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This article is about the senior team. For the junior team, please see Montreal AAA (junior).


History

The Montreal AAA (Amateur Hockey Association) was a senior team.

It was sometimes known as the Winged Wheelers which was the symbol of its bike team. This name was actually the inspiration for the Detroit Red Wings name. The Wings were owned by a former member of the AAA - Bruce Norris.

Montreal AAA actually won the first Stanley Cup in 1892-93.

It joined the Interprovincial Hockey League and its successor the Interprovincial Hockey Union from 1908 to 1913 but this was not successful at the gate. Montreal AAA then jumped to the Montreal City Hockey League (MCHL).

The MCHL wsa not eligible for the Allan Cup but there was the Art Ross Cup for the Quebec champion. The AAA won that cup in 1914-15. The team took a break from 1916 to 1918 when World War I caused a shortage of hockey players.

After the war the MCHL was eligible for the Allan Cup. The AAA played for six seasons but never won the title. This time it took a beark for three years from 1924-27.

Finally in 1929-30 the AAA won the Quebec senior championship and went all the way to win the 1929-30 Allan Cup Final - the first Quebec team to do so. They went on to win another Quebec title in 1931-32.

By this time senior hockey had become semi-pro which conflicted with the amateur in AAA. The hockey team was split off from the organization and became the Montreal Royals.


Season-by-Season Results

Interprovincial Hockey League

Season Games Won Lost Tied Points Goals
for
Goals
against
Standing Playoffs
1908-09 6 3 3 0 6 44 43 3rd out of playoffs
1909-10 6 1 5 0 2 35 73 4th out of playoffs


Interprovincial Hockey Union

Season Games Won Lost Tied Points Goals
for
Goals
against
Standing Playoffs
1910-11 6 2 4 0 4 39 51 3rd Central out of playoffs
1912-13 - - - - - - - 1st Central Lost Semi Final



Montreal City Hockey League

Season Games Won Lost Tied Points Goals
for
Goals
against
Standing Playoffs
1913-14 9 6 2 1 13 23 14 2nd out of playoffs
1914-15 10 9 1 0 18 - - 1st Won & Lost Art Ross Cup
1915-16 10 8 2 0 16 36 16 2nd Won Final, Lost Art Ross Cup
1918-19 9 1 7 1 3 - - 5th out of playoffs
1919-20 7 5 2 0 10 - - 1st Lost Final
1920-21 6 5 1 0 10 31 16 2nd Lost Semi Final
1921-22 7 2 5 0 4 27 39 6th out of playoffs
1922-23 10 2 8 0 4 24 34 5th out of playoffs
1923-24 8 1 7 0 2 - - 5th out of playoffs


Montreal Senior Group

Season Games Won Lost Tied Points Goals
for
Goals
against
Standing Playoffs
1927-28 9 1 7 1 3 13 39 4th out of playoffs
1928-29 8 4 3 1 9 15 17 2nd out of playoffs
1929-30 10 9 0 1 19 28 6 1st 'Won Final, Won Quebec, Won East Won Allan Cup
1930-31 11 6 1 4 16 19 11 1st Lost Final
1931-32 11 6 2 3 15 28 14 2nd Won Final, Won Quebec, Lost East Final


The hockey team was now split off from the Montreal AAA and became the Montreal Royals.


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