List of pre–NHL seasons

This is a list of seasons by ice hockey leagues that pre-dated the National Hockey League (NHL).

* The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) existed from 1886 to 1898. Season play started in 1893.:1893 AHAC | 1894 AHAC | 1895 AHAC | 1896 AHAC | 1897 AHAC | 1898 AHAC

* The Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) existed from 1899 to 1905.:1899 CAHL | 1900 CAHL | 1901 CAHL | 1902 CAHL | 1903 CAHL | 1904 CAHL | 1905 CAHL

* The Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL/FHL) existed from 1904 to 1909.:1904 FAHL | 1904–05 FAHL | 1905–06 FAHL | 1906–07 FAHL | 1908 FHL | 1909 FHL

* The Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) existed from 1906 to 1909.:1906 ECAHA | 1907 ECAHA | 1907–08 ECAHA | 1909 ECAHA

* The Canadian Hockey Association (CHA) existed 1910 (part of one season).

* The National Hockey Association (NHA) played from 1910 to 1917.:1910 NHA | 1910–11 NHA | 1911–12 NHA | 1912–13 NHA | 1913–14 NHA | 1914–15 NHA | 1915–16 NHA | 1916–17 NHA

* The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) existed from 1911 to 1924.:1912 PCHA | 1912–13 PCHA | 1913–14 PCHA | 1914–15 PCHA | 1915–16 PCHA | 1916–17 PCHA | 1917–18 PCHA | 1919 PCHA | 1919–20 PCHA | 1920–21 PCHA | 1921–22 PCHA | 1922–23 PCHA | 1923–24 PCHA

* The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) existed from 1921 to 1926. The WCHL wasn't a "pre"-NHL league, but is generally deemed by hockey historians to have been a major league. Two years prior to its folding, the PCHA merged with it. "Note: the last season, 1925–26, it had been renamed Western Hockey League because one of its teams had moved to the United States." The NHL would buy the rights to the WHL players as part of its disbanding.:1921–22 WCHL | 1922–23 WCHL | 1923–24 WCHL | 1924–25 WCHL | 1925–26 WHL

Prior to 1905 (FAHL), 1910 (NHA) and 1912 (PCHA) league play started in January and ended in March of one calendar year.

ee also

* List of Stanley Cup champions
* List of NHL seasons
* List of WHA seasons