Halifax Crescents

TheHalifax Crescentswere an early amateur and later, professionalice hockeyteam operating inHalifax,Nova Scotia,Canada. The team operated in several leagues, gone defunct and been resurrected. The original club challenged for theStanley Cupin 1900. The last Crescents team in senior hockey operated in 1947–48.

Chronology

The team played in theHalifax City Hockey Leaguefrom 1899 until 1910. The club was one of founders of the Inter-provincial Professional League in 1910, which became theMaritime Professional Hockey Leaguefrom 1911 until 1914. After the MPHL shut down, the club fielded a team again in the Halifax City League until 1925. In 1940, the Crescents name was resurrected in the HCHL league until 1946. From 1945 until 1948, a Crescents team was fielded in theMaritime Senior Hockey League.

References

• Coleman, Charles (1966).The Trail of the Stanley Cup, volume 1, 1893-1926 inc.