The Toronto 228th Battalion (NHA) was an 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, composed entirely of troops in the 228th (Northern Fusiliers) Battalion, CEF

228th (Northern Fusiliers) Battalion, CEF

The 228th Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in North Bay, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in early 1916 in Nipissing and Sudbury. After sailing to England in December 1916, the battalion became the 6th Battalion, Canadian Railway...

 of the Canadian Army, in the National Hockey Association

National Hockey Association

The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...

 (fore-runner to the modern NHL) for the 1916–17 season.

The Battalion assumed the place of the former Toronto Shamrocks franchise, which had been dormant since the end of the 1914-15 season, and played out of the Mutual Street Arena

Mutual Street Arena

Mutual Street Arena, initially called Arena Gardens or just the Arena, was an ice hockey arena and sports and entertainment venue in Toronto, Ontario...

.

Also known as the Northern Fusiliers, the team played wearing khaki military uniforms and was the league's most popular and highest scoring club until the regiment was ordered overseas in February 1917 and the team was forced to withdraw. A scandal ensued when several stars were subsequently discharged and alleged they had been promised commissions solely to play hockey.

The NHA then sued the military for $3000 and some game revenues due to the team leaving the league. This lawsuit was not successful.

Team roster

• Amos Arbour
  Amos Arbour
  Joseph Hermas "Amos, Butch" Arbour was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played seven seasons in the National Hockey Association and six seasons in the National Hockey League for Montreal Canadiens, Hamilton Tigers and Toronto St. Patricks.-Career statistics:-External links:...
  
  
• Roxy Beaudro
  Roxy Beaudro
  Roxy Francis Beaudro was an American amateur, and later professional ice hockey winger. He was a member of the 1907 Stanley Cup champion Kenora Thistles.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Jack Brown
• Art Duncan
  Art Duncan
  Captain William James Arthur Duncan was a Canadian aviator and a professional ice hockey player and coach....
  
  
• Howie Lockhart
  Howie Lockhart
  Howard Bond Lockhart was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 5 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St...
  
  
• George McNamara
  George McNamara
  George Andrew McNamara was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman.When George was a youngster, his family moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and it was in the Soo that he first learned the game of hockey. McNamara made his professional hockey debut playing with The Sault Ste...
  
  
• Howard McNamara
  Howard McNamara
  Howard Dennis McNamara was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played professionally from 1908 to 1920, including two seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, including the 1916 Stanley Cup champions...
  
  
• Gordon Meeking
  Gordon Meeking
  Gordon Sydney Meeking was a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Ottawa Senators , Toronto 228th Battalion, Victoria Aristocrats and Regina Capitals.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Eddie Oatman
  Eddie Oatman
  Edward Cole "Eddie" Oatman was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was among the elite goal scorers of his era. Among his 32 years playing professional ice hockey, Eddie was named an all-star for ten consecutive seasons by the Pacific Coast Hockey Association...
  
  
• George Prodger
• Harry Reynolds
• Bill Speck