The Royal Montreal Hockey Club, also known as the Montreal Royals, was a Canadian amateur
ice hockey
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club formed in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, in 1932. It operated various teams in men's junior and senior leagues until 1961. The senior team of the club won the
Allan Cup
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men's championship in 1939 and 1947, and the junior team of 1949 won the
Memorial Cup
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junior men's Canadian championship.
History
The hockey club was founded in 1932, operated by E. S. Hamilton and G. T. Ogilvie. Formed from the
Montreal Hockey Club
The Montreal Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884. They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA) and used the MAAA 'winged wheel' logo. The team was t ...
, the senior Royals played in the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association play from 1932–1933, in the
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from 1944–1953, the Quebec Hockey League from 1953–1959, and the
Eastern Professional Hockey League from 1959–1961. The senior Royals won the QSHL championship in 1945 and 1946, and the QHL championship in 1959. The senior Royals won 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 ...
in 1947.
The junior Royals played in the Quebec Junior Hockey League. The Junior team reached the eastern Canadian championship five times, winning in 1941 and 1949, and finished runners-up in 1933, 1944 and 1945. The junior Royals won the
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between t ...
in 1949, and were finalists in 1941.
When the Royals advanced to the
1941 Memorial Cup
The 1941 Memorial Cup final was the 23rd junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Montreal Royals of the Quebec Junior Hockey League in Eastern Canada co ...
semifinals,
Quebec Amateur Hockey Association
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president
Norman Dawe
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lobbied for games to be played at the
Montreal Forum
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instead of all games in Toronto. The
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
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voted against his request due to budget constraints and travel costs. In the 1941 Memorial Cup final, the Montreal Royals won both games played on home ice, but failed to win the cup when since they lost all three games played in Toronto. In the
1942 Memorial Cup playoffs, the Montreal Royals defeated the Halifax Junior Canadians by a 12–3 score in the first game of a best-of-three series at Montreal Forum. The remainder of series was cancelled due to poor attendance and
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.
Championships
![Allan Cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Allan_Cup.jpg)
* 1939, 1947 – Allan Cup champions
* 1945, 1946, 1947 – Quebec Senior Hockey League
* 1949 – Memorial Cup champions
* 1959 – Quebec Hockey League
Season-by-season results
Season-by-season results for the Montreal Royals senior hockey team.
* 1932–1941: Montreal Senior Group, (QAHA)
* 1941–1953: Quebec Senior Hockey League (QSHL)
*
1953–1959 : Quebec Hockey League (QHL)
*
1959–1961 : Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL)
† Team played some four-point games against McGill
Source: 1935–38: ''
Ottawa Citizen
The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the '' ...
'', 1942–43: ''Ottawa Citizen'', 1943–44: ''Ottawa Citizen''
References
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Ice hockey teams in Montreal
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Ice hockey clubs established in 1932
1932 establishments in Quebec