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team from Calumet and Laurium, Michigan. The team played for three seasons in the

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, one from

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. Calumet Miners had its best season in the IPHL in its first year, the

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season, when the team won the championship with 37 points in 24 games, five points in front of the Portage Lakes Hockey Club.

Notable players

Notable players who dressed up for the Calumet Miners were

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members Hod Stuart and Jimmy Gardner.

References

"The International Hockey League and the Professionalization of Ice Hockey, 1904-1907"
Daniel S. Mason, 1998, ''Journal of Sport History'' 25 (1): 1–17.

Notes

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