Haileybury Comets
| Haileybury Hockey Club | |
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| Founded | 1906 |
| History |
1906-1909 (TPHL) |
| Home arena | Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club Curling Rink |
| City | Haileybury, Ontario |
| Colors | Maroon and white |
| Head coach | Weldy Young |
| Stanley Cups | 0 |
1906-1909 (TPHL)
1909-1910 (NHA)
1910-1911 (TPHL)
The Haileybury Hockey Club (also known as the Haileybury Comets or Haileybury Miners) of Haileybury, Ontario, was a professional ice hockey club established in 1906. The team is notable for being a founding member of the National Hockey Association, the predecessor to the National Hockey League. Established to capitalize on the then-current mining boom in northern Ontario, it became clear that the town was too small to support major professional hockey, and the team left the NHA after its inaugural season.
The Haileybury club was founded in 1906 as one of the teams of the Timiskaming Professional Hockey League (TPHL), a collection of teams sponsored by local mine owners. The club was owned by the O'Brien family, based in Renfrew, Ontario which owned silver mines, railways and railway construction companies. The TPHL existed as entertainment for the miners in the remote towns of northern Ontario, the teams playthings for the owners to bet extravagantly on.
In 1909, Haileybury earned notoriety in ice hockey circles, luring professional players such as Con Corbeau, Skene Ronan and Harry Smith away from teams in the Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL) and the Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (ECHA). At the time, mine owners made large wagers on the play of the teams in the league and O'Brien could afford to entice players to break contracts and join Haileybury.
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