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)
CAHL seasons
  1901
1903  

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.

Contents

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

TeamGames PlayedWinsLossesTiesGoals ForGoals Against
Montreal Hockey Club
8
6
2
0
39
15
Ottawa Hockey Club
8
5
3
0
35
15
Montreal Victorias
8
4
4
0
36
25
Quebec Hockey Club
8
4
4
0
26
34
Montreal Shamrocks
8
1
7
0
15
62

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
March 13
Montreal0atWinnipeg1
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
March 15
Montreal5atWinnipeg0
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
March 17
Montreal2atWinnipeg1
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

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.

Schedule and results

MonthDayVisitorScoreHomeScore
Jan.5Victorias4Ottawa5
5Montreal14Shamrocks0
11Ottawa1Shamrocks2
11Victorias9Quebec5
18Montreal4Ottawa2
18Quebec6Shamrocks2
22Victorias3Montreal2
25Ottawa1Quebec2
25Shamrocks2Victorias9
Feb.1Quebec2Montreal3
1Shamrocks0Ottawa12
8Montreal7Quebec1
8Ottawa3Victorias2
12Victorias8Shamrocks2
15Quebec0Ottawa8
15Montreal5Shamrocks4
22Ottawa3Montreal1
22Shamrocks3Quebec7
26 (†)Montreal3Victorias0
Mar.1Quebec3Victorias1

† Montreal HC clinches league championship.

Player statistics

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
Paddy Moran Quebec8344.3
Fred MunroVictorias2105.0
Patrick O'ReillyShamrocks8627.8

Scoring leaders

NameClubGPG
Archie Hooper Montreal817
Russell Bowie Victorias713
Jack Marshall Montreal811
Rat Westwick Ottawa811
Bruce Stuart Ottawa89
Blair Russel Victorias89
Charlie Liffiton Montreal88
Harold Henry Ottawa86
Edward Stuart Victorias66
Percy Lemesurier Quebec45

Stanley Cup engraving

1902 Montreal Hockey Club

Players

   Centres
   Wingers
   Defencemen
   Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Harry L. Shaw (President), Clarence McKerrow (Manager-Coach)
  • Allan Cameron Jr. (Vice President), Paul Lefebvre (Trainer)
  • Harry Herbert Marsden (H. H. M.) Andrews (Director), Charles G. Chitty (Director), Harry C. Dewitt (Hon. Secretary/Treasurer).

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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.
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