Western Pennsylvania Hockey League
- Western Pennsylvania Hockey League
Infobox sports league
current_season =
sport = Ice hockey
founded = 1900
inaugural = 1901
folded = 1904
ceo =
country = US
The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League (WPHL), was a semi-professional ice hockey league from the early 1900s. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the league was the pre-eminent ice hockey league at the time in the United States. It was the first league to openly hire players.
History
The league lured players from Canada with promises of high-paid employment and small cash incentives. At this time, all hockey leagues in Canada were amateur, and they were able to get many great players such as future Hockey Hall of Famers Alf Smith, Hod Stuart and Cyclone Taylor. The league played their games in Pittsburgh at the Duquesne Gardens, which was one of two artificial ice surfaces in North America. The champion of this league competed against the Portage Lakes Hockey Club for the "Championship of the United States" prior to the formation of the International Professional Hockey League for the 1904-05 season.
Teams that played in the WPHL include:
* Pittsburgh Keystones
* Pittsburgh Lyceum
* Pittsburgh Victorias
* Pittsburgh PAC
* Pittsburgh Duquesne
* Pittsburgh Bankers
easons
References
* [http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1998/JSH2501/jsh2501b.pdf The International Hockey League and the Professionalization of Ice Hockey, 1904-1907] by Daniel S. Mason
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