In January 1935, Pittsburgh theater chain owner John H. Harris, who had taken a lease on the Garden in 1932, hired coach and former player Dinny Manners to put together an amateur team with the intent of placing it in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League.
In January 1935, Pittsburgh theater chain owner John H. Harris, who had leased the Garden in 1932, engaged coach and former player Dinny Manners to create an amateur hockey team with the goal of joining the Eastern Amateur Hockey League.