| Toronto Hockey Club | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| League | Ontario Professional Hockey League |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Folded | 1909 |
| Home arena | Mutual Street Rink |
| Colors | Blue |
| Owner(s) | Percy Quinn |
| Franchise history | |
| 1912–13 - 1916–17 | Toronto Blueshirts |
The Toronto Professional Hockey Club was a professional ice hockey team in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was Toronto's first professional ice hockey team, founded in 1906. The team played the 1906–07 season in exhibition games against other professional teams. In 1908, the team was one of the founders of the Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL). The club operated for two seasons in the OPHL, 1908 and 1909, before disbanding. The club challenged unsuccessfully for the Stanley Cup in 1908. They were usually referred to as the Toronto Argonauts.[1]
The team featured several prominent players of the time, including Newsy Lalonde who would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and Bruce Ridpath, who would manage the Toronto entry in the National Hockey Association (NHA), fore-runner of the National Hockey League (NHL).
- ^ Holzman, Morey; Nieforth, Joseph (2002). Deceptions and Doublecross : How the NHL Conquered Hockey. Dundurn Press. ISBN 1-55002-413-2. Pg.173