Manitoba Hockey Association

The Manitoba Hockey Association was an early men's senior ice hockey league playing around 1900 in Manitoba, Canada. The league started as an elite amateur league, became professional in 1905, had a professional and an amateur league in 1908–09 and only amateur from 1909 until 1923. Two teams from this league have won the Stanley Cup, the Winnipeg Victorias and the Kenora Thistles. Three other teams from the league have challenged for the Stanley Cup: Brandon Wheat Cities, Winnipeg Maple Leafs, and the Winnipeg Rowing Club. Other teams have won the Allan Cup: Winnipeg Hockey Club, Winnipeg Falcons, Winnipeg Monarchs and Winnipeg Victorias.
It also was known as the Manitoba Hockey League and Manitoba Professional Hockey League in following years.
==History==
===Founding===
The Association was formed on November 11, 1892 to organize ice hockey play in Manitoba.
===Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association===
In 1904, it would absorb the Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association league, and include the Rat Portage/Kenora Thistles team from outside the province.
===Manitoba Professional Hockey League (MPHL)===
In 1905, the league started to have professional players, and renamed itself the MPHL. This lasted until the end of the 1908–09 season, when several teams folded.
===Manitoba Hockey League (MHL)===
Starting in the 1908–09 season, the MHL was started as an amateur senior-level league. The teams from this league would be eligible for the new Allan Cup.
===Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association===
With the founding of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in 1914, the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association was formed to administrate amateur ice play in Manitoba. The Manitoba Hockey Association continued as the organizer of the MHL.
==Teams==
Season 	Teams 	Champion
1892–93 	Winnipeg Dragoons, Winnipeg Winnipegs, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1893–94 	Winnipeg Dragoons, Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1894–95 	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1895–96 	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias†
1896–97 	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1897–98 	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1898–99 	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1899–1900	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1900–01 	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias†
1901–02 	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1902–03 	Winnipeg Rowing Club, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Rowing Club
1903–04 	Winnipeg Rowing Club, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Rowing Club
1904–05 	Brandon Wheat Cities, Portage la Prairie Cities, Rat Portage Thistles, Winnipeg Rowing Club, Winnipeg Victorias	Rat Portage Thistles
1905–06 	Brandon Wheat Cities, Kenora Thistles, Portage la Prairie Cities, Winnipeg Rowing Club, Winnipeg Victorias 	Kenora Thistles
† Stanley Cup winner.
===Manitoba Professional Hockey League===
Season 	Teams 	Champion
1906–07	Brandon Wheat Cities, Kenora Thistles‡, Portage la Prairie Cities, Winnipeg Strathconas 	Kenora Thistles
1907–08	Brandon Wheat Cities†, Kenora Thistles†, Portage la Prairie Cities, Winnipeg Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Strathconas	Winnipeg Maple Leafs
1908–09	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Shamrocks 	Winnipeg Shamrocks
‡ Stanley Cup winner.
† Brandon and Kenora only played one game in 1907–08 season before ceasing play.
In parallel with the MPHL, the MHA started the MHL amateur senior league in 1908–09.
===Manitoba Hockey League===
Season 	Teams 	Champion
1908-1909 	Winnipeg Capitals, Winnipeg Varsity, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1909-1910 	Winnipeg Capitals, Winnipeg Varsity, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Varsity
1910-1911 	Winnipeg Monarchs, Winnipeg Varsity, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias‡
1911-1912 	Winnipeg Monarchs, Winnipeg Varsity, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias‡
1912-1913 	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Varsity, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg HC‡
1914-1915 	Winnipeg Monarchs, Winnipeg Varsity, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Monarchs‡
1915-1916 A 	Winnipeg 61st Battalion, Winnipeg Monarchs, Winnipeg Soldiers 	Winnipeg 61st Battalion‡
1915-1916 B 	Winnipeg Falcons, Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Monarchs
1916–17 WAHL 	Winnipeg Victorias, Winnipeg 223rd Battalion, Winnipeg Monarchs 	Winnipeg Victorias
1917–18 MMHL 	Winnipeg Ypres, Winnipeg Vimy, Winnipeg Somme 	Winnipeg Ypres
1918-1919 	Brandon Wheat Cities, Selkirk Fishermen, Winnipeg Argonauts, Winnipeg Monarchs 	Selkirk Fishermen
1919-1920 Manitoba	Brandon Wheat Cities, Selkirk Fishermen, Winnipeg Falcons 	Winnipeg Falcons‡
1919-1920 Winnipeg	Winnipeg HC, Winnipeg Monarchs, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg HC
1920-1921 Manitoba	Brandon Wheat Cities, Winnipeg Falcons, Winnipeg HC 	Brandon Wheat Cities
1921-1922 Manitoba	Brandon Wheat Cities, Selkirk Fishermen, Winnipeg Falcons, Winnipeg HC 	Brandon Wheat Cities
1921-1922 Winnipeg	Winnipeg Monarchs, Winnipeg Tigers, Winnipeg Varsity, Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Victorias
1922-1923 Manitoba	Brandon Wheat Cities, Fort William Beavers, Port Arthur Bearcats, Selkirk Fishermen, Winnipeg Falcons, Winnipeg HC	Brandon Wheat Cities
‡ Allan Cup winners.
==See also==
*List of Manitoba Senior Playoffs
==External links==
* Kenora Thistles stats
Category:Ice hockey leagues
Category:Established in 1892