Portland Rosebuds (ice hockey)

Portland Rosebuds
City Portland, Oregon
League PCHA
Founded 1914[1]
Home arena Portland Ice Arena
Colors Navy and white
Championships
Regular season titles 1916

Portland Rosebuds was the name of two professional men's ice hockey teams in Portland, Oregon. Both teams played their home games at the Portland Ice Arena.

1914–1918 Portland Rosebuds

1914–15 Portland Rosebuds. From left to right: Connie Benson, Charles Tobin, Moose Johnson, Smokey Harris, Pete Muldoon, Mike Mitchell, Eddie Oatman, Ran McDonald, Arthur Throop.

The first Portland Rosebuds played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1914 to 1918. The team was previously known as the New Westminster Royals, an inaugural member of the PCHA in 1911. The team moved to Portland due to poor attendance in New Westminster, British Columbia, and the availability of a larger arena in Portland. In 1916 the Portland Rosebuds won the PCHA championship and briefly held the Stanley Cup, losing it to the Montreal Canadiens in the 1916 Stanley Cup Final. Their win is memorialized on the Stanley Cup as "Portland Ore./PCHA Champions/1915–16" on the 1909 base ring, one of the permanent rings. Portland was the first United States-based team to participate in the Stanley Cup Finals.

1925–1926 Portland Rosebuds

The second Rosebuds team was born when the Regina Capitals moved to Portland for the 1925–26 WHL season. This was the final season for the Western Hockey League (WHL).

When the league folded, the Saskatoon players were sold to form the Montreal Maroons. Frank Patrick then negotiated the sale of the rest of the WHL players to the National Hockey League. The players were to be sold as three teams, one from the Victoria Cougars, one from the Rosebuds, and a third from the best players from Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. A deal was reached where the players of the Rosebuds were sold for $100,000 to form the new Chicago Black Hawks expansion franchise.[2]

Notable players

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References

  1. ↑ "1915-1916 Portland Rosebuds Hockey". Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  2. ↑ Whitehead, Eric (1980). The Patricks, hockey's royal family. Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada. pp. 152, 157. ISBN 0-385-15662-6.
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