The 1911–12 NHA season was the third season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). Four teams played 18 games each. The Quebec Bulldogs would win the league championship and take over the Stanley Cup.
Eastern All Star Team in 1912. Top row, from left: Sprague Cleghorn, Hamby Shore, Art Ross, Skene Ronan, Paddy Moran, Odie Cleghorn. Front row, from left: Jack McDonald, Cyclone Taylor, Jack Darragh, Joe Malone.
League leading scorer Skene Ronan.
National Hockey Association
The National Hockey Association (NHA), initially the National Hockey Association of Canada Limited, was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor of today's National Hockey League (NHL), and much of the business processes of the NHL today are based on the NHA. Founded in 1909 by Ambrose O'Brien, the NHA introduced 'six-man hockey' by removing the 'rover' position in 1911. During its lifetime, the league coped with competition for players with the rival Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), the enlistment of players for World War I and disagreements between owners. The disagreements between owners came to a head in 1917, when the NHA suspended operations in order to get rid of an unwanted owner, Eddie Livingstone.
Ambrose O'Brien.
O'Brien Cup, the championship trophy of the NHA. The NHL would continue using it after 1917.
Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Shamrocks and Toronto Blueshirts.
Frank Calder served as secretary-treasurer of the NHA, from 1914 until 1917. He also served as the last acting president of the league, following Frank Robinson's resignation in 1917.
