The Seattle Mets won the Stanley Cup in 1917. Had it not been cancelled because of the Spanish flu pandemic, they might have won again in 1919.

"Harry Holmes was the starting goalkeeper for the Seattle Mets hockey team in 1915-24, except for 1917-18, where he played for Toronto. "Hap" or "Happy" is also known as Holmes. In his career, he reached the Stanley Cup finals 7 times and won 4 times, once in Seattle. In 1972, he was inducted into the National Hockey League Hall of Fame. "-Mo Hai. Photo courtesy of the collections of MOHAI, McBride and Anderson, picture number 1974.5923.149.2.

In the 1928-1929 season, Canadian hockey goal pacemaker Samuel Pokey Levine was loaned to the Seattle Eskimos from the Detroit Olympics, and was praised for pulling the Eskimos out of a slump in seven consecutive losses. Known for his new technique of falling on the ice in front of the goal, Porky was threatened with a fine and suspension from the league. Porky is proud of his Jewish ancestry, but humbled by his abilities. He talked about other Jewish athletes and the Jewish community in the interview. As a young boy travelling on a baseball team, Samuel politely refused to eat the pork offered by the host, earning him the nickname "pork". However, he returned to Seattle in 1943 to play at the Lake Washington Shipyard, a city hockey league team.

This 1929 photo shows Porky protecting Seattle's goal from two other players under the gaze of onlookers. "-MOHAI. Photo provided by MOHAI, collected by Seattle PI, picture number 1986.5G.1473.1.

"In the late 1920s, the city’s municipal auditorium, arena, stadium, and Veterans Hall were built in what is now Seattle Center. Skating is one of the many activities performed in the arena."-Mohai. Photo, dated 1931, provided by MOHAI, collected by Seattle PI, image number PI26849.

"Seattle Ironman players Bill Burman and Paul Mondrick, Seattle, October 6, 1949."-Mohai. Photo courtesy of MOHAI, Seattle PI collection, image number PI26822.

"The Seattle Totems were the professional hockey team of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (later Western Hockey League or WHL) from 1944 to 1974 and the Central Hockey League for the 1974-1975 season. The Totems won three WHL Leicester Patrick Cup titles: In 1959, 1967 and 1968.

The official show in the picture is from the 1967-1968 season, from the Seattle Center Stadium (now KeyArena) against the San Diego Seagulls. Totem’s list includes coach Bill McFarlane; coach Pat Dunn; forwards Guyle Fielder, Marc Boileau, Ian Campbell, Don Chiz, Bill Dineen, Earl Heiskala, Chuck Holmes, Tom Iannone, Gerry Leonard, Larry Lund and Cleland Mortson ; Defenders Dwight Carruthers, Paul Katz, Don Phaiton, Larry Hale and Don Ward; and goalkeepers Jim Armstron and Don Head. "-MOHAI. Photo provided by MOHAI Collection, picture number 2017.19.1.

The Seattle Sea Monsters will play in their home debut today against the Vancouver Canucks. Although the long-awaited new climate promises arena games marked a milestone for the city, this is not the first time Seattle has hosted a serious hockey game in town.

106 years ago, Seattle established the first professional hockey team, the Seattle Mets, an expansion team formed by the owners of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. The Mets will prove that Seattle is the first team to bring home a national championship.

In 1917, the season before the NHL was founded, the Mets won the Stanley Cup against the Montreal Canadiens. Seattle was the first American team to win the Stanley Cup, 11 years before the New York Rangers won it as an NHL team.

Seattle won its first Grand Slam national championship nearly 100 years ago, when the Mets of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association became the first American professional hockey team to win the Stanley Cup in 1917. The Mets returned to the Stanley Cup final in 1919 (that team is pictured above), but the flu pandemic stopped the game. In 1920, the Mets returned again, but lost to the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup final.

The Mets’ first public ice rink game in Seattle, the Seattle Ice Rink, a 4,000-seat arena, built on Fifth Avenue and Seneca Street, costing up to 100,000 US dollars, 1200 Fifth (formerly IBM Building) is now Stands there. After winning the Cup in 1917, the team will continue to participate in the 1919 championship game-if Seattle is not cancelled due to the Spanish flu pandemic, Seattle may win the series-and 1920.

But at the end of the 1923-24 season, the attendance per home game dropped to about 1,000, and the team and the league went bankrupt. In 1928, the newly completed Civic Ice Arena (built on the grounds that later became the Seattle Center venue) opened, and with it came a new Seattle team, the Seattle Eskimos.

The Eskimos are part of the new league Pacific Coast Hockey League, which disbanded in 1931 and led the team. The league name will reappear later, but the team will not appear. A member of the Eskimos, Henry Harris-the brother of former Mets player Wilfred'Smokey' Harris-known for his brutality His performance is well-known throughout the league. In the 1928-29 season, he maintained the record for the most free throw times.

"Henry Harris, the brother of Seattle Mets player Wilfred Smokey Harris, played for the Seattle Eskimos from 1928 to 1930."-Mohai. Photo, provided by MOHAI in 1929, collected by PI Seattle, image number 1986.5G.985.1.

Two years later, the Northwest Hockey League was established, and in 1933 formed a new Seattle team, the Seahawks. The Seahawks had a mixed record, but won the NWHL championship in 1936, the first since the Mets season in 1920.

In 1940, the team was sold, and then the Olympic Games was renamed the Olympic Games for one season before the league itself disbanded and took away its team. Seattle did not have professional hockey for the next seven years, but in 1944, the Pacific Coast Hockey League regained its vitality as an amateur league, and Seattle had another new team, the Ironman. Until the league became a professional team in 1948, the Ironman team would not compete as an amateur team.

In 1952, the league was renamed the Western Hockey League, and the Ironman team was renamed the Bombers, playing 52-74-15 in two years. Due to low attendance and troubled team owners, the organization was suspended for a year in the 1954-55 season and returned as the Seattle Americans in the 1955-56 season.

"In October 1947, the Seattle Ironman opened at the Civic Arena against the Vancouver Canucks. The team played in the Northern Division of the Pacific Coast Hockey League during the 1951 season. This October 1947 photo shows the Seattle Ironman. Sitting on the edge of the skating rink at Civic Arena, now Mercer Arena in Seattle Center."-Mohai. Photo, dated 1947, provided by MOHAI, collected by PI Seattle, image number PI26812.

In 1958, the team was renamed the Seattle Totems again. This team is competitive even if it is not legendary. In the next 10 years, the Totem team participated in five WHL finals and won three championships, marking the golden age of hockey in the city. The Totem team was the first American professional team to compete with the Soviet national team in 1972.

Two years later, Seattle danced with the NHL team for the first time. In April 1974, the NHL announced the award of two expansion teams, one for Seattle and one for Denver. The Seattle deal was awarded to a team led by Vince Abbey, part owner of the Totem.

This announcement triggered the closure of the WHL. The Totem team transferred to the Central Hockey League in the next season while waiting for the final confirmation of the NHL deal, which is expected to bring the team. But Abbey struggled to find all the funds needed to complete the deal, and after trying to buy other teams and transferring them failed, the NHL withdrew its expansion in Seattle and Denver.

Seattle Totem goalkeeper practicing in the gym, Seattle, 1968. Photo courtesy of MOHAI, Seattle PI collection, image number 1986.5.50162.1.

The Totem team, which had a loss of more than $2 million, had to go bankrupt in 1975, and the professional hockey game in Seattle ended. Two more years later, a Canadian team moved to Seattle under a new name, the Seattle Vandals.

The Breakers, formerly known as the Kamloops Chiefs, is a junior ice hockey team of the Canadian Western Hockey League. Players are between 14-20 years old. The league was renamed the Western Hockey League (the second league under the name) at the beginning of the 1978-79 season and continues to be composed of two regional teams today.

The Breakers played in the Seattle Center Ice Arena (Civic Arena, later known as Mercer Arena), and in their eight seasons did not completely cause a sensation under this name (pun intended). After the 1984-85 season, the team was sold and renamed the Thunderbirds, a team that continues to this day.

Before moving to the ShoWare Center in Kent in 2009, T-Birds will eventually move to KeyArena, a venue that did not strictly consider hockey design.

The information in this article comes from SeattleHockey.net, MOHAI and Seattle PI archive stories.

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