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The Berlin Dutchmen were an early professional
ice hockey
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team operating out of
Berlin, Ontario, (renamed
Kitchener in 1916) from 1907 in the
Ontario Professional Hockey League
The Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL), sometimes referred to as the Trolley League, and also known as the Canadian Hockey League in its time, was a professional ice hockey league in Canada. It was a fully professional league and consisted ...
(OPHL). The Berlin team is notable for challenging for the
Stanley Cup
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in 1910 versus the
Montreal Wanderers
The Montreal Wanderers were an amateur, and later professional, ice hockey team based in Montreal. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL), the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA), the National Hockey Association ...
. The dormant team was revived in 1926 as the Kitchener Dutchmen of the
Canadian Professional Hockey League. The dormant name was revived in 1947 as the senior Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, notable for winning Canada a bronze medal at the
1956 Olympics and a silver medal at the
1960 Olympics. The minor junior
Kitchener Dutchmen continue the name today.
Etymology
"Dutchman" is a misnomer for a Germanic person, from ''Deutsch'' (German). This is even more so for Waterloo County, Ontario, as many of the earliest settlers were so-called "Pennsylvania Dutch".
History
The Dutchmen were one of the founding teams of the OPHL in 1907. Starting play in January 1908, the club would be a member of the OPHL until 1911. The club would win the OPHL championship once, in 1910, giving the team the chance to challenge for the Stanley Cup, then the Canadian professional championship trophy. Berlin played in Montreal against the Wanderers and were defeated 7–3. The OPHL would only survive for only one more year before folding.
Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen
The name was revived in 1927 as the Kitchener Dutchmen, a professional team in the
Canadian Professional Hockey League (which became the International Hockey League). In 1929, the franchise was moved to
Cleveland, Ohio
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, becoming the
Cleveland Indians
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and eventually the
Cleveland Barons The name Cleveland Barons has been used by three professional hockey teams and one junior team.
*Cleveland Barons (NHL), the National Hockey League team that played between 1976 and 1978
*Cleveland Barons (1937–1973), the original American Hockey ...
of the
American Hockey League
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.
The name was revived again in 1947 as the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, a senior amateur ice hockey team which represented Canada at the
1956 and
1960 Winter Olympics
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. The K-W Dutchmen played in the
Ontario Hockey Association
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Senior Division from 1947 until 1963.
The Senior Division Dutchmen won the
Allan Cup
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in 1955 and 1957, the national
senior amateur men's ice hockey championship. These Dutchmen were the last self-contained club (compared to the later purpose built
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
) to represent Canada in the
Olympic hockey tournament—they were also the only club team to represent Canada at two Olympics (
1956 bronze medal,
1960 silver medal).
Notable players
*
Hugh Lehman
Frederick Hugh "Old Eagle Eyes" Lehman (October 27, 1885 – April 12, 1961) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He started his ice hockey career playing for the Pembroke Lumber Kings and the Berlin Dutchmen. In 1911, Lehman joined ...
- in the
Hockey Hall of Fame
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*
Jack McKenzie
See also
*
Canada men's national ice hockey team
The Canada men's national ice hockey team (popularly known as Team Canada; french: Équipe Canada) is the ice hockey team representing Canada inter ...
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Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was the eighth Olympic Championship, also serving as the 23rd World Championships and the 34th European Championships. The tournament was held at the Oly ...
*
Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games program in 1924, in France. The women's tournam ...
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List of Canadian national ice hockey team rosters
Below is a list of various national team ice hockey team rosters of Canada. The men's team, women's team and the junior team are included.
Men's
2022 Men's World Ice Hockey Championship
*Head coach: Claude Julien
*Assistant coach: Nolan Ba ...
*
Ontario Professional Hockey League
The Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL), sometimes referred to as the Trolley League, and also known as the Canadian Hockey League in its time, was a professional ice hockey league in Canada. It was a fully professional league and consisted ...
References
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Ice hockey teams in Ontario
Sport in Kitchener, Ontario
1907 establishments in Ontario
Ice hockey teams representing Canada internationally