Brooklyn Crescents
Amateur ice hockey team from Brooklyn with nine AAHL titles.
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The Brooklyn Crescents were an American amateur ice hockey team from Brooklyn, New York City, affiliated with the Crescent Athletic Club. They are notable for winning nine championship titles in the American Amateur Hockey League, the most in that league's history.
Quick Facts
- League
- American Amateur Hockey League
- Seasons played
- 1896–97 (inaugural season) and 1899–1918
- Championship titles
- 9
- Home arenas
- Clermont Avenue Skating Rink (1896–1906), St. Nicholas Rink (1906–1916), Brooklyn Ice Palace (from January 1917)
- Notable players
- Bob Wall
- Bill Dobby
- Arthur Liffiton
- Jimmy Shirreff
- James Sarsfield Kennedy
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Background
The Brooklyn Crescents played in the American Amateur Hockey League during its inaugural 1896–97 season and again from 1899 to 1918, winning nine championship titles—the most in league history. The team featured several Canadian players, including Bob Wall, Bill Dobby, and Arthur Liffiton from Montreal, Jimmy Shirreff from Brockville, and James Sarsfield Kennedy from Barrie. Wall, Dobby, and Kennedy joined the Crescents from the rivaling Brooklyn SC before the 1899–1900 season, while Liffiton joined from the same club for the 1901–02 season. Before moving to New York City, both Bob Wall and Bill Dobby had played on the Montreal Shamrocks.
The Crescents played their home games at the Clermont Avenue Skating Rink in Brooklyn from 1896 until 1906, sharing it with fellow AAHL team the Brooklyn Skating Club. From 1906 to 1916 they played at the St. Nicholas Rink in Manhattan. In January 1917 the team moved its operations to the Brooklyn Ice Palace at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Brooklyn Crescents (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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