International Professional Hockey League (IHL)
1904-05 IHL Season Overview

Leagues Hockey IHL 1905 Season Overview

The International Hockey League (IHL) attracted some of the best players from established Canadian amateur leagues. Every player received a minimum salary of at least $15 to $40 a week, with many also getting lucrative jobs in the community. Ottawa's "Hod" Stuart, was paid $1,800 by the Calumet Miners to play for the team and manage their rink for the 1904-05 season. Cyclone Taylor was enticed into the league with a salary offer of more than $3,000. With the hockey season only lasting a couple of months a year because teams played on natural ice, most of the players went home to their families and regular jobs in Canada at the end of each season. In many cases, this meant that IHL managers would have to organize completely new teams each season.

Other hockey leagues in 1905:
MPHL · FHL · CAHL

1905 IHL champion Calumet-Laurium Miners

1905 Calumet-Laurium Miners

1905 IHL Season
Calumet-Laurium Miners

5 teams competed during the regular season

Calumet-Laurium Miners finished in 1st place to claim the championship

League Note
WPHL ceased operation as all teams joined forces and formed the Pittsburg Pro team to compete in the upstart International Hockey League (IHL), which folded 3 years later.

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Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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