1901 CAHL season

1901 CAHL season
1901 CAHL season
League	Canadian Amateur Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	January 5, 1901 – March 5, 1901
Number of teams	5
1901
Champions	Ottawa Hockey Club
Top scorer	Russell Bowie (24 goals)
CAHL seasons
	← 1900 1902 →

Last updated October 07, 2023

The 1901 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the third season of the senior ice hockey league. Teams played an eight-game schedule. The Ottawa Hockey Club was the league champion with a record of seven wins, no losses and a draw. The Montreal Shamrocks lost a Stanley Cup challenge during the season, so Ottawa did not inherit the Stanley Cup. The Club declined to challenge Winnipeg after the season.

League business

Executive

George R. James, Montreal (President)
D. Watson, Quebec (1st vice-president)
J. W. Smith, Ottawa ( 2nd vice-president)
J. Stafford Bishop, Victorias (Secretary-Treasurer)
C. Hart (Councillor)

The league adopted travelling expenses of $85 between Ottawa-Montreal, $100 between Montreal-Quebec and $125 between Ottawa-Quebec for the visiting teams to receive from the home team.

The league banned member teams from playing exhibition matches outside the league without league permission.

Exhibition games

On January 12, the Montreal Victorias played an exhibition against the New York Hockey Club, in New York, losing 2–1.^[1]

Regular season

Highlights

The Ottawa club would win the season, undefeated, with players Sixsmith, Westwick and Pulford starring.

Final standing

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Ottawa Hockey Club	8	7	0	1	33	20
Montreal Victorias	8	4	3	1	45	32
Montreal Shamrocks	8	4	4	0	30	25
Montreal Hockey Club	8	3	5	0	28	37
Quebec Hockey Club	8	1	7	0	21	43

Although Ottawa won the league championship, the Shamrocks had lost their challenge to Winnipeg and Ottawa would not be awarded the Cup. At first, Ottawa was intending to challenge Winnipeg for the Cup, but on February 27, 1901, announced that they would not do so that winter.^[2] According to Coleman(1966), Ottawa did not issue a challenge due to the "lateness of the season."^[3] The Ottawa Journal as reported in The Globe suggested that the Ottawa club was wise in their decision, as they were in "racked condition in which they are, as a result of the immensely hard exertions put forth by them in all their games this season".^[4] The Ottawa Hockey Club did not challenge the following season, either.

Stanley Cup challenges

Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg

In January 1901, the Winnipeg Victorias of the MHA again challenged the Montreal Shamrocks for the Cup. This time, Winnipeg prevailed, sweeping the best-of-three series with scores of 4–3 and 2–1. Game two was the first overtime game in Cup history with Dan Bain scoring at the four-minute mark of the extra period.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location	Notes
January 29, 1901	Winnipeg Victorias	4–3	Montreal Shamrocks	Montreal Arena
January 31, 1901	Winnipeg Victorias	2–1	Montreal Shamrocks	Montreal Arena	4:00, OT
Winnipeg wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0

January 29
Winnipeg	4	at	Shamrocks	3
Art Brown		G	James H. McKenna
Rod Flett		P	Mike Grant
Magnus Flett		CP	Frank Wall	1
Tony Gingras	1	F	Harry Trihey
Dan Bain	1	F	Jack P. Brannen	1
Charles Johnston		F	Fred Scanlan
Burke Wood	2	F	Arthur Farrell	1
Fred Chadham		sub
Referee – H. Baird Umpires – A. McKerrow, Dickie Boon

January 31
Winnipeg	2	at	Shamrocks	1
Art Brown		G	James H. McKenna
Rod Flett		P	Mike Grant
Magnus Flett		CP	Frank Wall
Tony Gingras		F	Harry Trihey	1
Dan Bain	2	F	Jack P. Brannen
Charles Johnston		F	Fred Scanlon
Burke Wood		F	Arthur Farrell
Fred Chadham		sub
Referee – H. Baird Umpires – A. McKerrow, Dickie Boon

Schedule and results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Jan.	5	Quebec	4	Ottawa	5
	5	Montreal	2	Victorias	3
	12	Ottawa	4	Shamrocks	2
	16	Shamrocks	3	Montreal	2
	19	Victorias	2	Ottawa	2 (10' overtime)
	19	Quebec	4	Shamrocks	10
	21	Montreal	7	Quebec	3
	23	Victorias	4	Shamrocks	3
	26	Ottawa	9	Montreal	4
Feb.	2	Victorias	5	Quebec	6
	2	Montreal	3	Ottawa	5
	9	Shamrocks	2	Quebec	1
	9	Ottawa	5	Victorias	4
	16	Quebec	0	Montreal	4
	16 (†)	Shamrocks	1	Ottawa	2 (30' overtime)
	20	Victorias	13	Montreal	3
	23	Ottawa	1	Quebec	0 (20' overtime)
	23	Montreal	3	Shamrocks	1
	27	Shamrocks	8	Victorias	5
Mar.	2	Quebec	3	Victorias	9

† Ottawa clinches league championship.

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

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

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Chittick, Fred	Ottawa	1	0	1	0.0
Lockerby, Archie	Victorias	1	2		2.0
Hutton, John Bouse	Ottawa	7	20		2.9
McKenna, James H.	Shamrocks	8	25		3.1
O'Meara, Mark	Quebec	1	4		4.0
Munro, Fred	Victorias	7	30		4.3
Nicholson, Billy	Montreal	8	37		4.6
Stocking, Frank	Quebec	7	38		5.4

Leading scorers

Name	Club	GP	G
Russell Bowie	Victorias	7	24
Lorne Campbell	Montreal	7	10
Arthur Farrell	Shamrocks	8	10
Harold Henry	Ottawa	8	8
Blair Russel	Victorias	8	8
Arthur Sixsmith	Ottawa	7	7
Harry Trihey	Shamrocks	7	7
Charlie Liffiton	Montreal	8	6
Harry Westwick	Ottawa	7	6
Edward Stuart	Victorias	5	6
Jack Smith	Ottawa	4	6

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References

Bibliography

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.

Notes

↑ "New York Men Won". Winnipeg Tribune. January 14, 1901.
↑ "Ottawa will not challenge". The Globe. February 28, 1901. p. 10.
↑ Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926, inc. p. 62.
↑ "Sound reasons for waiting". The Globe. March 2, 1901. p. 25.

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[1] "New York Men Won". Winnipeg Tribune. January 14, 1901.

[2] "Ottawa will not challenge". The Globe. February 28, 1901. p. 10.

[3] Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926, inc. p. 62.

[4] "Sound reasons for waiting". The Globe. March 2, 1901. p. 25.

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