St. Nicholas Hockey Club

St. Nicholas Hockey Club
City New York City
 USA
League American Amateur Hockey League, 1896–1903, 1905–1918
Founded 1896
Home arena St. Nicholas Rink
Colors Green, White, Red
              [1][2]
St. Nicholas HC in 1905–06.
St. Nicholas Skating Rink, home arena of the St. Nicholas HC.

The St. Nicholas Hockey Club is an ice hockey club from Manhattan, New York City. St. Nicholas HC played in the American Amateur Hockey League between 1896–1903 and 1905–1918 and won three championship titles, in 1907, 1914 and 1915.[3] The first St. Nicholas team in the 1896–97 season consisted of several notable tennis players such as William Larned, Henry Slocum, Malcolm Chace and Robert Wrenn.

Famous American sportsman Hobey Baker, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945, played two seasons with the St. Nicholas Hockey Club in the AAHL between 1914–1916.

Notes

  1. ↑ St. Nicholas seven wins another leg on championship cup of hockey league Brooklyn Daily Eagle, p. 15, March 12, 1915.
  2. ↑ Popsy's Hockey Years stevelindsay.net
  3. ↑ Spalding's official ice hockey guide 1918 at archive.org
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.