Boardwalk trophy, the Hockey’s pride

Our journey begins in the fall of 1930. Lincoln Dickey, manager of the Atlantic City Auditorium, imported some Montreal-based hockey players, set them up against the toughest amateur and professional teams on the East Coast, and the Atlantic City Sea Gulls were born. Led by coach Redvers McKenzie, the Gulls hosted everybody from the New York Rangers to college teams, and by 1932 they were one of the top amateur hockey squads. At that time, the resort owners and hotel managers of Atlantic City created a brass trophy decorated with eagles and winged angels, to be awarded to the 1932 AAU hockey tournament winner. In the final two-game, total-goal series, the Sea Gulls beat the Lake Placid Athletic Club, 11 goals to 5, and claimed the “Atlantic City Boardwalk Trophy” as their own. The Gulls would repeat as AAU champions in 1933, winning eight games against four teams on their way to the championship. The Gulls, along with the Hershey B’ars, Baltimore Orioles and Bronx Tigers, formed the Tri-State Hockey League in 1934. Because the TSHL was a non-AAU sanctioned circuit, the Gulls were barred from AAU tournament competition. Stung by this technicality, the Gulls placed the Boardwalk Trophy in storage and continued on with their hockey conquests.

Hockey game has its own honors and boardwalk trophy is one of them. There are other sports those have their own trophies. The World cup is one of soccer trophies and it’s a great achievement for every soccer player. Volleyball Trophies are something valuable for volleyball players and so wrestling trophies for wrestlers.