Knowra James T. Sutherland James T. Sutherland James T. Sutherland was a Canadian ice hockey administrator who served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and helped establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association : A national organization that governed amateur ice hockey in Canada from 1914 to 1994. Sutherland served as its president and advanced national organization of the amateur game.
Amateur hockey : Ice hockey played without professional compensation as defined by the rules and organizations governing the sport. Sutherland’s presidency placed him at the center of the amateur system Canada organized nationally.
Kingston, Ontario : A city in southeastern Ontario, Canada, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario. Kingston was the site of an early hockey hall of fame project that preceded Toronto’s institution.
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association presidency : The elected leadership office of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, responsible for directing the organization’s affairs. Sutherland’s tenure in this office is the clearest measure of his formal authority in Canadian hockey.
Hockey Hall of Fame : A museum and hall of fame in Toronto honoring ice hockey players, builders, and other contributors. Sutherland helped establish the institution and promote a permanent record of hockey history.
Hockey Canada : The national governing body for organized ice hockey in Canada, formed in 1968 as the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The association Sutherland led became the institutional predecessor of Hockey Canada.
Toronto : The capital city of Ontario, Canada, on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. Toronto became home to the Hockey Hall of Fame that Sutherland helped establish.
Hockey Hall of Fame establishment : The process that created a permanent institution to preserve and celebrate ice hockey’s history and contributors. This founding effort is the work most closely associated with Sutherland’s historical legacy.
Hockey Hall of Fame (Kingston) : A hockey museum in Kingston, Ontario, that operated from 1943 to 2008 and claimed to be the sport’s original hall of fame. Kingston’s earlier hall complicates accounts that credit Sutherland with founding the first hockey hall of fame.
Hockey history : The study and documentation of ice hockey’s development, institutions, competitions, and participants. Sutherland’s historical advocacy helped make preservation part of organized hockey’s institutional mission.
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