1902 CAHL season
LeagueCanadian Amateur Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationJanuary 5, 1902 – March 1, 1902
Number of teams5
1902
ChampionsMontreal Hockey Club
Top scorerArchie Hooper (17 goals)

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.

League business

Executive

  • George R. James, Montreal (President)
  • A. D. Scott, Quebec (1st vice-president)
  • N. Charles Sparks, Ottawa ( 2nd vice-president)
  • Harry Trihey, Shamrocks(Secretary-Treasurer)

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

Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals 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.

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
March 13, 1902Winnipeg Victorias1–0Montreal HCWinnipeg Auditorium
March 15, 1902Montreal HC5–0Winnipeg Victorias
March 17, 1902Montreal HC2–1Winnipeg Victorias
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1
March 13
Montreal 0 at Winnipeg 1
Billy NicholsonGArt Brown
Tom HodgePRod Flett
Dickie Boon, CaptCPMagnus Flett
Archie HooperROFred Cadham
Jack MarshallCBurke Wood
Charles LiffitonRWTony Gingras1
Jimmy GardnerLWFred Scanlan
Billy BellinghamSpareDan Bain, Capt.
Roland ElliotSpareCharles Johnston
George SmithSpare
Referee- W. MacFarlane
March 15
Montreal 5 at Winnipeg 0
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
Montreal 2 at Winnipeg 1
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

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
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

Name Club GP GA SO GAA
Billy Nicholson Montreal81521.7
Bouse Hutton Ottawa81521.7
Archie Lockerby Victorias6152.5
Paddy Moran Quebec8344.3
Fred Munro Victorias2105.0
Patrick O'Reilly Shamrocks8627.8

Scoring leaders

Name Club GP G
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

  Wingers
  Defencemen
  • Billy Bellingham (point)
  • Dickie Boon (cover point-captain)
  • Roland Elliot (point)
  • Tom Hodge (point)

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Harry Shaw (President), Clarence McKerrow (Manager-Coach)
  • Allan Cameron Jr. (Vice President), Paul Lefebvre (Trainer)
  • H. H. W. Andrews (Director)†, Charles Chitty (Director), H. Smith (Director)†, Harry Dewitt (Hon. Secretary/Treasurer).
  • † 2 executives first name remain unknown.

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See also

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

  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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