1895–1900 (independent) 1901 (I-CAHL) 1902–1903 (independent) 1904* ( FAHL ) 1905 ( CAHL ) 1906 (independent) 1907–1908 (dormant) 1909–10 ( CHA ) 1910–11 ( MCHL ) 1911–12 ( IAHU ) 1912–13 – 1913–14 (independent) 1914–15 – 1917–18 ( MCHL ) 1918–19 (MHL) 1919–20 – 1922–23 ( MCHL ) 1923–24 – 1924–25 ( ECAHL ) 1925–26 (SGHL)
14-517: For the former ice hockey team, see Montreal Le National . Montreal Nationals Founded 1937 Folded 1938 Based in Montreal , Quebec League Quebec Rugby Football Union Ontario Rugby Football Union The Montreal Nationals were a Canadian football team in Ontario Rugby Football Union . The team played in
28-667: A joint team for that season. The following season, the agreement with Le Montagnard fell apart after Didier Pitre and Jack Laviolette left to play professional hockey in Michigan with the American Soo , so the Nationals joined the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) in 1905. After flirting with these organized leagues (the Nationals more often than not preferred to play challenge games as an independent), they joined
42-727: A record eight singles in the game for the U of T. The gross revenue was $ 2,616.40. On December 11, following an invitation from the New York Herald newspaper, the Hamilton Tigers and Ottawa Rough Riders played an exhibition game of Canadian football in New York City at Van Cortland Park. The Tigers won 11–6 before 15,000 fans. Saskatchewan Rugby Football League did not play in 1909. Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points *Bold text means that they have clinched
56-587: The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) and the Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) in 1883 . The season concluded with Toronto Varsity defeating Toronto Parkdale in the 1909 Dominion Championship game. This year was notable for being the first year that the champions were awarded the Grey Cup trophy, although it was not delivered to the University of Toronto until March 1910. Lord Earl Grey ,
70-2996: The 1938 season. The teams was preceded by the CNR Nationals , who played one year, 1937, in the short lived Quebec Rugby Football Union revival; this team formed the basis for the ORFU team. Canadian Football Hall of Famers [ edit ] John Ferraro QRFU & ORFU seasons [ edit ] Season League W L T PF PA Pts Finish Playoffs 1937 QRFU 3 2 1 54 48 9 2nd - 1938 ORFU 3 1 2 77 42 8 2nd - References [ edit ] ^ Montreal Nationals ^ "Johnny Ferraro" . Canadian Football Hall of Fame . v t e Canadian Football League seasons Early era 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 CFL era 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montreal_Nationals&oldid=1037188666 " Categories : Ontario Rugby Football Union teams Defunct Canadian football teams Canadian football teams in Montreal Montreal Le National Montreal/St. Francois Nationals 1926–27 (SGHL) The Montreal Nationals ( Le National de Montreal ) were an amateur, later professional, and then amateur again men's senior-level ice hockey team. They are notable in that they were
84-806: The Governor General of Canada, donated a trophy to be awarded for the Dominion Football Championship of Canada. Only teams registered with the Canadian Rugby Union were eligible to compete for the trophy. The championship game was played in Toronto at Rosedale Field on December 4 between the University of Toronto and the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club with the University of Toronto winning 26–6 before 3,807 fans. Hugh Gall kicked
98-954: The Metropolitan Montreal Junior Hockey League. In 1958 the club was renamed the Palestre Nationals. In 1969, the MMJHL merged with the Quebec Junior Hockey League to form the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League . That year the team moved out to the Montreal borough of Rosemont to become the Rosemont Nationals. In 1971, the club moved out to the Montreal suburb of Laval to become the Laval Nationals . In 1975, after 50 years of operation,
112-600: The Montreal Nationals organization folded. The team still used the Nationals name for the next few seasons, but after coach Jean Rougeau left the club they were renamed the Laval Voisins. Today the club is the Acadie–Bathurst Titan . As well as their hockey team, the Montreal Nationals also had a lacrosse team, which was actually established first, in 1894. In 1897, they won the intermediate league, and in 1898
126-591: The Montreal/St. Francois Nationals. After that one season, the club finally folded. The Montreal Nationals organization also iced a junior team alongside the more popular senior team in 1920. The team played in the Junior Amateur Hockey Association (JAHA). The team was shut down in 1925 but reactivated in 1944. In 1949, the league was renamed the Quebec Junior Hockey League. The team was shut down again in 1952 but reactivated one final time in 1956 in
140-752: The brand new Canadian Hockey Association (CHA) in 1909–10 as a professional entity. After the CHA essentially merged with the National Hockey Association , the Nationals were offered a chance to join the NHA replacing the newly established Montreal Canadiens as the French-Canadian entity in that league, but opted not to. The club then returned to their amateur roots by joining the Montreal City Hockey League (MCHL) in 1910–11 and briefly played in
154-552: The first team to represent French Canada and were the first ice hockey team composed of francophone players. In 1910 during the first season of the National Hockey Association (the forerunner to the National Hockey League ), they were offered a chance to replace the brand new Montreal Canadiens being as they were the established French Canadian club, but would refuse and return to their amateur roots playing in various amateur senior leagues. The Nationals organization
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#1732852604485168-706: The rival Montreal Hockey League (MHL) as well as the Interprovincial Amateur Hockey Union (IPAHU), before returning to the MCHL in 1919. They stayed with that league through its various name changes (the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League in 1923 and the Senior Group Hockey League in 1925). For their final season in 1926–27, the Montreal Nationals merged with the intermediate Montreal St. Francois Xavier Hockey Club to form
182-562: The senior league. Becoming professional in 1910, they won the Eastern Canada championship, but lost the Minto Cup to New Westminster in the Canadian championship. 1909 in Canadian football The 1909 Canadian football season was the 18th season of organized play since the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) was founded in 1892 and the 26th season since the creation of the founding leagues,
196-619: Was established in 1894. They iced their first team in 1895, being the first club composed of francophone players. After a few years of independent play against other established clubs, they briefly played in the Intermediate Canadian Amateur Hockey League (I-CAHL) in 1901. They then entered the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) in 1904 when Le National and the Montreal Montagnards fielded
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