always glad to see you back, steel! this looks like a banger already. I love the idea of a universe where the nhl still exists but us yanks have to do our own thing. can't wait to see boston win all the jaffe cups ;​)

FEDERAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
A History of Professional Hockey in the United States
by Steelman

Series Introduction

Professional hockey in the United States had cratered after the mid-1920s with several unsuccessful attempts by the primary professional league in North America at the time, the National Hockey League, to expand beyond Canada. Franchises in key cities such as Boston, Chicago, Detroit, and New York had all petered out or never got off the ground with the onset of the Great Depression. After a potential deal with the American Hockey Association had also gone sour, Frank Calder and the NHL determined to focus their hockey league north of the border. By 1929, the AHA was soon dormant as well, leaving the United States with no professional league for ice hockey.

On Saturday, March 4th, 1933 newly-elected president Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his first inaugural address to the citizens of the United States with pleas to be fearless and united while promising aggressive government action with a “New Deal” to wrest the nation out of the Great Depression with programs to aid relief, recovery, and reform.

Among those listening intently to the address on national radio in New York City was a young businessman and former collegiate athlete and military hero named Jacob Jaffe.

This is the story of professional hockey in the United States beginning in 1933.

Editor's Note

[color=#000000]Steel here with yet another hockey series. My primary project is still Torland but I've long wanted a side project based in real life and on real events. I've made attempts at this with other series such as the “WHA Redux” which looked at former WHA what-if scenarios and “PUCH” which was a less serious very tongue-in-cheek club-style of hockey. I even had an unpublished series called “WHA Redux Deaux” that further explored