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72-655: The Border Kings captured the Allan Cup – Canada's national senior championship – in 2001 and 2007 . Their 2001 Allan Cup win was the first by a Saskatchewan team in 60 years, following the 1941 Regina Rangers. The 2007 Allan Cup was held in Stony Plain, Alberta , from April 16–21. The Kings opened the tournament with a 4–1 loss to the Chinook League champion Bentley (Alberta) Generals. Border Kings captain Scott Hood opened

144-460: A 5–4 victory. Whitby beat Bentley 3–2 in overtime in the other semi-final. The championship game faced off at 7:30 PM on Saturday, April 21. Scott Hood scored short-handed to give Lloyd the lead, but Whitby tied it before the end of the first. Whitby went ahead early in the second, but then for the fourth straight game the Kings enjoyed a three-goal period, and led 4–2 after two. Whitby scored early in

216-625: A national body would also prevent players from jumping clubs. Robinson travelled to Ottawa to represent the Victorias at the meeting. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) was founded on December 4, 1914, at the Château Laurier in Ottawa. Robinson was elected secretary for the 1914–15 season, and Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League president W. F. Taylor , was elected president. The constitution drafted by delegates from Manitoba and Saskatchewan

288-457: A recommendation that branches of the CAHA update their by-laws to give executives the necessary powers to enforce regulations and investigate amateur status of a player. The CAHA then established its own registration committee with W. A. Hewitt as the registrar, aimed at investigating all registrations to exclude professionals and reduce the number of players touring Canada from one team to another. At

360-507: A series of national playoffs. Starting in 1920, the Allan Cup champion team would represent Canada in amateur play at the Olympics and World Championships. The CAHA used the profits from Allan Cup games as a subsidy for the national team. Competition for the cup was originally a one-game format, then a two-game total goals format. In 1925, CAHA leaders Silver Quilty and Frank Sandercock , changed

432-703: A special CAHA meeting at the behest of the SAHA. Despite the disagreement, the Millionaires won the series against the OHA champion Toronto Victorias , then lost the subsequent challenge to the Winnipeg Monarchs. Robinson and W. F. Taylor advocated for the CAHA to hold its first annual meeting prior to the 1915–16 season, despite concerns by provincial delegates that the World War I effort was more important. W. F. Taylor argued that

504-720: A two-game total-goals series as the first challenge for the cup, by the Kenora Thistles versus the Winnipeg Monarchs. Allan Cup trustees debated whether Dick Irvin was eligible to play for the Monarchs, since he had played a game for the Winnipeg Strathconas in the Independent League prior to the start of the Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League season. Northey asked Robinson for a copy of the constitution for

576-516: Is Thunder Bay with 10, including four won as Port Arthur before the city's amalgamation. The original Cup has been retired to the Hockey Hall of Fame , and a replica is presented to the champions. Listed are all of the challenges of the early years of the Allan Cup, bolded are the final winner of the season. This is a list of champions by province, territory, or state. (*) Two championships won by teams from Lloydminster are included only in

648-611: Is the trophy awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Canada . It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal , and has been competed for since 1909. It was won by the Dundas Real McCoys in 2024 . In 1908, a split occurred in the competition of ice hockey in Canada. The top amateur teams left the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , which allowed professionals, to form

720-498: The 1912 Allan Cup . Robinson was surprised by the announcement, and had expected to arrange exhibition games with the New Edinburghs. No challenge from the New Edinburghs was approved for 1912, since the Ottawa district playoffs took too long to complete ruling out to travel to Winnipeg. The Victorias won the 1911–12 Manitoba Hockey League regular season, then defended the Allan Cup in three challenges. Robinson's team defeated

792-518: The Alberta Amateur Hockey Association to play. He felt that the CAHA needed teams from Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, to have championships that were representative of the whole country. During the 1922 Allan Cup , Robinson protested that two eastern referees were appointed to the series, and claimed that Western Canada was entitled to appoint one of the referees. A vote by the CAHA upheld his protest, and changed one of

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864-574: The Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA), at its first annual meeting held before the 1914–15 season. Robinson remained a representative of the Victorias at Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League meetings. He was re-elected first vice-president of the league, which approved his motion to adopt all Allan Cup rules and player eligibility. The league supported formation of the Winnipeg Intermediate Hockey League for

936-599: The Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association in 1914, and later served as its vice-president. He remained a trustee for the Allan Cup until 1937, was a trustee of the Abbott Cup for junior ice hockey from 1919 to 1942, and was chairman of the CAHA finance committee from 1933 to 1937. Robinson helped establish the Manitoba Amateur Athletic Association in 1907, and oversaw finances for the provincial track and field championships. He favoured an alliance between

1008-710: The Manitoba Hockey Commission to oversee hockey in Manitoba, which sought to merge into a national commission, as supported by clubs in Western Canada. Robinson wrote letters to amateur clubs across Canada, advocating for a meeting to establish a national governing body for hockey. The stated purpose was to discuss revisions to the Allan Cup competition format and deadlines, to standardize rules of play, ice hockey rink dimensions, and for annual meetings to discuss national issues. The Winnipeg Tribune reported that

1080-470: The Winnipeg 61st Battalion were chosen to defend the Allan Cup as league champions, since the Monarchs considered the patriotic games to be exhibitions. The MAHA subsequently upheld Robinson's decision that the 61st Battalion defend the Allan Cup. Robinson ruled that the OHA was too late in sending its champion to Winnipeg, and omitted the OHA from the 1916 Allan Cup playoffs. The Winnipeg 61st Battalion won

1152-598: The Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League . By the 1914 Allan Cup , multiple debates arose on the eligibility of players, and numerous challenges for the trophy were difficult to manage. After he suggested to establish a national body for governing hockey and advocated his ideas to amateur clubs across Canada, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) was founded on December 4, 1914, with Robinson elected as secretary. He also helped establish

1224-644: The Abbott Cup and Memorial Cup games in 1919, Robinson sought for the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association be included in the playoffs for Western Canada when the Memorial Cup was hosted in the east, and vice versa when the Memorial Cup was hosted in the west. When teams from the Big-4 League were denied entry into the 1920 Allan Cup playoffs, Robinson urged the league to affiliate with

1296-731: The Alexander Cup competition was retired after 1954. The reigning Allan Cup champion was usually chosen to represent Canada in ice hockey at the Olympic Games or the Ice Hockey World Championships . The practice lasted from 1920 to 1964, when Father David Bauer established a permanent Canada men's national ice hockey team . Since 1984 the Allan Cup has been competed for by teams in the Senior AAA category. Although interest in senior ice hockey has diminished over its history,

1368-667: The Allan Cup by defeating challenges from Fort William, Ontario and the Regina Victorias. Robinson was elected first vice-president of the MAHA in December 1916, and served on the executive committee of the Winnipeg Patriotic Hockey League. Upon a recommendation by Robinson, the Victorias suspended operations due to lack of hockey players during the 1917–18 season. He remained involved with Allan Cup affairs and accompanied

1440-597: The CAHA and the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada (AAU of C), and opposed former professionals competing in amateur sports. He disagreed with the CAHA changing its definition of an amateur, which led to separating from the AAU of C in 1937. He served as treasurer of the AAU of C from 1919 to 1940, and was treasurer of the Manitoba Citizens' Olympic Committee to fund local athletes. He was the honorary assistant manager of

1512-597: The CAHA was too new to skip its first annual meeting, then Robinson conducted two mail-in votes which were inconclusive as to whether to hold a meeting. When some of the replies cited the cost of travelling, Robinson remarked that hockey was the only amateur sport which had "too much money" to spend on a meeting. Robinson arranged the CAHA's first annual general meeting at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, in December 1915. The CAHA pledged to continue Allan Cup playoffs during

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1584-410: The CAHA, and the assured support of the Allan Cup trustees. He then sought for provincial hockey associations to be organized and adopt the CAHA's constitution and by-laws. The 1915 Allan Cup was the first senior championship arranged under supervision of the new CAHA. The CAHA preferred to schedule home-and-home series for the playoffs, but Robinson stated that a one-game format could be used pending

1656-703: The CAHA. In 1945, he was among the inaugural group inducted into the builder category of the Hockey Hall of Fame . He was also inducted into the International Hockey Hall of Fame , the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame , and posthumously into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame . Claude Copeland Robinson was born on December 17, 1881, in Harriston, Ontario . His parents Thomas D. Robinson and Elizabeth Copeland, had one daughter and four sons, and moved

1728-599: The Calgary Athletic Club by 11–0 and 8–6 scores in a two-game series, defeated Toronto Eaton's by 8–4 and 16–1 scores in a two-game series, and the Regina Capitals by a 9–3 score in a one-game challenge. In 1942, Robinson described the victory versus Toronto Eaton's as redemption for winning the trophy by default from the OHA. Robinson resigned as secretary-treasurer of the Victorias after seven seasons, due to time commitments and his business career, but remained

1800-523: The Canadian delegation to the 1932 Winter Olympics , and oversaw travel arrangements as the associate manager of the Canada men's national ice hockey team . Robinson became the first life member of the CAHA in 1925, and was a life member of the AAU of C. When the CAHA had its silver jubilee in 1939, he was appointed to oversee the celebration, and Winnipeg was chosen as host in recognition of his work to establish

1872-464: The Cup quickly came to appreciate the difficulties of organizing a national competition in so large a country. In 1914, at the suggestion of one of the trustees, Claude C. Robinson , the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) was formed as a national governing body for the sport with W. F. Taylor as its first president. One of the CAHA's first decisions, in 1915, was to replace the challenge system with

1944-455: The Cup retains an important place in Canadian ice hockey. The Cup championship is determined in an annual tournament held in the city or town of a host team, playing off against regional champions. The Cup has been won by teams from every province and from Yukon , as well as by two teams from the United States which played in Canadian leagues. The city with the most Allan Cup championships

2016-444: The Cup. Professional hockey interests were denied representation at the meeting, which coincided with the time and location of the annual general meeting for the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada (AAU of C). The CAHA was accepted as an affiliate two days later, then followed the AAU of C policies against professionalism to promote amateur sport. When Robinson returned to Winnipeg, he expressed satisfaction in efforts to establish

2088-489: The Independent League in which Irvin played. When Irvin was ruled ineligible, the Monarchs refused to play without him. Northey wrote that, since the Strathconas had an intermediate team associated with them, then the Strathconas could not also be an intermediate team for the Monarchs. Robinson noted that in 1913, trustees accepted that intermediate-level hockey was equal to senior-level hockey. After three days of negotiating,

2160-600: The Manitoba Hockey League declined to admit the Winnipeg Monarchs for the 1909–10 season based on expected calibre of play, Robinson then recommended that each team play exhibition games versus the Monarchs. During the 1910–11 season, Robinson served as secretary of the Manitoba Hockey League. Allan Cup trustees accepted the challenge from Robinson and the Victorias, to play the Toronto St. Michael's Majors for

2232-652: The Monarchs agreed to play without Irvin, in a one-game challenge versus the Thistles. The Monarchs won the Allan Cup by a 6–2 score. Player eligibility was again questioned in the subsequent challenge for the Allan Cup. The Monarchs sought a ruling about a player from the Regina Victorias , who was reported to have played one game for a team in Melville, Saskatchewan , and possibly with other senior teams. Robinson investigated and sent his findings to Northey. Cup trustees ruled

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2304-422: The Monarchs, who also played in those independent leagues. By the 1914 Allan Cup , the numerous challenges for the trophy by league champions across Canada were difficult to manage. Robinson worked with Northey to schedule challenges, and decided that the defending champions would play a maximum of three challenges for the trophy per season. Robinson scheduled referees for Allan Cup games in Winnipeg, including

2376-696: The Victorias at Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League meetings, and was re-elected to the league's executive which chose to operate with games at both the Auditorium and the Amphitheatre. In January 1914, the Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League debated the status of the independent hockey leagues in Western Ontario and Manitoba, as to whether they were intermediate or senior-level leagues, and whether players in those leagues were eligible to be called-up to play. The issue stemmed from determining eligibility of reserve players for

2448-503: The Victorias did not play the 1907–08 season when professional hockey expanded in Winnipeg. In November 1908, Robinson helped establish a senior amateur hockey league in Winnipeg affiliated with the Manitoba Amateur Athletic Association, and negotiated for ice time with local arena operators. Along with Victorias's Jack Pratt, he reached an agreement with the Winnipeg Auditorium to grow amateur hockey in Winnipeg. Robinson coached

2520-541: The Victorias in the Western Canada Amateur Hockey Association, which declined further competition for the Stanley Cup and established residency rules for players as of 1906. In April 1907, he represented the Victorias at meetings which established the Manitoba Amateur Athletic Association, and set the requirements for amateur athletes in the province. Despite the new amateur sports organization,

2592-514: The Victorias to a Manitoba Hockey League championship for the 1908–09 season, and felt that his team could have competed for the newly established Allan Cup , although challenges from senior ice hockey teams were accepted only from Eastern Canada at the time. He sought to reduce in-season expenses, to have money for an end-of-season trip for the players. To uphold the principles of amateurism, he did not provide players with any spending money on sightseeing trips to New York City and Boston. When

2664-737: The Winnipeg Mercantile Hockey League and the Winnipeg Bankers' Hockey League from 1907 to 1909. During the 1908–09 season, he refereed games in the Manitoba Professional Hockey League , and the Fit-Reform Cup for the Western Canada championship. The Western Canada Amateur Intermediate Hockey League elected Robinson its president for the 1903–04 season, while he played on the Winnipeg Victorias in

2736-504: The Winnipeg Patriotic Hockey League champions to Toronto for the final 1918 Allan Cup challenge. During the 1918–19 season, Robinson sat on the protest committee of the Manitoba Hockey League, and represented the MAHA at the general meeting of the CAHA. In the following season, Robinson was named to the executive of the Winnipeg Hockey League , and a delegate to the Manitoba branch of the AAU of C. In November 1921, Robinson

2808-659: The amateur champions of Canada. It was to be ruled like the Stanley Cup had, passed by champion to champion by league championship or challenge. Three trustees were named to administer the trophy: Sir Edward Clouston, President of the Bank of Montreal , Dr. H. B. Yates of McGill University , (donor of the Yates Cup to the Intercollegiate Rugby Union in 1898) and Graham Drinkwater , four-time Stanley Cup champion. The trophy

2880-578: The club's delegate to hockey league meetings. He was appointed to the Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League executive, and represented league at Manitoba Amateur Athletic Association meetings. Contrary to the league's agreement to play all games at the Winnipeg Auditorium, the Winnipeg Monarchs led by Fred Marples sought to use the Winnipeg Amphitheatre as their home rink, claiming it had better amenities for players and spectators. Robinson noted that Auditorium's management agreed to make changes to suit

2952-399: The cup to the CAHA, and establish an Allan Cup committee which included trustee William Northey . In February 1945, CAHA president Frank Sargent announced the cancellation of the 1945 Allan Cup playoffs. It was the first season in which the trophy was not contested since the inaugural 1909 Allan Cup . The cancellation was caused by the reluctance to travel during wartime conditions, and

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3024-592: The family to Winnipeg in 1888. The elder Robinson was a businessman in coal and lumber industries, and established the T. D. Robinson and Sons Coal Company. Robinson earned a degree from Wesley College at the University of Manitoba in 1902. While a student, he played university hockey for the Manitoba Bisons , and Canadian football for Wesley College; and also refereed inter-collegiate hockey and football games. Robinson played cover-point and rover for

3096-500: The format to a best-of-three series due to increased popularity of the games and demand for a longer series. At the CAHA general meeting in March 1927, W. A. Fry requested to have the CAHA take control of the Allan Cup and its profits from the trustees, and use the funds to build amateur hockey in Canada. He felt the move justified as the CAHA had evolved and was able to manage its own affairs. His motion asked for H. Montagu Allan to donate

3168-583: The game, but the Kings rallied again to lead 3–1 after 20 minutes. Lloydminster then held off the Xtreme for a 5–1 victory. The semi-final pitted the Kings against the host Stony Plain Eagles. Once again, the Kings fell behind, trailing 3–2 after two. In the third, Aaron Foster, Dalyn Fallscheer, and Kevin Lavallee struck to vault the Kings into the lead. Stony Plain scored with 54 seconds left, but Lloydminster held on for

3240-555: The intermediate-level Winnipeg Victorias from 1901 to 1905, and served as the team captain during the 1903–04 and 1904–05 seasons. Despite that he missed part of the 1904–05 season due to typhoid fever , the Victorias won the intermediate league. During the summers, Robinson rowed in the Winnipeg Rowing Club regatta in 1903 and 1904. Robinson refereed inter-collegiate and intermediate-level hockey in Winnipeg c.  1902  – c.  1910 . He also refereed in

3312-483: The league's needs, and that all teams had signed the agreement to play there. He felt that it was too late to change venues, and suggested the Monarchs withdraw from the league if they disagreed. The Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League later voted in favour of keeping the arrangement with the Auditorium. Robinson was elected vice-president of the Victorias in October 1913, serving in the executive role until 1917. He represented

3384-654: The leagues wishing to compete for the trophy. Robinson later stated that trustees recognized flaws in the rules, and favoured establishing a national body. In May 1914, the Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League endorsed establishment of a national body to govern ice hockey, standardize ice hockey rules , and set deadlines for competitions. J. D. Pratt, president of the Winnipeg Victorias, then mailed letters to amateur hockey officials in each province asking for contact information of all leagues and clubs playing senior hockey. The Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League subsequently met in June, and formed

3456-455: The national registration committee for the AAU of C from 1920 to 1922. Robinson was named a trustee of the Abbott Cup in 1919, after it was donated by the SAHA to be awarded to the junior hockey champion of Western Canada. He then spread the word to junior teams in Western Canada of a new national championship which became the Memorial Cup . After the CAHA assumed control of scheduling for

3528-427: The new Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union (IPAHU), a purely amateur league. The trustees of the Stanley Cup decided that the Cup would be awarded to the professional ice champion, meaning there was no corresponding trophy for the amateur championship of Canada. The Allan Cup was donated in early 1909 by Montreal businessman and Montreal Amateur Athletic Association president Sir H. Montagu Allan to be presented to

3600-419: The newly established Allan Cup , despite that challenges from senior ice hockey teams were accepted only from Eastern Canada at the time. The Victorias won the Allan Cup by default in 1911, when the Toronto St. Michael's Majors refused to play, then successfully defended four challenges for the trophy. Robinson arranged subsequent challenges for the Allan Cup as an executive for multiple leagues, including

3672-502: The player eligible, since the other league in which he played was not known to be senior level. The Regina Victorias defeated the Monarchs to win the Allan Cup, then defended the trophy in a series versus a team from Grand-Mère, Quebec . Following the difficulties encountered during the 1914 Allan Cup, Robinson suggested establishing a national body for governing hockey. He travelled to Montreal and met with Allan Cup trustees, who reportedly had no desire to dictate disagreeable terms to

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3744-421: The players' need to work rather than playing hockey. In 1951, the CAHA set up a "major league" of competition from the semi-pro and professional senior leagues. The leagues would no longer compete for the Allan Cup, but would compete for the new Alexander Cup . The Allan Cup would be competed for on a more purely amateur basis from teams in smaller centres of Canada. The major league concept broke up by 1953, and

3816-454: The referees. As of the 1924 Allan Cup , the CAHA excluded senior teams representing a commercial organization from playing, after Robinson noted that no such clause existed in the constitution. Prior to the 1919–20 season, Robinson favoured a one-time whitewash of professional athletes in Canada. He sought for each athlete to be given three weeks to apply for reinstatement as an amateur, then to review each case individually, before eliminating

3888-504: The reinstatement process. He previously felt that professional athletes should never be reinstated as an amateur, but changed his opinion due to post-war conditions in Western Canada. In the 1920–21 season, Robinson voiced opposition to former professionals competing for the Allan Cup, but stated that they could play if permitted by the AAU of C. He subsequently spoke out against the continued reinstatement process, and felt that rules which permitted youth to become professionals would destroy

3960-526: The same league. At the 1904 annual meeting of the Victorias, Robinson was elected to the club's executive committee and delegated to establish an intermediate team in a local league. The club supported the intermediate team playing an exhibition tour in Western Canada on route to Edmonton . Robinson helped establish the Manitoba Amateur Intermediate Hockey League for the 1904–05 season, and was appointed its temporary secretary. He

4032-549: The scoring, but the Generals tied it on a goal while two men short. The Kings were stymied the rest of the way. The Kings next round robin game was against the Halifax Molson Canadians. Trailing 3–2 after two, the Kings rallied in the third for a 5–4 win. Their 1–1 record placed them second in their three team pool and set up a quarter-final match-up with the 0–2 Shawinigan Xtreme. Shawinigan struck just 28 seconds into

4104-425: The season, despite proposals to play the Calgary Athletic Club and the Ottawa New Edinburghs . In 1912, Robinson was named a trustee for the Allan Cup in Western Canada to oversee challenges for the trophy, and remained a trustee of the cup until 1937. The New Edinburghs announced that the OHA agreed to return the Allan Cup to its trustees, and that the New Edinburghs would travel to Winnipeg to challenge for

4176-446: The second-tier teams of its clubs, and appointed Robinson chairman of the intermediate league. The Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League included teams composed of military personnel for the 1915–16 season, and raised funds to support soldiers and the war effort. The league was renamed to the Winnipeg Patriotic Hockey League, with Robinson as its vice-president. The Winnipeg Monarchs were the defending Allan Cup champions, and protested when

4248-507: The spirit of sportsmanship. In December 1920, Robinson and the AAU of C sought to eliminate veiled professionalism from amateur sport, particularly hockey in Western Canada. He advocated for six-month residency rules to be strictly enforced, to prevent players from changing teams without a bona fide reason. In June 1921, CAHA president W. R. Granger met with Robinson and hockey officials in Western Canada to discuss cleaning up veiled professionalism in amateur hockey. The meeting resulted in

4320-416: The third but could not pull even. The Border Kings lifted the Allan Cup after a 4–3 triumph. Border Kings goaltender Cory McEachran was named Allan Cup MVP. The Border Kings have hosted the Allan Cup tournament twice, in 2000 and 2005. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Allan Cup The Allan Cup

4392-485: The total for Saskatchewan. Claude C. Robinson Claude Copeland Robinson (December 17, 1881 – June 27, 1976) was a Canadian ice hockey and sports executive. After winning an intermediate-level championship as captain of the Winnipeg Victorias in 1905, he served as secretary-treasurer and as vice-president of the Victorias. He coached the Victorias to a Manitoba Hockey League championship in 1909, and felt that his team could have competed for

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4464-403: The trophy's playoffs. The format of the playoffs was changed from teams challenging the champion, in favour of provincial champions playing against each other until an east versus west final. The reigning champion was to play no more than two four-game series in defence of the trophy. Robinson and W. F. Taylor met with Allan Cup trustee William Northey, to discuss the CAHA assuming control of

4536-416: The trophy, in Winnipeg from February 20–25, 1911. When the Majors refused to play by the deadline given, trustees awarded the 1911 Allan Cup to the Victorias by default. The Winnipeg Tribune wrote that the Majors had refused since the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) executive wanted the games to be played in March, and that the OHA initially refused to surrender the trophy despite instructions from

4608-405: The trophy. According to Northey, the Allan Cup could not be given outright to the CAHA as per the deed of gift from H. Montagu Allan , but the CAHA would continue to benefit from donation of its gate receipts to charities. Robinson remained an Allan Cup trustee, and helped oversee disbursement of profits from the Allan Cup playoffs to charities, and covering travel expenses of teams competing for

4680-412: The trustees. Robinson was asked by Allan Cup trustee William Northey , to schedule dates and referees to defend a challenge by the Kenora Thistles. The Victorias defeated Kenora by a combined score of 16–10 in a two-game series. The series profited approximately CA$ 1,500, which were donated by cup trustees to charities in Winnipeg chosen by Robinson. No further Allan Cup challenges were arranged for

4752-408: The war, and made exceptions to residency rules for soldiers and students. The SAHA aired a grievance that Robinson and W. F. Taylor handled the dispute by a general meeting, rather than by an executive meeting. The CAHA noted discrepancies in constitution, and named Robinson to a committee to review the constitutions, such that each branch would coincide with the CAHA. At the end of the meeting, Robinson

4824-414: The weather or ice conditions. During the second challenge for the cup, the OHA sought to play by the residency requirements agreed upon when the CAHA was founded, whereas the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association (SAHA) contested that residency requirements did not come into effect until the next season, and that players on the Melville Millionaires were eligible. Prior to the series, Robinson arranged

4896-448: Was adopted with minor changes, and the CAHA established a three-month residency rule to be eligible to register with a team. Eight provincial branches were to be formed, with players required to register with one of the branches. The meeting also saw by-laws drafted, and agreement on a standard rink dimensions. The Allan Cup was recognized as the championship trophy of the CAHA for senior hockey, and standard playing rules were chosen for

4968-423: Was opposed to players from Winnipeg migrating to other cities, and chaired a meeting which sought to resurrect the Winnipeg Hockey League. He represented the Winnipeg Hockey League at MAHA meetings, and served on the MAHA executive committee. In the 1922–23 season, Robinson was elected first vice-president of the Winnipeg Hockey League. Robinson represented the CAHA at AAU of C meetings, and served as chairman of

5040-423: Was originally presented to the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal , Quebec, members of the IPAHU, to award to the champions of the IPAHU. The first IPAHU champion, and by extension, first winner of the Cup was the Ottawa Cliffsides hockey club. After the season, the Cliffsides were defeated in the first-ever challenge by the Queen's University hockey club of Kingston, Ontario . In the early years, trustees of

5112-450: Was subsequently elected president of the league, which adopted a two-referee system for its games. Robinson was elected secretary-treasurer of the Victorias in 1905, then served for six seasons in the role until 1912. He represented the Victorias at Manitoba Hockey League meetings, and argued in favour of maintaining the league's amateur status instead of embracing professionalism for the 1906–07 season. Robinson subsequently represented

5184-475: Was succeeded as secretary by W. A. Hewitt of the OHA. As the war continued, Robinson wanted to keep the CAHA functioning, even if mail-in votes were necessary instead of an annual meeting. He also felt that someone should be elected as president, to replace James T. Sutherland who was serving overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force . The Manitoba Hockey Commission changed its name to

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