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The Toronto St. Patricks professional men’s ice hockey team started as an amateur ice hockey organization. In 1919 the club purchased the Toronto National Hockey League (NHL) franchise from the NHL. The club renamed the franchise the Toronto St. Patricks club and operated the franchise until 1927 when it was sold to a partnership of Conn Smythe and Toronto investors. The club won the Stanley Cup in 1922.