1900 CAHL season
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The 1900 Canadian Amateur Hockey League
(CAHL) season lasted from January 6 until March 10. Teams played an eight game schedule. Again, the Montreal Shamrocks
were the league champion with a record of seven wins and one loss.
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, goalkeeper 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.
‡ defaulted to Shamrocks
'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.
of the Halifax City Hockey League did not pose much of a threat as Montreal crushed them, 10–2 and 11–0.
Canadian Amateur Hockey League
The Canadian Amateur Hockey League was an early men's amateur hockey league founded in 1898, replacing the organization that was formerly the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada before the 1898–99 season. The league existed for seven seasons, folding in 1905 and was itself replaced by the Eastern...
(CAHL) season lasted from January 6 until March 10. Teams played an eight game schedule. Again, the Montreal Shamrocks
Montreal Shamrocks
The Montreal Shamrocks were an amateur, later professional, men's ice hockey club in existence from 1886, merging with the Montreal Crystals club in 1896. They won the Stanley Cup ice hockey championship in 1899 and 1900...
were the league champion with a record of seven wins and one loss.
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, goalkeeper 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.
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 |
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| Montreal Shamrocks Montreal Shamrocks The Montreal Shamrocks were an amateur, later professional, men's ice hockey club in existence from 1886, merging with the Montreal Crystals club in 1896. They won the Stanley Cup ice hockey championship in 1899 and 1900... |
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| Montreal Hockey Club Montreal Hockey Club The Montreal Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884. They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and used the MAAA 'winged wheel' logo. The team is notable for winning the first Stanley Cup in 1893, and in a... |
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| Ottawa Hockey Club Ottawa Senators (original) The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934... |
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| Montreal Victorias Montreal Victorias The Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was an early men's amateur ice hockey club. Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874, 1877 or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University. The club played at its own rink, the Victoria Skating... |
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| Quebec Hockey Club Quebec Bulldogs The Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played since 1880... |
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Results
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
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| Jan. | 6 | Shamrocks | 5 | Ottawa | 4 |
| 6 | Montreal | 6 | Victorias | 5 | |
| 13 | Montreal | 3 | Shamrocks | 8 | |
| 13 | Ottawa | 3 | Quebec | 2 | |
| 18 | Victorias | 4 | Shamrocks | 10 | |
| 20 | Montreal | 2 | Ottawa | 5 | |
| 20 | Quebec | 3 | Victorias | 14 | |
| 27 | Ottawa | 5 | Victorias | 3 | |
| 27 | Montreal | 8 | Quebec | 7 | |
| Feb. | 3 | Quebec | 2 | Shamrocks | 8 |
| 10 | Victorias | 1 | Ottawa | 11 | |
| 10 | Quebec | 5 | Montreal | 6 | |
| 17 | Ottawa | 0 | Montreal | 3 | |
| 24 | Quebec | 3 | Ottawa | 0 | |
| 24 | Victorias | 1 | Montreal | 3 | |
| 27 | Shamrocks | 5 | Montreal | 3 | |
| Mar. | 1 | Shamrocks | 10 | Victorias | 6 |
| 4 | Victorias | 10 | Quebec | 7 | |
| 3‡ | Ottawa | Shamrocks | |||
| 10 | Shamrocks | 3 | Quebec | 4 | |
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Goalkeeper averages
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
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| Nicholson, Billy | Montreal | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2.75 |
| Hutton, John Bouse Bouse Hutton John Bower "Bouse" Hutton was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Hockey Club. Hutton also played lacrosse as a goaltender for the Ottawa Capitals, and Canadian football as a fullback for the Ottawa Rough Riders... |
Ottawa | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2.8 |
| McKenna, James H. | Shamrocks | 7 | 26 | 0 | 3.7 |
| Munro, Fred | Montreal | 4 | 25 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Stocking, Frank S. | Quebec | 8 | 52 | 1 | 6.5 |
| Powers, | Victorias | 8 | 55 | 0 | 6.9 |
Scoring Leaders
| Name | Club | GP | G |
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| Trihey, Harry Harry Trihey Henry Judah "Flip" Trihey was a Canadian amateur ice hockey forward who played for the Montreal Shamrocks.... |
Shamrocks | 7 | 17 |
| Bowie, Russell Russell Bowie Russell G. "Russ, Dubbie" Bowie was a Canadian ice hockey player generally regarded as one of the best players of the pre-NHL era of the sport... |
Victorias | 7 | 15 |
| Christmas, Billy | Victorias | 8 | 12 |
| Stuart, Bruce Bruce Stuart Bruce Stuart was a Canadian amateur and professional ice hockey forward who played for the Quebec Bulldogs, Ottawa Senators and Montreal Wanderers from 1899 to 1911... |
Ottawa | 5 | 11 |
| Gillespie, James | Quebec | 8 | 10 |
| Farrell, Arthur | Shamrocks | 8 | 9 |
| Russell, Blair | Victorias | 7 | 9 |
| Liffiton, Charlie Charlie Liffiton Charles A. Liffiton was an early professional ice hockey player. Over the span of his career, hee played for the amateur Montreal Amateur Athletic Association , the professional Pittsburgh Bankers of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League and the Portage Lakes Hockey Club of the International... |
Montreal | 8 | 8 |
| McCarron, George | Quebec | 2 | 7 |
| Brannen, Jack | Shamrocks | 8 | 6 |
Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg
The MHAManitoba Hockey Association
The Manitoba Hockey Association was an early men's senior ice hockey league playing around 1900 in Manitoba, Canada. The league started as an elite amateur league in 1892, became professional in 1905, had a professional and an amateur league in 1908–09 and only an amateur league from 1909 until...
'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 |
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| February 12, 1900 | Winnipeg Victorias | 4 – 3 | Montreal Shamrocks | Montreal Arena Montreal Arena The Montreal Arena, also known as Westmount Arena, was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on the corner of St. Catherine Street and Wood Avenue. It was likely one of the first arenas designed expressly for hockey, opening in 1898... |
| February 14, 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | 3 – 2 | Winnipeg Victorias | |
| February 16, 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | 5 – 4 | Winnipeg Victorias | |
| Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1 | ||||
| Winnipeg | 4 | at | Shamrocks | 3 | |
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| George Merritt | G | James H. McKenna | |||
| Rod Flett | P | Frank Tansey | |||
| Charles Johnston | CP | Frank Wall | |||
| Tony Gingras | 1 | F | Arthur Farrell | ||
| Dan Bain | 2 | F | Jack P. Brannen | ||
| W. N. Roxborough | 1 | F | Harry Trihey | 2 | |
| Colin "Tote" Campbell | F | Fred Scanlon | 1 | ||
| Referee - H. Baird Umpires - Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking |
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| Winnipeg | 2 | at | Shamrocks | 3 | |
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| GeorgeMerritt | G | James H. McKenna | |||
| Rod Flett | P | Frank Tansey | |||
| Charles Johnston | 1 | CP | Frank Wall | ||
| Tony Gingras | F | Arthur Farrell | |||
| Dan Bain | F | Jack P. Brannen | 1 | ||
| W. N. Roxborough | F | Harry Trihey | 2 | ||
| Colin "Tote" Campbell | 1 | F | Fred Scanlon | ||
| Referee - H. Baird Umpires - Clarence McKerrow, W. Christmas |
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| Winnipeg | 4 | at | Shamrocks | 5 | |
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| George Merritt | G | James H. McKenna | |||
| Rod Flett | P | Frank Tansey | |||
| Charles Johnston | CP | Frank Wall | |||
| Tony Gingras | 1 | F | Arthur Farrell | 2 | |
| Dan Bain | 2 | F | Jack P. Brannen | ||
| W.N. Roxborough | 1 | F | Harry Trihey | 3 | |
| Colin "Tote" Campbell | F | Fred Scanlon | |||
| Referee - H. Baird|- | |||||
Shamrocks vs. Halifax
In March, the Shamrocks then received another challenge for the Cup. However, the Halifax CrescentsHalifax Crescents
The Halifax Crescents were an early amateur and later, professional ice hockey team operating in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The team operated in several leagues, gone defunct and been resurrected. The original club challenged for the Stanley Cup in 1900...
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 |
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| March 5, 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | 10 – 2 | Halifax Crescents | Montreal Arena Montreal Arena The Montreal Arena, also known as Westmount Arena, was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on the corner of St. Catherine Street and Wood Avenue. It was likely one of the first arenas designed expressly for hockey, opening in 1898... |
| March 7, 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | 11 – 0 | Halifax Crescents | |
| Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0 | ||||
| Halifax | 2 | at | Shamrocks | 10 | |
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| Bishop | G | James H. McKenna | |||
| Kane | P | Frank Tansey | |||
| Mullane | CP | Frank Wall | 3 | ||
| Crockett | 1 | F | Arthur Farrell | 4 | |
| Ryan | F | Jack P. Brannen | 1 | ||
| Maher | 1 | F | Harry Trihey | 2 | |
| McInnes | F | Fred Scanlon | |||
| Referee - H. Baird | |||||
| Halifax | 0 | at | Shamrocks | 11 | |
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| Bishop | G | James H. McKenna | |||
| Kane | P | Frank Tansey | |||
| Mullane | CP | Frank Wall | 1 | ||
| Crockett | F | Arthur Farrell | 4 | ||
| Ryan | F | Jack P. Brannen | 2 | ||
| Maher | F | Harry Trihey | 3 | ||
| McInnes | F | Fred Scanlon | 1 | ||
| Referee - H. Baird | |||||