Central Hockey League (1930s)
Encyclopedia
Central Hockey League was an ice hockey
league that was played by teams in Minnesota
from 1931 to 1935. The league was created by amateur teams in Minnesota. The first season (1931-32) the league was made up of amateur players. The following season it was made up of professional players. The league was merged into the American Hockey Association after 1935.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
league that was played by teams in Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
from 1931 to 1935. The league was created by amateur teams in Minnesota. The first season (1931-32) the league was made up of amateur players. The following season it was made up of professional players. The league was merged into the American Hockey Association after 1935.
Members
- Eveleth Rangers 1931-35
- Hibbing Maroons 1931-33/Miners 1933-34
- Minneapolis MillersMinneapolis Millers (AHA)The Minneapolis Millers were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Minneapolis Arena. The Millers originated in the Central Hockey League as a semi-professional team from the 1925-26 season. The team moved to the American Hockey Association along with...
1931-35 - St. Paul Saints 1931-35
- Virginia (Minn) Rockets 1931-32
- Duluth Natives 1932-33
- Duluth Hornets 1933-34