1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season
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The 1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season was the first season of play of the new Montreal Wanderers
ice hockey
club of Montreal
, Canada
. The club won the inaugural championship of the also-new Federal Amateur Hockey League
(FAHL) and challenged for the Stanley Cup
.
and the Montreal Victorias
. At the organizational meeting of December 3, 1903, the club selected its colours of red and white and selected the initial directors of the team:
The club had formed over a dispute over the control of the Montreal Hockey Club
. The Wanderers nickname was a namesake
of the Montreal Wanderers team which played in the Montreal Winter Carnival hockey tournament in 1884. The club joined with teams rejected for membership in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League
(CAHL) and helped found the Federal Amateur Hockey League
(FAHL) on December 5, 1903. Many of the early Wanderers had been members of the Montreal Hockey Club
team of 1902, which won the Stanley Cup. That team had been known as the "Little Men of Iron" because of the players' tenacity and small stature, and the nickname carried over to the new club.
Ken Mallen
started the season with Cornwall but joined the Wanderers, playing two regular season games and the Cup challenge. He would leave after the season to become a professional in the International League.
Scoring
Montreal Wanderers
The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
club of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
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. The club won the inaugural championship of the also-new Federal Amateur Hockey League
Federal Amateur Hockey League
The Federal Amateur Hockey League was a Canadian men's senior-level ice hockey league that played six seasons from 1904 to 1909. The league was formed initially to provide a league for teams not accepted by the rival Canadian Amateur Hockey League . One team, the Montreal Le National, was the first...
(FAHL) and challenged for the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
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Team business
The club was organized from players from the Montreal Hockey ClubMontreal 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...
and the 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...
. At the organizational meeting of December 3, 1903, the club selected its colours of red and white and selected the initial directors of the team:
- Honourary president: George Hodge
- Honourary vice-president: C. C. McKerrow
- President: James Strachan
- Vice-president: George Guile
- Secretary: T. J. Hodge
The club had formed over a dispute over the control of the 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...
. The Wanderers nickname was a namesake
Namesake
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of the Montreal Wanderers team which played in the Montreal Winter Carnival hockey tournament in 1884. The club joined with teams rejected for membership in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League
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) and helped found the Federal Amateur Hockey League
Federal Amateur Hockey League
The Federal Amateur Hockey League was a Canadian men's senior-level ice hockey league that played six seasons from 1904 to 1909. The league was formed initially to provide a league for teams not accepted by the rival Canadian Amateur Hockey League . One team, the Montreal Le National, was the first...
(FAHL) on December 5, 1903. Many of the early Wanderers had been members of the 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...
team of 1902, which won the Stanley Cup. That team had been known as the "Little Men of Iron" because of the players' tenacity and small stature, and the nickname carried over to the new club.
Regular season
The Wanderers, formed from players of the 1903 Stanley Cup champion Montreal Hockey Club, were the class of the league and went undefeated. Jack Marshall led the league in scoring, scoring 11 goals in six games.Ken Mallen
Ken Mallen
William Kenneth Russell "Ken" Mallen was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He won two Stanley Cups in his career, in 1910 with the Ottawa Senators, and in 1915 with the Vancouver Millionaires...
started the season with Cornwall but joined the Wanderers, playing two regular season games and the Cup challenge. He would leave after the season to become a professional in the International League.
Final standing
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| Montreal Wanderers Montreal Wanderers The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are... |
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| Ottawa Capitals Ottawa Capitals The Ottawa Capitals were an early amateur senior men's ice hockey club playing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from the 1890s until 1920. The club would challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1897, but abandon its challenge after one game, after it lost 15–2. It would later precipitate the breakup of the... |
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Results
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record |
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| Jan. | 15 | Wanderers | 5 | Cornwall | 1 | 1–0 |
| 20 | Capitals | 6 | Wanderers | 10 | 2–0 | |
| 27 | Le National | 2 | Wanderers | 4 | 3–0 | |
| Feb. | 3 | Wanderers | 7 | Le National | 3 | 4–0 |
| 18 | Cornwall | 3 | Wanderers | 8 | 5–0 | |
| 20 | Wanderers | 4 | Capitals | 3 | 6–0 | |
Player stats
Goalkeeper average| Name | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
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| Nicholson, Billy Billy Nicholson (ice hockey) Billy C. Nicholson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive. He played goaltender and was a Stanley Cup champion with the Montreal Hockey Club in 1902 as an amateur... |
6 | 18 | 0 | 3.0 |
Scoring
| Name | GP | G |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Marshall | 4 | 11 |
| "Pokey" Leahy | 5 | 7 |
| Jimmy Gardner | 6 | 5 |
| Fred Strike | 2 | 4 |
| Cecil Blachford Cecil Blachford Cecil W. Blachford was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward player who played for the Montreal Hockey Club and the Montreal Wanderers... |
5 | 4 |
| Billy Bellingham | 2 | 3 |
| Price, | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Mallen Ken Mallen William Kenneth Russell "Ken" Mallen was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He won two Stanley Cups in his career, in 1910 with the Ottawa Senators, and in 1915 with the Vancouver Millionaires... |
2 | 2 |
| Dickie Boon Dickie Boon Richard Robinson "Dickie" Boon was a Canadian ice hockey forward and manager. He played for the Montreal Hockey Club of the Canadian Amateur Hockey League and the Montreal Wanderers of the Federal Amateur Hockey League in the early 1900s... |
4 | 0 |
| Billy Strachan | 6 | 0 |
| Bert Strachan | 1 | 0 |