* March 7-The Montreal Victorias are the 1896 AHAC season champions.

* March 7-The Assembly votes confidence in the Governor, apart from his advisors.

* March 7-The John Hancock Center in Chicago, United States is completed, by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

* March 7-The Winona Interurban Electric Railway ( Indiana ) is forced by its major creditor to begin operations on Sundays, a move resisted by its Sabbatarian founders, including H. J.

A second Canadian production by the Sock ' n Buskin Theatre Company opened on March 12, 2009 for a short run in Ottawa at Kailash Mital Theatre at Carleton University.

The Ottawa Treaty ( Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction ) came into force on March 1, 1999.

* March 26 – The Vancouver Millionaires Win the Stanley Cup over the Ottawa Senators three games to zero.

* CJOH-TV Ottawa ( March 12, 1961 )

On March 5, 2004, the Flyers set an NHL record in a game against Ottawa where they set a combined record of 419 penalty minutes in a single game.

Stanley sent the following message to the victory celebration held on March 18, 1892, at Ottawa's Russell Hotel for the three-time champion Ottawa Hockey Club:

* March 3 – Eric Burdon & The Animals refuse to perform a show in Ottawa, Ontario, unless they are paid in advance.

* 2 March — Ottawa plays Montreal Wanderers to a 5 – 5 tie in a Cup challenge, but Montreal refuses terms of continuation of series and defaults.

* March — Quebec Bulldogs win the CAHL championship and demand the Stanley Cup, but the trustees rule the Cup stays with Ottawa.

* March — Ottawa defeats the Brandon Wheat Kings 2 games to 0 in a Cup challenge.

* March — Ottawa defeats Smiths Falls, Ontario two games to none in another Stanley Cup challenge.

* March — Ottawa and Montreal Wanderers tie for first place in the ECAHA league's regular season with 9 – 1 records.

* March — Ottawa Hockey Club wins the Eastern Canada Hockey Association ( ECHA ) championship and the Stanley Cup.

* March — Ottawa Cliffsides win the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union ( IPAHU ) and the Allan Cup.

He had already been created Viscount Alexander of Tunis, of Errigal in the County of Donegal, on 1 March 1946, and was made Baron Rideau, of Ottawa and of Castle Derg in the County of Tyrone, at the same time he was given the earldom.

* March 5-The Ottawa Hockey Club is founded.

* March 7-Montreal Hockey Club defeats Ottawa 1 – 0 to regain the AHAC title for the fifth consecutive year.

* March 18-At a celebration dinner to honour the Ottawa Hockey Club, Canadian Governor-General Lord Stanley announces his new trophy to be awarded to the ice hockey champions of Canada.

* March 22-In a playoff to decide the 1894 AHAC season title and the Stanley Cup, Montreal Hockey Club defeats Ottawa Hockey Club 3 – 1.

After two years in limbo, the franchise was awarded to Jeff Hunt, best known as the owner of the Ottawa 67's, in March 2008, with a tentative revival date of 2013.

On March 25, 2008, the league ended the team's indefinite limbo by awarding the franchise to Jeff Hunt, owner of the Ottawa 67's.

Following the preparation of a final list of rights that included new demands such as a general amnesty for all members of the provisional government and provisions for separate francophone schools, delegates Abbé Joseph-Noël Ritchot, Judge John Black and Alfred Henry Scott departed for Ottawa on March 23 and 24.

The Wanderers first Stanley Cup challenge was played against the Ottawa Hockey Club on March 2, 1904, resulting in a 5 – 5 tie game.

* March 6-Montreal Canadiens defeat Ottawa Senators in a best-of-seven series to win the National Hockey League championship.

* March 26 – The longest game in the history of the National Hockey League was played.

* March 22 – Hockey Night in Canada is first broadcast on the Toronto Star's private station CFCA, making the first hockey broadcast ever.

On March 17, in the first ever Stanley Cup playoff game, the Montreal Hockey Club ( Montreal HC ) defeated the Montreal Victorias, 3 – 2.

Only nine months after winning the Cup, in March 1906, the Montreal Wanderers pushed through a resolution at the annual meeting of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association ( ECAHA ) that would allow professional players to play alongside amateurs.

On March 6, 2000, the Boston Bruins traded future Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque and forward Dave Andreychuk to Colorado for Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Påhlsson, and a first-round draft pick.

On March 30, 1993, it was announced that Gil Stein, who at the time was the president of the National Hockey League, would be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

In December 2010 Exeter College Hockey Team, under the leadership of James Hunter, won the men's intra-university premier division and will compete on 8 March 2011 in the College Varsity Match against St Catharine's College, Cambridge at Southgate HC, London.

Gordon " Gordie " Howe, OC ( born March 31, 1928 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ( NHL ), and the Houston Aeros and New England Whalers in the World Hockey Association ( WHA ).

* March – Winnipeg Victorias wins the Manitoba Hockey Association championship to retain the Stanley Cup

* 1 March — Montreal HC wins the Canadian Amateur Hockey League ( CAHL ) championship and challenges Winnipeg

* 10 March — Montreal Shamrocks wins the Canadian Amateur Hockey League ( CAHL ) championship for the second successive season with a regular season record of 7 – 1.

* 9 March — Montreal Wanderers wins the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association ( ECAHA ) title.

* March 7 — Montreal Wanderers win the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association ( ECAHA ) championship for the third year in a row and successfully defend the Stanley Cup.

* March — Renfrew Creamery Kings win the Federal Hockey League championship and challenge for the Stanley Cup, but cannot play because the Stanley Cup trustees rule their players are ineligible.

* March 9-Montreal Hockey Club defeats challenger Queen's University to retain the Stanley Cup.

* March 15-Montreal Hockey Club defeats Montreal Victorias 2 – 1 in a playoff to capture the 1888 AHAC championship.

* March 27-Montreal Hockey Club defeats Montreal Victorias 6 – 1 in the final challenge of the season to win the 1889 AHAC championship

* March 4-The Montreal Hockey Club defeats the Montreal Victorias 2 – 1 to retain the 1890 AHAC season title.

* March 5-The Montreal Hockey Club defeats the Montreal Crescents 8 – 2 in a challenge to retain the 1891 AHAC season title.