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Hockey
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 The first recorded hockey game in
Alberta occurred on 4 January 1893 in Calgary as the
Town Boys defeated the Tailors 4 to 1.
By 1907, hockey had grown to the
point that the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association was
founded in Red Deer with Calgary joining several years
later.
The Edmonton Eskimos, a team name
that was used for both hockey and football teams in
Edmonton's history, unsuccessfully challenged the Ottawa
Senators for the Stanley Cup in 1908. The Eskimos of the
Western Canada Hockey League were unable to take the
Stanley Cup from the Senators in 1923.
In 1921, Alberta’s Big-4 League ended
and the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) was formed
with teams from Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, and
Regina earning the right to play for the Stanley Cup.
The WCHL merged with the Pacific
Coast League in 1925, but had to fold in 1926. In the
same year, the Calgary Canadians won over Queens
University to become Alberta’s first hockey team to win
the Memorial Cup for the national junior championships.
The Edmonton Superiors hockey team
toured Europe in 1933 playing 38 games, winning 34
including games in the International Championships.
The Calgary Stampeders, who played in
the Western Canada Senior Hockey League, won the national
senior men’s hockey championship’s Allan Cup over the
Hamilton Tigers in 1946. In 1948, the Edmonton Flyers
won the Allan Cup against the Ottawa Senators.
The Edmonton Mercurys, a Senior A
team representing Canada, travelled to the World
Championships in 1950, and won gold. The same team from
Edmonton represented Canada in 1952 at the Oslo Winter
Olympics and won the Olympic gold for Canada.
The Edmonton Flyers were members of
the Western Hockey League in 1953 when they won the
League title. They took the title again in 1955, and
1962. Financial difficulties caused the team to fold in
1963.
In 1963, the Edmonton Oil Kings won
the Memorial Cup against the Niagara Falls Flyers. In
1966, the team won the cup a second time.
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