Pittsburgh Victorias
| Pittsburgh Victorias | |
|---|---|
| City | 1903–04 |
The Pittsburgh Victorias were one of the earliest professional
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and were members of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, the first league to openly hire hockey players, from 1902–1904. The team folded in 1904, when the WPHL disbanded its teams to form the Pittsburgh Professionals and compete in the International Professional Hockey League.[2]
History
For the
Duquesne Garden.[4]
In 1904 the Victorias won the WPHL title and played Houghton, Michigan's Portage Lakes Hockey Club for the "American Championship" that year.[2] The Victorias lost the three game series two games to one. The team disbanded later that year when the WPHL consolidated its players into the Pittsburgh Professionals and competed in the International Professional Hockey League. Several of the Victorias' players went on to play with the Professionals, such as William Duval, Ed Roberts, Arthur and Garnet Sixsmith and Charles Spittal.
Prominent players
Victorias members of Hockey Hall of Fame:
- Bruce Stuart (1961)
Notes
- ^ "Victorias Win First". The Morning Citizen. Ottawa. March 15, 1904. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Fitzsimmons, nd & npg
- ^ Hall of Fame nd, p. npg
- ^ "Pittsburgh Press" 1931, p. 29
References
- "Bruce Stuart Biography". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- "Garnet Sixsmith – He Played Hockey When A Rival Said "I'll Break Your Leg" And Did It". Pittsburgh Press. December 15, 1931. p. 29.
- Fitzsimmons, Ernie. "Is Pittsburgh the Birthplace of Professional Hockey?". Pittsburgh Hockey.net. Retrieved April 20, 2012.