Nova Scotia also claims to have had the first hockey game played at King's College near Windsor Nova Scotia. The game was popular there and spread to places like Kingston Ontario and Montreal Quebec, and every town and village in between and soon spread to the Western Provinces of Canada. Women also loved to play, and even the daughter of Lord Stanley Preston, Isobel, played for Government House as early as 1889. Another team was the Rideau Ladies Hockey Team while out west a prominant player was Annie McIntyre, well known across the Prairies as a star player. Soon special padding was developed for goaltenders and rules were fine tuned, with leagues like the NHA and PCHA. The very first Stanley Cup match was played between the Montreal AAAs and the Ottawa Capitals.

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