1902 CAHL season

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1902 CAHL season
League Canadian Amateur Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
DurationJanuary 5 – March 1, 1902
Number of teams5
1902
Champions Montreal Hockey Club
Top scorer Archie Hooper (17 goals)
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The 1902 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the fourth season of the league. Teams played an eight-game schedule. The Montreal HC were the league champion with a record of six wins and two losses. After the season, Montreal HC challenged the Winnipeg Victorias for the Stanley Cup title and were victorious.

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League business

Executive

New fines were added for being more than 15 minutes late for a game and forfeiting.

The clubs demanded an increase in gate receipts share from 33% to 40% and a higher number of free tickets from the Montreal Arena owners, but settled for the increase in tickets only.

Source: Coleman, p. 68

Season

The Shamrocks team, which had won the Stanley Cup only two seasons prior, was completely new. While Fred Scanlan went to Winnipeg, Harry Trihey, Arthur Farrell, Frank Wall, Frank Tansey, James McKenna and Jack Brannen all retired from competitive ice hockey. The team sank to the bottom of the standings.

Highlights

Montreal would win the league led by their big line of Archie Hooper, Jack Marshall, Jimmy Gardner and Charlie Liffiton. The players would earn their nickname of the 'Little Men of Iron', winning the Stanley Cup in a challenge with Winnipeg. Hooper would score nine goals against the Shamrocks on January 5, on his way to winning the scoring title.

Final standing

Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against

TeamGPWLTGFGA
Montreal Hockey Club 8
6
2
0
39
15
Ottawa Hockey Club 85303515
Montreal Victorias 84403625
Quebec Hockey Club 84402634
Montreal Shamrocks 81701562

Results

MonthDayVisitorScoreHomeScore
Jan.5Victorias4Ottawa HC5
5Montreal HC14Shamrocks0
11Ottawa HC1Shamrocks2
11Victorias9Quebec HC5
18Montreal HC4Ottawa HC2
18Quebec HC6Shamrocks2
22Victorias3Montreal HC2
25Ottawa HC1Quebec HC2
25Shamrocks2Victorias9
Feb.1Quebec HC2Montreal HC3
1Shamrocks0Ottawa HC12
8Montreal HC7Quebec HC1
8Ottawa HC3Victorias2
12Victorias8Shamrocks2
15Quebec HC0Ottawa HC8
15Montreal HC5Shamrocks4
22Ottawa HC3Montreal HC1
22Shamrocks3Quebec HC7
26 (†)Montreal HC3Victorias0
Mar.1Quebec HC3Victorias1

† Montreal HC clinches league championship.

Player Stats

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals Scored

NameClubGPG
Archie Hooper Montreal HC817
Russell Bowie Victorias713
Jack Marshall Montreal HC811
Rat Westwick Ottawa HC811
Bruce Stuart Ottawa HC89
Blair Russel Victorias89
Charlie Liffiton Montreal HC88
Harold Henry Ottawa HC86
Edward Stuart Victorias66
Percy Lemesurier Quebec HC45

Goaltending averages

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

NameClubGPGASOGAA
Billy Nicholson Montreal81521.7
Bouse Hutton Ottawa81521.7
Archie LockerbyVictorias6152.5
Fred MunroVictorias2105.0
Paddy Moran Quebec HC7466.5
Patrick O'ReillyShamrocks8627.8

Exhibitions

The Ottawa Hockey Club travelled to New York after the season for an exhibition series. Ottawa defeated the Hockey Club of New York 4–3 on March 21, 1902. [1] Ottawa lost to the New York Athletic Club 6–3 on March 23. [2] Both games were at the St. Nicholas Rink.

Stanley Cup challenges

Winnipeg vs. Montreal

After the Montreal HC won the 1902 CAHL title in March, they promptly sent a challenge to the Winnipeg Victorias. In game one of the best-of-three series, Winnipeg shut out Montreal, 1–0. However, Montreal shut out Winnipeg in game two, 5–0, and then held on to a 2–1 victory in game three. With the victory, the Montreal club won the Cup for the first time since 1894.

Jack Marshall of Montreal, who had played for the Winnipeg team in the previous year, faced his old team and scored three goals, including the series clincher. Archie Hooper also scored three for Montreal.

DateWinning TeamScoreLosing TeamLocation
March 13, 1902 Winnipeg Victorias 1–0 Montreal HC Winnipeg Auditorium
March 15, 1902 Montreal HC 5–0 Winnipeg Victorias
March 17, 1902 Montreal HC 2–1 Winnipeg Victorias
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1
Montreal0Winnipeg1
March 13, 1902
Billy NicholsonGArt Brown
Tom HodgePRod Flett
Dickie Boon, CaptCPMagnus Flett
Archie HooperROFred Cadham
Jack MarshallCBurke Wood
Charles LiffitonRW Tony Gingras 1
Jimmy GardnerLWFred Scanlan
Billy BellinghamSpare Dan Bain, Capt.
Roland ElliotSpareCharles Johnston
George SmithSpare
Referee- W. MacFarlane
Montreal5Winnipeg0
March 15, 1902
Billy NicholsonGArt Brown
Billy BellinghamPRod Flett
Dickie Boon, CaptCPMagnus Flett
Archie Hooper2ROFred Cadham
Jack Marshall2CBurke Wood
Charles Liffiton1RWTony Gingras
Jimmy GardnerLWFred Scanlan
George SmithSpareDan Bain, Capt.
Roland ElliotSpareCharles Johnston
Referee- W. MacFarlane
Montreal2Winnipeg1
March 17, 1902
Billy NicholsonGArt Brown
Billy BellinghamPRed Flett
Dickie BoonCPMagnus Flett
Archie Hooper1ROFred Cadham
Jack Marshall1CBurke Wood
Charles LiffitonRWTony Gingras1
Jimmy GardnerLWFred Scanlan
George SmithSpareDan Bain, Capt.
Roland ElliotSpareCharles Johnston
Referee- W. MacFarlane

Stanley Cup engraving

1902 Montreal Hockey Club
Forwards
Jimmy Gardner (left wing)
Charles Liffiton (right wing)
George Smith † (left-right wing)
Jack Marshall (center)
Archie Hooper (rover)
Defencemen
Billy Bellingham (point)
Dickie Boon (cover point-captain)
Roland Elliot (point)
Tom Hodge (point)
Goaltender
Billy Nicholson

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See also

References

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ottawa Wins At Hockey" (pdf). New York Times. March 22, 1902. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Canadians Lost At Hockey" (pdf). New York Times. March 23, 1902. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
Preceded by Montreal Hockey Club
1902 Stanley Cup Champions
1902		Succeeded by
Preceded by CAHL seasons
1902		Succeeded by
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