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23-589: The senior league operated until 1945 and the junior league operated until 1957. Today the Ottawa region is administered by Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO). The local Ottawa Hockey Association (Ottawa HA) created the OCHL with five teams for its first season: Source: Montreal Gazette The founding meeting was held on November 25, 1890, at the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association. Each club paid CA$ 3 for

46-676: The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) was formed, and Ottawa's associations (including OCHL and CCHA) were placed under the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association . Attempts to form a separate organization from Quebec took several years. In 1919, in a ruling from the CAHA, the rival Capital HA's CCHA teams were forced to join the OCHL, ending the feud that had caused the dissolution of the AHAC in 1898. The OCHL became

69-648: The Ottawa and District Amateur Hockey Association (ODAHA), is the governing body of a variety of ice hockey Junior leagues and a minor hockey system based out of the Greater Ottawa area and Southwestern Quebec . It is one of thirteen regional branches of Hockey Canada . The ODHA became HEO in the Summer of 2013. The roots of Hockey Eastern Ontario date back to the 1890s. In 1890, the Ontario Hockey Association

92-3172: The Canadian Allan Cup amateur senior men's ice hockey championship. The famous 'Kraut Line' of the Boston Bruins played for the Ottawa RCAF Flyers and won the Allan Cup. This was the last hurrah of the City League, which folded after the war and league play was re-organized under the auspices of the ODHA. Many famous players have graduated from, or played in the league, including Punch Broadbent , Eddie Gerard , King Clancy , Bill Cowley , Syd Howe , Aurel Joliat , Frank McGee , Ken Reardon and Milt Schmidt . 1890–91 – 1892–93 Ottawa HC 1895–96 Ottawa Aberdeens 1906–07 Ottawa Cliffsides 1907–08 Ottawa Seconds 1908–09 Ottawa Seconds 1909–10 Ottawa Seconds 1910–11 Ottawa Seconds 1917–18 Imperial Munitions 1918–19 St. Brigids 1919–20 Munitions 1920–21 Gunners 1921–22 Montagnards 1922–23 St. Patricks College 1923–24 Montagnards 1924–25 LaSalle College 1925–26 Gunners 1926–27 New Edinburgh 1927–28 Montagnards 1928–29 Shamrocks 1929–30 Shamrocks 1930–31 Rideaus 1931–32 Shamrocks 1932–33 Rideaus 1933–34 New Edinburgh 1934–35 Canadiens 1935–36 Brockville Magedomas 1936–37 Hull Volants 1937–38 Cornwall Flyers 1938–39 Hull Volants 1939–40 Hull Volants 1940–41 Hull Volants 1941–42 RCAF Flyers 1942–43 RCAF Flyers 1943–44 Hull Volants 1944–45 Hull Volants 1927–28 Gunners 1928–29 Shamrocks 1929–30 Rideaus 1930–31 Primrose 1931–32 Primrose 1932–33 Shamrocks 1933–34 Shamrocks 1934–35 Rideaus 1935–36 Univ. of Ottawa 1936–37 Rideaus 1937–38 Primrose 1938–39 Hull Volants 1939–40 New Edinburgh 1940–41 Canadiens 1941–42 Univ. of Ottawa 1942–43 New Edinburgh 1943–44 St. Patricks College 1944–45 Montagnards 1945–46 St. Patricks College 1946–47 St. Patricks College 1947–48 Senators 1948–49 St. Patricks College 1949–50 St. Patricks College 1950–51 Eastview-St. Charles 1951–52 Eastview-St. Charles 1952–53 Eastview-St. Charles 1953–54 Eastview-St. Charles 1954–55 Shamrocks 1955–56 Shamrocks 1956–57 Shamrocks RCAF Flyers 8–7–3–19 57–51 LaSalle Academy 9–8–1–19 52–62 Hull Volants 9–9–0–18 56–58 Ottawa Montagnards 6–6–4–16 51–45 First Place Playoff (sudden death): LaSalle 5 RCAF 4 Semi Final (Best of 5) Hull 5 RCAF 2 RCAF 3 Hull 2 RCAF 5 Hull 3 Hull 6 RCAF 5 Hull 5 RCAF 3 Hull won 3–2 Final (Best of 5) Hull 1 LaSalle 0 LaSalle 8 Hull 2 Hull 5 LaSalle 0 Hull 4 LaSalle 3 Hull won 3–1 Hull Volants 6–2–0–12 34–24 LaSalle Academy 6–2–0–12 30–24 Gladstones 5–3–0–10 30–20 Woodroffe 2–6–0–4 20–28 Buckingham Indians 1–7–0–2 20–38 LaSalle won

115-496: The Canadian championship at the time), later competing in the challenge-based (rather than regularly scheduled) Amateur Hockey Association of Canada . Ottawa HC was the dominant team in the OCHL, winning the OCHL's inaugural and consecutive league championships. In the early days, the OCHL had a relationship with the geographically larger Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), which also formed in 1890. The OCHL champion would compete for

138-522: The OHA Championship at the end of each season. As OCHL champion, Ottawa HA's own Ottawa Hockey Club were the representatives to – and winners of – the OHA Championship in 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893. Ottawa HC made the costly trip to Toronto for both the 1892 and 1893 OHA finals, so the OCHL requested that the 1894 OHA Championship game be held in Ottawa. When the OHA refused, the OCHL resigned from

161-531: The OHA and since that time the Greater Ottawa area (now including Southwestern Quebec ) has operated separately from the OHA which organizes amateur hockey for most of Ontario. The OHA had been founded based on an idea of Arthur Stanley, son of the Governor General of Canada , the Lord Stanley of Preston . After the OCHL's Ottawa Hockey Club won its third consecutive OHA championship, Lord Stanley signaled

184-766: The Ottawa HA, the Capital HA's team would be the dominant club in their own league, challenging for the Stanley Cup in 1897. The Capital HA attempted to have their Capitals join the Ottawa HC in the senior AHAC in 1897 and again in 1898. When the Capitals were granted membership by the AHAC executive in 1898, Ottawa HC and the rest of the AHAC teams resigned and formed the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL). In 1914,

207-555: The Ottawa and Valley branch of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada was formed. It eventually became the Ottawa District Hockey Association with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association . Under the jurisdiction of Hockey Canada , Hockey Eastern Ontario controls all senior and junior hockey in the part of Ontario east of and including Lanark County , Renfrew County , and Leeds County , but not including

230-746: The association. The representative of the Montreal Hockey Club asked the group to reconsider but was declined, after which point Montreal also withdrew. The withdrawing teams then met at the Windsor Hotel the same day. A representative of the McGill University also attended on the possibility that McGill would join. On December 14, the group met again and organized the CAHL, adding also the Montreal Shamrocks and not McGill. The new league adopted

253-513: The coin toss for first place. Semi Finals (2 games total goals) LaSalle 2 Woodroffe 2 Hull 3 Gladstones 0 LaSalle 3 Woodroffe 1 Gladstones 2 Hull 1 LaSalle won 5–3 Hull won 4–2 Final (2 games total goals) Hull 3 LaSalle 2 Hull 6 LaSalle 2 Hull won 9–4 Hockey Eastern Ontario Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO), formerly the Ottawa District Hockey Association (ODHA) and

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276-531: The creation of modern hockey. While the Ottawa HA was the driving force (and a team owner) behind the OCHL, a rival sports association would appear in Ottawa in the 1890s. The Capital Hockey Association (Capital HA) helped found the Central Canada Hockey Association (CCHA) league. Like the Ottawa HA, Capital HA owned a franchise – the Ottawa Capitals – in its own league. Like

299-492: The creation of today's Stanley Cup by sending the following message to the victory celebration held on March 18, 1892, at Ottawa's Russell Hotel : I have for some time been thinking that it would be a good thing if there were a challenge cup which should be held from year to year by the champion hockey team in the Dominion (of Canada). There does not appear to be any such outward sign of a championship at present, and considering

322-451: The existing constitution of the AHAC. The following executive committee was formed: Almost lost in the shuffle of the dissolution of AHAC and the founding of the CAHL was the first use of netting for the goals. Proposed by the Quebec team, a rope was used to connect the tops of the existing goal posts. Attached to the rope and the posts was netting in a pocket, to catch any pucks that entered

345-462: The general interest which matches now elicit, and the importance of having the game played fairly and under rules generally recognized, I am willing to give a cup which shall be held from year to year by the winning team. I am not quite certain that the present regulations governing the arrangement of matches give entire satisfaction, and it would be worth considering whether they could not be arranged so that each team would play once at home and once at

368-401: The net. Nets had been in use for the goals in lacrosse and ice polo . The nets became a permanent part of the CAHL rinks after an exhibition series in 1899. The league would stay with the same five teams until the 1904 season. During the season, Ottawa withdrew from the league in a dispute with the league. The league continued its schedule with the remaining four teams. The following season,

391-486: The place where their opponents hail from. Ottawa HC repeated as OCHL and OHA Champions in 1893, and competed in the challenge-based, rather than schedule-based, Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC). The AHAC's Montreal Hockey Club defeated Ottawa HC in a mid-season challenge, and were awarded the first Stanley Cup. Like the creation of the Stanley Cup, teams and leagues in Ottawa would influence other aspects of

414-492: The purchase of a pair of championship flags. The clubs agreed to follow the rules of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC), play only once per week, players can only play for one team unless permitted otherwise, and play each other no more than two times. The Ottawa HA's Ottawa Hockey Club had existed for some time, forming to compete in the 1884 Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournament (considered

437-579: The sole senior league for the district, ending the CCHA. In 1920, the Ottawa District Hockey Association (ODHA) was formed to oversee Ottawa hockey, and in 1921, was granted membership in the CAHA. The City League continued to exist as the senior league of Ottawa and district. The ODHA is known today as Hockey Eastern Ontario . During World War II, the league admitted senior teams from the armed forces stationed at Ottawa. These teams, which had NHL players, were temporary, but would enter championship play and several won

460-420: The town of Gananoque which is under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Hockey Association . Canadian Amateur Hockey League The Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) was an early men's amateur hockey league founded in 1898, replacing the organization that was formerly the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) before the 1898–99 season. The league existed for seven seasons, folding in 1905 and

483-565: Was itself replaced by the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA). Formed because of a dispute between teams of the AHAC, it further developed the sport in its transition to professional, with a growing focus on revenues. The CAHL itself would fold over a dispute, leading to the new ECAHA league. The annual meeting of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) was held in Montreal on December 10, 1898, and

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506-915: Was organized and a senior league was formed. At the same time, the Ottawa City Hockey League was organized. In 1894, the Ottawa Hockey Association, owners of the senior Ottawa Hockey Club and organizer of the OCHL resigned from the OHA over a dispute over the Cosby Cup . Several organizations came and went over the next twenty years, such as the Eastern Ontario Hockey Association, and the Central Canada Hockey Association for teams in Eastern Ontario. Teams also played in leagues with Quebec teams. In 1920,

529-496: Was reported as "a cataclysm in the hockey world." At the previous year's meeting, the application of the Ottawa Capitals to join was declined. In 1898, the Capitals had won the intermediate championship and applied again for AHAC membership. The AHAC executive then voted in favor of admitting the Capitals for league membership. This led to the representatives of the Quebec , Montreal Victorias and Ottawa clubs opting to withdraw from

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