Hockey American Amateur Hockey League or (_____) Teams based in the _____ ______ _____area, 1 st ________ ________in the US in _____ Through the 1900s, the New York Crescent Athletic Club, based in Brooklyn, dominated the league, winning 8 championships from

Hockey Teams were ____ _____–based, (BUT talent came from _______) ____________, a hotbed of hockey, formed the Twin City League in 1902–1903 (teams from the Minneapolis and St. Paul area) Amateur leagues existed for short periods in ___________, __________, ___________D.C., ___________, and __________as well. Outside of city or regionally based teams, ___________took up the sport and developed ___________that grew in the 1900s.

Hockey _________of 1900, the __ team __________ _________ ___________ (______, _________, ________, _______, and ______) Harvard supplanted _______as the dominant team _________wins 4 straight league titles (until _________broke the streak in the 1906–7 season) ___________finished off the decade with its 2 nd championship in the 1909–1910 season ______ ______, who entered _________in 1910, would be the impetus for their success into the next decade

Hockey ________ _________, from ___________, ____________, _______of _______began his career in _______ Went to the prestigious ___ ____ ______ in New Hampshire __________ amazing stick work led to the only defeat that Princeton's Tigers would face that season The skills he developed, both at ___ _____ and during practice at __________, would set the stage for his emergence in the 1910s as one of the _________ ___________ players of all time.

Hockey _________ College entered competition in the 1905– 1906 season Dartmouth (1908–1909) had a remarkable year finishing 2 nd in the intercollegiate league to Harvard (They also went the entire season without registering a single penalty) Hockey, like football, had begun to struggle with images of __________ and __________ In 1907 the sport's 1 st official fatality occurred. Players began to suffer injuries such as broken limbs, having their ______ sliced open by skate _______, and their heads opened up by violent ______ ______

Hockey The _____, already alerted to the _________ in college football, focused on the _______ acts and began to question if ________ would become just another example of unregulated ___________ in sport Dartmouth's _______-___ _______and relative success on the ice provided hope that hockey need not be relegated to a game of __________ _________

Hockey Professional hockey’s ____ debut was in _____ starring the _________ ______ On that first team, __ out of the __players were ________ “____” ________was the leading scorer for the Lakers 1902–1903 team picture, which included “_______” the mascot dog, referred to the team as the champions of the _____ Season Record ___-___-___ Scored _____ goals Gave up only ____ goals In the playoffs, they tied the Pittsburgh Bankers ___-___ in the 1 st game before defeating them in the 2 nd contest ___- ___ to win the U.S. Championship

Hockey The Portage Lakers were the 1 st professional hockey team in 1903–1904 and they ______ only ___ of their ____ games, including the __________ Their only regular-season loss came at the hands of ________ ___ 7-6. In the U.S. playoffs, they lost to the _______ _________ 5-2 After their repeat victory as U.S. Champions, the ______hosted Canada's best team, the ________ ___________at the _____________ in Houghton

Over 5,000 fans watched as ________ defeated ________ by scores of 8-4 and 9-2 to claim the title of ________ ____________ An integral part of the Lakers' success was the acquisition of _________ ________ Hockey Hancock High School State Champions

Hockey A local high school star in not only hockey, but also in _______ and __________, ______ became the key __________ for Portage _________, the 1 st great ________-_____ hockey player, was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975 joining his teammate “Doc” Gibson, a charter member of the Hall in 1973

Hockey In 1904–1905, Portage joined 3 other clubs to form the _____________ ___________ __________ (IHL). The IHL attracted many of the best __________ players IHL teams primarily came from the Upper Peninsula region of ___________ but also included a team from Sault St. Marie (_______) (allowing the founders to legitimately claim international status) In 1905–1906, a Pittsburgh franchise from the former Western Pennsylvania Hockey League joined the IHL _____________-___________Lakes played in the Amphidrome on Portage Lake

Hockey __________ home ice was in the __________ Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (aka _________ ______) competed at their local curling rink named the Ridge Street Ice-A-Torium Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario's (__________ ____) home ice was at the local curling rink _____________ found a home in the Duquesne Gardens Unfortunately, Portage would be the only IHL team to win the championship The league operated for only __ seasons and folded when competition from professional leagues in ______ lured away the top __________ ___________

Hockey As a professional league, the IHL could not compete for the ____________ _____ ________, however, issued challenges after both the 1905 and 1906 seasons to the Stanley Cup Board of Directors in an effort to be able to play the ________ ________ _______ in a championship series (Both times they were turned down) Professional teams were not allowed to compete for the Cup until after the formation of ___________ professional leagues in 1908 As a result of the ________ _____ being given in 1908 to_____________ ________, a new cup for _________ _____ was established that same year by _____ ___ ___________ _________ to replace the __________ _______

Hockey Hockey at the amateur, semiprofessional, and professional levels __________ in the ________ Leagues __________, had __________ success, and then __________ with regularity None sustained continued ________ to catapult the sport into the __________ consciousness into the next ________

Hockey The collegiate game had a little more stability. Regardless of the organizational struggles, hockey developed some incredible players during this period who would go on to earn Hall of Fame recognition and become idols of the game.