It was in March of 1925 — 100 years ago last week — that Hamilton's National Hockey League team, the Hamilton Tigers, was shut down forever because players went on strike.

Players were denied the $200 they were asking for on their $3,000 contract to play in six additional games. Instead of paying the players, Frank Calder — the first president of the NHL — sold the team, ending the franchise in Hamilton.

Myer Siemiatycki, professor emeritus of politics at Toronto Metropolitan University, said it …