The Victorias won the Allan Cup by default in 1911, when the Toronto St. Michael's Majors refused to play, then successfully defended four challenges for the trophy.

Robinson helped establish the Manitoba Amateur Athletic Association in 1907, and oversaw finances for the provincial track and field championships.

[19] At the 1904 annual meeting of the Victorias, Robinson was elected to the club's executive committee and delegated to establish an intermediate team in a local league.

[28][b] Robinson subsequently represented the Victorias in the Western Canada Amateur Hockey Association, which declined further competition for the Stanley Cup and established residency rules for players as of 1906.

[36][37] Allan Cup trustees accepted the challenge from Robinson and the Victorias, to play the Toronto St. Michael's Majors for the trophy, in Winnipeg from February 20–25, 1911.

[40] Robinson was asked by Allan Cup trustee William Northey, to schedule dates and referees to defend a challenge by the Kenora Thistles.

[33] Robinson resigned as secretary-treasurer of the Victorias after seven seasons, due to time commitments and his business career, but remained the club's delegate to hockey league meetings.

Robinson noted that Auditorium's management agreed to make changes to suit the league's needs, and that all teams had signed the agreement to play there.

[63] The Regina Victorias defeated the Monarchs to win the Allan Cup, then defended the trophy in a series versus a team from Grand-Mère, Quebec.

[44] He travelled to Montreal and met with Allan Cup trustees, who reportedly had no desire to dictate disagreeable terms to the leagues wishing to compete for the trophy.

[67] Robinson wrote letters to amateur clubs across Canada, advocating for a meeting to establish a national governing body for hockey.

[69][70] The constitution drafted by delegates from Manitoba and Saskatchewan was adopted with minor changes, and the CAHA established a three-month residency rule to be eligible to register with a team.

The CAHA preferred to schedule home-and-home series for the playoffs, but Robinson stated that a one-game format could be used pending the weather or ice conditions.

[41] Robinson and W. F. Taylor advocated for the CAHA to hold its first annual meeting prior to the 1915–16 season, despite concerns by provincial delegates that the World War I effort was more important.

[83] The Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League included teams composed of military personnel for the 1915–16 season, and raised funds to support soldiers and the war effort.

[90] During the 1918–19 season, Robinson sat on the protest committee of the Manitoba Hockey League,[91] and represented the MAHA at the general meeting of the CAHA.

[105] As of the 1924 Allan Cup, the CAHA excluded senior teams representing a commercial organization from playing, after Robinson noted that no such clause existed in the constitution.

He previously felt that professional athletes should never be reinstated as an amateur, but changed his opinion due to post-war conditions in Western Canada.

[98][99] He advocated for six-month residency rules to be strictly enforced, to prevent players from changing teams without a bona fide reason.

[109] The meeting resulted in a recommendation that branches of the CAHA update their by-laws to give executives the necessary powers to enforce regulations and investigate amateur status of a player.

[118] Canada won the Olympic gold medal in hockey, then played exhibition games Robinson arranged versus the Atlantic City Seagulls, and the Crescent Athletic Club at Madison Square Garden.

[125][126] He subsequently announced austerity measures which included suspension of grants to branches, and reductions in honorariums to executives and travel expenses for teams.

[126] One year after the changes were made, Robinson reported playoffs profits exceeding $34,000, and subsequent increases to travel expenses for players and teams.

[130] Without the AAU of C alliance, he felt that the CAHA would lose its authority over amateur hockey in Canada, the ability to administer its finances, and control of the Allan Cup.

[133] The Winnipeg Free Press then speculated that Robinson's position as chairman of the finance committee would be abolished, since he continued to be a vocal opponent of the CAHA's new definition of an amateur.

[168] In 1923, Robinson was appointed to a committee to discuss an AAU of C affiliation with the Dominion Football Association (DFA), whose executive were also based in Winnipeg.

[169] An agreement was reached for the DFA to join in 1928, but delegates to the AAU of C general meeting voted against the resolution which would have allowed professionals and amateurs to mingle in soccer.

[189][190] At the CAHA general meeting on March 24, 1925, vice-president Frank Sandercock eulogized Robinson's work in hockey, then made a unanimous motion to make him a life member.

[192][193] Winnipeg Free Press sports editor Maurice Smith, subsequently wrote that Robinson was often referred to as the father of the CAHA.

[200] He was a life member and honorary president of the MAHA which he helped establish,[194][201] and was posthumously inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985.