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2007-11-22 04:43:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports Hockey

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After a series of disputes in the Canadian National Hockey Association (NHA) between Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts and the owners of other teams, the owners of the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, and Quebec Bulldogs met at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal to talk about the NHA's future.[2] Their discussions eventually led to the creation of the National Hockey League in 1917; the founding teams were the Canadiens, Wanderers and Senators. A Toronto franchise, because of the dispute, was given temporarily to the Toronto Arena Corp to operate, and is often referred to as the Arenas, though they operated without a nickname
But after the war, the hockey powers that be decided to start a whole new organization that would be known as the National Hockey League (NHL). At its inception, the NHL boasted five franchises- the Montreal Canadiens, the Montreal Wanderers, the Ottawa Senators, the Quebec Bulldogs, and the Toronto Arenas. The league's first game was held Dec. 19, 1917.

2007-11-22 04:58:29 · answer #1 · answered by jon_mac_usa_007 7 · 1 1

December 19, 1917
Montreal Wanderers vs Toronto Arenas
7:00pm in Montreal

(Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators played the same night but the start time of that game is unknown as it was not printed on the ticket)

2007-11-22 06:46:03 · answer #2 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 3 0

The First NHL Game in Pittsburgh

The first NHL game played in Pittsburgh was on December 2, 1925 in which 8,200 fans paid $1.00 to see the 8:30 p.m. faceoff at the Duquesne Gardens.

The Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the New York Americans in overtime, 2-1.

Billy Burch, the reigning NHL's MVP, scored a goal at 6:12 of the second period goal - the first NHL goal scored in the city of Pittsburgh.

Lionel Conacher scored the lone goal for Pittsburgh at 9:15 of the second period.

Pittsburgh goalie Roy Worters kept the game tied before surrendering a goal on New York's 30th shot of the night at 2:15 of overtime.

The Pirates, dubbed the "Mighty Steel City Sextext" in the Pittsburgh Press, where coached by Odie Cleghorn and were comprised mostly of leftovers form the former Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets.

Such familiar faces to the Garden's ice were Conacher, Worters, Roger Smith, Duke McCurry , Tex White, Hib Milks, Harrold Darragh, Harold Cotton and Herb Drury.

The game was attended by Pittsburgh Mayor William A. Magee, nephew of political powerbroker Christopher Lyman Magee, who converted the former trolley barn in Oakland to a multi-purpose facility known as the Duquesne Gardens.

2007-11-22 04:46:18 · answer #3 · answered by camila <3 3 · 0 2

Toronto will win 5-0.

2016-05-25 00:44:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yeah, and the question is incomplete. How can you answer what isn't there?

2007-11-22 07:36:46 · answer #5 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 0 2

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