Coloured Hockey League

The Coloured Hockey League was an all-black ice hockey league founded in Nova Scotia in 1894 Black hockey hall of fame proposed for Dartmouth, CBC Sports, August 26, 2006 , which featured teams from across Canada's Maritime Provinces. The league operated for several decades lasting until 1930.Wyshynski, Greg, The real roots of hockey, thefourthperiod.com, September 12, 2006
With as many as a dozen teams, over 400 African-Canadian players from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island participated in competition.Martins, Daniel, Hockey historian credits black player with first slapshot, CanWest News Service, January 31, 2007 The Coloured Hockey League is credited by some as being the first league to allow the goaltender to leave their feet to cover a puck in 1900. This practice was not permitted elsewhere until the formation of the National Hockey League in 1917.birthplaceofhockey.com, Garth Vaughan © 2001 In their book Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925, historians George and Darril Fosty also claim that the first player to use the slapshot was Eddie Martin of the Halifax Eurekas 100 years ago.
In January of 2020 Canada Post issues a stamp honouring the legacy of the league.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/new-stamp-commemorates-black-hockey-league-1.5437722
==1899 Results==
(published in Acadian Recorder)
# Halifax Eurekas 4-0 26:1
# Africville Sea-Sides 1-2 4:15
# Dartmouth Jubilees 1-4 5:20
==References==
==External links==
* Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925
* Firsts in Black Hockey for Maritime Provinces, Canada
* The Colored Hockey Championship of the Maritimes
* The Black Ice Project
* Video Documentary, The Black Ice Project
* Canadian Historians Release Coloured League Rosters
* Black Ice The Documentary Pilot
* The Lost League: a Black Mark On Hockey
* Trailblazers Honoured
* The Black Ice Project Underground Railroad On Long Island
* The Society of North American Hockey Historians And Researchers -Leaders In Black Hockey Research
* Rewriting Hockey History In Black And White
* Disbelievers Rejoice In Nova Scotia Secret
* The Colored Hockey Codes Of Winter
* The roots of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes run deep in the game’s past and present, and could help shape the future
Category:Defunct ice hockey leagues