The Edmonton Monarchs were a women's ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team that started as the Edmonton Victorias in 1914. The club represented Victoria High School in Edmonton.

Victorias

The Victorias played from 1914 to 1917. In 1917, the Victorias competed against the Calgary Crescents and the Calgary Regents. It was the first women’s ice hockey rivalry between the cities of Edmonton and Calgary.

Monarchs

In 1918, the Victorias were renamed the Monarchs. In their first game, they played the University of Alberta women's ice hockey club. The team participated at the Banff Hockey Carnival women’s ice hockey tournament in 1918. The team held the distinction of being the only women’s ice hockey team at the tournament to be coached by a woman. In the semifinals, the Monarchs defeated a team from Vulcan. In the finals, the Monarchs triumphed over the Calgary Crescents.

After 1918, the Monarchs were coached by a man. The Monarchs would not win at the Banff Winter Carnival tournament again until 1926. In the final, the Monarchs would defeat the Fernie Swastikas

Fernie Swastikas

The Fernie Swastikas were a women's hockey team that was formed in 1922 in Fernie, British Columbia. Their uniform used as a symbol the swastika, which before World War II was a common religious symbol, and especially a sun sign. In 1923, the Swastikas won the Alpine Cup at the Banff Winter...

. It was the last ever game for the Swastikas.

Later years

In 1929, the majority of the players were former players with the University of Alberta women's ice hockey team. The result was four consecutive Alpine Cup

Alpine Cup

The Banff Winter Carnival women’s ice hockey tournament was an ice hockey tournament played in Banff, Alberta, Canada. In the early years, it was contested to determine the women’s ice hockey provincial champions of Alberta...

 championships from 1929 to 1932. After winning the Misener Cup in 1929, the Monarchs issued an open challenge to a men’s team from the Edmonton Rotary Club.

The city of Edmonton would organize women’s ice hockey into three divisions in 1930: junior, intermediate and senior. The Monarchs and the University of Alberta were the only teams that comprised the senior division.

In 1933, the Monarchs suffered their first loss in four years at the hands of the newly formed Edmonton Rustlers team. The members of the Rustlers were aged 15 to 18 years. During the entire year, the Rustlers were undefeated in regular season and post season play versus the Monarchs.