Toronto Mercantile Hockey League

The Toronto Mercantile Hockey League was contested in Toronto, Ontario from the 1920s to the 1950s.
==Teams==
*1919-20: A.R. Clarkes, CGE, Fords, Massey-Harris
*1920-21: CGE, Fords, Gunns, Massey-Harris
*1921-22: General Electric, Gunns, Fords, Kodaks
*1922-23: General Electric, Gunns, Fords, Kodaks
*1923-24: CCM, Fords, Hydros, Kodaks
*1924-25: CCM, Dominion Express, Hydros, USY Swifts
*1925-26: CCM, Hydros, Kodaks, Stockyards
*1926-27: City Hall, Kodaks, Imperial Oil, Stockyard Packers
*1927-28: Toronto CNR, Toronto CCM, City Hall, Imperial Oil, Goodyears, Stockyard Packers
*1928-29: Toronto CCM, Goodyears, Imperial Oil, Stockyard Packers
*1929-30: Toronto CNR, Goodyear, Imperial Oil, Stockyard Packers, Willys-Overland
*1930-31: Toronto CNR, Toronto CCM, Eaton's, Imperial Oil, Stockyard Packers
*1931-32: City Hall, Cities Services, Toronto CCM, Eaton's, Stockyard Packers
*1932-33: Bell Telephone, British Consols, Cities Service, Hydro Electric, Stockyard Packers
*1933-34: British Consols, Toronto CCM, Cities Service, Red Indian Chiefs
*1934-35: British Consols, Cities Service, Oshawa Chevvies, Dominions, McColl Frontenacs
*1935-36: British Consols, Oshawa Chevvies, Dominions, Goodyears, McColl Frontenacs
*1936-37: Anaconda Brass, Kodaks, Moffat Rangers, R.H. Sloan, Stockyard Packers, West End Industries
*1937-38: Anaconda Brass, Kodaks, R.H. Sloan, Stockyard Packers, West End Industries
*1938-39: Donnell-Mudge, Kodaks, R.H. Sloan, Stockyard Packers, Tip Top Tailors
*1939-40: Donnell-Mudge, Kodaks, Ostranders Jewellers, Stockyard Packers, Tip Top Tailors
*1940-41: Campbells, Donnell-Mudge, Kodaks, Ostranders Jewellers, Stockyard Packers, Toronto RCAF
*1941-42: Bowles Lunch, Campbells, Kodaks, Ostranders Jewellers Stockyard Packers
*1942-43: Dehavilland, Ostranders Jewellers, Stafford Industries, York Arsenal
*1943-44: Bower Orphans, Toronto CIL, Toronto Fuels, Stafford Industries
*1944-45: Bowser Orphans, Toronto Fuels, Uptown Tires, United Auto Workers
*1945-46: Bowser Orphans, Dorst's, G.H. Woods, Uptown Tires
*1946-47: Bowser Orphans, Dorst's, G.H. Woods, Navy Vets
*1947-48: Navy Vets, Stockyard Packers, Stanton Fuels, Swansea Sentinels
*1948-49: Stockyard Packers, Swansea Sentinels, Weston Bread, West York Meteors
*1949-50: Toronto Bell AC, Ramblers, Stockyard Packers, Swansea Sentinels
*1950-51: Stockyards, Wilson's Transport, Kingsway Lumber, Toronto Bell AC
*1951-52: Saracini, Stockyards, Rocky River, Driscolls
*1952-53: Kingsway Lumber, Dynes, Reliable, Saracini
==Results==
;1940-41
Standings as of 2/20
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Donnell-Mudge	18	13	3 	2	80	49	28
RCAF 	18	6 	6 	6	47	44	18
Campbells 	18	8 	8 	2	54	59	18
Kodaks 	18	7 	8 	3	39	49	17
Stockyards 	18	6 	7 	5	61	55	17
Ostranders 	18	3 	11	4	54	79	10
Post 2/20 scores
*2/22: RCAF - Stockyards 1:1
*2/22: Donnell-Mudge - Campbells 3:2
*2/26: Kodaks - Ostranders 6:4
*2/26: Stockyards - Donnell-Mudge 3:1
*3/1: RCAF - Ostranders 6:3
*3/1: Campbells - Kodaks 2:2
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/17
#RCAF 2-2-0-4 11:10
#Donnell-Mudge 2-2-0-4 15:14
#Stockyards 2-2-0-4 10:8
#Kodaks 2-2-0-4 7:11
*3/19: RCAF - Stockyards 4:2
*3/19: Donnell-Mudge - Kodaks 3:2
*3/22: RCAF - Donell-Mudge 1:1
*3/22: Stockyards - Kodaks 3:1
*3/26: Stockyards - RCAF 3:2 - replay of 3/19 game
Final
*3/29: Donnell-Mudge - Stockyards 7:4 
*4/2: Stockyards - Donnell-Mudge 9:7 OT
*4/5: Stockyards - Donnell-Mudge 5:4
*4/7: Donnell-Mudge - Stockyards 5:3
*4/9: Donnell-Mudge - Stockyards 4:3 OT
;1941-42
Standings as of 2/16
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Campbells 	21	12	6 	3	105	88 	27
Ostranders	22	10	6 	6	98 	86 	26
Stockyards	22	8 	8 	6	71 	74 	22
Kodaks 	21	8 	7 	6	95 	84 	18
Bowles 	22	4 	15	3	76 	121	11
Post 2/16 scores
*2/18: Campbells - Stockyards 7:3
*2/18: Kodaks - Bowles 5:5 
*2/21: Kodaks - Stockyards 5:3
*2/21: Ostranders - Campbells 4:2
*2/25: Ostranders - Bowles 6:2
*2/25: Campbells - Kodaks 13:6
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/17
#Campbells 5-0-0-10 24:11
#Ostranders 2-3-0-4 15:13
#Kodaks 2-3-0-4 12:18
#Stockyards 1-4-0-2 15:24 
*3/18: Kodaks - Stockyards 6:2
*3/18: Ostranders - Campbells 3:2 
*3/21: Ostranders - Kodaks 5:2 - sudden death game
Final
*3/23: Campbells - Ostranders 9:5
*3/25: Ostranders - Campbells 5:2 
*3/26: Ostranders - Campbells 6:2
*3/28: Campbells - Ostranders 11:1
*3/30: Campbells - Ostranders 6:3
;1942-43
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Staffords 	24	17	5 	2	118	68 	36
Ostranders 	24	15	9 	0	114	87 	30
DeHavillands	24	13	9 	2	91 	67 	28
Stockyards 	24	7 	14	3	103	130	17
York Arsenal	24	4 	19	1	70 	144	9
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/15
#DeHavillands 5-0-0-10 23:6
#Ostranders 3-2-0-6 19:20
#Stockyards 2-3-0-4 14:19
#Staffords 0-5-0-0 10:21
*3/17: DeHavilannds - Stockyards 8:2
*3/17: Ostranders - Staffords 5:5 OT
Final
*3/20: DeHavillands - Ostranders 7:3
*3/24: DeHavillands - Ostranders 4:3
*3/27: DeHavillands - Ostranders 7:6 
;1943-44
Second Series standings
Standings 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA 	Pts
Bowsers 	15	9	5	1	89	79 	19
CIL 	15	7	7	1	70	80 	15
Toronto Fuels	15	7	8	0	94	102	14
Staffords 	15	5	8	2	90	82 	12
Overall standings
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Bowsers 	30	17	11	2	155	132	36
Staffords 	30	15	12	3	162	133	33
Toronto Fuels	30	13	14	3	152	158	29
CIL 	30	10	18	2	105	151	22
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/13
#Staffords 3-1-0-6 19:11
#Bowsers 2-2-0-4 16:13
#CIL 2-2-0-4 15:20
#Toronto Fuels 1-3-0-2 18:24
*3/15: CIL - Toronto Fuels 6:4 OT
*3/15: Staffords - Bowsers 3:2
*3/18: Toronto Fuels - Staffords 11:7
*3/18: Bowsers - CIL 7:3
*3/22: Bowsers - CIL 5:4 - sudden death
Final
*3/25: Bowsers - Staffords 3:3
*3/29: Staffords - Bowsers 4:2
*4/1: Bowsers - Staffords 13:8
*4/5: Bowsers - Staffords 13:4
*4/8: Bowsers - Staffords 11:6
*4/12: Bowsers - Staffords 10:6
;1944-45
First Series
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Bowsers 	13	11	2 	0	101	46 	22
UAW 	13	10	3 	0	78 	56 	20
Uptowns 	13	3 	10	0	65 	104	6
Toronto Fuels	13	2 	11	0	60 	98 	4
Second Series
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
UAW 	16	12	3 	1	109	59 	25
Uptowns 	16	9 	5 	2	103	71 	20
Bowsers 	16	6 	8 	2	73 	77 	14
Toronto Fuels	16	3 	13	0	58 	136	6
Round-robin playoffs
*2/28: Bowsers - Uptowns 6:0 
*3/3: Uptowns - UAW 3:2 
*3/7: UAW - Bowsers 7:2
*3/10: Uptowns - Bowsers 3:2
*3/14: Uptowns - UAW 6:4 
*3/17: Bowsers - UAW 2:0 
Final
*3/21: Bowsers - Uptowns 7:3
*3/24: Bowsers - Uptowns 8:5
*3/28: Bowsers - Uptowns 7:3
*4/1: Bowsers - Uptowns 7:4
;1945-46
First Series
Standings	GP	W	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Woods 	15	9	5 	1	72	49	19
Bowsers 	15	9	5 	1	56	40	19
Dorsts 	15	6	7 	2	56	63	14
Uptowns 	15	3	10	2	54	86	8
Second Series
Standings	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Uptowns 	14	7	4	3	48	46	17
Bowsers 	14	6	6	2	48	44	14
Dorsts 	14	5	6	3	41	50	13
Woods 	14	5	7	2	56	53	12
*2/20: Woods - Bowsers 6:5
*2/20: Dorsts - Uptowns 6:1 
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/11
#Bowsers 5-0-0-10 27:18
#Woods 3-2-0-6 26:20
#Uptowns 1-3-1-3 21:22
#Dorsts 0-4-1-1 15:29 
*3/13: Woods - Dorsts 12:10
*3/13: Bowsers - Uptowns 10:2
Final
*3/17: Woods - Bowsers 3:0 
*3/20: Woods - Bowsers 6:4 
*3/24: Bowsers - Woods 11:4
*3/27: Woods - Bowsers 8:5
*3/31: Woods - Bowsers 4:2
;1946-47
Second Series
Standings	GP	W 	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Dorsts 	15	10	5	0	79	63	20
G.H. Wood	15	8 	6	1	68	71	17
Bowsers 	15	6 	8	1	57	58	13
Navy Vets	15	4 	9	2	58	70	10
Overall standings
Standings	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Dorsts 	30	17	12	1	137	117	35
Bowsers 	30	16	11	3	114	101	35
G.H. Wood	30	16	12	2	138	133	34
Navy Vets	30	6 	20	4	103	152	16
Round-robin playoffs as of 3/10
#Bowsers 3-1-0-6 19:14
#Dorsts 2-1-1-5 22:12
#Navy Vets 2-2-0-4 15:24
#G.H. Wood 0-3-1-1 12:18
*3/12: G.H. Wood - Navy Vets 10:5
*3/12: Dorsts - Bowsers 4:3
*3/16: Bowsers - Naval Vets 4:1
*3/16: G.H. Wood - Dorsts 8:1
Final
*3/19: Dorsts - Bowsers 6:5
*3/23: Dorsts - Bowsers 5:3
*3/26: Bowsers - Dorsts 6:2
*3/30: Bowsers - Dorsts 5:4 
*4/2: Bowsers - Dorsts 7:6 
*4/9: Dorsts - Bowsers 11:5
*4/13: Dorsts - Bowsers 5:3 OT
;1947-48
First Series
Standings 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Swansea 	15	8	6	1	63	63	17
Stantons 	15	7	5	3	54	46	17
Stockyards	15	5	6	4	61	65	14
Navy Vets 	15	6	9	0	51	54	12
Second Series
Standings 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Swansea 	14	7	4	3	62	48	17
Stantons 	14	5	6	3	48	54	13
Stockyards	14	4	5	5	46	46	13
Navy Vets 	14	5	6	3	48	56	13
*3/13: Stockyards - Stantons 4:1
*3/13: Navy Vets - Swansea 4:3
Round-robin playoffs
#Stantons 4-2-0-8 18:12
#Swansea 4-2-0-8 23:18
#Navy Vets 2-3-1-5 13:13
#Stockyards 0-5-1-1 14:25
Final
*4/7: Stantons - Swansea 5:4
*4/10: Swansea - Stantons 11:4
*4/14: Swansea - Stantons 9:3
*4/17: Stantons - Swansea 6:4 
*4/21: Swansea - Stantons 4:3
*4/24: Stantons - Swansea 7:6 
*4/28: Stantons - Swansea 11:6 
;1948-49
First Half 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA 	Pts
Weston Bread 	18	13	5 	0	77	53 	26
West York Meteors	18	9 	6 	3	73	55 	21
Swansea Sentinels	18	8 	6 	4	63	46 	20
Stockyard Packers	18	2 	15	1	42	101	3
Second Half 	GP	W	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Weston Bread 	15	7	4 	4	57	41	18
Swansea Sentinel 	15	8	5 	2	61	53	18
Stockyard Packers	15	7	7 	1	50	67	15
West York Meteors	15	4	10	1	57	64	9
Round-robin
*2/26: West York - Swansea 6:3
*3/2: West York - Wonder Bread 6:3 OT
*3/6: Swansea - Wonder Bread 5:4
*3/9: West York - Swansea 4:3
*3/12: West York - Wonder Bread 4:1
*3/16: Swansea - Wonder Bread 6:4
Final
*Swansea - West York 4:1 on series (9:5, 8:1, 4:2, 6:8 OT, 7:2)
Ontario Industrial Final
*Swansea - Hamilton Westinghouse 3:0, 1 tie on series (5:5 OT, 5:3, 9:8 OT, 6:4)
;1949-50
First Series
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Ramblers 	18	11	5 	2	62	53	24
Swansea 	18	10	7 	1	71	51	21
Stockyards	18	9 	8 	1	57	53	19
Bell AC 	18	3 	13	2	48	81	8
Second Series
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Stockyards	18	11	7 	0	76	64	22
Bell AC 	18	9 	9 	0	73	77	18
Ramblers 	18	8 	10	0	53	62	16
Swansea 	18	8 	10	0	73	72	16
Round-robin playoffs
#Ramblers 4-2-0-8 13:10
#Swansea 4-2-0-8 20:15
#Stockyards 2-3-1-5 12:17
#Bell AC 1-4-1-3 18:21
Final
*4/8: Ramblers - Swansea 7:2
*4/12: Swansea - Ramblers 10:4
*4/15: Ramblers - Swansea 5:4
*4/19: Swansea - Ramblers 7:0 
*4/22: Swansea - Ramblers 5:1
*4/26: Swansea - Ramblers 4:4 OT
*4/30: Swansea - Ramblers 7:7 OT
*5/3: Swansea - Ramblers 6:5 
;1950-51
First Series
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Stockyards 	18	14	4 	0	78	44	28
Wilsons Transport	18	10	7 	1	59	55	21
Kingsway Lumber 	18	6 	12	0	48	75	12
Bell AC 	18	5 	12	1	48	59	11
Second Series
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Stockyards 	18	12	3 	3	73	54	27
Bell AC 	18	8 	8 	2	68	68	18
Kingsway Lumber 	18	7 	11	0	55	63	14
Wilsons Transport	18	5 	10	3	61	70	16
Round-robin playoffs
#Wilsons Transport 4-0-0-8
#Bell AC 1-3-0-2
#Stockyards 1-3-0-2
*3/31: Stockyards - Bell AC 6:5 - tiebreaker
Final
*4/4: Stockyards - Wilsons 6:3
*4/7: Stockyards - Wilsons 3:1
*4/11: Stockyards - Wilsons 9:5 
*4/14: Stockyards - Wilsons 4:2
;1951-52
Standings
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Saracini 	36	23	8 	5	131	88 	51
Stockyards 	36	15	16	5	105	93 	35
Rocky River	36	12	17	7	99 	116	31
Driscolls 	36	9 	18	9	78 	116	27
Round-robin playoffs
#Stockyards 2-1-0-4 18:15
#Saracini 2-1-0-4 16:13
#Rocky River 1-3-0-2 19:25
Final
*3/29: Saracini - Stockyards 6:0 
*4/5: Stockyards - Saracini 6:4
*4/9: Saracini - Stockyards 4:3
*4/12: Saracini - Stockyards 8:4
*4/16: Saracini - Stockyards 5:3
;1952-53
First Series
Standings as of 12/24
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Kingsway Lumber 	16	11	5 	0	57	55	22
Dynes Leasiders 	16	8 	7 	1	78	66	17
Saracini 	16	8 	8 	0	55	51	16
Reliable Transports	16	4 	11	1	40	58	9
*12/27: Kingsway - Reliable 4:2
*12/27: Saracini - Dynes 4:2
*12/30: Reliable - Saracini 4:2
*12/30: Dynes - Kingsway 6:0
Second Series
Standings 	GP	W	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Kingsway Lumber 	18	9	6 	3	61	59	21
Dynes Leasiders 	18	7	6 	5	69	73	19
Reliable Transports	18	8	8 	2	67	62	18
Saracini 	18	6	10	2	62	65	14
Round-robin playoffs
#Dynes 2-0-0-4 14:3
#Kingsway 2-1-0-4 14:8
#Saracini 0-3-0-0 7:24
Final
*3/21: Dynes - Kingsway 10:5
*3/24: Kingsway - Dynes 7:3
*3/28: Kingsway - Dynes 6:6 OT 
*3/31: Dynes - Kingsway 11:3
*4/4: Dynes - Kingsway 7:6 OT
*4/7: Kingsway - Dynes 5:3
*4/11: Dynes - Kingsway 4:2
==Sources==
*Toronto Star
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