The 1900–01 MHA season of the Manitoba Hockey Association was played by two teams Winnipeg Victorias and Winnipeg HC. The Victorias, as defending champions, played and defeated the Montreal Shamrocks of the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) in a Stanley Cup challenge to bring the Stanley Cup to Manitoba.

Regular season

February 19, 1901

Victorias defeated Winnipeg 4 – 3 to win the Manitoba championship.[1] After the season, the Victorias were presented with gold watches from the club. Honorary club president Hugh John Macdonald, former Manitoba premier, and son of former Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald made a speech.[2]

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points

Club GP W L T Pts
Winnipeg Victorias44008
Winnipeg Hockey Club40400

Source: Zweig[3]

Stanley Cup challenge

Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg

In January 1901, the Winnipeg Victorias 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.

For the series, the Shamrocks added Montreal Victorias captain Mike Grant, replacing Frank Tansey. Winnipeg added Burke Wood and Jack Marshall. For Marshall, it would be the first Stanley Cup win of his career, a career in which he would with the Cup six times, with four teams.[4]

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location Notes
January 29, 1901Winnipeg Victorias4–3Montreal ShamrocksMontreal Arena
January 31, 1901Winnipeg Victorias2–1Montreal Shamrocks4:00, OT
Winnipeg wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0

Game one

Winnipeg addition Burke Wood scored twice for Winnipeg to lead the team, including the winner with two minutes remaining.[4]

January 29
Winnipeg 4 at Shamrocks 3
Art BrownGJoe McKenna
Rod FlettPMike Grant
Magnus FlettCPFrank Wall1
Tony Gingras1FHarry Trihey, Capt
Dan Bain, Capt1FJack P.Brannen1
Charles JohnstoneFFred Scanlon
Burke Wood2FArthur Farrell1
Fred Chadhamsub
Referee - H. Baird
Umpires - A. McKerrow, R.Boon

Game two

Dan Bain scored late in the first half to put Winnipeg ahead. Harry Trihey tied it early in the second half. The game was tied to go to overtime. Bain scored the winner in overtime, the first Stanley Cup-winning goal scored in overtime.[4]

January 31
Winnipeg 2 at Shamrocks 1
Art BrownGJoe McKenna
Rod FlettPMike Grant
Magnus FlettCPFrank Wall
Tony GingrasFHarry Trihey, Capt1
Dan Bain, Capt2FJack P. Brannen
Charles JohnstoneFFred Scanlon
Burke WoodFArthur Farrell
Fred Chadhamsub
Referee - H. Baird
Umpires - A. McKerrow, R. Boon

Stanley Cup engraving

1901 Winnipeg Victorias

Players

  Forwards
  • Burke Wood (rover)
  • Dan Bain (center- captain)
  • Tony Gingras (right wing)
  • Charles Johnstone (left wing/rover)
  • Fred Cadman (center/ring wing)
  • George Carruthers (right wing)
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders
  • Art Brown

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Jack Armytage (President), Mark Hooper (Trainer),
  • Ted Robinson (Secretary/Treasurer), Walter Pratt (Director)

See also

References

  • Coleman, Charles (1964–1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. Sherbrooke Daily Record Company Ltd., NHL. pp. 65–67.
  • Zweig, Eric (2012). Stanley Cup: 120 years of hockey supremacy. Firefly Books. ISBN 978-1-77085-104-7.
Notes
  1. "Victorias Always Win". The Globe and Mail. February 20, 1901. p. 10.
  2. Zweig 2012, p. 208.
  3. Zweig 2012, p. 308.
  4. 1 2 3 Zweig 2012, p. 309.
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