Van Ness House

The Van Ness House was a hotel in Burlington, Vermont. The hotel put a team together for the 1886 Burlington Winter Carnival. With little practice, the team was involved in the first two international ice hockey games on February 26, 1886 when they played the Montreal HC losing 3-0 and later in the day the team lost to the Montreal Crystals 1-0. Both games were played on an outdoor rink built on Lake Champlain in heavy winds.
The players on that team were: Lewis C. Johnson, Charles H. Whitcomb, Maxwell A. Kilvert, William F. Waters, Edward. S. Griffing, Howard Crane, Walter A. Laduke (captain)
Category:Ice hockey teams in Vermont
Category:Established in 1886