back to Early
Professional Leagues
Early Canadian Eastern
Senior Leagues.
QSHL -- 1945-46 to 1958-59
MMHL -- 1950-51 to 1953-54
EPHL -- 1959-60 to 1962-63
Quebec Senior Hockey league
1945-46 QSHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Montreal Royals 40
30 8 2 209
131 62
Ottawa Senators
40 24 14 2
212 157 50
Shawinigan Cataracts 40
18 20 2 158
193 38
Quebec Aces
40 17 20 3
149 169 37
Valleyfield Braves 40
15 22 3 163
184 33
Hull Volants
40 9 29 2
158 211 20
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1946-47 QSHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
Ottawa Senators
40 26 10 4
206 148 56
*Montreal Royals 40
25 13 2 173
124 52
Quebec Aces
40 19 15 6
159 158 44
Shawinigan Cataracts 40
14 23 3 135
175 31
Valleyfield Braves 40
8 31 1 142
210 17
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1947-48 QSHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Ottawa Senators 48
35 11 2 271
139 72
Montreal Royals
48 34 14 0
241 159 68
Shawinigan Cataracts 48
26 17 5 206
189 57
Quebec Aces
48 23 20 5
175 185 51
Valleyfield Braves 48
16 31 1 207
251 33
§ New York Rovers 48
14 32 1 150
220 29
§ Boston Olympics 48
12 35 0 173
287 24
§ NY Rovers and Boston Olympics also
played in the Eastern Amateur
Hockey league. Here are their EAHL
totals;
New York Rovers
48 27 19 2
125 150 56 2nd in EAHL
Boston Olympics
48 14 29 5
139 177 33 4th in EAHL
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1948-49 QSHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Ottawa Senators 60
44 15 1 341
207 89
Sherbrooke Red Raiders 60 41
16 3 263 176
85
§ Montreal Royals 59
35 19 5 216
178 77
Valleyfield Braves 60
29 30 1 265
270 59
Quebec Aces
60 22 32 6
186 213 50
Shawinigan Cataracts 60
18 40 2 201
292 38
§ New York Rovers 59
10 47 2 191
328 22
§ Montreal and New York played one 4-point game.
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1949-50 QSHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Sherbrooke Saints 60
39 20 1 246
173 79
Quebec Aces
60 35 22 3
207 175 73
Ottawa Senators
60 31 25 4
251 240 66
Montreal Royals
60 27 24 9
206 188 63
Valleyfield Braves 60
25 26 9 216
200 59
Chicoutimi Sagueneens 60 22
35 3 172 236
47
Shawinigan Cataracts 60
15 42 3 184
270 33
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1950-51 QSHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Valleyfield Braves 60
37 19 4 227
178 78
Quebec Aces
60 31 22 7
228 195 69
Ottawa Senators
60 29 23 8
214 189 66
Chicoutimi Sagueneens 60 28
29 3 200 203
59
Montreal Royals
60 27 28 5
220 216 59
Sherbrooke Saints 60
24 30 6 193
209 54
Shawinigan Cataracts 60
15 40 5 181
273 35
Maritime Major Hockey League
1950-51 MMHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Charlottetown Islanders77 49
23 5 340 216
102
Halifax St.Mary's 78
42 33 3 328
294 87
Saint John Beavers 78
36 39 3 293
310 75
Moncton Hawks
77 20 52 5
251 392 45
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1951-52 QSHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Quebec Aces
60 37 16 7
230 168 81
Montreal Royals
60 30 24 6
219 204 66
Chicoutimi Sagueneens 60 26
25 9 210 179
61
Ottawa Senators
60 26 28 6
177 195 58
Sherbrooke Saints 60
24 29 7 155
183 55
Valleyfield Braves 60
24 30 6 169
178 54
Shawinigan Cataracts 60
19 34 7 147
200 45
1951-52 MMHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Saint John Beavers 90
53 24 13 360 231
119
Charlottetown Islanders 90 42
39 9 317 316
93
Halifax St.Mary's 90
41 41 8 333
339 90
Glace Bay Miners 90
37 43 10 320 342
84
Sydney Millionaires 90
35 43 12 285 326
82
Moncton Hawks
90 30 48 12
268 329 72
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The QSHL dropped the "Senior" in the league title.
1952-53 QHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Chicoutimi Sagueneens 60 33
15 12 213 149 78
Montreal Royals
60 32 22 6
201 162 70
Valleyfield Braves 60
27 25 8 175
178 62
Ottawa Senators
60 27 26 7
171 191 61
Sherbrooke Saints 60
25 28 7 184
175 57
Quebec Aces
60 22 26 12
178 197 56
Shawinigan Cataracts 60
15 39 6 171
241 36
1952-53 MMHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Halifax Atlantics 84
47 33 4 350
308 98
Charlottetown Islanders 84 45
35 4 307 261
94
Glace Bay Miners 84
40 40 4 278
280 84
Sydney Millionaires 84
28 52 4 228
314 60
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1953-54 QHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
Chicoutimi Sagueneens 72 40
25 7 261 197
87
Montreal Royals
72 40 25 7
257 203 87
Ottawa Senators
72 34 32 6
223 212 74
*Quebec Aces
72 30 34 8
216 212 68
Sherbrooke Saints 72
30 36 6 223
244 66
Valleyfield Braves 72
31 38 3 207
252 65
Springfield Indians 72
25 40 7 222
289 57
1953-54 MMHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Halifax Atlantics 78
42 33 3 361
314 87
Sydney Millionaires 78
40 35 3 262
257 83
Glace Bay Miners 78
34 39 2 286
304 72
Charlottetown Islanders 78 33
42 0 290 324
66
Final MMHL season.
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1954-55 QHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Shawinigan Cataracts 62 39
20 3 228 145
81
Quebec Aces
60 31 27 2
206 208 64
Montreal Royals
62 30 28 4
232 207 64
Chicoutimi Sagueneens 61 29
29 3 216 212
61
Valleyfield Braves 62
21 39 2 178
261 44
§ Ottawa Senators 27
10 17 0 63
90 20
§ Ottawa Senators fold on Dec.21/1954.
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1955-56 QHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
Shawinigan Cataracts 64
43 18 3 243
166 89
*Montreal Royals 64
34 23 7 192
162 75
Chicoutimi Saqueneens 64 32
28 4 212 188
68
Quebec Aces
64 23 37 4
190 230 50
Trois-Rivieres Lions 64
18 44 2 159
250 38
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1956-57 QHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Quebec Aces
68 40 21 7
226 175 87
Chicoutimi Sagueneens 68 34
28 6 225 199
75
Trois-Rivieres Lions 68
29 32 7 168
197 65
Montreal Royals
68 28 34 6
191 211 62
Shawinigan Cataracts 68
24 35 9 202
213 57
Ottawa-Hull Jr Canadiens20 7
12 1 57 74
15
** Ottawa-Hull played a 20 game schedule that counted in standings.
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1957-58 QHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
Chicoutimi Sagueneens 64 35
24 5 241 209
75
*Shawinigan Cataracts 64 31
28 5 243 235
67
Montreal Royals
64 29 30 5
227 219 63
Quebec Aces
64 29 31 4
224 233 62
Trois-Rivieres Lions 64
24 35 5 176
215 53
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1958-59 QHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Montreal Royals 62
34 22 6 206
162 74
Trois-Rivieres Lions 62
30 29 3 194
184 63
Chicoutimi Sagueneens 62 30
31 1 238 236
61
Quebec Aces
62 21 33 8
176 232 50
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The QHL teams went on to play in the new Eastern Professional Hockey league.
1959-60 EPHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
Sudbury Wolves
70 36 26 8
310 283 80
*Montreal Royals 70
30 26 14 215 198
74
Ottawa-Hull Canadiens 70 31
28 11 249 241 73
Trois-Rivieres Lions 70
30 31 9 226
235 69
Soo Thunderbirds 70
27 32 11 248 262
65
Kingston Frontenacs 70
28 39 3 297
326 59
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1960-61 EPHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Ottawa-Hull Canadiens 70 41
20 9 268 187
91
Soo Thunderbirds 70
32 29 9 236
234 73
Kitchener-Wat Dutchmen 70 31
28 11 220 215 73
Kingston Frontenacs 70
29 33 8 259
269 66
Sudbury Wolves
70 28 33 9
236 257 65
Montreal Royals
70 19 37 14
167 224 52
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1961-62 EPHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
*Ottawa-Hull Canadiens 70 38
21 11 233 172 87
Kingston Frontenacs 70
38 24 8 274
224 84
Kitchener Beavers 70
36 24 10 263 217
82
Sudbury Wolves
70 27 31 12
235 271 66
North Bay Trappers 70
23 37 10 186 229
56
Soo Greyhounds
70 17 42 11
207 285 45
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1962-63 EPHL
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
Kingston Frontenacs 72
42 19 11 300 229
95
*Ottawa-Hull Canadiens 72 40
25 7 279 224
87
Sudbury Wolves
72 27 32 13
294 305 67
St.Louis Braves
72 26 37 9
275 304 61
The EPHL played games vs the International
Hockey League. (IHL)
These games counted in the standings for
both leagues.
Below is the record of the EPHL clubs vs
the IHL.
EPHL
48 33 11 4
227 142 70
St.Louis Braves would go on to play in the Central Professional Hockey League.
Last EPHL season.
Some files thanks to "Total Hockey"