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34-597: The CAHL held its regular meeting on December 9, 1905. At that meeting it was decided that amalgamation with the FAHL should be attempted. On December 11, it was announced that the amalgamation would form a new league, the ECAHA. The CAHL was discontinued, but the FAHL would continue. The first executive was elected: However, on December 20, the vice-president titles were abolished and the Secretary-treasurer position

68-603: A Montreal player cold and received game misconducts. Cecil Blachford , Ernest Johnson and Hod Stuart all required hospital treatment. Despite the injuries, the Wanderers won the game 4–2. The ECAHA convened a week later to consider discipline for the Ottawa players and when no agreement was found, league president McRobie resigned. When Ottawa returned for a January 26 against the Montreal Victorias , Spittal and

102-579: A team that specifically appealed to Montreal's Francophone community, the Wanderers drew their support from Montreal's English-speaking community . A new team, the Montreal Maroons , was later established to take the Wanderers' place. The owners originally intended to use the name Wanderers but were unable to obtain rights to the name. The Maroons, too, would eventually fold in 1938, ending efforts to entrench separate Montreal-based teams for French- and English-speaking fans. The Wanderers nickname

136-714: A two-game total goals series. Montreal repeated as league champions in 1907, then faced the Kenora Thistles in a Cup challenge in January 1907. Kenora defeated Montreal 4–2 and 8–6, taking the Cup back to Northern Ontario . The Wanderers would regain the Cup from Kenora two months later in Winnipeg , Manitoba , defeating the Thistles 7–2 and 5–6. The Wanderers won their third consecutive league title in 1908 while defending

170-814: The Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL), the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA), the National Hockey Association (NHA) and briefly the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wanderers were four-time Stanley Cup winners. Prior to the formation of the NHL, the "Redbands" were one of the most successful teams in hockey. James Strachan announced the formation of the new club on December 1, 1903. The team

204-595: The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. † Stanley Cup Champions. - Ottawa and Wanderers are both considered 1906 Stanley Cup Champions. Montreal Arena The Montreal Arena , also known as Westmount Arena , was an indoor arena located in Westmount, Quebec , Canada on the corner of St. Catherine Street and Wood Avenue. It was likely one of the first arenas designed expressly for hockey, opening in 1898. It

238-613: The Montreal Hockey Club team of 1902–03, which won the Stanley Cup. That team had been known as the "Little Men of Iron" because of the players' tenacity and small stature, and the nickname carried over to the new club. The Wanderers first Stanley Cup challenge was played against the Ottawa Hockey Club on March 2, 1904, resulting in a 5–5 tie game. The Wanderers would refuse to continue the series unless

272-862: The Cup in a mid-season challenge by the Ottawa Victorias in January. After their third consecutive ECAHA title, the Wanderers were given its trophy, the Arena Cup permanently. The Cup is on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. After the 1908 regular season, Montreal defended the Stanley Cup twice in March 1908, in challenges by the Winnipeg Maple Leafs , and the Toronto Professional Hockey Club . The 1908 Wanderers team scratched their names inside

306-669: The ECAHA to Ottawa. The Wanderers were involved in the formation of the NHA. After the 1908 season, the Wanderers had been sold to P. J. Doran, owner of the Jubilee Rink who now made plans to move the club from the Montreal Arena to the smaller Jubilee for the 1910 season. This upset the other members of the ECHA, who would receive a smaller share of the proceeds from games played in the Wanderers rink. The other ECHA members suspended

340-576: The ECHA and set up the Canadian Hockey Association league and rejected the application of the Wanderers to join. The Wanderers' representative at the meeting, Jimmy Gardner met Ambrose O'Brien in the ground floor of the hotel where the league was meeting. Gardner suggested to O'Brien, who had been rejected in his application for the Renfrew Creamery Kings to join the ECHA, that they form a new league, including

374-482: The NHA in January 1910. A silver championship trophy, designated the 'Arena Cup', was donated by the Montreal Arena Company. It was crafted from 90 ounces (2.6 kg) of sterling silver and designed by Birk's of Montreal. After the Wanderers won it in 1906 through 1908, they were given the trophy permanently, a condition engraved in the silver of the trophy. The trophy is now on permanent display in

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408-536: The NHL's inaugural season and lost all but one before their home rink, the Montreal Arena , burned down on January 2, 1918. At the time, they had lost star players Sprague Cleghorn and Odie Cleghorn and had appealed to the other teams for player help. Before the fire, they had successfully obtained goaltender Hap Holmes from Seattle of the PCHA and it seemed that they might turn around their misfortunes. After

442-630: The Smiths were arrested for assault, each eventually paying $ 20 fines. The newly formed NHL played its first game in the Arena on December 19, 1917, with the Wanderers earning a 10-9 win over the newly established Toronto Arenas . A French language newspaper ad re-discovered in 2017 established that the Montreal game started at 8:15 pm, ahead of another game that same night in Ottawa scheduled to begin at 8:30 pm. Wanderers defenceman Dave Ritchie scored

476-554: The Stanley Cup. Only the Kenora Thistles , for 61 days in 1907 (January 23 through March 25), would impinge on these two teams. The Wanderers would win or defend the Cup ten times in their first seven years of existence, and lost only two direct challenges (to Ottawa March 1904 and Kenora January 1907) during that period. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: 1 = first half of season, 2 = second half of season The following Hockey Hall of Fame players played for

510-588: The Wanderers, Renfrew and the Cobalt and Haileybury teams that O'Brien owned. O'Brien agreed and on December 4, 1909, the NHA was founded. Later in January 1910, the CHA folded and Ottawa and Montreal Shamrocks joined the NHA. Doran sold the club to Eddie McCafferty, the secretary of the Montreal Royals minor-league baseball team, owned by Sam Lichtenhein . McCafferty incorporated the Wanderers and sold shares of

544-527: The bowl, which was just prior to the second band being added to the Cup. The team included five future Honoured Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame : Moose Johnson , Hod Stuart , Riley Hern , Lester Patrick , and Ernie Russell . Before the 1909 season started, Montreal defended its Cup in a challenge by the Edmonton Hockey Club , winning 13–10 in two games. The Wanderers would lose the Cup they had held for two years, finishing second place in

578-579: The building of the Montreal Forum and the founding of the Montreal Maroons . The Montreal Canadiens won their first (pre-NHL) Stanley Cup in this building on March 30, 1916 against the Portland Rosebuds. A fire started in the ice-making plant causing the arena to burn down on January 2, 1918. It began mid-day, when the only people in the building were the superintendent James McKeene and his family, who were eating in their apartment on

612-635: The change the league was renamed the Eastern Canada Hockey Association . In November 1909, the league dissolved over the plans of the Wanderers to move to an arena with fewer (revenue paying) spectator seats. The three other teams announced that they were leaving the ECHA, creating the Canadian Hockey Association (CHA). The Wanderers helped form a competing league, the National Hockey Association (NHA). The CHA played for less than two weeks, merging with

646-486: The club to the public. The majority of shares were bought by Lichtenhein, and he became president of the club's corporation. The club moved back to the Montreal Arena. The Wanderers regained the Cup in 1910, winning the championship of the new NHA and the new O'Brien Cup . The Wanderers successfully defended the Stanley Cup for the final time versus the Berlin Dutchmen in March 1910. Montreal fell to fourth place

680-487: The fire, the Wanderers again appealed for reinforcements, but none were forthcoming. The team defaulted its next two games, against the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto , and then disbanded. The last active Wanderers player was George Geran , who played his last NHL game in 1926. Dave Ritchie and Phil Stevens also played that season, but not the full year. After the founding of the Montreal Canadiens ,

714-419: The first design of its kind. A puck could be shot along the outside rim, slide along the corners, pass behind the goal and come out the other side. That type of shot is common in hockey today and is called "rimmed around." The rounded-corners design spread to other arenas. In 1902, after Ottawa 's Dey Rink was demolished due to a storm, it was rebuilt with rounded ends to match the Montreal Arena. The fence along

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748-531: The first game in Montreal 9–1. The 'Silver Seven' would storm back in the return match in Ottawa, with a 9–1 lead at one point in the game evening the total goals, but only won 9–3 as the Wanderers scored the last two goals, to win the series, and their first Stanley Cup. Montreal defended the Cup in its first challenge as champions in December 1906. The Wanderers defeated the New Glasgow Cubs 17–5 in

782-606: The following month, won their first league championship the next month, and challenged the Ottawa "Silver Seven/Senators" Hockey Club (HC) for the Stanley Cup on March 2, 1904. While they lost that first challenge, it marked the start of a period of eight consecutive years through March 5, 1912, where these two teams would co-exist and either the Montreal Wanderers (1,390 days) or the Ottawa HC (1,474 days) would hold

816-528: The following season, and lost the privilege to defend the Stanley Cup. The Wanderers would then miss the playoffs four consecutive seasons. Montreal's last winning season came in 1914–15 , when they tied for first place and lost in a playoff for the league championship. The Wanderers would win only 15 of their next 44 games in two seasons, before the NHA was reorganized as the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wanderers played only four games in

850-485: The home rink for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey Association and National Hockey League from 1911 until 1918. In 1907, it was the site of one of hockey's first player brawls. On January 12, 1907, the game between the heated rivals Ottawa Hockey Club and the Montreal Wanderers degenerated into a free for all. Ottawa players Charles Spittal , Alf Smith and Harry Smith each knocked out

884-798: The ice surface was increased in height to 4 feet (1.2 m), an increase from the Victoria Skating Rink 's one foot high boards. The first artificial ice-making plant in Montreal was installed in the Arena in 1915. The owners of the Montreal Arena, the Canadian Arena Company, later built the Arena Gardens in Toronto, and operated the Toronto NHL franchise in 1917–18. Principals of the Arena Company, such as William Northey , would later be involved in

918-614: The league's first goal early in the game. The building was also used for exhibition space. Horse shows, car shows, motor-boat displays, concerts, and bazaars were held. New York's Metropolitan Opera performed at the arena, as well as singers such as Melba, Caruso, Calve and Albani. 45°29′15″N 73°35′12″W  /  45.487629°N 73.586651°W  / 45.487629; -73.586651 Montreal Wanderers The Montreal Wanderers were an amateur, and later professional, ice hockey team based in Montreal . The team played in

952-549: The next year. In 1924, the new Montreal Forum was built one block to the east. A condominium building currently sits on the site. Previously a warehouse had been on the site after the fire that destroyed the arena. At first, it hosted the Montreal senior men's amateur hockey teams of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada , including the Montreal , Shamrock and Victoria hockey clubs. The Wanderers would start play there in 1904. Later, it served as

986-509: The north side of the structure; all escaped safely but they lost most of their belongings, as well as a car stored in the annex. Damage was estimated at $ 150,000, including the uniforms and sticks of the Wanderers and Canadiens, with only a third covered by insurance. The blaze led the Montreal Wanderers , already on shaky grounds, to disband within days and the Canadiens to move back to Jubilee Arena , which itself would be destroyed by fire,

1020-400: The tie was replayed in Montreal, and forfeited the series. This was the start of a terrific rivalry as Ottawa and the Wanderers would split the championship between them from 1903 until 1911. Ottawa and the Wanderers would meet again in 1906, after a regular season tie for first place in the ECAHA, and played a two-game total goals series for the league championship and the Cup. The Wanderers won

1054-517: Was founded on December 3, 1903, when club members met and selected their colours as red and white and named their officers: The club had formed over a dispute over the control of the Montreal Hockey Club . Along with teams rejected for membership in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), the club helped found the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) on December 5, 1903. Many of the early Wanderers had been members of

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1088-494: Was given to William Northey of the Montreal Arena Company. From the start, the league allowed teams to openly use professional players. The players who were professionals had to be printed publicly. In 1908, the amateur-only Montreal Victorias and Montreal Hockey Club teams left the league. The league became a professional-only league, leading to several amateurs retiring from their teams. In significance of

1122-767: Was the namesake of several earlier Montreal teams. These teams each only lasted one year throughout the latter portion of the 19th Century. The first had played in the Montreal Winter Carnival hockey tournament in 1884. Another was an independent team that played various challenges in 1893. A third played in the Independent Amateur Hockey League in 1895, while a fourth played in the Cyclists Interclub Hockey League in 1897. The Wanderers were created in December 1903, played their first league game

1156-690: Was the primary site of amateur and professional ice hockey in Montreal until 1918. Opened on December 31, 1898, it held 10,000 people, 4300 seated. It held a refreshment buffet and smoking rooms, with rugs available for rental to sit on. It is likely the third arena designed expressly for ice hockey , after the St. Nicholas Rink in New York City , and the Dey's Skating Rink in Ottawa , which both opened in 1896. The ice rink ends were not squared off but rounded off. The ends were somewhat semi-circular, possibly

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