The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport,and more specifically in Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec. The Stingers were established in 1974 when Sir George Williams University and Loyola College merged to form Concordia University and replaced the preceding Sir George Williams Georgians and Loyola Warriors.
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) is a not-for-profit corporation,located in Hamilton,Ontario,that celebrates achievements in Canadian football. It is maintained by the Canadian Football League (CFL). It includes displays about the CFL,Canadian university football and Canadian junior football history.
Francis Michael "King" Clancy was a Canadian professional ice hockey player,referee,coach and executive. Clancy played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams and won All-Star honours. After he retired in 1937,he remained in hockey,becoming a coach for the Montreal Maroons. Clancy next worked for 11 seasons as a referee in the NHL.
Arthur Howey Ross was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive from 1905 until 1954. Regarded as one of the best defenders of his era by his peers,he was one of the first to skate with the puck up the ice rather than pass it to a forward. He was on Stanley Cup championship teams twice in a playing career that lasted thirteen seasons;in January 1907 with the Kenora Thistles and 1908 with the Montreal Wanderers. Like other players of the time,Ross played for several different teams and leagues,and is noted for his time with the Wanderers while they were members of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and its successor,the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1911,he led one of the first organized player strikes over increased pay. When the Wanderers' home arena burned down in January 1918,the team ceased operations and Ross retired as a player.
William Osser Xavier Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Saskatoon Crescents of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). A prolific scorer,Cook led the WCHL in goals twice and the NHL three times. He was named an all-star seven times between the two leagues. Known as "The Original Ranger",Cook was the first captain of the New York Rangers,scored the first goal in franchise history and led the team to two Stanley Cup championships.
Edward George Gerard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player,coach,and manager. Born in Ottawa,Ontario,Canada,he played professionally for 10 seasons for his hometown Ottawa Senators. He spent the first three years of his playing career as a left winger before switching to defence,retiring in 1923 due to a throat ailment. Gerard won the Stanley Cup in four consecutive years from 1920 to 1923,and was the first player to win the Cup four consecutive seasons. After his playing career he served as a coach and manager,working with the Montreal Maroons from 1925 until 1929,winning the Stanley Cup in 1926. Gerard also coached the New York Americans for two seasons between 1930 and 1932,before returning to the Maroons for two more seasons. He ended his career coaching the St. Louis Eagles in 1934,before retiring due to the same throat issue that had ended his playing career. He died from complications related to it in 1937.
Hamilton Livingstone "Billy" Gilmour was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A winger,Gilmour played for the Ottawa Hockey Club in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League. Two of his brothers,Suddy Gilmour and Dave Gilmour,also played with Ottawa. He was a member of five Ottawa Stanley Cup championship teams in 1903,1904,1905,1906 and 1909. He also played competitively for the McGill Redmen and Montreal Victorias. He retired from competitive ice hockey in 1909,but returned to play two games for Ottawa in the 1915–16 season.
David "Sweeney" Schriner was a Russian-born Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was named Rookie of the Year in 1934–35 and was the NHL scoring leader in 1935–36 and 1936–37. Schriner was named to honorary all-star teams in numerous leagues throughout his career and played with the NHL All-Stars in the Howie Morenz Memorial Game in 1937. He won two Stanley Cup championships with the Maple Leafs,in 1941–42 and again in 1944–45. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962.
Thomas Patrick Gorman,known as "T.P." or "Tommy",was a Canadian ice hockey executive,sports entrepreneur and athlete. Gorman was a founder of the National Hockey League (NHL),won the Stanley Cup seven times as a general manager with four teams,and an Olympic gold medal-winning lacrosse player for Canada.
Francis Alexis Patrick was a Canadian professional ice hockey player,head coach,manager,and executive. Along with his brother Lester,he founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA),the first major professional hockey league in Western Canada. Patrick,who also served as president of the league,took control of the Vancouver Millionaires,serving as a player,coach,and manager of the team. It was in the PCHA that Patrick would introduce many innovations to hockey that remain today,including the blue line,the penalty shot,and tracking assists,among others.
Roy Alvin "Red" Storey,was a Canadian athlete,referee and broadcaster. He played football,lacrosse and ice hockey. While active as an athlete,he turned to officiating in all three sports,and continued as an official after the end of his playing career. While he was a member of the Toronto Argonauts,the team won the Grey Cup championship twice. He refereed in the National Hockey League,and later became a radio and television commentator for Canadian television.
Jean Joseph Octave Dubuc,sometimes known by the nickname "Chauncey",was a right-handed American baseball pitcher,manager,and scout,and a coach of both baseball and ice hockey.
The McGill Redbirds and McGill Martlets are the varsity athletic teams that represent McGill University in Montreal,Quebec,Canada.
Jeffrey Cameron Russel was a Canadian football player remembered as a star with the Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers and his early accidental death.
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The Ottawa Senators,also known as the Ottawa Commandos and Senior Senators,was an amateur,later semi-professional,senior-level men's ice hockey team based in Ottawa,Ontario,Canada. In 1934,the Ottawa Auditorium,owners of the Ottawa Hockey Association decided it could no longer operate the Senators of the National Hockey League in Ottawa due to mounting financial losses. The Association split its hockey operations,relocating the NHL franchise to St. Louis,and continuing the Senators as an amateur club. The club operated from 1934 until 1955,winning the Allan Cup Canadian men's senior ice hockey championship in 1943 and 1949. During the war years from 1942 until 1944,it operated as the Ottawa Commandos.
Sylvester Patrick "Silver" Quilty was a Canadian football player,referee,coach and sport administrator. As a player,he won the Yates Cup in 1907 with the Ottawa Gee-Gees football team,and was credited as the first man to play the flying wing position. He also played with the Ottawa Rough Riders,and the McGill Redmen football team. After his playing career,he became a football referee and officiated the 10th Grey Cup,and also coached the Ottawa Rough Riders.
The Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program represents Concordia University in Montreal,Quebec in the sport of ice hockey in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference of U Sports. The Stingers have won nineteen RSEQ conference championships and four U Sports national championships,in 1998,1999,2022,and 2024.
The McGill Redbirds football team represents McGill University in Canadian football in U Sports and is based in Montreal,Quebec. The program is one of the oldest in all of Canada,having begun organized competition in 1874. The team won its first collegiate championship in 1902 and also won in 1912,1913,1919,1928,1938 and 1960 prior to the inauguration of the Vanier Cup in 1965. McGill appeared in the Vanier Cup final in 1969,1973 and 1987,with the Redmen finally winning the title in the 1987 game. McGill plays out of Percival Molson Memorial Stadium,where the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes also play.
Wilfred Perry "Billy" Hughes was a Canadian football and ice hockey coach and player.
