1899 CAHL season

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1899 CAHL season
League Canadian Amateur Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
DurationJanuary 7 – March 4, 1899
Number of teams5
1899
Champions Montreal Shamrocks
Top scorer Harry Trihey (19 goals)
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The 1899 CAHL season was the inaugural season of the Canadian Amateur Hockey League. Teams played an eight-game schedule. The Montreal Shamrocks were the league champion with a record of seven wins and one loss. Both the Shamrocks and the Montreal Victorias won Stanley Cup challenges to retain the Stanley Cup for the league.

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Season

Highlights

The January 26 game between Montreal and Quebec was protested because it was alleged that the referee, Fred Chittick, Ottawa's goalkeeper, was drunk. The game was rescheduled for February 14, to be played in Ottawa, but in the end, Quebec declined to play the game. [1]

On February 4, when Shamrocks defeated Quebec at Montreal by a score of 13–4, Harry Trihey scored 10 goals.

The Victorias defeated Ottawa at Montreal on February 11, by a score of 16–0. Fred Chittick attempted to score by himself, rushing the length of the ice from his net, without success. [1]

The race for the championship was decided on March 1, 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.

After losing their first six matches, Quebec withdrew from the rest of the schedule, forfeiting their last two games.

Final standing

TeamGames PlayedWinsLossesTiesGoals ForGoals Against
Montreal Shamrocks
8
7
1
0
40
21
Montreal Victorias
8
6
2
0
44
23
Ottawa Hockey Club
8
4
4
0
21
43
Montreal Hockey Club
8
3
5
0
30
29
Quebec Hockey Club
8
0
8
0
12
31

Exhibitions

During the season, the Shamrocks travelled to New York City to play two games against the New York Hockey Club. [2] After the season, the Shamrocks travelled to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to play exhibitions. On March 7, the Shamrocks played the Halifax Crescents to a 1–1 draw, [3] and on March 9, defeated the Crescents 4–2. [4] On March 10, the Shamrocks played the Saint John Mohawks in Saint John, New Brunswick, defeating the Mohawks by a 5–0 score. [5]

The Victorias travelled to New York City to play the Brooklyn Skating Club. The Victorias defeated Brooklyn 5–2 on March 10 at St. Nicholas Rink. [6] The Shamrocks, after the Cup challenge of Queen's, travelled to New York. On March 16, the Shamrocks defeated the All-New-York team 5–2. [7] The Shamrocks then played Brooklyn on March 18, winning over Brooklyn 9–7. [8]

Stanley Cup challenges

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 1899.

The first game was won by Montreal 2–1. Winnipeg's captain Dan Bain injured his eye and did not play in the second game due to hemorrhaging behind the eye.

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. 4,000 were attending the Winnipeg Auditorium rink to hear returns of the game by telegraph. [9]

DateWinning TeamScoreLosing TeamLocation
February 15, 1899 Montreal Victorias 2–1 Winnipeg Victorias Montreal Arena, Montreal
February 18, 1899 Montreal Victorias 3–2 Winnipeg Victorias
Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 3
February 15
Winnipeg1atVictorias2
George Merritt G Gordon Lewis
Bobby BensonP Graham Drinkwater, Capt1
Charles JohnstoneCP Mike Grant
Tony Gingras 1FCam Davidson
Dan Bain F Ernie McLea
Jack Armytage, CaptF Robert MacDougall 1
Attie Howard F Russell Bowie
Colin "Tote" Campbellsub
Referee – J. Findlay
February 18
Winnipeg2atVictorias3
George MerrittGGordon Lewis
Bobby BensonPGraham Drinkwater, Capt
Charles JohnstoneCPMike Grant
Tony GingrasFCam Davidson
Colin "Tote" CampbellFErnie McLea
Jack Armytage, Capt1FRobert McDougall2
Attie Howard1FRussell Bowie1
Referee – J. Findlay

The Stanley Cup passed from the Montreal Victorias to the Montreal Shamrocks as champions of the league March 4, 1899.

Shamrocks vs. Queens

The Shamrocks defended the trophy against Queen's University of Kingston, Ontario. The game was played half under Ontario rules and half under CAHL rules.

DateWinning TeamScoreLosing TeamLocation
March 14, 1899 Montreal Shamrocks 6–2 Queen's University Montreal Arena
March 14, 1899
Queens2atShamrocks6
R.C. HiscockGJames H. McKenna
Guy CurtisPFrank Tansey, Capt
J. Ward MerrillCPFrank Wall
Jock HartyFHarry Trihey3
George Dalton1FArthur Farrell2
R. R. Carr-Harris1FFred Scanlan1
Knox WalkemF Jack P. Brannen
Referee – Harvey Pulford

Schedule and results

MonthDayVisitorScoreHomeScore
Jan.7Quebec1Montreal7
7Shamrocks3Ottawa4
10Victorias4Montreal2
14Quebec1Ottawa3
14Shamrocks4Montreal3
21 (†)Montreal1Quebec2
21Shamrocks5Victorias2
28Ottawa1Montreal5
28Victorias5Quebec4
Feb.4Quebec4Shamrocks13
4Victorias7Ottawa5
8Shamrocks4Montreal3
11Ottawa0Victorias16
11Shamrocks3Quebec2
18Montreal4Ottawa5
25Victorias10Montreal6
Mar.1Victorias0Shamrocks1
4 (††)Ottawa3Shamrocks7
‡OttawaQuebec
¿QuebecVictorias

† Montreal refused to continue with 12 minutes to play. Game was to be replayed on February 14, but Quebec declined and the game was defaulted.

†† Shamrocks clinch league championship.

‡ defaulted to Ottawa

¿ defaulted to Victorias

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

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

NameClubGPGASOGAA
Lewis, GordonVictorias3712.3
McKenna, James H.Shamrocks82112.6
Collins, HerbMontreal6193.2
Richardson, FrankVictorias4164.0
Hutton, John Bouse Ottawa2115.5
Stocking, FrankQuebec4246.0
Chittick, FredOttawa5326.4
O'Meara, MarkQuebec177.0
Munro, FredMontreal11010.0

Leading scorers

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored

NameClubGPG
Trihey, Harry Shamrocks719
McKerrow, Clare Montreal412
Bowie, Russell Victorias711
Davidson, CamVictorias79
Farrell, Arthur Shamrocks88
Brannen, Jack Shamrocks88
McDougall, BobVictorias27
Ewing, JackVictorias57
Roger, MacOttawa56
Christmas, Billy Montreal45

Stanley Cup engravings

1899 Montreal Victorias

Players

   Forwards
   Defencemen
   Goaltenders

^ – unknown who played center, rover, right wing, and left wing, so the players are listed as forwards
@ – missing from the team picture

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Handbury C. Budden (president)&
  • Frank Howard Wilson (Hon. President)
  • J. Stafford Bishop (Sectary/Treasurer)&

& – 2 non-players first names are unknown

1899 Montreal Shamrocks

Players

   Forwards
   Defencemen
   Goaltenders
  • Jim McKenna

^ – unknown who played center, right wing and left wing, so the players are listed as forwards
† – only the trainers were included on the team picture, these are the other official non-players with Montreal Shamrocks in 1899

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)&
  • All non-players first names are unknown except for the coach and president.

& – unknown first name

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References

  1. 1 2 "Puckerings". The Globe. February 14, 1899. p. 10.
  2. ↑ "The Cyclopedic review of current history". 8. The Evening News Association: 137.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ "Montreal and Halifax Crescents Have A Draw". St. John Daily Sun. Saint John, New Brunswick. March 8, 1899. p. 5.
  4. ↑ "Montreal Shamrocks defeat the Halifax Crescents at Hockey". St. John Daily Sun. Saint John, New Brunswick. March 9, 1899. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Montreal Shamrocks Win From Mohawks By Score 5 To 0". St. John Daily Sun. Saint John, New Brunswick. March 11, 1899. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Montreal Defeats Brooklyn". St. John Daily Sun. Saint John, New Brunswick. March 11, 1899. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "Hockey". St. John Daily Sun. Saint John, New Brunswick. March 18, 1899. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Puckerings". Ottawa Citizen. March 20, 1899. p. 6.
  9. ↑ "Winnipeg's Story". The Globe. February 20, 1899. p. 10.
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