1901–02 WPHL season

August 2023 1901–02 WPHL season Western Pennsylvania Hockey League Ice hockey 3 Regular season Pittsburgh Keystones (1st title) 1902–03 1900–01 thumb|Keystones, league champions The 1901–02 WPHL season was the fifth season of operation for the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. Three Pittsburgh-area teams competed in the season, in which all games were played at the Duquesne Garden. The season concluded with the Pittsburgh Keystones having the best record in the league and being named league champions. It would be the team's only league title. In the summer of 1902 Keystones' player Harry Peel admitted that he was paid $35 a week to play in the league. According to Peel "[The Keystones] make no bones whatever about paying men. If they do not pay them, they give them fake positions." Peel was later suspended by the Ontario Hockey Association and his appeal was rejected on December 10, 1903, and again on November 30, 1904. However, by the 1902–03 season the WPHL, was known as a fully professional league. Season Final standings Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PTS = Points Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Pittsburgh Keystones 14 9 5 0 42 32 18 Pittsburgh Athletic Club 14 8 6 0 46 28 16 Pittsburgh Bankers 14 4 10 0 27 55 8 Results Month Day Team Score Team Score 1900 November 29 Bankers 3 Keystones 2 December 3 Keystones 4 Pittsburgh AC 3 6 Pittsburgh AC 5 Bankers 3 10 Bankers 5 Keystones 3 13 Keystones 5 Pittsburgh AC 1 17 Bankers 3 Pittsburgh AC 0 24 Keystones 3 Pittsburgh AC 2 27 Bankers 2 Pittsburgh AC 1 31 Keystones 2 Bankers 1 1901 January 14 Pittsburgh AC 5 Bankers 1 17 Pittsburgh AC 3 Keystones 2 21 Keystones 6 Bankers 2 28 Keystones 1 Pittsburgh AC 0 31 Keystones 3 Bankers 1 February 4 Pittsburgh AC 1 Bankers 0 11 Pittsburgh AC 3 Keystones 2 18 Keystones 4 Bankers 1 25 Pittsburgh AC 7 Bankers 1 28 Keystones 5 Bankers 3 March 4 Pittsburgh AC 4 Keystones 0 7 Pittsburgh AC 11 Bankers 1 References Early Professional, Early Senior WHA and Modern Minor Professional League Standings Total Hockey Fitzsimmons Ernie Diamond Dan 2000 Total Sport Publishing 1-892129-85-X 414–432 1900–01 1902–03 WPHL seasons 1901–02 Category:Western Pennsylvania Hockey League seasons WPHL