James Creighton Research Paper
James Creighton (1850-1930)
While he was working in Ottawa, James Creighton started his own hockey team with the help of young parliamentarians and government members. The team was called the Rideau Hall Rebels; on this team he became friends with William and Arthur Stanley, the sons of Governor General Lord Stanley. In 1892, Lord Stanley presented them with a trophy, it was called the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. Now know as the Stanley Cup (The trophy awarded to the best team in the NHL).
James was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In his house he was the oldest of William Hudson Creighton and Anna Fairbanks’ 5 children. As a child he loved to play sports; in Halifax they played a game with a stick and ball called “ricket”, “shinny” and occasionally “hockey”. Other than sports, James enjoyed learning. He attended the Halifax Grammar School until he was 14 and then earned an arts …show more content…
From 1877-1881 he was very involved in writing for the Montreal Gazette, Scribner's Magazines and a variety of other publications. For the Gazette he wrote and served as correspondent in the press gallery of the Canadian House of Commons. The experience helped him get into the Canadian Senate, where he was a law clerk for 48 years. In 1878, James Creighton was married to Eleanor Platt (They never had any children). He was a member of the Rideau Club in Ottawa, he was the captain of their hockey team and eventually opened the Rideau Skating Rink.
James Creighton is considered the “Father of Ice Hockey”; he never actually claimed the honor. While living in Montreal organized the first indoor hockey game with other students of McGill University. That game awoke a citywide interest in the sport and other team’s started to get together. As a result, Creighton was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame and was given a plaque in the Bell Center (The Montreal Canadians hockey
While he was working in Ottawa, James Creighton started his own hockey team with the help of young parliamentarians and government members. The team was called the Rideau Hall Rebels; on this team he became friends with William and Arthur Stanley, the sons of Governor General Lord Stanley. In 1892, Lord Stanley presented them with a trophy, it was called the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. Now know as the Stanley Cup (The trophy awarded to the best team in the NHL).
James was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In his house he was the oldest of William Hudson Creighton and Anna Fairbanks’ 5 children. As a child he loved to play sports; in Halifax they played a game with a stick and ball called “ricket”, “shinny” and occasionally “hockey”. Other than sports, James enjoyed learning. He attended the Halifax Grammar School until he was 14 and then earned an arts …show more content…
From 1877-1881 he was very involved in writing for the Montreal Gazette, Scribner's Magazines and a variety of other publications. For the Gazette he wrote and served as correspondent in the press gallery of the Canadian House of Commons. The experience helped him get into the Canadian Senate, where he was a law clerk for 48 years. In 1878, James Creighton was married to Eleanor Platt (They never had any children). He was a member of the Rideau Club in Ottawa, he was the captain of their hockey team and eventually opened the Rideau Skating Rink.
James Creighton is considered the “Father of Ice Hockey”; he never actually claimed the honor. While living in Montreal organized the first indoor hockey game with other students of McGill University. That game awoke a citywide interest in the sport and other team’s started to get together. As a result, Creighton was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame and was given a plaque in the Bell Center (The Montreal Canadians hockey