Halifax Wolverines (original)
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The Halifax Wolverines were a senior men's amateur ice hockey
team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The team won the Allan Cup
in 1935.
Despite winning the 1935 Allan Cup
, the team did not go on to represent Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics
as that honour went to the Port Arthur Bear Cats.
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 based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The team won the Allan Cup
Allan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
in 1935.
Despite winning the 1935 Allan Cup
1935 Allan Cup
The 1935 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1934-35 Senior season.-Final:Best of 3*Halifax 3 Port Arthur 2*Halifax 4 Port Arthur 3Halifax Wolverines beat Port Arthur Bearcats 2-0 on series.-External links:**...
, the team did not go on to represent Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics
1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin...
as that honour went to the Port Arthur Bear Cats.