Montreal Hockey Club

In 1932, the club would leave the MAAA association and become the Montreal Royals, eventually becoming a 'semi-professional' team in the Quebec Senior Hockey League.

The group was captained by James Creighton before he moved to Ottawa, and would play at the Victoria Skating Rink.

[4] The Club was organized formally as an affiliate of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association on November 28, 1884.

[6] The club would be a founding member of the Montreal-based Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) in 1886.

The 1902 team was known as the "Little Men of Iron"[7] and its players became the core of the very successful Montreal Wanderers which was a professional club.

Members of the Montreal Hockey Club of 1885, posed with the Birks Trophy. From left to right: W. D. Aird, T. L. Paton, D. McIntyre, F. L. Barlow, W. C. Hodgson, F. M. Larmonth, R. F. Smith
Montreal Hockey Club, 1888
Front Row: G.S. Lowe, A.A. Hodgson, J. Virtue, A. Cameron, T.L. Paton
Back Row: W.C. Hodgson, J. Stewart
The Montreal Hockey Club in 1893 as the first Stanley Cup champions