Federal Amateur Hockey League
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The Federal Amateur Hockey League was a Canadian men's senior-level ice hockey league that played six seasons from 1904 to 1909. The league was a professional league for its last year and was known as the Federal Hockey League.
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[edit] History
The league was formed December 5th, 1903, at a meeting held at the Savoy hotel in Montreal.
The first executive officers were:
- W. Foran, Ottawa Capitals
- W. Fizgibbon, Cornwall
- A. Meunier, Nationals
- J. Strachan, Wanderers.
The first franchises were granted to the Wanderers, the Capitals, Cornwall and the Nationals. Three of the four teams had been rejected for membership by the Canadian Amateur Hockey League, while the fourth—the Montreal Wanderers—was comprised of disillusioned players from two Montreal-based CAHL teams. Only the Cornwall team would still be a member of the league at the end of the 1906–07 season.
The Stanley Cup-champion Ottawa Senators, aka Ottawa Silver Seven jumped from the CAHL to the FAHL for the 1904–05 season, while the Montreal Nationals went in the opposite direction and joined the CAHL.
The 1906–07 season ended early following the death of Owen McCourt of Cornwall, after an on-ice brawl in a game March 6, 1907 between Cornwall and the Ottawa Victorias. This led to criminal charges of manslaughter against Charles Masson of the Victorias, however he was acquitted as witnesses stated at the trial that other Ottawa hockey players had hit Mr. McCourt in the head prior to Mr. Masson's blow.
The Federal Amateur Hockey League continued for one season in 1907–08, then went professional for the 1908–09 season. Renfrew of the Upper Ottawa Valley Hockey League joined for that season. The league dissolved afterwards and Renfrew joined the NHA.
[edit] Teams
| Season | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Cornwall, Montreal Nationals, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Capitals | Montreal Wanderers (best record) |
| 1904-05 | Brockville, Cornwall, Montreal Montagnards, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators† | Ottawa Senators(best record) |
| 1905-06 | Brockville, Cornwall, Montreal Montagnards, Ottawa Victorias, Smiths Falls | Smiths Falls(best record) |
| 1906-07 | Cornwall, Montreal Montagnards, Morrisburg, Ottawa Victorias | Ottawa Victorias (awarded championship after Montagnards and Cornwall resigned from league) |
| 1907-08 | Brockville Invincibles, Cornwall, Montreal Montagnards, Morrisburg, Ottawa Victorias | |
| 1908-09 | Cornwall, Ottawa, Renfrew Creamery Kings, Smiths Falls | Renfrew[1] |
† Stanley Cup winner
- After the 1904 season, Montreal Nationals joined the CAHL.
- After the 1904-05 season, Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa Senators joined the ECAHA.
[edit] See also
- Canadian Amateur Hockey League
- Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association
- List of Stanley Cup champions
- List of pre-NHL seasons
- List of ice hockey leagues
[edit] References
- ^ Finnigan, Joan. Old Scores, New Goals:The Story of the Ottawa Senators, pg.48.
- Coleman, Charles L. The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc..
- La Patrie: 2, January 23, 1905 ("Les Montagnards de Montréal ... sont allés rencontrer les Cornwall chez eux samedi ... le score étant de 4 à 2 pour l'équipe locale."
