Tags: Ice Hockey League, Sports League.
The International Professional Hockey League (IPHL) was the first fully professional ice hockey league operating from 1904 to 1907. It was formed by Jack ‘Doc’ Gibson a dentist who played hockey throughout Ontario before settling in Houghton Michigan. The IPHL was a five team circuit which included Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Michigan Calumet Michigan and Houghton.