The 1909
Allan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the ...
was the Canadian
senior ice hockey
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Senior hockey leagues operate under the jurisdict ...
championship for the 1908–09 season. The event was hosted by the
Ottawa Cliffsides
The Ottawa Cliffsides were a senior ice hockey team that played in the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union from 1908–1911. From 1905 to 1908 they played in the Ottawa City Senior League.
They were the first winner of the Allan Cup in 1909 ...
in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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. The 1909 playoff marked the first and second time that the
Allan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the ...
was awarded.
The first champion
Sir H. Montagu Allan gave the
Allan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the ...
to the Victoria Hockey Club of
Montreal
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to give to the 1909 champion of their league, the
Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union The Interprovincial Amateur Hockey Union (IAHU or IPAHU) was the premier amateur ice hockey league in Canada after the split between the amateur and professional ice hockey teams of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) in 1908.
His ...
. The
Ottawa Cliffsides
The Ottawa Cliffsides were a senior ice hockey team that played in the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union from 1908–1911. From 1905 to 1908 they played in the Ottawa City Senior League.
They were the first winner of the Allan Cup in 1909 ...
won the IAHU championship, surpassing the
Montreal Victorias
The Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was an early men's amateur ice hockey club. Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874, 1877 or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University. ...
with a 5-1-0 record (Montreal was 4-2-0) to win the league title and be awarded the
Allan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the ...
on March 6, 1909.
One week later, the first challenge was played, with the Intercollegiate league champion
Queen's University challenging Ottawa to a single-game playoff. Queen's won the game and took over the Allan Cup championship.
A second challenge was received, from
St. Michael's College, the
Ontario Hockey Association
The Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) is the governing body for the majority of junior and senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey As ...
(OHA) senior champion, but the trustees ruled that it was too late in the season to play.
The first challenge
*
Ottawa Cliffsides
The Ottawa Cliffsides were a senior ice hockey team that played in the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union from 1908–1911. From 1905 to 1908 they played in the Ottawa City Senior League.
They were the first winner of the Allan Cup in 1909 ...
(Allan Cup holder)
*
Queen's University (Challenger)
Result
:Queen's University 5 - Ottawa Cliffsides 4
Queen's University of
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toro ...
wins the
Allan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the ...
.
External links
Allan Cup archives
Allan Cup website
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