Montreal Victorias

Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874,[2] 1877[3] or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University.

On January 10, 1882, the Victoria Hockey Club held what was described as its 'first annual meeting', whereby it elected its president James G. Monk.

According to McGill hockey club member W. L. Murray, by 1881 it was normally played with a square puck, made by slicing a rubber ball.

According to Murray, the Victoria club of the 1880s is credited with eliminating the square edges and playing with a round puck.

[5] In 1886, the club helped to found the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC).

It was during this period that the team had its greatest success, winning the Stanley Cup in 1895, December 1896, 1897, 1898 and February 1899.

The CAHL itself folded in 1905 and the team helped found the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association.

In 1924, as a part of a 50th anniversary, the Victorias played an exhibition match against the Parkdale Canoe Club of Toronto at the then-new Montreal Forum.

In Stockholm, Sweden, the club played exhibition games against an all-Sweden team, winning 17–1.

The final stop on the tour was London, England, where the Victorias defeated an all-England side 14–1.

The following players were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Robert Jones (goal), Jim Fenwick (goal), Hartland MacDougall (goal), Harold Henderson (point), Ronald Elliot (point), William Pullan (point), Mike Grant (cover point-Captain), Graham Drinkwater (rover), Shirley Davidson (forward), Robert MacDougall (forward), Norman Rankin (forward).