Quebec Hockey Club
| Quebec Bulldogs | |
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| Founded | 1878 |
| History |
Quebec Hockey Club 1878–1888 (independent) 1889–1890 (AHAC) 1891 (dormant) 1892–1898 (AHAC) 1899–1905 (CAHL) 1906–1909 (ECAHA) 1910 (CHA) 1910–1917 (NHA) 1917–1919 (dormant) Quebec Athletic Club 1919–1920 (NHL) Hamilton Tigers 1920–1925 |
| Home arena |
Quebec Skating Rink 1878–1913 Quebec Arena 1913–1920 |
| City | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Colours |
Blue and White |
| Stanley Cups | 2 (1912, 1913) |
Blue and White
The Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, and later as the Quebec Athletic Club. One of the first organized ice hockey clubs, the club debuted in 1878 with the opening of the Quebec Skating Rink. The club continued as an amateur team through various leagues, eventually becoming professional in 1908. The club would play in the National Hockey Association (the forerunner to the NHL) and the National Hockey League. In 1920, the team moved to Hamilton, Ontario and became the Hamilton Tigers.
The Quebec Hockey Club was founded in 1878, after the construction of the Quebec Skating Rink in 1877. Play was by exhibition only, against teams drawn from the club members or visiting teams from Montreal. In 1883, the club played in the Montreal Winter Carnival, and joined the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) in 1888 and were members until 1898. After the AHAC, Quebec played in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League from 1899 to 1905, and the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association from 1906 to 1909.
The club came close to winning the Stanley Cup on two occasions. In the 1894 season Quebec tied for the AHAC regular season lead with three other clubs. The AHAC drew up plans to hold the playoff solely in Montreal. Quebec declined to play in Montreal without one game in Quebec and the championship was eventually won by the Montreal Hockey Club. In 1904, Quebec won the CAHL outright. In a dispute, the club did not win the Stanley Cup or challenge for it. The Ottawa Hockey Club was the defending champions in 1903–04, but withdrew from the league. Quebec went on to win the CAHL and expected to receive the Stanley Cup as league champions. The trustees of the Cup instead ruled that the Cup went to Ottawa.
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