The Interprovincial Amateur Hockey Union (IAHU or IPAHU) was the premier amateur

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league in Canada after the split between the amateur and professional ice hockey teams of the

Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) was a men's amateur – later professional – ice hockey league in Canada that played four seasons. It was founded on December 11, 1905 with the top clubs from two other leagues: four ...

(ECAHA) in 1908.

History

In November 1908, the

Montreal Victorias The Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was an early men's amateur ice hockey club. Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874, 1877 or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University. ...

resigned from the ECAHA and proposed to set up a new amateur ice hockey league. The founding meeting of the new Interprovincial league was held on November 14, 1908. That same day, the

Montreal Hockey Club The Montreal Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884. They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA) and used the MAAA 'winged wheel' logo. The team was t ...

resigned from the ECAHA after not being allowed to hold on to

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, whom the club had signed from

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. Montreal HC then met with the Victorias to apply. The league's first president was

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of the Victorias. The first vice-president was

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of Toronto AAC, second vice-president was A. Sutherland of Ottawa Cliffsides and the treasurer was A. A. Eaves of the Montreal Hockey Club. The same day the team representatives wrote the league's constitution. The teams began play in January 1909 with a four-team league of the Victorias, Montreal Hockey Club, Ottawa Cliffsides and Toronto AAC. Toronto AAC would continue play in the

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senior series as well. In February 1909, it was announced that a new championship trophy for Canadian amateur teams was donated by

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. The new

Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the ...

was given to the Victorias of the IAHU as the premier amateur team. Ottawa Cliffsides were IAHU champions and became Allan Cup champions as well. The Cliffsides would lose the Allan Cup in a challenge to Queen's College of

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. For 1910–11, the league doubled to eight teams, with two Ottawa teams and two Montreal teams in the Central division, and a new Eastern division with teams in Grand Mere, Trois Rivieres, Westmount and Sherbrooke. The league expanded again for 1911–12 to thirteen teams, with four in the Central, five in the Eastern and four in a new Montreal division. In 1912–13, the league expanded to fifteen teams in five divisions. It was the peak of membership in the Interprovincial, as in 1913–14 the Montreal teams left to join the Montreal City League, the Ontario teams to various senior leagues, leaving only a single East division of five teams. 1913–14 was the final season of the Interprovincial.

Teams

* Almonte, (1912–13) * Brockville, (1911–1913) * Carleton Place, (1912–13) * Grand-Mère H/C, (1910–1914) *

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, (1911–12) *

, (1908–1913) *

, (1908–1913) * Montreal St. Patricks, (1911–12) *

, (1911–12) *

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, (1912–13) *

Ottawa Cliffsides The Ottawa Cliffsides were a senior ice hockey team that played in the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union from 1908–1911. From 1905 to 1908 they played in the Ottawa City Senior League. They were the first winner of the Allan Cup in 1909 ...

, (1908–1911) *

Ottawa New Edinburghs The Ottawa New Edinburghs (also known as the Ottawa Seconds) were a senior ice hockey team from the New Edinburgh neighbourhood of Ottawa that played in various ice hockey leagues in Canada during the early 1900s, such as the Ottawa City Hockey L ...

, (1910–1913) * Ottawa Stewartons, (1911–1913) * Perth Crescents, (1912–13) * Pembroke, (1912–13) * Quebec Laurentide, (1913–14) * Quebec St. Patricks, (1912–1914) * Renfrew, (1911–1913) * Shawinigan Falls, (1912–14) * Sherbrooke, (1910–1914) * Smiths Falls, (1912–13) *

Toronto Amateur Athletic Club The Toronto Amateur Athletic Club (TAAC) or Torontos was an athletics organization in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The club fielded teams in various sports, including ice hockey and rugby football. The Toronto Amateur Athletic Club also had a gymnas ...

, (1908-1910) * Trois Rivieres, (1910–1912) *

Montreal Westmount Montreal Westmount, or the Westmount Amateur Athletic Association, was a Canadian amateur ice hockey team from the Montreal suburb of Westmount. The Montreal Westmount played in various amateur leagues during the first decades of the 20th century ...

, (1910–1912)

Seasons

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champion

References

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Notes

{{reflist Defunct ice hockey leagues in Canada