The Maritime Professional Hockey League (MaPHL) was a professional men's ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 league operating in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 and Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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 from around 1910 until 1915. Two of the league's champions challenged for the Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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. It was also known as the Inter-Provincial Professional Hockey League and Eastern Professional Hockey League.

History

Originally the Maritime Hockey League, the loop was created as an amateur ice hockey league operating in Nova Scotia around 1900. The league is notable for having several teams challenge for the Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

.

Stanley Cup Challengers:

• 1900 - Halifax Crescents
  Halifax Crescents
  The Halifax Crescents were an early amateur and later, professional ice hockey team operating in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The team operated in several leagues, gone defunct and been resurrected. The original club challenged for the Stanley Cup in 1900...
  
  
• 1906 - New Glasgow Cubs

As part of the general progression of elite ice hockey leagues to paid professionals in the time period around 1910, the league made the switch official in 1910, calling itself the Inter-Provincial Professional Hockey League. The name changed again in 1911 to the Maritime Professional Hockey League and once again in 1914 to the Eastern Professional Hockey League. The league suspended operations on February 7, 1915.

Stanley Cup Challengers:

• 1912 - Moncton Victorias
• 1913 - Sydney Millionaires

Season-by-Season record

Season	Teams	Champion
1910–11	Halifax Crescents Halifax Crescents The Halifax Crescents were an early amateur and later, professional ice hockey team operating in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The team operated in several leagues, gone defunct and been resurrected. The original club challenged for the Stanley Cup in 1900... , Moncton Victorias, New Glasgow Cubs	Moncton Victorias
1911–12	Halifax Crescents, Halifax Socials, Moncton Victorias, New Glasgow Cubs	Moncton Victorias
1912–13	Halifax Crescents, Halifax Socials, Moncton Victorias, New Glasgow Cubs, Sydney Millionaires	Sydney Millionaires
1913–14	Halifax Crescents, Halifax Socials, New Glasgow Black Foxes, Sydney Millionaires	Sydney Millionaires
1914–15	Glace Bay Miners, Halifax Socials, Sydney Millionaires	(no champion)

Teams

• Glace Bay Miners - 1914-1915
• Halifax Crescents
  Halifax Crescents
  The Halifax Crescents were an early amateur and later, professional ice hockey team operating in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The team operated in several leagues, gone defunct and been resurrected. The original club challenged for the Stanley Cup in 1900...
  
   - 1910-1914
• Halifax Socials - 1911-1915
• Moncton Victorias - 1910-1913
• New Glasgow Cubs - 1910-1913
  • New Glasgow Black Foxes - 1913-1914
• Sydney Millionaires - 1912-1915