This resulted in an unsuccessful lawsuit from the NHA for failing to play out the season and controversy related to battalion members who were paid solely to play hockey.
The history of the Royal Canadian Engineers indicates that the 228th was a Railway Construction battalion. It was redesignated the 6th Canadian Railway Troops and shipped almost immediately upon arrival in England, to France. The 228th/6th appears to have been sent wholesale, and did not absorb or include significant elements of other battalions. The 228th Battalion is perpetuated by the Algoquin Regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. Of interest the WWI battle honours carried by the Algonquin Regiment are primarily those of the 228th / 6th and only the generic honour from the 159th Algonquins.
Battle Honors: Arras 1917, 18; Hill 70; Ypres 1917; Amiens; Hindenburg Line; Pursuit To Mons.