Cliffside Hockey Team IAHU team champions, Allan Cup holders, amateur champions of the world,1909 (HS85-10-20692)

The Ottawa Cliffsides were a senior

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team that played in 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 ...

from 1908–1911. From 1905 to 1908 they played in the Ottawa City Senior League. They were the first winner of 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 ...

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when the cup was given to the winner of the Inter-Provincial Hockey League. Alf Smith coached the Ottawa Cliffsides to win the first

in March 1909, only to lose it to Queen's University in a challenge. The Cliffsides played for only three seasons in the Inter-Provincial league. They then reappeared in the Ottawa City Senior League in 1919–20 before disappearing for good.

Season-by-season results

Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union

Ottawa City Senior League

Notable players

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Alec Connell Alexander "The Ottawa Fireman" Connell (February 8, 1902 — May 10, 1958) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Falcons, New York Americans and Montreal Maroons teams in the National Hock ...

References

Notes

Ice hockey teams in Ontario

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