1908 OPHL season
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The 1908 OPHL season was the first season of the Ontario Professional Hockey League
. The Toronto Professional Hockey Club
had the best record to win the league championship.
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Toronto would defeat the All-Stars 16–10.
for the Stanley Cup
. Toronto would impress the Wanderers with their quality of play, but were defeated 6–4 on March 14 on two late goals by Ernie Johnson
and Bruce Stuart
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Ontario Professional Hockey League
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. The Toronto Professional Hockey Club
Toronto Professional Hockey Club
The Toronto Professional Hockey Club was Toronto's first professional ice hockey team, founded in 1906. The team played the 1906–07 season in exhibition games against other professional teams. In 1908, they were founding members of Canada's first fully professional ice hockey league the Ontario...
had the best record to win the league championship.
Final standings
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Toronto Toronto Professional Hockey Club The Toronto Professional Hockey Club was Toronto's first professional ice hockey team, founded in 1906. The team played the 1906–07 season in exhibition games against other professional teams. In 1908, they were founding members of Canada's first fully professional ice hockey league the Ontario... |
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Berlin Dutchmen Berlin Dutchmen The Berlin Dutchmen were an early professional ice hockey team operating out of Berlin, Ontario, from 1907 in the Ontario Professional Hockey League . The Berlin team is notable for challenging for the Stanley Cup in 1910 versus the Montreal Wanderers... |
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Exhibitions
After the season, a game was held in Toronto between the Torontos and an All-Star team composed of players from the other teams.Toronto would defeat the All-Stars 16–10.
Playoffs
After the season, Toronto would challenge the ECAHA champion Montreal WanderersMontreal Wanderers
The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...
for the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. Toronto would impress the Wanderers with their quality of play, but were defeated 6–4 on March 14 on two late goals by Ernie Johnson
Ernie Johnson
Ernie Johnson may refer to:*Ernie Johnson *Ernie Johnson , running back at UCLA*Ernie Johnson **Ernie Johnson, Jr. , son and sports commentator...
and Bruce Stuart
Bruce Stuart
Bruce Stuart was a Canadian amateur and professional ice hockey forward who played for the Quebec Bulldogs, Ottawa Senators and Montreal Wanderers from 1899 to 1911...
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Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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March 14, 1908 | Montreal Wanderers | 6–4 | Toronto Professionals | Montreal Arena Montreal Arena The Montreal Arena, also known as Westmount Arena, was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on the corner of St. Catherine Street and Wood Avenue. It was likely one of the first arenas designed expressly for hockey, opening in 1898... |