List of pre-NHL seasons

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This is a list of seasons by hockey leagues that pre-dated the National Hockey League (NHL).

• The Amateur Hockey Association (AHA) existed from 1888 to 1898.

1888-89 AHA | 1889-90 AHA | 1890-91 AHA | 1891-92 AHA | 1892-93 AHA | 1893-94 AHA | 1894-95 AHA | 1895-96 AHA | 1896-97 AHA | 1897-98 AHA

• The Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) existed from 1898 to 1905.

1898-99 CAHL | 1899-00 CAHL | 1900-01 CAHL | 1901-02 CAHL | 1902-03 CAHL | 1903-04 CAHL | 1904-05 CAHL

• The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League (ECAHL) existed from 1905 to 1906 (one season).

1905-06 ECAHL

• The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) existed from 1906 to 1909.

1906-07 ECAHA | 1907-08 ECAHA | 1908-09 ECAHA

• The Canadian Hockey Association (CHA) existed from 1909 to 1910 (part of one season).

1909-10 CHA

• The National Hockey Association (NHA) existed from 1909 to 1917.

1909-10 NHA | 1910-11 NHA | 1911-12 NHA | 1912-13 NHA | 1913-14 NHA | 1914-15 NHA | 1915-16 NHA | 1916-17 NHA

• The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) existed from 1911 to 1924.

1911-12 PCHA | 1912-13 PCHA | 1913-14 PCHA | 1914-15 PCHA | 1915-16 PCHA | 1916-17 PCHA | 1917-18 PCHA | 1918-19 PCHA | 1919-20 PCHA | 1920-21 PCHA | 1921-22 PCHA | 1922-23 PCHA | 1923-24 PCHA

• The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) existed from 1921 to 1926. The WCHL wasn't a pre-NHL league, but is generally deemed by hockey historians to have been a major league. Two years prior to its folding, the PCHA merged with it. Note: the last season, 1925-26, it had been renamed Western Hockey League because one of its teams had moved to the United States.

1921-22 WCHL | 1922-23 WCHL | 1923-24 WCHL | 1924-25 WCHL | 1925-26 WHL

[edit] See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• List of NHL seasons
• List of WHA seasons