The team received its name from its home arena, the Winter Garden at Exposition Hall, and played only four games, winning one and losing three, in its only season of 1915–16.
[3] Lorne Campbell and Arthur's brother, Garnet Sixsmith, played on the Winter Garden team and were both alumni of the WPHL.
Hockey was a growing sport in Pittsburgh and had been played at the Duquesne Garden, which was located in the city's Oakland neighborhood.
In 1915, chiller pipes and concrete were added to the floor of the Main Hall to create an impressive ice surface.
[5] Richard Guy of The Gazette Times wrote after the first contest, "Pittsburgh showed an array of old-timers who failed to exhibit careful preparations and the result was that they were short of wind.