[1] In 1914, in order to compete against several string amateur teams from Michigan and Canada, Joe Linder formed the Duluth Hockey Club.
Now led by Dick Carroll, the Hornets won the inaugural league championship and nearly repeated as champions the following season.
It wasn't until Johnny Mitchell took over as player / coach in 1932 that the Hornets managed to make another finals appearance.
In the midst of the Great Depression, their already precarious position was made even worse when the Duluth Natives of the Central Hockey League hit the ice for the 1932–33 season.
The Natives, who had helped displace the Hornets, fared even worse and couldn't even last one season before suspending operations.