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
Ban Lifted
On 9 December 1912, president Cutten at Acadia again wrote to president Borden, this time to describe his reasons for resuscitating hockey at his university:
"... I think that owing to the fiasco of last year there will be no prohibition. I do not think it is possible to do much unless all the colleges agree and not only agree but carry it out... I think then there will probably be a reinstatement of hockey at Acadia this year."
President Cutten remained wary, though, of hockey's impact on his students' capacity for study, and when a schedule was drawn up by representatives of the universities, which allowed for hockey to be played between 28 January and 28 February 1913, president Cutten disapproved. He wrote another letter to president Borden, on 26 December 1912, stating:
"While we gave permission for hockey at Acadia we did not give permission for our team to play six games. Personally I do not approve and would like to have your ideas in the matter... If this schedule does not meet your approval would you communicate with Dr. [Cecil Charles] Jones of U.N.B. about it and see if we cannot have it cut down at least half."
Mount Allison Male Academy hockey team, 1912
Mount Allison Male Academy hockey team, 1913-14
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