MONTREAL WANDERERS hockey jersey NHL Vintage CANADIENS

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This replica sweater was created years ago for the CBC Television series - Hockey - A Peoples History . The Wanderers dated back to before the mighty Montreal Canadiens, but had a terrific history in the city. If you are a Habs fan, this sweater would be a perfect fit for your vintage collection. This authentic replica, knit sweater is exactly as worn by the players on the WANDERERS over 100 years ago. Size L - it is chest size 46 and measures 27 inches from the base of the collar to the bottom. An outstanding collectible sweater to own and wear - feels just like the old time NHL sweaters from the 1920s to the 1950s - before Dureen (Durene) nylon Sand Knit and other fabrics came into use. Brand new with the original tags - this sold on the CBC Enterprise web site for $100 many years back. Includes a little booklet on the history of the team. Postage is $16.95 within Canada and the USA. Please email for a shipping quote to anywhere else in the world. Here is some more history on the team. The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL), the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA), the National Hockey Association (NHA) and briefly the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wanderers are five-time Stanley Cup winners. Prior to the formation of the NHL, the "Redbands" were one of the most successful teams in hockey. James Strachan announced the formation of the new club on December 1, 1903. The team was founded on December 3, 1903 when club members met and selected their colours as red and white. The club had formed over a dispute over the control of the Montreal Hockey Club . The Wanderers nickname was the namesake of several earlier Montreal Wanderers team's. The first had played in the Montreal Winter Carnival hockey tournament in 1884. Another was an independent team that played in 1893. A third played in the Independant Amateur Hockey League in 1885, while a fourth played in the Cyclists Interclub Hockey League in 1897. Along with teams rejected for membership in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), the club helped found the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) on December 5, 1903. Many of the early Wanderers had been members of the Montreal Hockey Club team of 1902–03, which won the Stanley Cup. That team had been known as the "Little Men of Iron" because of the players' tenacity and small stature, and the nickname carried over to the new club. The Wanderers first Stanley Cup challenge was played against the Ottawa Hockey Club on March 2, 1904, resulting in a 5–5 tie game. The Wanderers would refuse to continue the series unless the tie was replayed in Montreal, and forfeited the series. This was the start of a terrific rivalry as Ottawa and the Wanderers would split the championship between them from 1903 until 1911. Ottawa and the Wanderers would meet again in 1906, after a regular season tie for first place in the ECAHA, and played a two-game total goals series for the league championship and the Cup. The Wanderers won the first game in Montreal 9–1. The 'Silver Seven' would storm back in the return match in Ottawa, with a 9–1 lead at one point in the game evening the total goals, but only won 9–3 as the Wanderers scored the last two goals, to win the series, and their first Stanley Cup. Montreal defended the Cup in its first challenge as champions in December 1906. The Wanderers defeated the New Glasgow Cubs 17–5 in a two-game total goals series. Montreal repeated as league champions in 1907, then faced the Kenora Thistles in a Cup challenge in January 1907. Kenora defeated Montreal 4–2 and 8–6, taking the Cup back to Northern Ontario . The Wanderers would regain the Cup from Kenora two months later in Winnipeg , Manitoba , defeating the Thistles 7–2 and 5–6. The Wanderers won their third consecutive league title in 1908 while defending the Cup in a mid-season ... read more

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