The first recorded mention of all-Black hockey teams appears in 1895.

The first recorded mention of all-Black hockey teams appears in 1895.

The first recorded mention of all-Black hockey teams appears in 1895. Games between Black club teams were arranged by formal invitation. Following the matches, the host teams often entertained the visiting squad with an after game dinner. By 1900, The Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes had been created, headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia. … The league would exist until the mid-1920s.
Historically speaking, The Colored Hockey League was like not other hockey or sports league before or since. Primarily located in a province, reputed to be the birthplace of Canadian hockey, the league would be in time produce a quality of player and athlete that would rival the best of White Canada. Such was the skill of the teams that they would be seen by as worthy candidates for local representation in the annual quest for Canadian hockey”s ultimate prize–the Stanley Cup.