During the FAHL's inaugural 1904 season, the Montreal Le National became the first francophone ice hockey team to play in a league with anglophone clubs.
Montreal Le National jumped to the CAHL, while the CAHL's Stanley Cup champion Ottawa Hockey Club (HC) jumped to the FAHL, immediately (March 2) defending the Stanley Cup and taking the one-week-old FAHL league championship away from the regular season champion Wanderers.
Sources:[2][3] A few of the players involved in the March 6, 1907 game: The 1908 season saw the Federal League return with only three teams, all professional.
This was unacceptable to the Ottawa Victorias, which refused to play the Renfrew players, causing the league to suspend operations.
[4] The league dissolved in 1909, with only Renfrew continuing professional play when the team joined the National Hockey Association.