Info regarding the Halifax and Dartmouth settlers’ role in early Ice Hockey
When it comes to early Ice Hockey history, two of the most misquoted persons are Joe Cope and Byron Weston. An entire mythology has been built around the fact that these two articles, while known to hockey historians, have gone lost to the general public for more than 80 years, since 1943. The boxed information is what proves the point. Alternative looks found here: https://hockey-stars.ca/1860s-halifax-hockey-a-10-man-game/
There is no way to understand Montreal hockey without acknowledging and reflecting on James Creighton’s relationship to Byron Weston. So, here you go: Must-Know Hockey Bros : Byron Weston and James Creighton
Here we show one example of how Halifax rules were clearly transferred to Montreal, and then permanently enshrined in the AHAC rules of 1886: Lineal Ice Hockey’s Rules Transfer: From Halifax 1860s to Montreal 1877 to AHAC 1886 This kind of hard data proves the AHAC rules were in fact a Halifax-Montreal charter, rather than the exclusively “Montreal” rules that many casual readers have been led to believe. As with the literal birth of Montreal hockey, the AHAC, modern Ice Hockey’s Magna Carta can be found on our Third Star archival page in its primary form.
The History of Early Ice Hockey 
