I took a few days off work to enjoy the sunshine & today I took a drive @ 2 hrs north to Cobalt, Ontario, population 1401
One of the old-timers I was talking to was bragging that they had a team in the NHL before Toronto did. I humored him & made a note to check it out when I got home.
You know what, the geezer was right! The Cobalt Silver Kings were one of the original teams in the NHA in 1910-11.
The NHA was the precursor to the NHL, which was formed in 1918.
The Teams were...
Cobalt Silver Kings
Montreal Shamrocks
Montreal Wanderers
Ottawa Senators
Haileybury (not too smart...didn't name the team)
Montreal Canadiens
Renfrew Creamery Kings (my hometown!)
Toronto didn't get it's act together to put a team in the NHA until 1912, when they were known as the Toronto Blueshirts. It's interesting to know that Torotno was kicked out of NHA during the '16/17 season, for unknown reasons. Maybe Pat Quinn's Grandpa spoke his mind or something
One of the old-timers I was talking to was bragging that they had a team in the NHL before Toronto did. I humored him & made a note to check it out when I got home.
You know what, the geezer was right! The Cobalt Silver Kings were one of the original teams in the NHA in 1910-11.
The NHA was the precursor to the NHL, which was formed in 1918.
The Teams were...
Cobalt Silver Kings
Montreal Shamrocks
Montreal Wanderers
Ottawa Senators
Haileybury (not too smart...didn't name the team)
Montreal Canadiens
Renfrew Creamery Kings (my hometown!)
Toronto didn't get it's act together to put a team in the NHA until 1912, when they were known as the Toronto Blueshirts. It's interesting to know that Torotno was kicked out of NHA during the '16/17 season, for unknown reasons. Maybe Pat Quinn's Grandpa spoke his mind or something
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