Edmonton Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos were, at various times, a professional, senior, and junior team in Edmonton, Alberta.

=Senior & Pro=

The Eskimos started out in the Edmonton City Hockey League in 1911-12. They played there for four seasons, winning the league three times. They won the provincial title in 1913 & 1915, each time losing the subsequent Allan Cup playoff.

After taking a hiatus during World War I, the Eskimos came back in the Alberta Big Four League in 1919-20. This league used reinstated pros so was not recognized as a senior amateur league. The Eskimos won the league title in 1920 and beat the Moose Jaw Maple Leafs in an unofficial final in the 1919-20 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs. The team lost the league final in 1920-21.

They then became part of the newly-formed major league Western Canada Hockey League in 1921-22. They played in the league for five seasons, winning the league title in 1922-23 and losing the 1923 Stanley Cup Finals.

After that league folded in 1926 the Eskimos played one season in the Prairie Hockey League in 1926-27.

They came back as a team in the Western Canada Hockey League (minor pro), winning that league title in the league's only season, 1932-33. The Eskimos then moved to the North West Hockey League for three seasons before folding.

The team was briefly ressurected in 1938-39 when it joined the Alberta Senior Hockey League. This was the last appearance of the name in hockey.

Alberta Senior Hockey League
=Junior=

The Junior Eskimos played in the 1924-25 Alberta Junior Playoffs, losing to the Calgary Canadians.

In the 1928-29 Alberta Junior Playoffs they won the Edmonton City Junior League and then lost the provincial final to the Calgary Canadians-Falcons.

=Eskimos who played in the NHL=


 * Ty Arbour
 * Bobby Benson
 * Helge Bostrom
 * Bobby Boucher
 * Archie Briden
 * Earl Campbell
 * Gene Carrigan
 * Bill Carse
 * Red Conn
 * Babe Donnelly
 * Art Duncan
 * Tommy Dunderdale
 * Henry Dyck
 * Hec Fowler
 * Art Gagne
 * Leroy Goldsworthy
 * Smokey Harris
 * Val Hoffinger
 * Bill Holmes
 * Lou Holmes
 * Duke Keats
 * Ernest Kenny
 * Wilf Loughlin
 * Ron Martin
 * Johnny Matz
 * Bernie Morris
 * John Morrison
 * Herb Rheaume
 * Earl Robertson
 * Ganton Scott
 * Frank Sheppard
 * Johnny Sheppard
 * Eddie Shore
 * Joe Simpson
 * Emory Sparrow
 * Barney Stanley
 * Herb Stuart
 * Joe Thorsteinson
 * Art Townsend
 * Bob Trapp
 * Hal Winkler