Mount Allison, History of Sports, Men's Hockey

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Hockey Banned

Faculty at Mount Allison University, and at other universities in the Maritime provinces, did not display as much enthusiasm toward hockey as the students. Mount Allison’s faculty, along with newly installed president Byron Crane Borden, singled out hockey for taking away too much study time from the students. On 12 December 1911, after discussion between the faculties of Mount Allison, Acadia and UNB, president Borden issued the following decree in a night telegram message [see bottom right] to president George Barton Cutten of Acadia University:

"Mount Allison Faculty approves rules and agrees to abolish Hockey this winter."

The president of Acadia followed Borden's message to the letter, banning not only intercollegiate and interclass hockey, but basketball as well. Mount Allison students, however, continued to participate in interclass hockey and games with outside teams, while UNB, after some deliberation, opted not to participate in the ban. This caused confusion among students and staff of the respective universities. On 19 January 1912, president Cutten of Acadia wrote a letter to president Borden of Mount Allison explaining the dilemma at his school:

"Our boys are coming to me with the complaint that both Mt. Allison and U.N.B. are playing games with other teams than college teams. If this is so, of course they might as well play Intercollegiate Hockey. Will you kindly let me know concerning the matter?"

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Mount Allison University men's hockey team, 1911

Night telegram message from Mount Allison president B.C. Borden to Acadia president G.B. Cutten, 12 Dec. 1911

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