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Toronto 228th Battalion
Seasons 1913-1917 (5 seasons)

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The NHA was founded in 1909 without any teams from Toronto, Ontario because there wasn't an arena in the city that was large enough to sustain a franchise. In 1911, a new arena was being built in Toronto and a franchise was awarded to the Toronto Hockey Club, and a group affiliated with the Tecumseh Lacrosse Club applied for a second franchise. The Tecumsehs bought a franchise from Ambrose O'Brien, paying $500 cash and promissory notes for $2,000.

The Tecumsehs were put on the NHA schedule for the 1911–12 season with no home games scheduled until late in January, when the arena was expected to be completed. Because of construction delays, it soon became clear that the arena would not be ready in time, and both Toronto teams were removed from the schedule, leaving the NHA with only four teams for the season.

Before the 1912–13 season started, O'Brien said that he never received the balance of the franchise fee from the Tecumseh backers, so he re-sold the franchise to a group headed by William James "Billy" Bellingham from Montreal, a former defenceman of the Montreal Victorias. Goaltender Billy Nicholson, formerly with Montreal HC, was appointed player-manager-captain. The team he put together included future hall-of-famer George McNamara and his brother, Howard McNamara. Teddy Oke, who would go on to be one of the founders of the Canadian Professional Hockey League in 1926, was also on the team.

They played their first game on December 28, 1912 against the Montreal Wanderers at the arena, which would soon become known as Arena Gardens. The visiting Wanderers won 7–4 in front of 5,000 fans. Paid attendance of 4,339 and gate receipts of $3,040 both set short-lived Toronto hockey records. The Tecumsehs got off to a good start, but at the end of the season were in last place in the six-team NHA in with seven wins and 13 losses.

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Year	Season	League	Team	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Pts%	GB	Standings	Playoffs	Coach	Attendance	Stadium	Berth	Champ
1917	1916-17	NHA	Toronto 228th Battalion	6	4	0		12	.600		3rd	Missed Postseason	Howard McNamara		Arena Gardens
1916	1915-16	indep.	Toronto Shamrocks					0	.000			Did Not Play	Jimmy Murphy		Arena Gardens
1915	1914-15	NHA	Toronto Shamrocks	7	13	0		14	.350		5th	Missed Postseason	Jimmy Murphy		Arena Gardens
1914	1913-14	NHA	Toronto Ontarios	4	16	0		8	.200		6th	Missed Postseason	Jimmy Murphy		Arena Gardens
1913	1912-13	NHA	Toronto Tecumsehs	7	13	0		14	.350		6th	Missed Postseason			Arena Gardens

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