The Boston Tigers were a professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
team based in
Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
,
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
from 1926 until 1936,
playing in the
Canadian–American Hockey League
The Canadian–American Hockey League, popularly known as the Can-Am League, was a professional ice hockey league that operated from 1926 to 1936. It was a direct predecessor of the American Hockey League.
For its first ten years the Can-Am's me ...
(CAHL).
History
The club was known as the Boston Tigers from 1926 until 1931. The team then changed its name to the ''Boston Cubs'' for two seasons. It was then known as the ''Tiger Cubs'' for 1934–35 and finally the ''Boston Bruin Cubs'' for the final season of 1935–36.
The team won the championship of the CAHL three times: in 1929, 1933, and 1935.
Notable players
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Woody Dumart
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Flash Hollett
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Eddie Oatman
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Lionel Hitchman
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Benny Grant
References
Boston Bruins minor league affiliates
Ice hockey clubs established in 1926
Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1936
1926 establishments in Massachusetts
1936 disestablishments in Massachusetts
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