Marie (_______) (allowing the founders to legitimately claim international status)

• In 1905–1906, a Pittsburgh franchise from the former Western Pennsylvania Hockey League joined the IHL

• _____________-___________Lakes played in the Amphidrome on Portage Lake

Hockey 1900-1909• __________ home ice was in the __________• Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (aka _________ ______) competed

at their local curling rink named the Ridge Street Ice-A-Torium• Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario's (__________ ____) home ice was

at the local curling rink• _____________ found a home in the Duquesne Gardens• Unfortunately, Portage would be the only IHL team to win the

championship• The league operated for only __ seasons and folded when

competition from professional leagues in ______ lured away the top __________ ___________

Hockey 1900-1909• As a professional league, the IHL could not compete for the

____________ _____ • ________, however, issued challenges after both the 1905 and

1906 seasons to the Stanley Cup Board of Directors in an effort to be able to play the ________ ________ _______ in a championship series

(Both times they were turned down)• Professional teams were not allowed to compete for the Cup until

after the formation of ___________ professional leagues in 1908• As a result of the ________ _____ being given in 1908

to_____________ ________, a new cup for _________ _____ was established that same year by _____ ___ ___________ _________ to replace the __________ _______

Hockey 1900-1909• Hockey at the amateur, semiprofessional, and

professional levels __________ in the ________

• Leagues __________ , had __________ success, and then __________ with regularity

• None sustained continued ________ to catapult the sport into the __________ consciousness into the next ________

Hockey 1900-1909

• The collegiate game had a little more stability. • Regardless of the organizational struggles,

hockey developed some incredible players during this period who would go on to earn Hall of Fame recognition and become idols of the game.