The Boston Arena Hockey Club, colloquially known as the Boston Arenas, were an American amateur

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team from

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. The Boston Arenas played its home games at the

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(now Matthews Arena) at 238 St. Botolph Street in Boston.

History

The Boston Arenas played exhibition games in 1914–15, and in 1915–16 the club played in the Boston City Hockey League. For the 1916–17 season the club joined the

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where it played against its main city rival the

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,Spalding's official ice hockey guide 1918
pg. 6 as well as against two teams from

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: the Brooklyn Crescents and the New York Irish-Americans. In 1917–18 the club played in the United States National Hockey League (USNHL).

NHL alumni

* Raymie Skilton –

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, one game in 1917–18 * Mickey Roach – Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers,

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, 1919–1927

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