01-10-2013, 04:24 PM
hal wrote:
That's a wacky wiki entry...
"Metropolitans, winners of the 1917 Stanley Cup"
were NOT from a 'major league' - they were from the Pacific Coast Hockey League...
GOOD RIDDENS!! The sacramento owners were trying to extort a new area out of the city. I can't believe we didn't fall for it - YAY!!!!
WRONGO
The Stanley Cup is the oldest professional ports trophy in North America. And in 1917, the NHA (as it was called then) only had 4 teams, all in Canada. The PCHA was an equal force then, not a minor player.