1899 CAHL season
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The inaugural 1899 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season lasted from January 7 until March 4. Teams played an eight game schedule The Montreal Shamrocks were the league champion with a record of seven wins and one loss.
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[edit] Season
[edit] Highlights
On January 4, when Shamrocks defeated Quebec at Montreal by a score of 13–4, Harry Trihey scored 10 goals.
Victorias defeated Ottawa at Montreal on February 11th, by a score of 16–0.
The race for the championship was decided on March 1st when Shamrocks defeated the Victorias 1–0. Eight thousand people are recorded as being in attendance, thousands of dollars was wagered and Harry Trihey of Shamrocks scored the deciding goal.
[edit] Final Standing
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[edit] Results
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
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| Jan. | 7 | Shamrocks | 3 | Ottawa | 4 |
| 7 | Quebec | 1 | Montreal | 7 | |
| 10 | Victorias | 4 | Montreal | 2 | |
| 14 | Quebec | 1 | Ottawa | 3 | |
| 14 | Shamrocks | 4 | Montreal | 3 | |
| 21† | Montreal | 1 | Quebec | 2 | |
| 21 | Shamrocks | 5 | Victorias | 2 | |
| 28 | Ottawa | 1 | Montreal | 5 | |
| 28 | Victorias | 5 | Quebec | 4 | |
| Feb. | 4 | Victorias | 7 | Ottawa | 5 |
| 4 | Quebec | 4 | Shamrocks | 13 | |
| 8 | Shamrocks | 4 | Montreal | 3 | |
| 11 | Ottawa | 0 | Victorias | 16 | |
| 11 | Shamrocks | 3 | Quebec | 2 | |
| 18 | Montreal | 4 | Ottawa | 5 | |
| 25 | Victorias | 10 | Montreal | 6 | |
| Mar. | 1 | Victorias | 0 | Shamrocks | 1 |
| 4 | Ottawa | 3 | Shamrocks | 7 | |
| ‡ | Ottawa | Quebec | |||
| ¿ | Quebec | Victorias |
† Montreal refused to continue with 12 minutes to play. Game was to be replayed on February 14th, but Quebec declined and the game was defaulted.
‡ defaulted to Ottawa
¿ defaulted to Victorias
[edit] Goalkeeper Averages
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
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| Lewis, Gordon | Victorias | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2.3 |
| McKenna, Joe | Shamrocks | 8 | 21 | 1 | 2.6 |
| Collins, Herb | Montreal | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | |
| Richardson, Frank | Victorias | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | |
| Hutton, John Bouse | Ottawa | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | |
| Stocking, Frank | Quebec | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | |
| Chittick, Fred | Ottawa | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | |
| O'Meara, Mark | Quebec | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | |
| Munro, Fred | Montreal | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
[edit] Leading scorers
| Name | Club | GP | G |
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| Trihey, Harry | Shamrocks | 7 | 19 |
| McKerrow, Clare | Montreal | 4 | 12 |
| Bowie, Russell | Victorias | 7 | 11 |
| Davidson, Cam | Victorias | 7 | 9 |
| Farrell, Arthur | Shamrocks | 8 | 8 |
| Brannen, Jack | Shamrocks | 8 | 8 |
| McDougall, Bob | Victorias | 2 | 7 |
| Ewing, Jack | Victorias | 5 | 7 |
| Roger, Mac | Ottawa | 5 | 6 |
| Christmas, Billy | Montreal | 4 | 5 |
[edit] Stanley Cup Challenges
[edit] Victorias vs. Winnipeg
Montreal received another challenge from the MHA's Winnipeg Victorias. This time, it was decided that they would play a two-game total goals series in February of 1899.
The second game ended in controversy. With Montreal leading the game 3–2 with about 12 minutes left in the game, Montreal's Bob Macdougall violently slashed Winnipeg's Tony Gingras. As Gingras was carried off the ice, referee Bill Findlay only called Macdougall for a two minute minor. Angry that he should have been accessed a larger penalty, Winnipeg went into their dressing room in protest. Insulted, Findlay abruptly went home, but returned after officials followed him on a sleigh and persuaded him to return. Once back at the rink, the referee gave Winnipeg 15 minutes to return to the ice themselves. They refused and thus Findlay disqualified the team and declared Montreal the winners.
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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| February 15, 1899 | Montreal Victorias | 2 – 1 | Winnipeg Victorias | Westmount Arena, Montreal |
| February 18, 1899 | Montreal Victorias | 3 – 2 | Winnipeg Victorias | |
| Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 3 | ||||
| Winnipeg | 1 | at | Victorias | 2 | |
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| George Merritt | G | Gordon Lewis | |||
| Bobby Benson | P | Graham Drinkwater | 1 | ||
| Charles Johnson | CP | Mike Grant | |||
| Tony Gingras | 1 | F | Cam Davidson | ||
| Dan Bain | F | Ernest McLea | |||
| Jack Armitage | F | Robert McDougall | 1 | ||
| Attie Howard | F | Russell Bowie | |||
| Colin "Tote" Campbell | sub | ||||
| Referee - J. Findlay | |||||
| Winnipeg | 2 | at | Victorias | 3 | |
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| George Merritt | G | Gordon Lewis | |||
| Bobby Benson | P | Ghraham Drinkwater | |||
| Charles Johnson | CP | Mike Grant | |||
| Tony Gingras | F | Cam Davidson | |||
| Dan Bain | F | Ernest McLea | |||
| Jack Armitage | 1 | F | Robert McDougall | 2 | |
| Attie Howard | 1 | F | Russell Bowie | 1 | |
| Colin "Tote" Campbell | sub | ||||
| Referee - J. Findlay | |||||
The Stanley Cup passed from the Montreal Victorias to the Montreal Shamrocks as champions of the league March 4, 1899.
[edit] Shamrocks vs. Queens
The Shamrocks defended the trophy against Queen's University. The game was played half under Ontario rule and half under CAHL rules.
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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| March 14, 1899 | Montreal Shamrocks | 6–2 | Queen's University | Westmount Arena |
| Queens | 2 | at | Shamrocks | 6 | |
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| R.C Hiscock | G | Joe McKenna | |||
| Guy Curtis | P | Frank Tansey | 1 | ||
| J.W. Merrill | CP | Frank Wall | |||
| J. Marty | F | Harry Trihey | 3 | ||
| G.P. Dalton | 1 | F | Arthur Farrell | 2 | |
| R.R.Harris | 1 | F | Fred Scanlon | 1 | |
| K. Walkem | F | Jack P. Brannen | |||
| Referee - Harvey Pulford | |||||
[edit] Montreal Victorias February 1899 Stanley Cup champions
Gordon Lewis(goal), Frank Richardson(goal-playing-Coach), Graham Drinkwater(point-Captain) Mike Grant(coverpoint), Russell Bowie(rover), Cam Davidson(forward), Robert McDougall(forward), Douglas Acer(forward), Jack Ewing(forward), Ernest McLea(forward), Fred McRobie(forward).
- Non Players
- F.C. Budden(President), F.H. Wilson(Hon. President), J.S. Bishops(Sectary/Treasurer)
[edit] Montreal Shamrocks March 1899 Stanley Cup champions
Joe McKenna(goal), John Dubby(forward), Frank Tansey(point), Fred Wall(coverpoint), Arthur Farrell(forward), Charles Horner(forward), Fred Scanlon(forward), Harry J. Trihey (forward/rover-Captain), Jack P. Brannen(forward/rover),
- Non Players
H. McLaughlin (President)†, C.M. Hart (Vice President)†, W.H. Kearney (Director)†, C.F. Smith (Director)†, B. Dumphy (Trainer), C. Foley (Ass’t Trainer).
† only the trainers were included on the team picture, these are the other official non-players with Montreal Shamrocks in 1899.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc..
- Podnieks, Andrew (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 1–55168–261–3.
| Preceded by Montreal Victorias 1898 |
Montreal Shamrocks Stanley Cup Champions 1899 |
Succeeded by Montreal Shamrocks 1900 |
| Preceded by 1898 (AHAC) |
CAHL seasons 1899 |
Succeeded by 1900 |
