Kenora Thistles

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The Kenora Thistles were an early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey team from Kenora, Ontario, best known for winning the Stanley Cup in 1907.

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instanceOf defunct ice hockey team
ice hockey team
alsoKnownAs Rat Portage Thistles
amateurOrProfessionalStatus amateur
associatedWith Manitoba Hockey Association championship titles
captain Tom Phillips
category Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada
Ice hockey teams in Ontario
Stanley Cup champion team
competedFor Stanley Cup
country Canada
era amateur era of the Stanley Cup
founded early 1900s
governingBodyContext pre-NHL Stanley Cup era
historicalSignificance one of the smallest communities ever to produce a Stanley Cup champion
homeArena Kenora Rink
homeCountry Canada
homeProvince Ontario
league Manitoba Hockey Association
location Canada
Kenora
surface form: Kenora, Ontario

Ontario
nameChangeReason town renamed from Rat Portage to Kenora
notableAchievement only team from Northwestern Ontario to win the Stanley Cup
notablePlayer Art Ross
Billy McGimsie
Roxy Beaudro
Si Griffis
Tom Hooper
Tom Phillips
originalName Rat Portage Thistles
playedIn early 20th century
region Northwestern Ontario
represented Kenora in senior ice hockey competition
smallestTownToWinStanleyCup true
sport ice hockey
StanleyCupChallengeLocation Montreal
surface form: Montreal, Quebec
StanleyCupChallengeMonth January 1907
StanleyCupChallengeScore 12–8 on aggregate
StanleyCupOpponentDefeated Montreal Wanderers
StanleyCupSeriesFormat two-game total-goals series
StanleyCupWinYear 1907
status defunct
won Stanley Cup

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Art Ross, former NHL player playedFor Kenora Thistles
subject surface form: Art Ross