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95-1059: The origins of the Quebec Senior Hockey League (QSHL) rest with the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association (QAHA) which grew out of the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union which began play in Quebec from 1908. The bulk of the teams that formed the QSHL were part of the Montreal Senior Group of the QAHA. The QAHA re-organized its senior league for 1941 and the QSHL was formed. During the 1940–41 season, The Gazette reported rumors that QSHL players discussed strike action in protest of lower financial compensation given to players for their expenses, which

190-536: A close friend of both brothers and had an extensive career in hockey. Patrick developed into a strong hockey player and would frequently be invited as a ringer to play in important games. In 1901 Patrick enrolled in McGill University . He played basketball in his first semester as a student, and subsequently joined the hockey team. He was also invited to tryout for the Montreal Shamrocks ,

285-625: A local hockey team, scoring 22 goals in 6 games during the 1908–09 season. During the season Patrick also accepted an offer to join the Edmonton Hockey Club of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association for their upcoming Cup challenge against his former team, the Wanderers. The team had signed several high-profile players from Eastern Canada to play for the team in the challenge; only two players on

380-711: A new junior championship at a lower level than the Memorial Cup. They invited teams from the Northern Ontario Hockey Association and Western Canada to join, then presented the plan for approval by the CAHA. The CAHA voted instead to allow its weaker branches to strengthen their championship teams by adding up to six players in the Memorial Cup playoffs. The Confederation of Recreation in Quebec City chose to operate independently and leave

475-745: A new trophy at a higher level than the Allan Cup . The Alexander Cup became the championship trophy of the Major Series. The 1951 Valleyfield Braves and the 1952 Quebec Aces won the Alexander Cup. The Ottawa Senators contested that according to the Major Series agreement, the handling of player eligibility questions and infractions of rules should be done by the CAHA instead of the QAHA. CAHA president W. B. George conducted discussions in December 1952, which resulted in recommended changes to

570-744: A rematch series in March 1907 the Wanderers defeated Kenora to again win the Cup. Patrick had scored 11 goals in nine regular season games, and a further 10 goals in six Cup challenge games. In 1907 Joe purchased a tract of land in the Slocan Valley in southeastern British Columbia (BC), and moved the family west to Nelson, British Columbia , a town near the land, to start a new lumber company there. Frank remained in Montreal to complete his studies, as he had one year remaining. In Nelson Patrick played for

665-638: A roll of honour for any of its players who had enlisted or would enlist in the Canadian military. The QAHA continued to grow when it welcomed the Montreal Minor Hockey Association into membership, which controlled almost 100 hockey rinks in Greater Montreal . The QAHA divided its junior ice hockey leagues into tiers, when it adopted the junior-B rating, similar to other CAHA branches. The ODAHA denied permission for

760-548: A story he told years later, Patrick noted that after informing his father he only spent $ 62, he was ordered to reimburse the Edmonton club the remaining $ 38; Patrick would claim this "must have been the first and last time in history that a hockey player ever returned any part of his expense money." The following year a new top-level league, the National Hockey Association (NHA), was established; unlike

855-494: A team operated by his employer and one other recreational team. The leagues felt that players were fatigued, and agreed that by limiting a player to one team and playing fewer games it would increase the overall quality of hockey and subsequently improve the QAHA's results in the Allan Cup playoffs. The leagues were also concerned about increasing competition for players by commercial leagues. The Mount Royal Junior Hockey League

950-401: A top senior team in the city; however as this would have meant leaving the university, Patrick declined the offer, following the advice of his father. Even so Patrick only studied at McGill for one year before he withdrew. He was more focused on playing sports than studying, and so Joe decided to have Patrick start working for the family business. After initially working in an office role, within

1045-816: A year Patrick was promoted to a branch manager. The company was downsized though and so in June 1903 Patrick decided to move to Calgary in Western Canada in an effort to work on cattle ranches. Upon arriving in Calgary he found the lifestyle was not suitable for him, and instead joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as a rodman and chainman on a survey gang, working until the autumn of that year. On his way back to Montreal, Patrick stopped in Brandon, Manitoba . He had friends there playing hockey, and

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1140-576: Is the governing body of all ice hockey in Quebec , Canada. Hockey Québec is a branch of Hockey Canada . Hockey Québec was organized in 1976 to take over from the various organizations governing hockey in Quebec. Hockey Québec is formed by 15 different regional associations. The Quebec Amateur Hockey Association (QAHA) was founded at the Montreal AAA clubhouse on January 19, 1919, with Hartland MacDougall elected as president and W. R. Granger as

1235-606: The 1904–05 season with Montreal Westmount in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), then the top level league in Canadian hockey. In eight games Patrick had four goals. While back from school during a break in 1905 , Frank briefly joined the Montreal Westmount club and played two games; this marked the first time the brothers played together. Preoccupied with work commitments for his father, Patrick frequently missed team workouts and

1330-610: The Allan Cup , and objected to the 1941 Allan Cup playoffs beginning earlier than usual, which shortened the QSHL playoffs. The QSHL proposed forming an Eastern Canada Hockey Association in May 1941. Under the proposal, the QAHA, the Ottawa and District Amateur Hockey Association (ODAHA), and the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association , would work together in the playoffs to determine one team to play against

1425-723: The Montreal Junior Canadiens or teams in the Ontario Hockey Association. The QAHA contended those teams were operating on a semi-professional basis since they paid a weekly stipend to their players and were too strong of competition in the Memorial Cup playoffs for the Canadian junior championship. In January 1957, the QAHA reached an agreement with the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association and the ODAHA to establish

1520-674: The Ottawa Commandos and the Hull Volants to play in the QSHL, and wanted the teams to play in the Ottawa City Hockey League . The QSHL subsequently voted to operate the 1944–45 season with four teams independent of the QAHA and CAHA. Dawe attempted to mediate the dispute by allowing the ODAHA to keep the five per cent share of gate receipts for the Ottawa and Hull teams, instead of the funds being paid to

1615-710: The Portland Rosebuds . The Boston Bruins , whose owner Charles Adams and manager Art Ross had helped facilitate the sale, also purchased select players, paying a total of $ 17,000, netting the WHL owners a total of $ 267,000. In October 1926 Patrick was offered the position of coach with the New York Rangers , another expansion team in the NHL. Shortly after he was also named the team's general manager, replacing Conn Smythe . He played one regular season game for

1710-701: The Spokane Canaries . The reason for the move is not clear, though MacLeod speculates that Patrick thought the military may allow the team to continue to use it, which was not to be the case. After that season the Canaries were disbanded, and Patrick joined the Stanley Cup champion Seattle Metropolitans . The Aristocrats were revived in 1918 as the Victoria Cougars , and Patrick took over as player-manager. Despite playing in only about half

1805-688: The Stanley Cup six times as a player, coach and manager. Born in Drummondville , Quebec , Patrick moved to Montreal with his family at a young age and grew up there, and started playing hockey at this time while also working for his father's lumber company. Patrick first played for a top-level team in 1904 when he spent a season with the Brandon Hockey Club in Manitoba , and subsequently played three years in Montreal, winning

1900-680: The Toronto Maple Leafs . Patrick coached the team to the Finals once more in 1937 , though they lost. He resigned as coach in 1939 and was replaced by Frank Boucher , remaining as general manager of the Rangers and serving as an assistant coach to Boucher. Patrick won the Cup for the final time in 1940 when the Rangers, coached by Boucher, defeated Toronto. However the onset of the Second World War in 1939 had depleted

1995-461: The age of majority when the incident occurred. He filed legal action seeking a writ of mandamus to be issued an amateur card, and testified that he was young and inexperienced at the time, did not know that he was playing with professionals. Granger and the QAHA registration committee agreed to give Dufresne a fresh start and issued him an amateur card. The CAHA unanimously elected Granger its president on March 19, 1921. He remained president of

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2090-574: The senior ice hockey champions of Canada, and the Junior Amateur Hockey Association also joined the QAHA and became eligible for the Memorial Cup playoffs as the junior ice hockey champions of Canada. The Gazette credited Granger for being instrumental in founding the QAHA, fighting to maintain amateurism and for allowing hockey to thrive in Quebec. The establishment of the QAHA protected its leagues from

2185-414: The 1944–45 season with four teams independent of the QAHA and CAHA. Dawe remained willing to co-operate with the QSHL as long as a settlement could be reached with the ODAHA that allowed the teams to play under the jurisdiction of the QAHA. He attempted to mediate the dispute by allowing the ODAHA to keep the five per cent share of gate receipts for the Ottawa and Hull teams, instead of the funds being paid to

2280-430: The 1945–46 season, which resulted in the QAHA being in its best financial position to date with the majority of income from QSHL gate receipts. The QSHL and other senior leagues requested a new deal with the CAHA and complained that their players were too costly to obtain and could easily leave since no contractual commitment was required. In 1950, the CAHA decided that its five best calibre senior leagues would compete for

2375-875: The Alberta-based teams meant that the new league would only be based in BC initially. The mild weather on the West Coast meant that unlike Central and Eastern Canada natural ice could not be used for games, and so the Patrick family built two arenas: the Denman Arena in Vancouver and the Patrick Arena in Victoria. While the arenas were being built Patrick went east to recruit players, offering up to twice

2470-405: The Allan Cup playoffs. Dawe felt that senior teams had an obligation to support amateur hockey which was the source of senior players, and raised objections at the QSHL annual meeting. No decision was made on whether to become professional, and the league sought more information from the NHL on the benefits and finances of a professional minor league. The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the QSHL

2565-412: The CAHA took its share. Dawe stated that the proposal may seem like mutiny, but that the QAHA wanted to form a new association within the CAHA, and voice Eastern Canada's concerns. The QAHA also contested that with more playoffs games, Montreal could be built into a junior hockey city with profitable gate receipts. The CAHA chose to increase travel expenses to teams during the playoffs instead of forming

2660-495: The Cup in that role again in 1940 , before resigning from that role in 1946. Patrick's sons Lynn and Muzz both played for him on the Rangers, and his grandsons Craig and Glenn also played in the NHL. Lynn, Muzz, and Craig all later coached and served as general managers in the NHL as well, while another grandson, Dick is an executive and part-owner of the Washington Capitals ; in 2024, great-grandson Chris

2755-584: The ECHA, the NHA was openly professional. Several teams began to send offers to both Patrick brothers, who had decided to return east for the winter and play hockey there. Among the teams making offers were the Renfrew Creamery Kings , owned by J. Ambrose O'Brien , a wealthy mining magnate, and when Patrick received the offer he replied saying he would join the team for $ 3,000, an exorbitant salary for

2850-507: The Eastern Canada Hockey Association. In November 1942, CAHA past-president George Dudley felt that, "the QAHA now has the best executive in its history". The QAHA had purchased almost $ 7,000 in victory bonds by 1942, permitted teams composed of military servicemen to play without paying an entrance fee or annual dues, and Dawe urged for more support of military sports organizations. The QAHA also planned

2945-561: The Montreal Canadiens had the first pick of any player from the league. Dawe stated that Lester Patrick of the New York Rangers , and Art Ross of the Boston Bruins , wanted to see the QSHL and other CAHA senior leagues become professional for the best interests of the other NHL teams. The QSHL remained an amateur league for the 1945–46 season, which resulted in the QAHA being in its best financial position to date with

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3040-523: The Montreal Forum, compared to expected profits elsewhere. The QSHL proposed forming an Eastern Canada Hockey Association for the Allan Cup playoffs. Under the proposal, the QAHA, the ODAHA, and the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association , would work together in the playoffs to determine one team to play against the Ontario champion; and share the profits from the gate receipts among themselves before

3135-420: The NHA. Prior to the start of the 1913–14 Patrick broke a bone in his left arm, keeping him from playing until mid-way through the season, though he continued to serve as coach. Victoria started the season badly, but with Patrick returning they finished strong and won the league championship, with 10 wins in 16 games. Patrick played eight of the games, and had ten points. With a new agreement reached between

3230-591: The NHL during parts of the 1970s while another grandson, Dick (Muzz's son) has been an executive and minority owner of the Washington Capitals since 1982. Great-grandson Chris , the son of Dick, was named general manager of the Capitals in 2024. Patrick also played a role in the early development of women's hockey. In Nelson his sisters Myrtle, Cynda and Dora were associated with the Nelson Ladies Hockey Club, and in 1911 Patrick would coach

3325-489: The NHL in early 1943: league president Frank Calder collapsed at a board meeting in January, and until his replacement Red Dutton was able to assume the role in May, Patrick and E.W. Bickle of Toronto oversaw the league. Patrick developed lung cancer, and his health quickly deteriorated. He died in Victoria after a heart attack on June 1, 1960, aged 76. Exactly four weeks later, he was followed by his brother Frank, who

3420-399: The Ontario champion; and share the profits from the gate receipts among themselves before the CAHA took its share. QSHL president George Slater felt that any team which reached the Allan Cup finals would face bankruptcy without a better financial deal, since the CAHA kept all profits from gate receipts in inter-branch playoffs. In the 1942 Allan Cup playoffs, the QAHA wanted the winners of

3515-636: The PCHA and NA, Victoria played the NHA champions, the Toronto Blueshirts , for the Cup. The teams played a best-of-five series, which Toronto won 3 games to 0. Patrick played all three games and had two goals. In January 1916 the Victoria Arena was commandeered by the Canadian military for use as a training facility for new recruits. Prior to the 1916–17 Patrick moved his team from Victoria to Spokane, Washington , where they were renamed

3610-456: The PCHA that remain in hockey today, including the blue line , the penalty shot , and tracking assists , among others. When the WHL, as the PCHA had been renamed in 1924, was sold to the NHL in 1926, Patrick was hired by the expansion New York Rangers to be their coach and manager. He led the team to Stanley Cup wins in 1928 and 1933 , along with three further Finals appearances. He resigned as coach in 1939 though remained as manager, winning

3705-616: The Patricks decided to merge with the Western Canada Hockey League , which was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL). The WHL continued for two seasons until 1926, though with continued financial difficulties and expansion plans by the NHL (which would add three teams between 1924 and 1926, growing to ten teams overall) it was clear the league would not be sustainable. With the consent of five of

3800-500: The QAHA established an inter-provincial playoff for the juvenile age group champion in minor ice hockey versus the ODAHA champion. Dawe was elected president of the QAHA in 1940. He wanted the QAHA to support hockey teams composed of Canadian servicemen during the war, and appointed a committee to liaise with military leaders on how the QAHA could provide a place to play or provide financial assistance. Military leagues from Quebec City , Montreal, and Sherbrooke , then affiliated with

3895-409: The QAHA general meeting in December 1921, Granger recommended revisions to the constitution to improve finances and ensure amateur player registrations, and retired as president because he held the same position with the CAHA. The QAHA approved his recommendations to automatically suspend any player who filed legal action, to compel players to accept rulings of the registration committee unless an appeal

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3990-552: The QAHA or the CAHA. Granger was elected president of the QAHA on December 8, 1919, and continued his campaign to clean up amateur hockey and expand the influence of the CAHA when he welcomed the Ottawa Amateur Federation into an affiliation with the QAHA. The affiliation settled the differences between multiple leagues in Ottawa now unified under the same jurisdiction. The QAHA implemented standard rules to rid its leagues of unsporting physical play, and grew with

4085-600: The QAHA, and called a special meeting in April 1921 to discuss incorporation into the CAHA and revisions to the QAHA constitution necessitated by the Dufresne court action. Granger welcomed recommendations from members of the association and sought to have the constitution and registration forms printed in both English and French. Commercial leagues in Montreal gave Granger a vote of confidence and agreed that professionals in another sport should be excluded from amateur hockey. At

4180-418: The QAHA. The Gazette credited the QAHA for having carefully handled expenses which profited more than C$ 2,400 during wartime conditions, and allowed the QAHA to invest $ 4,000 into victory bonds for the war effort. By 1941, the QAHA minor hockey board oversaw its own player registrations, had grown to include a vice-chairman and district convenors, and established the first constitution for minor hockey in

4275-535: The QAHA. After a week of discussions, the ODAHA accepted Dawe's recommendation. Rumors about the QSHL becoming a professional minor league persisted in The Gazette , which reported that teams were upset with the amount of travel expenses given by the CAHA in the Allan Cup playoffs. The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the QSHL was the best senior hockey league in Canada, and that NHL executives resented that

4370-402: The QAHA. CAHA secretary George Dudley mediated the dispute and decided that no players would be suspended while talks were ongoing. After a week of discussions, the ODAHA accepted Dawe's recommendation. During the 1945–46 season, rumors persisted in The Gazette about the QSHL becoming a professional minor league , since teams were upset with the amount of travel expenses given by the CAHA in

4465-403: The QSHL and other senior leagues, limited teams to signing a maximum of four former National Hockey League (NHL) players. 1944–45 season, the ODAHA denied permission for the Ottawa Commandos and the Hull Volants to play in the QSHL, and wanted the teams to play in the Ottawa City Hockey League where it was in the association's best financial interest. The QSHL subsequently voted to operate

4560-481: The QSHL and the Eastern Townships League to play a series for the provincial senior championship. The CAHA denied the extension and the QSHL final was shortened to a two-game total-goals series. At the 1942 CAHA general meeting, the CAHA chose to increase travel expenses to teams during the playoffs instead of forming the Eastern Canada Hockey Association. The QAHA wanted to prevent stacked teams in

4655-409: The QSHL constitution and assertion of CAHA control over the Major Series. In May 1953, the league decided to leave the CAHA by resigning from the QAHA, which was itself under suspension from the CAHA. After leaving the CAHA, the team owners voted to become professional to protect their player contracts. However, QSHL players who had signed forms with NHL clubs to play professionally, could not sign with

4750-413: The Rangers to an overtime victory. For the next three games, the league gave permission for the Rangers to use Joe Miller from the New York Americans in goal. The Rangers went on to win the Stanley Cup, their first in franchise history. The Rangers played in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1929 , and again in 1932 , though lost both years. They won a second Stanley Cup championship in 1933 , defeating

4845-424: The Rangers to use Alec Connell , the Ottawa Senators ' netminder who was in the stands, as well as minor-leaguer Hugh McCormick. Odie Cleghorn , the coach of the Pittsburgh Pirates , stood in for Patrick as coach for the remainder of the game, and directed the Rangers to check fiercely at mid-ice which limited the Maroon players to long harmless shots. Patrick saved 18 to 19 shots while allowing one goal in helping

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4940-402: The Rangers, on March 20, 1927, serving as a substitute defenceman against the New York Americans . He is famous for an incident which occurred on April 7, 1928, during Game 2 of the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Maroons . After starting goaltender Lorne Chabot suffered an eye injury after being hit by the puck in the middle of the second period, Patrick inserted himself into

5035-409: The Rangers, who did not have many local players, to acquire talent from other regions, and kept competing teams from signing all the players. The Rangers developed an extensive system in this way, including forming a new league, the Eastern Amateur Hockey League , which had teams in the New York region. In 1933 Patrick started hosting Rangers' training camps in Winnipeg, in a further effort to expand

5130-465: The Rangers, who saw many players enlist in the armed forces of both Canada and the United States. This led to tension between Patrick and Boucher, and with the team continuing to lose Patrick resigned as general manager on February 22, 1946, replaced by Boucher, who took on the dual role of coach and general manager. He stayed on as vice president of Madison Square Garden , finally retiring in 1950. Patrick had also briefly assumed an executive position in

5225-505: The Stanley Cup with the Montreal Wanderers in both 1906 and 1907. Moving west to British Columbia with his family in 1907 Patrick played for a local team in Nelson, British Columbia , and was invited to join the Edmonton Hockey Club for a Cup challenge in 1908. Patrick and his brother Frank were lured back east in 1909 by promises of a large salary to join the Renfrew Creamery Kings of the National Hockey Association , though both returned to Nelson after one season with Renfrew. In 1911

5320-457: The additions of the Montreal City Amateur Intermediate League and the Bankers League of Montreal. With the intent to stabilize rosters for the playoffs, Granger enforced a deadline of January 31 where teams could mutually agree to allow players to transfer from one team to another. The Ottawa Amateur Federation left the QAHA in 1920, when it was granted branch status in the CAHA as the Ottawa and District Amateur Hockey Association (ODAHA). Despite

5415-455: The brothers formed the PCHA, and Patrick owned, managed, coached, and played for the Victoria team. He led the team to a Cup challenge in 1914, and aside from one season with the Seattle Metropolitans in 1917–18 he was with the team until the league was sold off in 1926. While with Victoria he won the Cup again in 1925 , the last team outside the National Hockey League (NHL) to do so. Along with Frank, Patrick would introduce many innovations in

5510-434: The era. Surprised by the offer, Patrick asked for his brother Frank as well, and Frank was offered $ 2,000 to join the team. Along with other high-profile players, most famously Cyclone Taylor , who signed for a reported $ 5,250, the team was nicknamed the "Millionaires". Along with several teammates, the Patricks lived in a boarding house in Renfrew during the season, and players were often seen together about town. Patrick

5605-403: The family moved 9 miles (14 km) to Carmell Hill, where Joe bought a half-interest in a general store with William Mitchell . As in Drummondville the town was mainly Francophone, leading the family to learn French. Joe and his partners sold their store in 1892 earning a substantial profit of $ 10,000; Joe used his $ 5,000 to establish a lumber company and built a mill in Daveluyville , which

5700-414: The game as the Rangers' new netminder, telling the players "Boys, don't let an old man down." At the age of 44 years, 99 days, Patrick remains the oldest man to have played in the Stanley Cup Finals. At the time it was not common for teams to have a backup goaltender, and the opposing team's coach had to allow a substitute goaltender. However, Maroons manager-coach Eddie Gerard refused to give permission for

5795-420: The games, he retired as a player after the 1922 season. Remaining with the Cougars as head coach, Patrick became the last non-NHL coach to win the Stanley Cup in 1925 . In January 1926 Patrick returned to the ice for the Cougars in an effort to help the team, which was playing poorly. By the early 1920s the PCHA was losing money. Seattle folded in 1924, and with only two teams left (Vancouver and Victoria),

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5890-573: The jurisdiction of the QAHA in 1959. The QAHA regained a presence in the city after it gave approval to establish the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament in 1960, which operated as a minor hockey event during the Quebec Winter Carnival . The Junior "AA" Provincial title is the Coupe Dodge . The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament is an annual minor ice hockey event in Quebec City co-founded by Gérard Bolduc , Paul Dumont and others in 1960. Lester Patrick Curtis Lester Patrick (December 31, 1883 – June 1, 1960)

5985-404: The loss of players to the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association, from which the Montreal City Amateur Hockey League had resigned during World War I in a dispute that the association operated under veiled professionalism. Granger warned that anyone playing against professionals would jeopardize their amateur status, and that the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association had never affiliated with

6080-656: The loss of the Ottawa teams, the QAHA grew by accepting three new leagues based in Montreal, the Montreal Independent Intermediate Hockey League, the Pulp and Paper Company League, and the Montreal Industrial League; and expected applications from the Quebec City Intermediate League and the Quebec City Junior League, in addition to the existing Quebec City Senior League. In March 1921, the QAHA registration committee listened to an appeal by George Dufresne for an amateur card which he had been refused. Dufresne admitted that he had played semi-professional baseball, and argued that he should be reinstated as an amateur since he had not reached

6175-472: The majority of income from QSHL gate receipts. By the 1946–47 season, the QAHA had grown to include 59 leagues, 281 clubs, and increased its registration by 1,847 players from the previous season. The QAHA referee's committee had grown to become a self sufficient, and established a scouting and evaluation process to encourage new officials. He also wanted to stop the abuse of referees by players, and give indefinite suspensions to any offender. Lionel Fleury

6270-575: The new QHL teams. The players who signed QHL contracts became QHL team property and their contracts could be sold or traded to NHL or other professional leagues. The QHL disbanded following the 1958–59 season, with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens , Montreal Royals and Trois-Rivières Lions going to the Eastern Professional Hockey League and the Quebec Aces heading to the American Hockey League . Montreal Senior Group QSHL Amateur QSHL: 1941–42 through 1952–53 Semi-professional QHL: 1953–54 through 1958–59 Hockey Qu%C3%A9bec Hockey Québec

6365-441: The players work on it, aware that it took time for some to learn. The Patrick brothers created many new rules for hockey, and at least 22 remain in the NHL rulebook to this day. They introduced the blue line, the forward pass, and the playoff system, a change adopted by other leagues and sports around the world. After a suggestion by their father Joe, they began using numbers on players' sweaters and in programs to help fans identify

6460-401: The province. The QAHA and Dawe sought for teams from Eastern Canada to have more home games during the Memorial Cup and Allan Cup playoffs. At the 1941 CAHA general meeting, his motion was approved to allow the eastern and western portions of the national playoffs to be handled by the respective CAHA branches. Despite the approval, the CAHA had expressed concerns about the low gate receipts at

6555-458: The salary they were making in the NHA to join the new league, and was able to recruit several high-profile names. Patrick managed and played for the Victoria team , while Frank would do the same for the Vancouver team . Patrick played all 16 games for the team in the inaugural 1912 season , finishing tied for third on the team in scoring with 10 goals. At a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and weight of 180 pounds (82 kg) Patrick

6650-508: The science of hockey, and they were both already dreaming about changes that would improve the game". Joe sold his lumber company in January 1911, making a profit of around $ 440,000, of which he gave both Lester and Frank $ 25,000. In a separate transaction Joe also sold a private interest he had, earning a further $ 35,000. With this money Joe solicited ideas from his family on what to invest in, and Frank suggested they establish their own hockey league, one based in BC and that they controlled. It

6745-443: The search for talent beyond the provinces of Ontario and Quebec where the NHL's two Canadian teams (the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens ) were located. The Patricks have been dubbed "Hockey's Royal Family". Patrick's son, Lynn and grandson Craig were both inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Another son, Muzz , was a player and eventually coach and general manager of the Rangers. Another grandson, Glenn , played in

6840-546: The six WHL teams Frank met with the NHL and offered to sell the rights to WHL players to the league for a lump sum, allowing the NHL to quickly stock the expansion teams being set up. This was agreed to, and for $ 100,000 the Victoria team was transferred to Detroit, (who named themselves the Detroit Cougars in recognition). The Chicago team, later named the Black Hawks , also paid $ 100,000 for players, receiving

6935-525: The skaters. A new rule allowed the puck to be kicked everywhere but into the net, and allowed goaltenders to fall to the ice to make a save. They were responsible for crediting assists when a goal was scored, and invented the penalty shot. With the Rangers Patrick also became an early advocate of the farm team system, in which the parent team sponsored several minor and junior teams in order to retain their playing rights. This allowed teams like

7030-415: The struggle to find players. Frank Greenleaf was unanimously elected president of the QAHA in April 1927. He appointed a special committee to revise the constitution and by-laws to resolve a lack of clarity that had resulted recurring petty differences, and chaired a meeting requested by the leagues to discuss a "one-man, one-league" regulation. QAHA by-laws at the time allowed for a person to play for

7125-588: The team did not perform very well. The CAHL was disbanded prior to the start of the 1905–06 season and replaced by a new league, the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA). Patrick joined the Montreal Wanderers , who were admitted to the new league, scoring 17 goals in nine games for them. The Wanderers finished in a tie with Ottawa for first in the league, leading to a two game, total goal playoff

7220-475: The team were from Edmonton, with the rest coming from the east. Patrick and Tommy Phillips , who had played for Kenora, never even reached Edmonton; they met their team in Winnipeg on its way east for the Cup challenge. Edmonton lost the two game, total-goal series 14–9, with Patrick scoring one goal. While other players were paid several hundred dollars for the series, Patrick was given $ 100 for expenses. In

7315-578: The team. In January 1916, the Patrick brothers talked of forming a women's league to complement the PCHA and occupy dates for their arenas in Vancouver and Victoria. The proposal included teams from Vancouver, Victoria, Portland, and Seattle. The league never formed but in January 1917, the Vancouver News-Advertiser reported that wives of the Seattle Metropolitans had assembled a team. In February 1921, Frank announced

7410-494: The two defenders to line up side-by-side, rather than one in front of the other as had been the standard since the beginning of hockey; this change was adopted by the team and soon widely adopted in hockey. Brandon challenged the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup in that season, but were defeated in the two-game, total-goal series. After the season Patrick returned to Montreal, arriving by March 1904. Patrick played

7505-584: The vice-president. The association affiliated with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA), and required Amateur Athletic Union of Canada registration cards for all players which prevented any professionals from joining. The Interscholastic Hockey League joined the Montreal City Amateur Hockey League under the jurisdiction of the QAHA and became eligible for the Allan Cup playoffs as

7600-574: Was 60 miles (97 km) west of Quebec City . That winter Patrick and his younger brother Frank received their first pair of skates . In 1893 the family moved again, this time to Montreal , as Joe expanded his lumber company. They first lived in Pointe-Saint-Charles , a rail district, before moving to the more prosperous suburb of Westmount in 1895. While in Montreal the two older Patrick brothers were first introduced to ice hockey . They also met Art Ross at this time, who became

7695-685: Was 74; Frank's death was also attributed to a heart attack. The Lester Patrick Trophy , awarded for outstanding contributions to hockey in the United States, is named for him. He was also the namesake of the Patrick Division , one of the former divisions of the NHL teams. The championships trophy of the Western Hockey League , the Lester Patrick Cup , was renamed after Patrick upon his death in 1960. He

7790-666: Was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA; Western Hockey League (WHL) after 1924), and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Along with his brother Frank Patrick and father Joseph Patrick , he founded the PCHA and helped develop several rules for the game of hockey. Patrick won

7885-435: Was blamed the implementation of a reserve list system which prevented teams from competing for the same players. QAHA president Norman Dawe then arbitrated disputes where teams disagreed on player registrations, but the reserve list remained as a gentlemen's agreement among the teams. The QAHA wanted more influence into how the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) determined the dates and location of playoffs games for

7980-550: Was born in 1857 and in 1883 married Grace Nelson. They moved to Drummondville , Quebec where Joe worked as a general store clerk and Grace was a schoolmarm. Drummondville was predominantly French-speaking and Catholic at the time, making the Anglophone and Methodist Patrick family a minority in the town. Patrick was born on December 31, 1883, in Drummondville, Quebec, the oldest child of Joe and Grace Patrick. In 1887

8075-565: Was elected president of the QAHA to succeed Robert Lebel in June 1955, and was the first person to live outside of Greater Montreal to hold the position. He planned to replace the Quebec Junior Hockey League with a new league composed of local talent on teams that operated at a lower level of junior hockey, and be purely amateur without seeking financial assistance from the NHL. The new league grew as two seasons passed, but its teams were unable to compete at same level as

8170-488: Was founded in 1928, which created a venue for junior ice hockey talent to develop and be regularly featured on Saturday afternoons at the Montreal Forum . During the 1935–36 season playoffs, the QAHA established a referee board and named Norman Dawe the convenor. He sought to unify all referees in Quebec under a governing body to assign games in the provincial playoffs and establish a grading system. In 1938,

8265-559: Was heard by the CAHA, and to charge registration fees to senior players and annual dues to leagues to help fund the QAHA. In April 1924, the QAHA changed its structure to be more similar to the Ontario Hockey Association , where clubs affiliated directly with the association instead of as a members of a league. The QAHA felt that the calibre of play was reduced when leagues competed against each other for players, and that clubs would better develop talent by eliminating

8360-463: Was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947. As a coach Patrick described his philosophy to reporters: "It is incumbent upon you initially to build up their morale and then maintain it, and before you do that you must have acquired their confidence in your judgement, and you must know the man." He was known to be patient with players, and while he would go onto the ice to show plays, he let

8455-412: Was larger than many other hockey players of the era, and historian Alan Livingstone MacLeod notes that in team photos Patrick was "at least half a head taller than the other players". Buoyed by an influx of players from the east (16 of the 23 players in the PCHA's first season had played in the NHA previously), the league did well and demonstrated early it could be a serious challenger to the supremacy of

8550-640: Was named general manager of the Capitals. Patrick's contributions to hockey were recognized with his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947, and he is also the namesake of the NHL's Lester Patrick Trophy , awarded for outstanding contributions to hockey in the United States, and the Patrick Division , which existed in the NHL from 1974 to 1993. Patrick's father, Joe , was the son of Irish immigrants: Thomas Patrick had emigrated from County Tyrone in Ireland to Canada in 1848 and settled in Quebec. Joe

8645-428: Was offered spot with the team for $ 25 per month to cover expenses. He played as cover-point for the season. While points and cover-points were not expected to contribute much to offensive actions, Patrick tried to carry the puck up the ice during a game, scoring a goal. While the club questioned his motive, he argued that it was successful, and the fans enjoyed it, so was allowed to keep doing so. He also advocated for

8740-610: Was played for the league championship. The Wanders won the series 12 goals to 10, with Patrick scoring the final two goals in the last minutes of the second game, and were thus also awarded the Stanley Cup. The following season the Wanderers again finished first in the ECAHA, though lost the Cup in a challenge against the Kenora Thistles , champions of the Manitoba Hockey Association , in January 1907. In

8835-698: Was put to a vote, with both Joe and Frank voting in favour and Lester against, so they agreed to move forward, and the family moved to Victoria, British Columbia . They incorporated the new league, the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), on December 7, 1911. The initial plan was to place teams in large cities in Western Canada, with one each in Vancouver and Victoria (both in BC), and one in Edmonton and Calgary (both in Alberta ). Issues in finding support for

8930-415: Was the best senior hockey league in Canada, and that NHL executives resented that the Montreal Canadiens had the first pick of any player from the league. Dawe stated that Lester Patrick of the New York Rangers , and Art Ross of the Boston Bruins , wanted to see the QSHL and other CAHA senior leagues become professional for the best interests of the other NHL teams. The QSHL remained an amateur league for

9025-404: Was the more out-spoken of the brothers, with Frank being quiet and reserved, though his demeanor changed when the topic of hockey came up. He became quite lively and was open about his ideas on how to improve the game, and what type of tactics could be used. Taylor would later recall he was quite impressed by the brothers knowledge and views, stating that "Frank in particular had an amazing grasp of

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