1896 Maritimes season

This was the 1896 ice hockey season in the Canadian Maritimes:
==Results==
===New Brunswick===
See also: 1896 Saint John Hockey League and 1896 Saint John Church & School Hockey League
*2/8: Saint John AA - Halifax Wanderers 7:2 - E. LeRoi Willis Trophy @ Saint JohnSaint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-02-10
AA roster: Skinner (goal), Fairweather, Dunn, Jones (forwards), Harrison (cover), Coombs (point). Halifax roster: McCarthy (goal), Turnbull, DeMille, Henry (forwards), Pickering (cover), Clarke (point).
*3/5: Saint John Bicycle & Athletic Club - Summerside Hockey Club 7:2 @ Saint John
*3/5: Amherst Hockey Club - Moncton Hockey Club 2:1 @ MonctonMoncton Daily Transcript, 1896-03-06
*3/12: All-Saint John - All-Halifax Hockey Team 4:1 @ Saint JohnSaint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-03-13
Saint John roster: Skinner (goal), Coombs (point), Harrison (cover), P. Clarke, A. Tufts, R. Fairweather, G. Robertson (forwards). Halifax roster; McCarty (goal), Pickering (point), Laidlaw (cover), Mont, Mullane, Keefe, Swaffer (forwards), Grant (spare).
*3/13: Saint John AA - All-Halifax Hockey Team 1:0 OT - tied 0:0 after regulation, Halifax refused to play OT, so game was awarded to Saint John.Saint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-03-14
Saint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-03-19
*3/18: St. Paul's School - Davenport School 2:1
*3/18: Picked Team - St. Mark's School 2:0 - only one half was played
;Moncton City League
*1/9: Victorias - Moncton AAA 6:0Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-10
AAA roster: H. Campbell (goal), Len Harris (point), P. Dickson (cover), E.A. Harris, N. Ray, F. Armstrong, W. Schwartz (forwards), F. Robertson (spare). Victorias roster: C. Trues (goal), C. Stulz (point), I. Malcolm (cover), J.W. Humphrey, E. Embree, D. Malcolm, O. Goldrup (forwards), E.B. Hagerty (spare).
*1/16: I.C.R. - Bankers 4:3Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-17
Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-24
*1/23: Victorias - I.C.R. 2:0
*1/23: City - Bankers 3:0 
Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-31
*1/30: I.C.R. - City 3:2
*1/30: Victorias - Bankers 2:0 
Mr. A.E. Holstead, manager of the Victoria Rink in Moncton, offered a cup for hockey competition. The first club to win three consecutive games from their opponents would earn it.Moncton Daily Transcript, 1896-01-07
===Nova Scotia===
See also: 1896 Halifax City Hockey League
*1/17: Halifax Crescents - Halifax North West Arm 3:2Halifax Herald, 1896-01-18
*1/24: Halifax Ramblers - 66th P.L.F., Company F 2:1Halifax Herald, 1896-01-25
*2/14: Dartmouth Junior Chebuctos - Halifax Junior Wanderers 1:0Halifax Herald, 1896-02-15
*2/22: Dartmouth Chebuctos - Amherst Hockey Club 4:3 @ AmherstHalifax Herald, 1896-02-24
*2/24: Saint John AA - Halifax Wanderers 2:0 @ Halifax - E. LeRoi Willis TrophySaint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-02-25
Saint John roster: Skinner (goal), Coombes (point), Harrison (cover), N. Fairweather, R. Fairweather, Clarke, G.W. Jones (forwards). Wanderers roster: Henry (goal), Clarke (point), Pickering (cover, Turnbull, Keefe, DeMille, McCurdy (forwards). 
*2/25: All-Halifax - Saint John AA 3:0 @ HalifaxSaint John Daily Telegraph, 1896-02-26
*2/25: Halifax Crescents - United Banks 3:1Halifax Herald, 1896-02-26
*2/25: Halifax Banking Co. - Bank of Nova Scotia 3:2
*2/25: Wolfville Hockey Club - Windsor Blue Jackets @ WolfvilleSaint John Progress, 1896-03-07
Windsor roster: P.H. Smith, R.P. Smith, R. Smith, H. Winters, F. Graham, L. Shaw.
*2/28: Halifax Wanderers - Acadia Axemen 1:0Halifax Herald, 1896-02-29
Wanderers roster: W. Henry (goal), R. McKay (point), W. Pickering (cover), Clarke, Turnbull, Keefe, Burrows (forwards). Acadia roster: F.B. Jonah (goal), H. Johnson (point), S. Johnson (cover), H. Johnson, Moffatt, D'mock, Freeman (forwards)
*2/28: Halifax Ramblers - Pictou Hockey Club 5:1
Ramblers roster: McCarthy (goal), Bailey (point), Forbes (cover), Clarkson, Service, Stephens, Laidlaw (forwards). Pictou roster: Fullerton (goal), McKay D.S (point), Skinner (cover), Carroll, Munro, Glennie, McKenzie (forwards).
*3/10: Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers - 66th P.L.F. 2:2 @ HalifaxHalifax Herald, 1896-03-11
*3/11: Windsor Alerts - Halifax Second Wanderers @ WindsorSaint John Progress, 1896-03-21
*3/16: Amherst Hockey Club - Pictou Hockey Club 10:0Halifax Herald, 1896-03-17
*3/24: Halifax Junior Wanderers - Dartmouth Junior Chebuctos 2:2Halifax Herald, 1896-03-25
*3/24: Berkshire Officers - 66th P.L.F. 6:2 @ Halifax
;Halifax Bankers League
*1/9: Merchants' Bank - Bank of Montreal 15:0
*1/15: Union Bank - Peoples Bank 8:0
*1/22: Halifax Banking Co. - Bank of Nova Scotia 7:3
*1/28: Halifax Banking Co. - Bank of Montreal 12:1 - Halifax Bankers LeagueHalifax Herald, 1896-01-31
Banking Co. roster: Metzler (capt.), DeMille, Beal, McCurdy, Lyde, Turnbull. Montreal roster: Clark, Worsley, Oliver, Stubbing, Strikeman (capt.), Gilpin. 
*2/5: Merchants' Bank - Bank of Nova Scotia 5:1
*2/6: Halifax Banking Co. - Peoples Bank 10:2
*2/12: Union Bank - Bank of Montreal 16:1
*2/13: Merchants' Bank - Halifax Banking Co. 4:3
*2/19: Union Bank - Bank of Nova Scotia 4:2
*2/20: Merchants' Bank - Peoples Bank 6:0
*2/26: Peoples Bank - Bank of Montreal 4:0
*2/27: Union Bank - Halifax Banking Co. 7:0
*3/4: Union Bank - Merchants' Bank 7:1 - Union clinched title
*3/5: Bank of Nova Scotia - Peoples Bank
*3/11: Bank of Montreal - Bank of Nova Scotia
===Prince Edward Island===
*1/31: Charlottetown Victorias - Charlottetown Hockey Club 6:3
*2/7: St. Dunstan's College - Prince of Wales College 7:3
*2/12: Summerside Oranges - Summerside Green 5:3
*2/19: Charlottetown Victorias - Charlottetown Hockey Club 8:1 - Victorias clinched Charlottetown Championship 
*2/25: Charlottetown Abegweits - Crapaud Victorias 10:0
*3/6: Summerside Hockey Club - Amherst Hockey Club 2:2
*3/6: St. Dunstan's College - Prince of Wales College 3:2
*3/13: Charlottetown Victorias II - Souris 1:1
*3/13: Charlottetown Victorias - Summerside Hockey Club 4:2
==References==
Category:1896 in ice hockey