1895 AHAC season

Ice hockey season October 2024 October 2024 1895 AHAC season Amateur Hockey Association of Canada Ice hockey January 3 – March 8, 1895 5 1895 Montreal Victorias Champions Amateur Hockey Association of Canada AHAC 1894 AHAC season 1894 1896 AHAC season 1896 thumb|right|295px|Ottawa HC in 1895. The 1895 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season lasted from January 3 until March 8. Each team played 8 games, and Montreal Victorias were first with a 6–2–0 record. After a required Stanley Cup challenge played between the 1894 winners, Montreal HC and Queen's, champion of the Ontario Hockey Association, the Victorias inherited the Stanley Cup as league champions. Executive Watson Jack, Victorias (President) A. Laurie, Quebec (1st. Vice-Pres.) Weldy Young, Ottawa (2nd. Vice-Pres.) J. A. Findlay, Montreal (Sec.-Treasurer) Regular season Highlights The Crystals suffered three straight defeats to open the season. After this, they decided independently to merge with the Montreal Shamrocks. On February 2, this new team defeated Quebec 2–1. The game was protested by Quebec and the result was cancelled and not replayed. Another game involving Quebec was noteworthy, on February 23 against Ottawa, won by Ottawa 3–2. The game, played at Quebec, was very rough and the crowd became hostile towards the visitors. At the end of the match, the crowd pursued referee Hamilton and Umpire Findlay as they left the arena, and dragged them back to force them to declare the game a draw. Police were called to break up the demonstration. Subsequent to the match, the AHAC decided to suspend the Quebec hockey club for the rest of the season. Final Standing Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Team GP W L T GF GA Montreal Victorias 8 6 2 0 35 20 Montreal Hockey Club 8 4 4 0 33 22 Ottawa Hockey Club 8 4 4 0 25 24 Montreal Crystals/Montreal Shamrocks 7 3 4 0 21 39 Quebec Hockey Club 7 2 5 0 18 27 Results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Jan. 3 Crystals 2 Victorias 7 5 Montreal HC 2 Quebec HC 4 5 Crystals 1 Ottawa HC 9 11 Montreal HC 9 Crystals 1 12 Ottawa HC 1 Victorias 5 19 Ottawa HC 2 Montreal HC 3 19 Victorias 3 Quebec HC 4 26 Quebec HC 0 Ottawa HC 1 26 Victorias 0 Montreal HC 5 Feb. 2 (†) Crystals 2 Quebec 1 9 Quebec HC 3 Montreal HC 6 16 Montreal HC 3 Ottawa 4 (OT 12') 16 Quebec HC 2 Victorias 8 23 Ottawa HC 3 Quebec HC 2 23 Montreal HC 2 Victorias 4 27 (‡) Quebec HC 3 Crystals 4 Mar. 2 Crystals 4 Montreal HC 3 2 Victorias 3 Ottawa HC 2 6 (₳) Ottawa HC 3 Crystals 7 8 Victorias 5 Crystals 2 † Game void following protest by Quebec over Crystals use of ineligible players ‡ Quebec team suspended after attack on officials after game of February 23 ₳ Victorias clinch league championship Player Stats Leading scorers Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored Name Club GP G Haviland Routh Montreal HC 8 19 Norman Rankin Victorias 8 11 Albert E. Swift Quebec HC 6 10 Herbert Russell Ottawa HC 8 10 Robert MacDougall Victorias 8 10 Graham Drinkwater Victorias 8 9 Fairbairn Crystals 5 6 Archie Hodgson Montreal HC 6 6 Chauncey Kirby Ottawa HC 7 5 Alf Smith Ottawa HC 8 5 Source Coleman(1966) pp. 22–24. Goaltending averages Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAA Hartland McDougall* Victorias 1 1 1.0 Robert Jones Victorias 4 8 2.0 Jim Fenwick Victorias 1 2 2.0 Herbert Collins Montreal HC 8 22 1 2.7 Fred Chittick Ottawa HC 6 18 1 3.0 Harry Westwick Ottawa HC 2 6 3.0 James "Shiner" White Crystals 1 4 3.7 Frank Stocking Quebec HC 7 27 3.9 Hartland McDougall * Victorias 2 9 4.5 H. Lyons Crystals 2 16 8.0 Note: Although A. Mcdougall is recorded in most hockey sources*Diamond Dan Total Stanley Cup 2008 Total Sports Canada Toronto 978-1-892129-07-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse as to playing goal for the Montreal Victorias on January 12, 1895, and allowing one goal only, primary sourcing can show that Hartland MacDougall actually played goal for the Vics between January 12 and January 26Globe and Mail January 14th 1895 before being replaced by Robert Jones. Stanley Cup challenges Montreal vs. Queen's On March 8, 1895, the Montreal Victorias won the 1895 AHAC title, finishing the season with a 6–2 record. Under the Stanley Cup rules, the team would also be awarded the Stanley Cup as league champions. However, the trustees ruled that a challenge between the previous year's champion Montreal HC and the squad from Queen's University, the champions of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), would have to be played first to determine if the Cup remained with the AHAC. Thus, it was decided that if the Montreal HC won the challenge match, the Victorias would become the Stanley Cup champions. The Montreal HC would eventually win the game, 5–1, and their crosstown rivals were crowned the champions. Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location March 9, 1895 Montreal Hockey Club 5–1 Queen's University Victoria RinkMontreal Victorias wins the Cup based on winning the AHAC title,and Montreal HC defeating Queen's University Billy Barlow, the star player of Montreal was not able to play and Clarence McKerrow took his place. McKerrow had not played any games for Montreal, and could be considered a ringer, but there was no protest from Queen's. The Queen's team, although described as looking fast in their tiger jerseys, were no match for Montreal and the game proved uninteresting.Colman (1966), pg.24. Randy McLennan of Queen's would later play for Dawson City Nuggets in their 1905 challenge series against Ottawa. +Queen's U at Montreal Queens U. 1 Montreal HC 5 Robert Carroll Hiscock G Herbert Collins Guy Curtis P Frank Bickerdike Fenwick Taylor CP Allan Cameron Arthur Breden Cunningham F Clare Mussen 1 George McKay 1 F Clarence McKerrow 1 Randy McLennan F Haviland Routh 2George Forrest Weatherhead F Archie Hodgson 1 Referee—F. C. Chittick Umpires—Fred McRobie and Alex Robertson Source Coleman(1966) pp. 24–25 Stanley Cup engravings While the Montreal Hockey Club won its challenge 5–1, it was not presented with the Stanley Cup. Players+ 1895 Montreal Hockey Club Forwards Charles Archibald Billy Barlow Norman Dawes Archie Hodgson Clarence McKerrow Aubrey Mussen Haviland Routh Defencemen Frank Bickerdike (point) Allan Cameron Jr. (cover point) George James (cover point) Clare Mussen (point) Goaltender Herbert Collins Players+ 1895 Montreal Victorias Forwards Graham Drinkwater (rover) Shirley Davidson ^ Robert MacDougall ^ Norman Rankin ^ Defencemen Mike Grant (cover point) Captain Howard Henderson (point) Roland Elliot (point) William Pullan (point) Goaltender Robert Jones Jim Fenwick @ Hartland MacDougall @ & Unknown first name. ^ Unknown who played Centre, Right Wing and Left Wing, so the players are listed as forwards @ Missing from the team picture non-players= Watson Jack (President) Fred Meredith (Hon. President) P.M. Desterneck (Secretary/Treasurer) George R. Hooper (Director) On-team program - Mr. T.P. Howard, Mr. A.G. Robertson, Mr. W.L. Jamieson, Mr. Frank Howard Wilson (Executives), Mr. W.D. Stephen (Vice President), but missing from the Stanley Cup winning picture. engraving-notes= 1895 MONTREAL VICTORIAS Jim Fenwick would leave the team at the end of the season. Some sources say A. MacDougall and Hartland MacDougall each played one game in goal. There no official records of an A. MacDougall ever played hockey for the Montreal Victorias. So it was most likely that Hartland played both games, and an H just looked like an A. (page 22, 24 Trail of Stanley Cup Vol 1., by Charles Coleman) .Social and Personal The Metropolitan (Montreal). May 4, 1895. See also List of pre-NHL seasons List of Stanley Cup champions References Bibliography Coleman, Charles L. The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. 1966 Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. 978-1-55168-261-7 Notes Montreal HC1894 Winnipeg VictoriasFebruary 1896 Montreal VictoriasStanley Cup Champions 1895 1894 AHAC season 1896 AHAC season AHAC seasons 1895 Category:Amateur Hockey Association of Canada seasons AHAC