The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club ice hockey team was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League (WPHL) from 1896 to 1901. The team was based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .

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The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club (DC&AC) first played exhibition games of ice hockey in 1895. The Duquesne team then played in the first season of the WPHL at the Schenley Park Casino , with three other teams, the Pittsburgh Athletic Club , a club from Western University of Pennsylvania (the University of Pittsburgh today) and a team known as Pittsburgh, or the 'Casino' team. The league played twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday nights. ^{[2] [3]} The DC&AC and the WPHL continued play until December 16, when the Casino rink was destroyed by fire. ^[4] The Duquesne team finished the shortened season of league play with a 2?3 record. ^[5]

The league and the DC&AC resumed play in 1898, with its games moved to the new ice rink at the Duquesne Garden , with league members the Pittsburgh Athletic Club and Western University. ^[6] Many of the team's players came from Canada , with the Pittsburgh-based club owners luring players to the area with the promise of high paying jobs and a living stipend.

By early 1901, the broader DC&AC organization, which had been active in multiple sports and fielded a professional football team of national repute, was in financial ruin and lost its clubhouse to foreclosure. ^[7] The 1900?01 season was the hockey team's last.

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See also [ edit ]

• Duquesne Country and Athletic Club , an early American professional football team