1900 CAHL season
LeagueCanadian Amateur Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationJanuary 6, 1900 – March 10, 1900
Number of teams5
1900
ChampionsMontreal Shamrocks
Top scorerHarry Trihey (17 goals)

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

Executive

  • F. R. Baird (president)
  • J. P. 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

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

Highlights

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

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

Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg

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, 1900Winnipeg Victorias4–3Montreal ShamrocksMontreal Arena
February 14, 1900Montreal Shamrocks3–2Winnipeg Victorias
February 16, 1900Montreal Shamrocks5–4Winnipeg Victorias
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1
February 12
Winnipeg 4 at Shamrocks 3
George MerrittGJames H. McKenna
Rod FlettPFrank Tansey
Charles JohnstoneCPFrank Wall
Tony Gingras1FArthur Farrell
Dan Bain, Capt2FJack P. Brannen
W. N. Roxborough1FHarry Trihey, Capt2
Colin "Tote" CampbellFFred Scanlon1
Referee – H. Baird
Umpires – Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking
February 14
Winnipeg 2 at Shamrocks 3
George MerrittGJames H. McKenna
Rod FlettPFrank Tansey
Charles Johnstone1CPFrank Wall
Tony GingrasFArthur Farrell
Dan Bain, CaptFJack P. Brannen1
W. N. RoxboroughFHarry Trihey, Capt2
Colin "Tote" Campbell1FFred Scanlon
Referee – H. Baird
Umpires – Clarence McKerrow, Billy Christmas
February 16
Winnipeg 4 at Shamrocks 5
George MerrittGJames H. McKenna
Rod FlettPFrank Tansey
Charles JohnstoneCPFrank Wall
Tony Gingras1FArthur Farrell2
Dan Bain, Capt2FJack P. Brannen
W.N. Roxborough1FHarry Trihey, Capt3
Colin "Tote" CampbellFFred Scanlon
Referee – H. Baird

Shamrocks vs. Halifax

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, 1900Montreal Shamrocks10–2Halifax CrescentsMontreal Arena
March 7, 1900Montreal Shamrocks11–0Halifax Crescents
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0
March 5
Halifax 2 at Shamrocks 10
Fred BishopGJames H. McKenna
Alfred KanePFrank Tansey Capt.
Tom Mullane, Capt.CPFrank Wall3
Joe Crockett1FArthur Farrell4
Art RyanFJack P. Brannen1
Fred Maher1FHarry Trihey2
Alex McInnesFFred Scanlon
Referee – H. Baird
March 7
Halifax 0 at Shamrocks 11
Fred BishopGJames H. McKenna
Alfred KanePFrank Tansey Capt.
Tom Mullane, Capt.CPFrank Wall1
Joe CrockettFArthur Farrell4
Art RyanFJack P. Brannen2
Fred MaherFHarry Trihey3
Alex McInnisFFred Scanlon1
Referee – H. Baird

Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan. 6Montreal6Victorias5
6Shamrocks5Ottawa4
13Montreal3Shamrocks8
13Ottawa3Quebec2
18Victorias4Shamrocks10
20Montreal2Ottawa5
20Quebec3Victorias14
27Montreal8Quebec7
27Ottawa5Victorias3
Feb. 3Quebec2Shamrocks8
10Victorias1Ottawa11
10Quebec5Montreal6
17Ottawa0Montreal3
24Quebec3Ottawa0
24Victorias1Montreal3
27Shamrocks5Montreal3
Mar. 1 (†)Shamrocks10Victorias6
3 (‡)OttawaShamrocks
4Victorias10Quebec7
10Shamrocks3Quebec4

† Shamrocks clinch league championship.

‡ defaulted to Shamrocks

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

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

Name Club GP GA SO GAA
Billy Nicholson Montreal41112.75
Bouse Hutton Ottawa71902.8
James H. McKenna Shamrocks72603.7
Fred Munro Montreal42506.3
Frank Stocking Quebec85216.5
Thomas Powers Victorias85506.9

Scoring leaders

Name Club GP G
Harry Trihey Shamrocks717
Russell Bowie Victorias715
Billy Christmas Montreal[1]812
Bruce Stuart Ottawa511
James Gillespie Quebec810
Arthur Farrell Shamrocks89
Blair Russel Victorias79
Charlie Liffiton Montreal88
George McCarron Quebec27
Jack Brannen Shamrocks86

Stanley Cup engraving

1900 Montreal Shamrocks

Players

  Forwards
  Defencemen
  • Frank Tansey (point)
  • Fred Wall (cover point)
  • John Brennon (did not play-on team picture)
  Goaltenders
  • James H. McKenna

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

References

  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.
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