Pittsburgh Duquesne
Encyclopedia
The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club or Pittsburgh Duquesne were an amateur and later, professional, ice hockey
team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
and were members of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League
. The team played exhibition games of ice hockey in the 1895–96 season, before being founding members of the league in the 1896–97 season. The team was suspended after a fire destroyed the league's rink. The team resumed play in 1898 until 1901. The team also played in the league during its final season in 1908-09
. The Pittsburgh Lyceum
folded on December 23, 1908 and because it was impossible to count on a line-up with players constantly skipping out on their contracts. It was decided to discontinue the WPHL after the season
and stick with local hockey. The team returned and played in local hockey games after the initial fold of the WPHL. The team later played games inside the Winter Garden at Exposition Hall
from 1916-1920.
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 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
and were members of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League
Western Pennsylvania Hockey League
The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League , was a semi-professional ice hockey league from the early 1900s. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the league was the pre-eminent ice hockey league at the time in the United States...
. The team played exhibition games of ice hockey in the 1895–96 season, before being founding members of the league in the 1896–97 season. The team was suspended after a fire destroyed the league's rink. The team resumed play in 1898 until 1901. The team also played in the league during its final season in 1908-09
1909 WPHL season
-Final standings:Source: Fitzsimmons, p. 415* The Lyceum discontinued play on December 23, 1908.-References:...
. The Pittsburgh Lyceum
Pittsburgh Lyceum
The Pittsburgh Lyceum were a professional hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and were members of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. After the WPHL was revived for the 1907-08 season, it was deteremined that two new teams would be needed so that the league could go back to its four...
folded on December 23, 1908 and because it was impossible to count on a line-up with players constantly skipping out on their contracts. It was decided to discontinue the WPHL after the season
1909 WPHL season
-Final standings:Source: Fitzsimmons, p. 415* The Lyceum discontinued play on December 23, 1908.-References:...
and stick with local hockey. The team returned and played in local hockey games after the initial fold of the WPHL. The team later played games inside the Winter Garden at Exposition Hall
Winter Garden at Exposition Hall
The Winter Garden at Exposition Hall was Pittsburgh's third major indoor skating rink which lasted from 1916 to 1920. It stood at the current site of Point State Park. The facility consisted of three building: Main Hall, Music Hall and Machinery Hall. The Exposition was originally supposed to be a...
from 1916-1920.