The Toronto Aura Lee Hockey Club operated

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and

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teams in the

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(OHA) from 1916 to 1926. They played at

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. In January 1925, the trustees of the Aura Lee Athletic Club voted to turn their clubhouse and football grounds over to the

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Junior team

The Aura Lee juniors won the

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for the OHA junior championship in 1916, 1917, 1922, and 1925. In 1922, the Aura Lee juniors defeated the Iroquois Falls Papermakers for the Eastern title. The

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was scheduled to be played at

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. The

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decided to save money, that Aura Lee play the

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en route to Winnipeg. Aura Lee lost that game 5–3. In 1925, the Aura Lee juniors defeated the defending

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champions

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en route to returning to the Eastern Canadian championship. They were victorious versus the

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in that series, and earning a berth in the national championship for the 1925 Memorial Cup. The Aura Lee juniors were defeated in two games by the Regina Patricias.

Senior team

The Aura Lee senior team played in the OHA Senior A League and were finalists for the

in the 1921–22 season.

NHL and Hall of Fame alumni

Four alumni of the Aura Lee have been inducted into the

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and Harry Watson. Watson never played in the NHL. He was offered a professional contract, but he declined, remaining an amateur. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962. Seventeen members of the Aura Lee went on to play in the

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