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		Winnipeg lies at the confluence of the Assiniboine River and Red River, which is also known as The Forks, and was a focal point on canoe river routes travelled by aboriginal peoples for thousands of years.
		Winnipeg is situated just west of the longitudinal centre of Canada (also near the geographical centre of North America), and approximately 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of the border with the United States.
		Winnipeg is home to a number of reserve units: the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada infantry, 735 Communications Regiment, 17 Service Battalion, and 17 (Winnipeg) Field Ambulance at Minto Armoury, the Fort Garry Horse armoured reconnaissance regiment at McGregor Armoury, and HMCS Chippewa naval reserve.
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	Winnipeg - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Winnipeg was once Canada's third-largest city (until the 1930s), but, beginning in the 1970s, as the economy evolved away from rural farm-based industry, and Canada's pattern of trade changed from east-west to north-south, Winnipeg stalled in growth and dropped to sixth by 2004.
		Winnipeg crime is associated with the distribution of factors related to the population and land-uses of the city.
		Winnipeg's four universities are the University of Manitoba (undergraduate, graduate school, and medical school), Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface affiliated with University of Manitoba, the University of Winnipeg (undergraduate and select graduate programs) and Canadian Mennonite University (private).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Winnipeg (6848 words)

	Stanley Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On March 8, 1895, the Montreal Victorias won the league title, and thus the Stanley Cup, but the challenge match, which was scheduled earlier for the next day, was to be between the previous year's champion and the university squad.
		On February 14, 1896, the Winnipeg squad defeated the champions 2-0, becoming the first team from outside of the AHA to win the Cup.
		It would be until 1899 that the first true best-of-three challenge series was played (although the Winnipeg Victorias forfeited the second game — and the championship — after a controversial referee call), and 1900 that the first best-of-three challenge went the distance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stanley_Cup (4045 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - CFL - Winnipeg: 'Bombers' a spinoff
		In fact, before the forward pass became popular and touchdowns were still worth five points, the Winnipeg Victorias had earned the right to represent the West in the 1924 Grey Cup.
		In Winnipeg, the Victorias, Tigers Rowing Club and St. John's University of Manitoba competed in a senior circuit.
		The Winnipegs were borne out of that senior competition, thanks to the efforts of 'Tote' Mitchell, a soldier who had lost an arm in Flanders Fields during the First World War.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Football/CFL/Winnipeg/2005/08/13/1171786-sun.html (507 words)

	Stanley Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first successful challenge was made the next year by the Winnipeg Victorias, the champions of the.
		The first best-of-three challenge was originally scheduled in 1897 between the AHA champion Montreal Victorias against the champion.
		It would be until 1899 that the first true best-of-three challenge series was played (although the Winnipeg Victorias forfeited the second game - and the championship - after a controversial referee call), and 1900 that the first best-of-three challenge went the distance.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Stanley_Cup (3890 words)

	STANLEY CUP FACTS AND INFORMATION
		On March_8, 1895, the Montreal_Victorias won the league title, and thus the Stanley Cup, but the challenge match, which was scheduled earlier for the next day, was to be between the previous year's champion and the university squad.
		On February_14, 1896, the Winnipeg squad defeated the champions 2-0, becoming the first team from outside of the AHA to win the Cup.
		In what was said to be the most anticipated hockey game of the time, the Montreal Victorias defeated the Winnipeg Victorias 6-5 on December_30, 1896.
	www.bellabuds.com /Stanley_Cup (3976 words)

	Soudog's CFL History Fan Site: Winnipeg Blue Bombers
		On Tuesday, June 10th, the Winnipeg Winnipegs Rugby Football Club was formed and adopted the colours of green and white.
		The series was arranged by the Canadian Rugby Union when it refused to allow Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Western winners, to compete in the final because the West had played its season under rules which varied from rules in the East.
		The Montreal Alouettes folded on June 24th; the schedule was revised and the Divisions realigned with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers moving to the Eastern Division.
	www.geocities.com /cflhistory/Teams/Winnipeg_Blue_Bombers.htm (507 words)

	Regina Crestview Sr.'AAA'Rangers
		The Cup was presented to the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, and to be defended by the champion of their league that year.
		The "Allan Cup" was accepted as the trophy emblematic of the senior amateur hockey championship of Canada, under the rules and regulations as enacted by the trustees of the Cup, and in accordance with the Deed of Trust.
		At the Association Annual Meeting in Winnipeg in 1984 the classification of teams competing for the Allan cup was changed to Senior AAA.
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	The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame & Museum
		Founded in 1890, the Winnipeg Victorias Hockey Club dominated the early era of hockey in the province.
		Although the eastern teams had dominated the coveted trophy, Winnipeg issued a challenge to the reigning champion Montreal Victorias and on February 14, 1896, the two teams met in Montreal in the first truly national championship match.
		Over 2,000 spectators watched as Winnipeg gained the early advantage on a goal by team captain Jack Armytage and the Montrealers were shocked when C.J. Campbell gave the visitors a 2-0 lead prior to the end of the first half.
	www.halloffame.mb.ca /honoured/1990/1896Victorias.htm (334 words)

	Kuklas Korner
		The Winnipeg Jets moved to Arizona in 1996 despite the efforts of hundreds of thousands of Manitobans, who repeatedly gathered in massive rallies that rivaled Winnipeg’s WWII demonstrations, and raised almost $20 million in corporate and private funds.
		Winnipeg makes sense economically for the NHL, and a team would be greeted with 15,000-seat “whiteouts” in a town where hockey’s been an integral part of the city and province for over 100 years.
		Winnipeg is the BEST place in the world an NHL team could relocate to.
	www.kuklaskorner.com /index.php/weblog/comments/putting_the_nhl_back_in_the_peg (2430 words)

	Article: Charlie Liffiton
		The league winning Montreal club challenged the Winnipeg Victorias for possession of the Stanley Cup.
		For three days in March of 1902, Winnipeg and Montreal battled for the cup, and Charlie Liffiton played in each game.
		Winnipeg won the first match at home by a score of 1-0 in front of 4,000 spectators.
	www.liffiton.net /artcharlie06.html (380 words)

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		Fred Higginbotham's Lasting Memorial by William Humber The Winnipeg Victorias returned from Montreal in late winter of 1896 as Stanley Cup champions and were escorted in cabs up Main Street to the hymn See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes from Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus originally written in 1747.
		Indeed Winnipeg's first goal resulted from Montreal's Mike Grant "dallying with the puck in front of his goal preparatory to one of his rushes".
		Four years later the Bowmanville Canadian Statesman reported, "The members of the Winnipeg Victorias hockey team visited this town on Wednesday and performed a very pleasing ceremony in connection with the death of their late comrade, Mr.
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	WinnipegVictorias
		"Winnipeg!" Not in a million years did I think that I would see that name on the Stanley Cup of all things.
		When the MHA (Manitoba Hockey Association) was organized in 1891, the City of Winnipeg iced two strong hockey clubs.
		The game was intense, but Winnipeg's goalie, Whitney Merritt, was able to pull off the shutout.
	www.wsd1.org /sargentpark/archives/Heritage2002/mulitgrade/030/winnipeg.htm (237 words)

	Winnipeg CAN. Winnipeg Canada City Guide and Yellow Pages. Winnipeg Restaurants, Art, Music, Real Estate, Weather, Maps. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Winnipeg, Canada is near both the Red River and Assiniboine River.
		Other interests are the Manitoba Theatre Centre, the Prairie Theatre Exhchange, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg, Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre and Winnipeg Chinese Cultural Centre.
		Winnipeg is home to Red River College, University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg and College universitaire de Saint-Boniface.
	www.HelloWinnipeg.com (477 words)

	Stanley Cup
		Their cup reign was brief, though: the Montreal Victorias, upon winning the AHA championship, demanded a rematch for the Cup.
		It would be until 1899 that the first true best-of-three challenge series was played (although the Winnipeg Victorias forfeited the second game - and the championship - after a controversial referee call), and 1900 that the first best-of-three challenge went the distance.
		In 1914, the Victoria Aristocrats from the Pacific Coast Hockey Association informally "challenged" the Cup champion Toronto Blueshirts to a series of exhibition series.
	hockeyleaguehistory.com /Stanley_Cup.htm (2574 words)

	CFL.ca Network :: Official site of the Canadian Football League
		Formerly the Winnipeg Victorias, the Tigers changed their name due to the railway dispute a year earlier which prevented the team from playing for the 1924 title.
		Charlie Lynch kicked the ball towards the Winnipeg end zone, and before his opponents could react, leaped into the air and touched the ball.
		A Winnipeg player lost control of the ball on his own five-yard line, which a teammate recovered.
	www.cfl.ca /index.php?module=page&id=185 (385 words)

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		He became the captain of the Winnipeg Victorias and played for the Stanley Cup four times.
		There was no sport he could not master and up until 1930 he had won championships in speedskating, figure skating, snowshoeing, lacrosse and golf.
		Dan Bain died at the age of 88, on August 15, 1962 in Winnipeg.
	www.wsd1.org /sargentpark/archives/Heritage2002/mulitgrade/030/winnipeg2.htm (130 words)

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		In 1904 he decided to enter the ministry himself, and attended Victoria College in Toronto, where he studied theology and psychology.
		He was ordained in 1913, but decided to teach instead, and joined the English Department at Victoria in 1920.
		Winnipeg Manitoba - Manitoba abolishes its Legislative Council or upper house.
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	Goalie History - Jess's Goalie Page - History
		In Winnipeg, there was a goalie who is said to be the first to wear crickett pads in 1891.
		In 1896, George Merritt of the Winnipeg Victorias was the first goalie to sport crickett pads during the Stanley Cup playoffs.
		Around this time, standard goalie equipment consisted of a fur cap in the front of the pants, ordinary gloves, and a stick the same as the rest of the teams.
	www.kazlaaz.com /goalies/history/history.html (417 words)

	The world's top stanley cup websites
		On March 8, 1895, the Montreal Victorias won the league title, and thus the Stanley Cup, but the challenge match, which was scheduled earlier for the next day, was to be between the previous year's champion and the university squad.
		On February 14, 1896, the Winnipeg squad defeated the champions 2-0, becoming the first team from outside of the AHA to win the Cup.
		In 1925, Lynn and Muzz Patrick, the children of Victoria Cougars manager-coach Lester Patrick, discover the Cup in the basement of their home, and scratched their names on the Cup with a nail.
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	Stanley Cup information - Search.com
		On February 14, 1896, the Winnipeg squad defeated the champions 2-0, and became the first team outside the AHA to win the Cup.
		It would not be until 1899 that the first true best-of-three challenge series was played (although the Winnipeg Victorias forfeited the second game— and the championship — after a controversial referee call), and until 1900 that the first best-of-three challenge went through an actual best-of-three series.
		In 1899, the Cup was defended by two different teams in the same year, as the Montreal Victorias and new league champions Montreal Shamrocks defended the Cup against the Winnipeg Victorias and Queen's University, respectively.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Stanley_Cup (4741 words)

	The Stanley Cup - Challenge History
		Montreal Victorias claimed the Stanley Cup as champions of the Amateur Hockey Association
		Montreal Wanderers 11 - Winnipeg Maple Leafs 5
		Montreal Wanderers 9 - Winnipeg Maple Leafs 3
	www.geocities.com /prosportshistory/stanleycupchallengehistory.html (408 words)

	ipedia.com: Allan Cup Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The trophy was donated in 1908 by Sir H. Montague Allan to replace the Stanley Cup, whose tournament had become a professional competition, as a trophy for amateur teams.
		The trophy was originally presented to the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal to present to the champion of their league, who then could be challenged by champions of other leagues.
		The first winners of the Cup were the Ottawa Cliffsides, and the first challengers (who were successful) were the Queen’s University club of Kingston, Ontario.
	www.ipedia.com /allan_cup.html (339 words)

	Encyclopedia: Winnipeg Victorias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Winnipeg Victorias were a former hockey team in Winnipeg.
		They played in the Manitoba Hockey League in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
		The Victorias won the Stanley Cup in February 1896, 1901 and January 1902 while losing the Cup in December 1896, February 1899, February 1900, March 1902, and February 1903.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Winnipeg-Victorias (355 words)

	<> Eyes On The Prize <>: Holy Hockey Pucks - EOTP Is # 5
		Winnipeg became the first team outside of Quebec to win the Stanley Cup.
		On December 30 in Winnipeg, Montreal got their revenge, defeating the Winnipeg 6-5 in a hard fought battle.
		Although the Montreal Victorias finished first in the Amateur Hockey Association (AHA) and were prepared to vie for the Cup as league champions, they were in for a rude awakening.
	wwwrealitycheckeyesontheprize.blogspot.com /2007/02/holy-hockey-pucks-eotp-is-5.html (2297 words)

	Legends of Hockey -- Silverware -- 1900-01 Stanley Cup Winner -- Winnipeg Victorias
		After two unsuccessful challenges in 1899 and 1900, the Winnipeg Victorias regained what hadn't been theirs since February of 1896.
		Winnipeg was led by their captain (and future Hall of Famer), Dan Bain, who surprised the Easterners by wearing a mask throughout the two-game series.
		Game one was a tight affair, until Burke Wood of the Victorias broke through the defence with a minute remaining to score the game-winning goal for a 4-3 victory.
	www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1900-01 (199 words)

	Stanley Cup
		The first successful challenge was made the next year by the Winnipeg Victorias, champions of the Manitoba Hockey League.
		In what was said to be the most anticipated hockey game of the time, the Montreal Victorias defeated the Winnipeg Victorias 6-5 on December 30, 1896.
		However, the series was ended after the first game, after the Victorias clearly had the upper hand in a 14-2 victory.
	www.hockeyleaguehistory.com /Stanley_Cup.htm (2574 words)

	Edmonton Oilers Heritage Website - Allan Cup - Canada's True Amateur Crown
		That year, the Montreal Victorias, winners of the Stanley Cup from 1895 to 1899, were presented with the Allan Cup, and were told that the winners of their hockey association would be the first team to defend the trophy.
		The Ottawa Cliffsides wrested the Cup away from the Victorias, and were named the first official champions of the trophy.
		As the First World War raged in Europe, governors of the newly-formed Canadian Hockey Association determined that, to cut down on travel costs and the number of challenges, that the trophy should be contested between Western and Eastern Canadian teams who had each gone through a series of "playdowns" on their sides of the country.
	www.oilersheritage.com /history/early_events_allan_cup.html (734 words)

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