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.
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