By: Mark Allred | Follow me on Twitter @BlackAndGold277 @AmesburyMaples
On December 28th, 1924, the Amesbury Maples played the organization’s first game in recorded history. After Maples managers Armand Hudon and Emilien Jutras spent the previous winter (1923/24) scouting talent from the local shop leagues in Amesbury, Massachusetts, to build their own town team that would rival other clubs.
On Monday, December 28th, the newly formed Amesbury Maples ice hockey team traveled to the Frog Pond Rink in Newburyport, Massachusetts, to play the Crescents Winter Sports Club. The Frog Pond is located off of High Street in Newburyport and near the Superior Court House, which today is called Bartlet’s Mall. The Crescents were an all-season sports club made up of Newburyport residents and talented athletes playing ice hockey in the winter, basketball in the fall/winter, baseball in the summer, and football in the fall.
The host Newburyport Crescents and visiting Amesbury Maples played an intense back-and-forth game in front of hundreds of spectators. Both clubs played a fast and rough game, and after regulation ended in a 5-5 tie, the Crescents and Maples played an overtime period that lasted 30 minutes. After the overtime session, it was the visiting Maples who came out triumphant with a 6-5 victory and the first ever as an organization.
The Amesbury Maples hockey team roster for the road game in Newburyport against the host Crescents involved the players below. Some of the first names I was unable to find in my research.
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