1909 ECAHA season
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The 1909 and last Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) season lasted from January 2 until March 6. Teams played a twelve game schedule. The Ottawa Senators would win the league championship with a record of ten wins, two losses and take over the Stanley Cup.
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[edit] League Business
[edit] Executive
- Joe Power, Quebec (President)
- James Strachan, Wanderers (1st Vice-President)
- J. Eveleigh, Montreal (2nd Vice-President)
- Emmett Quinn, (Secretary-Treasurer)
The league meeting was held November 4, 1908 and was a pivotal meeting in the evolution from amateur to professional ice hockey leagues. At the meeting the two last amateur, or at least partly amateur teams resigned over the signing of players from other teams. Montreal HC and Montreal Victorias left the league and later would continue as senior level men's teams playing for the Allan Cup. Unpaid players would no longer play with paid players.
The league would continue with four professional teams. The league name was changed to Eastern Canadian Hockey Association to reflect the change in status.
[edit] Regular Season
The Wanderers', Cecil Blachford had retired and Bruce Stuart had moved to Ottawa. New additions included Joe Hall, Harry Smith, Jimmy Gardner and Steve Vair. The Wanderers would come close to their rivals, finishing second with nine wins and three losses.
Ottawa saw Harvey Pulford and Alf Smith retire, and Tom Phillips leave. Ottawa would replace these players with Edgar Day, Billy Gilmour and Albert 'Dubby' Kerr from Toronto Professionals.
Shamrocks added Harry Hyland, and Quebec saw the start of the career of Joe Malone.
[edit] Highlights
The rivalry between Ottawa and Wanderers continued, Wanderers winning the first on January 6 7–6 in overtime, with Harry Smith scoring four against his former team. Ottawa would win the next 5–4 in Ottawa, and defeat Montreal in Montreal 9–8 before 8000 fans. Ottawa would finish the series winning 8–3 in Ottawa to clinch the championship.
Marty Walsh of Ottawa would win the scoring championship with 38 goals. Ottawa would average nearly ten goals per game.
[edit] Final Standing
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[edit] Results
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
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| Jan. | 2 | Quebec | 8 | Shamrocks | 9 |
| 6 | Shamrocks | 4 | Quebec | 12 | |
| 6 | Ottawa | 6 | Wanderers | 7 (7:40 OT) | |
| 9 | Quebec | 5 | Ottawa | 13 | |
| 13 | Ottawa | 11 | Shamrocks | 3 | |
| 13 | Wanderers | 7 | Quebec | 3 | |
| 16 | Shamrocks | 7 | Ottawa | 9 | |
| 16 | Quebec | 6 | Wanderers | 7 | |
| 20 | Shamrocks | 5 | Wanderers | 7 | |
| 23 | Ottawa | 18 | Quebec | 4 | |
| 27 | Shamrocks | 1 | Wanderers | 5 | |
| 30 | Wanderers | 4 | Ottawa | 5 | |
| 30 | Quebec | 4 | Shamrocks | 8 | |
| Feb. | 6 | Ottawa | 9 | Wanderers | 8 |
| 6 | Shamrocks | 6 | Quebec | 9 | |
| 10 | Shamrocks | 6 | Wanderers | 8 | |
| 13 | Quebec | 6 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| 17 | Wanderers | 12 | Shamrocks | 2 | |
| 20 | Ottawa | 7 | Shamrocks | 3 | |
| 20 | Wanderers | 7 | Quebec | 4 | |
| 27 | Shamrocks | 2 | Ottawa | 11 | |
| 27 | Quebec | 6 | Wanderers | 7 | |
| Mar. | 4 | Wanderers | 3 | Ottawa | 8 |
| 7 | Ottawa | 6 | Quebec | 11 |
[edit] Goalkeeper Averages
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
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| Hern, Riley | Wanderers | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | |
| LeSueur, Percy | Ottawa | 12 | 63 | 5.3 | |
| Baker, W. | Shamrocks | 12 | 103 | 8.6 | |
| Moran, Paddy | Quebec | 12 | 106 | 8.8 |
[edit] Leading scorers
| Name | Club | GP | G |
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| Walsh, Marty | Ottawa | 12 | 38 |
| Jordan, Herb | Quebec | 12 | 29 |
| Stuart, Bruce | Ottawa | 11 | 22 |
| Power, Charles | Quebec | 12 | 22 |
| Kerr, Dubby | Ottawa | 9 | 20 |
| Hyland, Harry | Shamrocks | 11 | 18 |
| Glass, Frank | Wanderers | 12 | 17 |
| Vair, Steve | Wanderers | 7 | 12 |
| Gilmour, Billy | Ottawa | 11 | 11 |
| Gardner, Jimmy | Wanderers | 12 | 11 |
[edit] Stanley Cup Challenges
[edit] Montreal vs. Edmonton
Prior to the season, Wanderers would play a challenge against the Edmonton Hockey Club, champions of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association. Despite all players except for one being a 'ringer' for Edmonton, Montreal would defeat them December 28–December 30, 1908 in Montreal. In game one, Harry Smith scored 5 goals as he lead the Wanderers to a 7–3 victory. The Edmontons won game two, 7–6, but Montreal took the two-game total goals series, 13–10.
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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| December 28, 1908 | Montreal Wanderers | 7–3 | Edmonton HC | Westmount Arena |
| December 30, 1908 | Edmonton HC | 7–6 | Montreal Wanderers | |
| Montreal wins total goals series 13 goals to 10 | ||||
After the season, Ottawa took over the Cup, but a series against Winnipeg could not be arranged and no challenge was played.
[edit] Ottawa Senators 1909 Stanley Cup Champions
Percy LeSueur (goal), Bruce Stuart(rover-Captain) Edgar Dey Jr. (defense/forward), Billy Gilmour(left wing/rover), Albert "Dubbie" Kerr(forward), Marty Walsh(center), Fred Lake(point), Fred Taylor (coverpoint), Horace Merrill(D),(defense-Spare-did not play/on team picture), Harry Westwick(Right Wings/Missing from team picture).
- Non-players
Thomas D'arcy McGee (President), Llewellyn Bates (Vice President), Pete Green (Coach), Patrick Basketville (Treasurer), Martin Rosenthal (Secretary), Charles Bryson, Percival Buttler, D.H. Mulligan, S.N. Nagel, Charles Sparks (Directors), Mac McGilton (Trainer).
[edit] Stanley Cup engraving
Ottawa added a new ring to the bottom of the Stanley Cup and put their name on it. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ [Podnieks]
- Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.. NHL.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 48. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
[edit] See also
- Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
- List of pre-NHL seasons
- List of ice hockey leagues
- List of Stanley Cup champions
| Preceded by Montreal Wanderers 1908 |
Ottawa Senators Stanley Cup Champions 1909 |
Succeeded by Ottawa Senators January 1910 |
| Preceded by 1908 ECAHA season |
ECAHA seasons 1909 |
Succeeded by Canadian Hockey Association (1909–1910) |
