Hockey arrived in Lewiston on March 4, 1884, a Tuesday evening, when the Portland Polo Club came to town to play in a Polo League tournament which also included teams from Saco, Bath, Biddeford, against the newly organized Lewiston Club to compete at City Hall and Brunswick.
The Lewiston Evening Journal explained to readers that the game they were playing was hockey or shinny, not the sport of polo with horses and clubs.
“It’s closely related to the old-fashioned sport of ‘purring,'” the newspaper said.
Hockey, which debuted in Montreal in 1875, spread to Quebec and New England in the following years.
The Journal said the sport required “coolness and calculation” and that the Lewiston club could use some practice.
“It can be assumed that the boys have what it takes and will develop their game with practice,” says the newspaper.
The Journal said that “well aimed shots on goal were noticeably lacking in the Lewiston club’s game.
Portland ended up winning 3-0 and that “everyone liked the behavior of both clubs during the game”.
“It was very interesting, very intense at times,” the newspaper said, adding that “a little more success on the part of the Lewiston club would have given the game more momentum.”
“It’s fun to watch,” the reporter noted.
According to the story, Lewiston had a good goalkeeper, Archie Wakefield, and his captain, a lad named Carvis, “played an excellent game”.
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