Hockey, men's
- Origins at Mount Allison
- Athletic Club takes over
- Look of the game
- Emotions run high (1)
- Emotions run high (2)
- Intercollegiate league formed
- Hockey banned
- Ban lifted
- Intercollegiate hockey returns
- War years
Emotions Run High (2)
Similar emotions among players and fans were also on display during games played by the Sackville hockey team, which had been competing in the New Brunswick Hockey League since 1903. On 1 February 1906, the Sackville newspaper, The Tribune, reported:
"At recent hockey matches in Sackville we have noticed a tendency on the part of some of the spectators present to jeer at the mistakes and mishaps of members of the visiting team. If a visitor is tripped or accidentally falls, a rousing cheer resounds through the rink, while if the victim tries to get even with his opponent, cries of 'put him off the ice' are heard and hisses rend the air."
The following week, an editorial in The Tribune continued:
"... one is led to wonder whether these contests are friendly games for honor or whether they are prize fights on ice. The people of Canada hold up their hands in horror at the terrible cruelty of a Spanish bull fight, but these same people will go to a hockey match and urge on their favorite team by such frenzied words as 'Kill him,' 'Put him out of business,' and so on."
Mount Allison Academy hockey team, 1904
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