Art Ross Cup
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Sport | Ice hockey |
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Competition | Challenge games |
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First award | 1913 |
First winner | Montreal Champêtre (MCHL) |
Most recent | Montreal Hochelaga (MHL) – 1920 |
The Art Ross Trophy, more commonly referred to as the Art Ross Cup, was an amateur challenge ice hockey trophy which was competed for between 1913 and 1920.
History
The Art Ross Trophy got its name from its donator, the ice hockey player and manager Art Ross, and was first competed for between amateur teams from Montreal which were ineligible to compete for the Allan Cup. The first winners were the Montreal Champêtre in 1913, as champions of the Montreal City Hockey League. The trophy soon got open for amateur challengers from outside of Montreal and in December 1915 the St. Nicholas Hockey Club from New York, with future Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Hobey Baker on the team, challenged for the trophy against the Montreal Stars,[1] but the series ended in a tie which meant the trophy stayed in Canada.[2]
References
- ^ "St. Nicks, who play the Montreal Stars in first international championship hockey match here" Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Dec. 18, 1915. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- ^ "Listen, Little One, to the Tale Of Why the St. Nicks Were Beaten" Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Dec. 21, 1915. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
External links
- A Trophy By Any Other Name Zweig, Eric (ericzweig.com). September 3, 2015. Retrieved 2020-11-01.