Winnipeg Victorias

The Winnipeg Victorias were a former amateur senior-level men's amateur ice hockey team in Winnipeg, Manitoba, organized in 1889.[1] They played in the Manitoba Hockey Association (MHA) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Victorias won the Stanley Cup in February 1896, 1901 and January 1902 while losing the Cup in December 1896, February 1899, February 1900, March 1902, and February 1903. After the Stanley Cup became the professional championship, the Victorias continued in senior-level amateur play, winning the Allan Cup in 1911 and 1912.

Victorias hockey team, champions of Manitoba and Northwest Territories, 1892–1893
Team picture, 1899
Winnipeg Victorias
CityWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
LeagueManitoba Hockey Association
ColoursRed, Yellow
   
Team portrait in 1900

History

The Victoria Hockey Club, and the first rink they played in, took their name from the then-reigning monarch of Canada, Queen Victoria.

From 1889 until 1892, the Victorias played exhibitions and played against other Winnipeg teams. The Victorias played in the first match in Western Canada between organized hockey clubs on December 20, 1890 against the Winnipeg Hockey Club at the Street Railway Rink in Winnipeg. The players were:

Victorias Winnipegs
  • A. B. Clark (goal)
  • F. L. Patton (back)
  • Claude Denison, McDonald (wings)
  • Frank Beckett, Harry Beckett, John R. Waghorn (forwards)

Source: "In the Early Days". The Globe. December 28, 1910. p. 11.

The Victorias helped to found the Manitoba Hockey Association in 1893. In February 1893, players from the Victorias joined players from the Winnipeg Dragoons and the Winnipeg Hockey Club on a tour of Eastern Canada to demonstrate the quality of ice hockey in Western Canada.[2] Tour schedule

Source: Montreal Gazette[14]

The Victorias first won the Stanley Cup in 1896, defeated the Montreal Victorias in a single-game challenge 2-0 on February 14, 1896 in Montreal. In the rematch, Winnipeg lost to Montreal in a single-game challenge 5-6 on December 30, 1896 in Winnipeg.

In 1898, the team moved to the new Winnipeg Auditorium, built to hold 2000 spectators for hockey. In February 1899, the Victorias would lose a two-game total goals series 5-3 against Montreal. In their next chance, the Victorias defeated Montreal Shamrocks in a two-game, total goals series 4-3, 2-1 (6-4) on January 29 and 31, 1901 in Montreal. The Victorias held the trophy, winning the Manitoba championship, and successfully defended the Stanley Cup against the Toronto Wellingtons in a two-game, total goals series 5-3, 5-3 (10-6) on January 21 and 23, 1902 in Winnipeg at the Auditorium. The Victorias run as champion ended in a loss to Montreal Hockey Club in a best two-of-three 1-0, 0-5 and 1-2 on March 13, 15 and 17, 1902 in Winnipeg.

After the Stanley Cup was awarded only to professional teams starting in 1908, the Victorias did not challenge for the Stanley Cup, and remained an amateur team, playing in the Manitoba Association. The 1911 Winnipeg Victorias appear to have won the Allan Cup by default when the Ontario Hockey Association refused to allow their team to play mid-season. In March of that year, the Vics defended the cup by defeating Kenora 12-5. In 1912 the Victorias defended the cup against Calgary (March 5 11-0 & March 7 8-6), Toronto Eaton's (March 9 8-4 & 16-1) and Regina (March 14 9-3).

The 1896 & 1901 Stanley Cup champions and the 1911 & 1912 Allan Cup champions Winnipeg Victorias are inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in the team category.

Winnipeg Victorias 1901

Notable players

Hall of Fame members

NHL alumni

Winnipeg Victorias 1896 Stanley Cup champions

February 14, 1896 Stanley Cup winners

George Merritt (goal), Rod Flett (point), Fred Higginbotham (cover point), Charles Johnstone (cover point), Dan Bain (center), Jack Armytage (rover - Captain), Colin "Tote" Campbell (left wing), Tom "Attie" Howard (right wing), Bobby R Benson (Spare-left-right wing), Jack Sheppard (goal-played 1 regular season game), E.B. Nixon (President), Able Code (Vice President/Manager), J. Carter (Mascot/Trainer).

An interesting factoid for this 2-0 win over the similarly named Montreal Victorias is that the very first Stanley Cup Parade was held in Winnipeg on Main Street celebrating this victory.

Winnipeg Victorias 1901 Stanley Cup champions

January 31, 1901 Stanley Cup winners

Art Brown (goal), Rod Flett (point), Jack Marshall (point), Magnus Flett (cover point), Burke Wood (rover), Dan Bain (center - Captain), Fred Cadham (center), Charles Johnstone (left wing), Tony Gingras (right wing), George A. Carruthers (right wing), Jack Armytage (President), Mark Hooper (Trainer), Ted Robinson (Secretary-treasurer), Walter Pratt (Director).

Winnipeg Victorias 1902 Stanley Cup champions

January 23, 1902 Stanley Cup winners

Art Brown (goal), Dan Bain (center - Captain), Fred Cadham (Center), Rod Flett (point), Magnus Flett (cover point), Tony Gingras (right wing), Charles Johnstone (left wing/rover), Fred Scanlan (left wing), Burke Wood (rover), Jack Armytage (President), Mark Hooper (Trainer), Ted Robinson (Secretary-treasurer), Walter Pratt (Director).

See also

References
  1. Farrell, Arthur (1899). Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game. p. 63.
  2. Simpson 1989, p. 176.
  3. "Hockey: Winnipegers Win in Toronto". The Gazette. Montreal. February 10, 1893. p. 8.
  4. "Winnipeg Defeats Osgoode Hall". The Gazette. Montreal. February 11, 1893. p. 8.
  5. "Winnipeg Defeats Queen's". The Gazette. Montreal. February 13, 1893. p. 2.
  6. "Ottawa Defeats Winnipeg". The Gazette. Montreal. February 14, 1893. p. 8.
  7. "Winnipegers Play Well". The Gazette. Montreal. February 16, 1893. p. 8.
  8. "Winnipeg Defeats Peterboro". The Gazette. Montreal. February 18, 1893. p. 8.
  9. "Winnipegs and Granites". The Gazette. Montreal. February 21, 1893. p. 8.
  10. "Winnipeg Defeats London". The Gazette. Montreal. February 22, 1893. p. 8.
  11. "Winnipeg Defeats Niagara Falls". The Gazette. Montreal. February 23, 1893. p. 8.
  12. "Winnipeg Backed Out". The Gazette. Montreal. February 24, 1893. p. 8.
  13. "Winnipeg Defeated". The Gazette. Montreal. February 25, 1893. p. 8.
  14. "Tour of the Winnipeg Team". The Gazette. Montreal. February 6, 1893. p. 6.
General
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
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