The NAHL (1917/18) consisted of forty-four core players, four teams, three promoters and one head coach. The smallest team with the fewest player substitutions was the Pittsburgh Athletic Association with eight core people and a few substitutes. The First Naval District team had thirteen players with significant contribution. However, the New York Wanderers topped at fourteen players making contributions to the 1917/18 NAHL seasons. It is not my intention to document all forty-four players.
I would like to provide a sense of completion. Please note that research is still being conducted to identify players. The promoters include George V. Brown, Roy D. Schooley and Cornelius Fellowes. Ralph Winsor was the only dedicated coach, and he was Navy. In this list are at least three dentists, at least four Navy WWI pilots, one WWI Marine Corps pilots, two Canadian Royal Navy WWI veterans, four US Army WWI veterans, and twelve US Navy WWI veterans. For the season that almost wasn’t, it laid a foundation for a half of decade of U.S. hockey.
Family Name | Given Name | Team |
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Baker | Angus G. “Stubby” | Pittsburgh |
Drury | Herbert “Herb” | Pittsburgh |
Fuller | Paddy “P.J.” | Pittsburgh |
McCormick | Joseph “Joe” | Pittsburgh |
McCormick | Lawrence “Larry” | Pittsburgh |
McCrimmon | Russell | Pittsburgh |
Nagle | Eddie | Pittsburgh |
Madden | F.C. | Pittsburgh |
Cann | Theodore “Ted” | First Naval District |
Downing | Frank | First Naval District |
Gaw | George “Chippie” | First Naval District |
Geran | George “Jerry” | First Naval District |
Howard | Thomas Jr. | First Naval District |
Hutchinson | John “Jack” | First Naval District |
LaCroix | Alphonse | First Naval District |
O’hare | John James | First Naval District |
Osgood | Forrest | First Naval District |
Paisely | Robert | First Naval District |
Shaughnessy | Joe | First Naval District |
Shea | John | First Naval District |
Skilton | Raymond “Raymie” | First Naval District |
Hughes | unknown | Boston Arenas |
Martin | Unknown | Boston Arenas |
McNeil | Unknown | Boston Arenas |
Murphy | Unknown | Boston Arenas |
Nowell | Bert | Boston Arenas |
O’Sullivan | Paul | Boston Arenas |
Rice | Unknown | Boston Arenas |
Storey | Frank | Boston Arenas |
Synnott | Frank | Boston Arenas |
Wannamaker | Percy | Boston Arenas |
Claffy | Unknown | New York Wanderers |
Crovat | Lamy | New York Wanderers |
Dufresne | Ernie | New York Wanderers |
Heffernan | Frank | New York Wanderers |
Lewis | Fred | New York Wanderers |
McCarthy | Unknown | New York Wanderers |
McKinnon | Unknown | New York Wanderers |
Myra | George | New York Wanderers |
Powers | Unknown | New York Wanderers |
Reycroft | Louis | New York Wanderers |
Roach | Mickey | New York Wanderers |
Smith | Turk | New York Wanderers |
Wellington | Alexander “Duke” | New York Wanderers |
Wendell | Unknown | New York Wanderers |