Maritime Professional Hockey League

The Maritime Professional Hockey League (MaPHL) was a professional men's ice hockey league operating in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from around 1911 until 1914. Two of the league's champions challenged for the Stanley Cup. The league was preceded in 1910–11 by the Interprovincial Professional Hockey League and followed in 1914–15 by the Eastern Professional Hockey League.
==History==
The league was founded in 1910 as the Interprovincial Professional Hockey League in 1910. The name changed in 1911 to the Maritime Professional Hockey League. In 1914, the name changed again to the Eastern Professional Hockey League. The league suspended operations on February 7, 1915. 
Two MaPHL champions went on to challenge the NHA champion for the Stanley Cup:
* 1912 - Moncton Victorias
* 1913 - Sydney Millionaires
In September 1913, the MaPHL arranged with the NHA and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) for the formation of a hockey commission to govern inter-league operations, contract issues and the play of the Stanley Cup between the league champions. In 1914, it was expected that the MaPHL champion would play the Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA for the Stanley Cup, but this was cancelled and Maritime champions did not play for the Stanley Cup again.
==1910–11 season==
Main article: Interprovincial Professional Hockey League.
==1911–12 season==
The Halifax Socials joined the three teams from the IPHL: the Moncton Victorias, the New Glasgow Cubs, and the Halifax Crescents. Each team played the other three teams six times, three home, three away.
*1/2: Socials - Moncton 9:7
*1/2: New Glasgow - Crescents 9:4 
*1/5: Moncton - New Glasgow 6:5
*1/5: Socials - Crescents 10:2 
*1/9: Moncton - Crescents 10:5 
*1/9: Socials - New Glasgow 6:5
*1/12: Moncton - Crescents 7:5
*1/12: New Glasgow - Socials 8:4
*1/16: Socials - Crescents 10:5
*1/16: Moncton - New Glasgow 6:3
*1/19: Moncton - Socials 5:2
*1/19: New Glasgow - Crescents 7:4
*1/23: Victorias - Crescents 12:6
*1/23: New Glasgow - Socials 9:2
*1/26: New Glasgow - Moncton 3:2 OT
*1/26: Crescents - Socials 10:4
*1/30: Crescents - New Glasgow 5:3
*1/30: Moncton - Socials 9:6 
*2/2: Socials - Moncton 6:5
*2/2: New Glasgow - Crescents 8:7 OT 
*2/6: New Glasgow - Moncton 3:2
*2/6: Crescents - Socials 8:4
*2/9: Crescents - Moncton 4:2
*2/9: New Glasgow - Socials 13:4 
*2/13: Crescents - New Glasgow 8:4
*2/13: Moncton - Socials 9:3 
*2/16: Moncton - New Glasgow 6:3
*2/16: Crescents - Socials 8:7
*2/20: Moncton - Crescents 4:2
*2/20: Socials - New Glasgow 6:5
*2/23: Moncton - Crescents 5:4
*2/23: New Glasgow - Socials 6:3
*2/27: Crescents - Socials 7:6
*2/27: Moncton - New Glasgow 5:4 OT
*3/1: New Glasgow - Crescents 10:0 
*3/1: Socials - Moncton 7:4
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Maritime Professional Hockey League	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Moncton Victorias 	18	12	6 	0	106	80 	24
New Glasgow Cubs 	18	10	8 	0	108	80 	20
Halifax Socials 	18	7 	11	0	100	126	14
Halifax Crescents 	18	7 	11	0	94 	122	14
==1912–13 season==
The Sydney Millionaires join the league making five teams that play the others four times each, two home, two away. After the season, the Millionaires would make an unsuccessful challenge against the Quebec Bulldogs for the Stanley Cup.
*1/7: Socials - New Glasgow 4:2
*1/7: Moncton - Crescents 8:0 
*1/9: Sydney - Socials 7:5
*1/10: Moncton - Crescents 7:6 OT
*1/10: New Glasgow - Socials 10:3
*1/13: Sydney - Moncton 5:4
*1/14: Sydney - Crescents 4:3 OT
*1/16: New Glasgow - Sydney 4:1
*1/17: New Glasgow - Moncton 4:0
*1/17: Socials - Crescents 6:5 OT
*1/21: Moncton - Socials 3:2 OT
*1/21: New Glasgow - Crescents 7:4 
*1/23: Sydney - Crescents 7:4
*1/24: New Glasgow - Crescents 9:3
*1/24: Socials - Moncton 3:2
*1/28: Moncton - New Glasgow 2:1 OT
*1/28: Socials - Sydney 5:1
*1/30: Sydney - Moncton 4:3
*1/31: Crescents - Socials 4:3 OT
*1/31: New Glasgow - Moncton 10:2 
*2/4: Moncton - Socials 6:0 
*2/4: Crescents - New Glasgow 5:3
*2/6: Sydney - Crescents 4:1
*2/7: Socials - Moncton 10:5
*2/7: New Glasgow - Crescents 8:0 
*2/11: Socials - Crescents 4:3
*2/11: Moncton - Sydney 4:3
*2/12: New Glasgow - Sydney 7:3
*2/14: Moncton - Crescents 8:2
*2/14: Sydney - New Glasgow 7:3
*2/18: Socials - New Glasgow 9:3
*2/18: Moncton - Crescents 10:1 
*2/20: Sydney - Socials 6:1
*2/21: Sydney - Crescents 4:2
*2/21: New Glasgow - Socials 5:4 
*2/25: Moncton - New Glasgow 7:5
*2/25: Sydney - Socials 4:3 OT
*2/27: Sydney - Moncton 7:2
*2/28: New Glasgow - Sydney 8:4
*2/28: Socials - Crescents 3:1
Maritime Professional Hockey League	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sydney Millionaires 	16	11	5 	0	71	60	22
New Glasgow Cubs 	16	10	6 	0	89	58	20
Moncton Victorias 	16	9 	7 	0	71	63	18
Halifax Socials 	16	8 	8 	0	66	67	16
Halifax Crescents 	16	2 	14	0	44	95	4
==1913–14 season==
The New Glasgow Cubs are renamed the New Glasgow Black Foxes. The Moncton Victorias fold bringing the league back to four teams, each playing the others eight times, four home, four away. The Millionaires do not play a planned Stanley Cup challenge against the Toronto Blueshirts.
*12/30: Crescents - Socials 3:2
*12/31: Sydney - New Glasgow 9:3 
*1/1: New Glasgow - Sydney 9:4
*1/2: Crescents - Socials 7:5 
*1/6: Sydney - Socials 9:4
*1/6: Crescents - New Glasgow 4:3
*1/7: New Glasgow - Sydney 10:8
*1/9: Crescents - Socials 5:3
*1/13: Sydney - Crescents 6:3
*1/13: New Glasgow - Socials 7:6 
*1/14: New Glasgow - Crescents 5:3
*1/15: Crescents - New Glasgow 8:5
*1/15: Sydney - Socials 9:5 
*1/16: Sydney - Socials 5:1 
*1/20: Sydney - New Glasgow 6:2
*1/20: Crescents - Socials 5:4 
*1/21: New Glasgow - Socials 8:4
*1/22: New Glasgow - Socials 7:2
*1/22: Crescents - Sydney 3:1
*1/23: Crescents - Sydney 5:3
*1/27: New Glasgow - Socials 4:1
*1/27: Sydney - Crescents 3:2 OT 
*1/28: Sydney - Crescents 6:5 OT
*1/28: Socials - New Glasgow 6:3
*1/30: Crescents - Socials 6:3
*1/30: New Glasgow - Sydney 5:1
*2/3: Sydney - Socials 10:7
*2/3: Crescents - New Glasgow 10:2
*2/4: New Glasgow - Crescents 5:2
*2/4: Sydney - Socials 6:2 
*2/6: New Glasgow - Socials 20:6
*2/6: Sydney - Crescents 4:1
*2/10: Socials - Crescents 6:4
*2/10:Sydney - New Glasgow 5:3
*2/11: New Glasgow - Crescents 10:5
*2/13: Sydney - Socials 5:4
*2/17: Socials - New Glasgow 7:5
*2/17: Sydney - Crescents 9:7
*2/18: New Glasgow - Sydney 11:3
*2/20: Socials - Crescents 3:1
*2/24: New Glasgow - Crescents 8:2
*2/24: Sydney - Socials 12:4
*2/25: New Glasgow - Socials 10:8
*2/27: Crescents - Sydney 7:1
*3/3: Crescents - Socials 5:2
*3/3: New Glasgow - Sydney 3:2 OT - 53 minutes of overtime were played
*3/4: New Glasgow - Crescents 7:5
*3/6: Sydney - Socials 4:2
Maritime Professional Hockey League	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Sydney Millionaires 	24	16	8 	0	131	113	32
New Glasgow Black Foxes 	24	16	8 	0	162	117	32
Halifax Crescents 	24	12	12	0	108	107	24
Halifax Socials 	24	4 	20	0	97 	161	8
;Final
*3/11: New Glasgow - Sydney 3:2 @ New Glasgow
*3/13: Sydney - New Glasgow 7:3 @ Sydney
Sydney won series, 9 goals to 6.
==1914–15 season==
==Teams==
* Glace Bay Miners - 1914–1915
* Halifax Crescents - 1910–1914
* Halifax Socials - 1911–1914
* Moncton Victorias - 1910–1913
* New Glasgow Cubs - 1910–1913
* New Glasgow Black Foxes - 1913–1915
* Sydney Millionaires - 1912–1915
==References==
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*Maritime Professional Hockey League history
Category:Ice hockey leagues