1900 CAHL season

1900 CAHL season
LeagueCanadian Amateur Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationJanuary 6 – March 10, 1900
Number of teams5
1900
ChampionsMontreal Shamrocks
Top scorerHarry Trihey (17 goals)
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The 1900 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the second season of the league. Teams played an eight-game schedule. Again, the Montreal Shamrocks were the league champion with a record of seven wins and one loss.

League business

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Executive

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  • F. R. Baird (President)
  • John Patrick Dickson (1st vice-president)
  • H. E. Scott (2nd vice-president)
  • George R. James (secretary-treasurer)
  • Harry McLaughlin (councillor)

McGill University applied to join the league but was turned down.

The use of netting for the goal was demonstrated with a model produced by Frank Stocking, goaltender of the Quebec club at the annual meeting. After an exhibition game between the Shamrocks and Victorias, the use of goal nets was approved for league play, and used for the season. The netting connected the two upright posts, but there was no crossbar across the top.

The use of hockey gloves was quite common and shin guards were now mostly in use inside the stockings though some players still used the old style outside the stockings.

Season

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Star rover Graham Drinkwater retired from the Victorias before the season.

Highlights

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The Shamrocks won the championship losing only one game, and that, after the league championship was decided. This was the second year in a row for the Shamrocks, who were a mediocre team before this stretch of success and would return to it the next year.

Final standing

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Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against
Montreal Shamrocks
8
7
1
0
49
26
Montreal Hockey Club
8
5
3
0
34
36
Ottawa Hockey Club
8
4
4
0
28
19
Montreal Victorias
8
2
6
0
44
55
Quebec Hockey Club
8
2
6
0
33
52

Stanley Cup challenges

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Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg

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The MHA's Winnipeg Victorias issued another challenge for the Cup. This time, a best-of-three series was played against the defending champion Montreal Shamrocks. Winnipeg won the first game, 4–3, but Montreal prevailed in the next two games, 3–2 and 5–4.

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
February 12, 1900 Winnipeg Victorias 4–3 Montreal Shamrocks Montreal Arena
February 14, 1900 Montreal Shamrocks 3–2 Winnipeg Victorias
February 16, 1900 Montreal Shamrocks 5–4 Winnipeg Victorias
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1
February 12
Winnipeg 4 at Shamrocks 3
George Merritt G James H. McKenna
Rod Flett P Frank Tansey
Charles Johnstone CP Frank Wall
Tony Gingras 1 F Arthur Farrell
Dan Bain, Capt 2 F Jack P. Brannen
W. N. Roxborough 1 F Harry Trihey, Capt 2
Colin "Tote" Campbell F Fred Scanlan 1
Referee – H. Baird
Umpires – Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking
February 14
Winnipeg 2 at Shamrocks 3
George Merritt G James H. McKenna
Rod Flett P Frank Tansey
Charles Johnstone 1 CP Frank Wall
Tony Gingras F Arthur Farrell
Dan Bain, Capt F Jack P. Brannen 1
W. N. Roxborough F Harry Trihey, Capt 2
Colin "Tote" Campbell 1 F Fred Scanlan
Referee – H. Baird
Umpires – Clarence McKerrow, Billy Christmas
February 16
Winnipeg 4 at Shamrocks 5
George Merritt G James H. McKenna
Rod Flett P Frank Tansey
Charles Johnstone CP Frank Wall
Tony Gingras 1 F Arthur Farrell 2
Dan Bain, Capt 2 F Jack P. Brannen
W.N. Roxborough 1 F Harry Trihey, Capt 3
Colin "Tote" Campbell F Fred Scanlan
Referee – H. Baird

Shamrocks vs. Halifax

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In March, the Shamrocks then received another challenge for the Cup. However, the Halifax Crescents of the Halifax City Hockey League did not pose much of a threat as Montreal crushed them, 10–2 and 11–0.

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
March 5, 1900 Montreal Shamrocks 10–2 Halifax Crescents Montreal Arena
March 7, 1900 Montreal Shamrocks 11–0 Halifax Crescents
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0
March 5
Halifax 2 at Shamrocks 10
Fred Bishop G James H. McKenna
Alfred Kane P Frank Tansey Capt.
Tom Mullane, Capt. CP Frank Wall 3
Joe Crockett 1 F Arthur Farrell 4
Art Ryan F Jack P. Brannen 1
Fred Maher 1 F Harry Trihey 2
Alex McInnes F Fred Scanlan
Referee – H. Baird
March 7
Halifax 0 at Shamrocks 11
Fred Bishop G James H. McKenna
Alfred Kane P Frank Tansey Capt.
Tom Mullane, Capt. CP Frank Wall 1
Joe Crockett F Arthur Farrell 4
Art Ryan F Jack P. Brannen 2
Fred Maher F Harry Trihey 3
Alex McInnis F Fred Scanlan 1
Referee – H. Baird

Schedule and results

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Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan. 6 Montreal 6 Victorias 5
6 Shamrocks 5 Ottawa 4
13 Montreal 3 Shamrocks 8
13 Ottawa 3 Quebec 2
18 Victorias 4 Shamrocks 10
20 Montreal 2 Ottawa 5
20 Quebec 3 Victorias 14
27 Montreal 8 Quebec 7
27 Ottawa 5 Victorias 3
Feb. 3 Quebec 2 Shamrocks 8
10 Victorias 1 Ottawa 11
10 Quebec 5 Montreal 6
17 Ottawa 0 Montreal 3
24 Quebec 3 Ottawa 0
24 Victorias 1 Montreal 3
27 Shamrocks 5 Montreal 3
Mar. 1 (†) Shamrocks 10 Victorias 6
3 (‡) Ottawa Shamrocks
4 Victorias 10 Quebec 7
10 Shamrocks 3 Quebec 4

† Shamrocks clinch league championship.

‡ defaulted to Shamrocks

Player statistics

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Goaltending averages

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Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Name Club GP GA SO GAA
Billy Nicholson Montreal 4 11 1 2.75
Bouse Hutton Ottawa 7 19 0 2.8
James H. McKenna Shamrocks 7 26 0 3.7
Fred Munro Montreal 4 25 0 6.3
Frank Stocking Quebec 8 52 1 6.5
Thomas Powers Victorias 8 55 0 6.9

Scoring leaders

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Name Club GP G
Harry Trihey Shamrocks 7 17
Russell Bowie Victorias 7 15
Billy Christmas Montreal[1] 8 12
Bruce Stuart Ottawa 5 11
James Gillespie Quebec 8 10
Arthur Farrell Shamrocks 8 9
Blair Russel Victorias 7 9
Charlie Liffiton Montreal 8 8
George McCarron Quebec 2 7
Jack Brannen Shamrocks 8 6

Stanley Cup engraving

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1900 Montreal Shamrocks

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Players

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Coaching and administrative staff

  • Harry W. McLaughlin (president), C.M. Hart (vice-president)&,
  • W.H. Kearney (director)&, C.F. Smith (director)&
  • Barney Dunphy (Coach/Trainer), C. Foley (Ass't trainer)&.
  • & – unknown first name


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Christmas, William Richard. Leavings: A Canadian Love Story. Lulu Enterprises, Raleigh, NC, page 3.
  • 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.
  • Adams, Trevor J. (2012). Long Shots. Nimbus. pp. 27–29.
Preceded by Montreal Shamrocks
Stanley Cup Champions

1900
Succeeded by
Preceded by CAHL seasons
1900
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