The 1912

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

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championship for the 1911–12 season. The final challenge was hosted by the

Winnipeg Victorias The Winnipeg Victorias were a former amateur senior-level men's amateur ice hockey team in Winnipeg, Manitoba, organized in 1889. They played in the Manitoba Hockey Association (MHA) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Victorias wo ...

and

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. The 1912 playoff marked the 5th time the

had a champion.

Claude C. Robinson Claude Copeland Robinson (December 17, 1881June 27, 1976) was a Canadian ice hockey and sports executive. After winning an intermediate-level championship as captain of the Winnipeg Victorias in 1905, he served as secretary-treasurer and as vi ...

was named a trustee for the Allan Cup in Western Canada to oversee challenges for the trophy. The

Ottawa New Edinburghs The Ottawa New Edinburghs (also known as the Ottawa Seconds) were a senior ice hockey team from the New Edinburgh neighbourhood of Ottawa that played in various ice hockey leagues in Canada during the early 1900s, such as the Ottawa City Hockey L ...

announced that the

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(OHA) agreed to return the Allan Cup to its trustees, and that the New Edinburghs would travel to Winnipeg to challenge for the cup. Robinson was surprised by the announcement, and had expected to arrange exhibition games between the

and the New Edinburghs. No challenge from the New Edinburghs was approved for 1912. The Victorias won the 1911–12

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regular season, then defended the Allan Cup in three challenges. The Victorias defeated the Calgary Athletic Club by 11–0 and 8–6 scores in a two-game series, defeated

Toronto Eaton's The Toronto Eaton's (or Eatons), of the Eaton Athletic Association, were an amateur ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, playing in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). The team got its name from the Canadian department store chain founded by ...

by 8–4 and 16–1 scores in a two-game series, and the

Regina Capitals The Regina Capitals were a professional ice hockey team originally based in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921. Western Canada Hockey League Capitals (1921–1926) 1921 was the Regina Cap ...

by a 9–3 score in a one-game challenge. In 1942, Robinson described the victory versus Toronto Eaton's as redemption for winning the trophy by default from the OHA.

First challenge

The

received a challenge from the Calgary Athletic Club,

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champions. Played in

. *

(Allan Cup holder) * Calgary Athletic Club (Challenger)

Results

:Winnipeg Victorias 11 - Calgary Athletic Club 0 :Winnipeg Victorias 8 - Calgary Athletic Club 6

carries the Allan Cup, winning the series 19-goals-to-6.

Second challenge

The

received a challenge from the

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champions. Played in

. *

(Allan Cup holder) *

(Challenger)

Results

:Winnipeg Victorias 8 - Toronto Eatons 4 :Winnipeg Victorias 16 - Toronto Eatons 1

carries the Allan Cup, winning the series 24-goals-to-5.

Third challenge

The

received a challenge from the

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champions. Played in

. *

(Allan Cup holder) *

(Challenger)

Results

:Winnipeg Victorias 9 - Regina Capitals 3

carries the Allan Cup. With no more challengers accepted in time to play, the Victorias win the 1912 Allan Cup.

References

External links

Allan Cup archives

Allan Cup website
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