1907 ECAHA season

Ice hockey league season of play February 2012 March 2026 1907 ECAHA season Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association Ice hockey January 3 – March 10, 1907 6 1907 Montreal Wanderers Champions Ernie Russell (42 goals) Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association ECAHA 1906 ECAHA season 1906 1907–08 ECAHA season 1908 The 1907 ECAHA season was the second season of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA). Teams played a ten-game schedule. The Montreal Wanderers lost the Stanley Cup to the Kenora Thistles of the Manitoba Hockey Association mid-season, but went undefeated in the regular season to win the league championship. They proceeded to defeat Kenora in a two-game total goals series to win back the Cup. League business Executive Fred McRobie (President) Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Ottawa (1st Vice-President) Gordon Blair, Quebec (2nd Vice-President) Emmett Quinn, Shamrocks (Secretary-Treasurer) Nationals and Grand Trunk applied for franchises but did not get three-fourths approval. Rule changes Teams could have professionals as well as amateurs After a puck strikes a goalie, the rebound could now be played by the defending team without it being called offside A player injured in the first half can sit for ten minutes and the other team has to take off a player. Regular season Frank McGee of Ottawa retired to pursue his government career. The Wanderers added two professionals, Riley Hern from the Portage Lake-Houghton pros and Hod Stuart from the Pittsburgh pros. Prior to the season, Ottawa travelled to Winnipeg for a series of exhibition games against Manitoba league teams including the Kenora Thistles, who then came east to play a challenge in Montreal.The Globe January 1, 1907 Kenora Didn't Stay 11 The Montreal Victorias hosted the St. Nicholas Hockey Club from New York in an exhibition on December 22, 1906, defeating them 16–3.Montreal Gazette 2 Vics Showed Class Highlights A major battle took place for the game between the Senators and Wanderers on January 12. Stick work was the order of the day as Charles Spittal of Ottawa knocked Cecil Blachford in the head, Alf Smith hit Hod Stuart in the head and Harry Smith broke Ernie Johnson's nose. The Wanderers would still win, 4–2. After the game, a special league meeting was called to hand out discipline, with Victorias and Wanderers wanting Spittal and Alf Smith suspended for the season. The players were not suspended, leading the league president Mr. McRobie to resign, leaving Darcy McGee to take over as president. On the next visit of the Ottawa team to Montreal, to play the Victorias, the three Ottawa players were arrested by Montreal police. Eventually Alf Smith and Spittal were fined $20 for their actions and Harry Smith was found not guilty. The scoring championship was close, with Ernie Russell of the Wanderers placing first with 42 goals in 9 games, and Russell Bowie scoring 38 in 10 games. 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 Wanderers 10 10 0 0 105 39 Ottawa Hockey Club 10 7 3 0 76 54 Montreal Victorias 10 6 4 0 101 70 Montreal Hockey Club 10 3 7 0 58 83 Quebec Hockey Club 10 2 8 0 62 88 Montreal Shamrocks 10 2 8 0 52 120 Results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Jan. 2 Wanderers 6 Victorias 5 (OT 10') 5 Montreal HC 5 Shamrocks 3 5 Quebec HC 1 Ottawa HC 6 9 Wanderers 6 Montreal HC 3 12 Ottawa HC 2 Wanderers 4 12 Victorias 10 Quebec HC 1 16 Victorias 16 Shamrocks 3 19 Shamrocks 2 Ottawa HC 6 19 Quebec HC 8 Montreal HC 15 23 Victorias 12 Montreal HC 6 26 Ottawa HC 12 Victorias 10 26 Wanderers 11 Quebec HC 3 30 Shamrocks 5 Montreal HC 3 Feb. 2 Montreal HC 2 Ottawa HC 5 2 Quebec HC 8 Shamrocks 11 6 Wanderers 5 Victorias 2 9 Ottawa HC 5 Quebec HC 4 (OT 2') 9 Montreal HC 3 Wanderers 16 13 Shamrocks 7 Victorias 19 16 Victorias 7 Ottawa HC 16 16 Quebec HC 5 Wanderers 13 19 Shamrocks 5 Wanderers 18 23 Ottawa HC 12 Shamrocks 6 23 Montreal HC 5 Quebec HC 9 27 Montreal HC 8 Victorias 13 Mar. 2† Wanderers 10 Ottawa HC 6 2 Quebec HC 6 Victorias 7 6 Shamrocks 5 Wanderers 16 9 Ottawa HC 6 Montreal HC 8 9 Shamrocks 5 Quebec HC 17 † Wanderers clinch league championship. Player statistics Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored Name Club GP G Ernie Russell Wanderers 9 42 Russell Bowie Victorias 10 38 Blair Russell Victorias 10 25 Harry Smith Ottawa HC 9 21 Grover Sargent Montreal HC 10 20 Chandler Hale Victorias 7 18 Alf Smith Ottawa HC 9 17 Hamby Shore Ottawa HC 10 17 Ernie Johnson Montreal HC 10 15 Charles Constantine Quebec HC 7 15 Goaltending averages Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAA Riley Hern Wanderers 10 39 3.9 Percy LeSueur Ottawa HC 10 54 5.4 Nathan Frye Victorias 10 70 7.0 Charles Doddridge Quebec HC 4 30 7.5 George White Montreal HC 10 83 8.3 Paddy Moran Quebec HC 6 58 9.7 Neil Currie Shamrocks 10 120 12.0 Stanley Cup challenges The 1907 season had two Stanley Cup champions, Montreal Wanderers and Kenora Thistles. Wanderers vs. New Glasgow at Montreal The Wanderers played one Stanley Cup challenge before the season, defeating the New Glasgow Cubs in a two-game series 10–3, 7–2, December 27–29, 1906. This was the first series in which professional players played for the Stanley Cup, as the Wanderers and other teams in the ECAHA were starting to mix amateurs with pros in their squads. Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location December 27, 1906 Montreal Wanderers 10–3 New Glasgow Cubs Montreal Arena December 29, 1906 Montreal Wanderers 7–2 New Glasgow CubsMontreal wins total goals series 17 goals to 5. New Glasgow Cubs 3 Montreal Wanderers 10+ December 27, 1906 Frank Morrison G William "Riley" Hern James Musick P Billy Strachan Evan MacMillan CP Rod Kennedy Jack Marks 2 RO Lester Patrick 3 Jack McDonald 1 C Frank "Pud" Glass 4 Jimmy Williams LW Ernie "Moose" Johnson Bill Lannon RW Ernie Russell 3 Percy MacDonald Spare Cecil Blachford, Capt James Murphy Spare Hod Stuart Referees Howard, Russell Bowie New Glasgow Cubs 2 Montreal Wanderers 7+ December 29, 1906 Frank Morrison G William "Riley" Hern Jack McDonald 1 P Billy Strachan Percy McDonald CP Rod Kennedy 1 Bill Lannon RO Lester Patrick 3 Jimmy Williams C Frank "Pud" Glass 1 James Murphy 1 LW Ernie "Moose" Johnson 2 James Musick RW Cecil Blachford, Capt Evan MacMillan Spare Hod Stuart Jack Marks Spare Ernie Russell Referees Howard, Russell Bowie Wanderers vs. Kenora at Montreal The Wanderers played one Stanley Cup challenge during the season, losing to the Kenora Thistles 2–4, 6–8 on January 17–21. Aided by future Hockey Hall of Famers Joe Hall, Tom Hooper, Tommy Phillips, and Art Ross, the Thistles came away with 4–2 and 8–6 victories for a combined score of 12–8 to win a two-game total goals series. Hall and Ross were borrowed from the Brandon Wheat City team. For Montreal, these were their first games after their donnybrook with Ottawa on January 12. Centre Cecil Blachford, who had been knocked out in the Ottawa game, did not play. Johnson and Stuart, who had required hospitalization, did play. Ernie Russell substituted for Blachford. Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location January 17, 1907 Kenora Thistles 4–2 Montreal WanderersMontreal Arena January 21, 1907 Kenora Thistles 8–6 Montreal WanderersKenora wins total goals series 12 goals to 8 Montreal Wanderers 2 Kenora Thistles 4+ January 17, 1907 William "Riley" Hern G Eddie Giroux Billy Strachan P Art Ross Hod Stuart CP Si Griffis Lester Patrick, Capt. RO Tom Hooper Ernie Russell 2 C Billy McGimsie Frank "Pud" Glass RW Roxy Beaudro Ernie "Moose" Johnson LW Tommy Phillips, Capt. 4 Jack Marshall sub Rod Kennedy spare Joe Hall Bill Chipchase spare Russell Phillips Referees Bob Meldrum, Russell Bowie Source: Ottawa CitizenOttawa Citizen January 18, 1907 8 Kenora Triumphed Over Wanderers https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XFouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3tgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6726%2C1191479 Montreal Wanderers 6 Kenora Thistles 8+ January 21, 1907 William "Riley" Hern G Eddie Giroux Rod Kennedy P Art Ross Hod Stuart CP Si Griffis Lester Patrick, Capt 3 RO Tom Hooper 3 Ernie Russell 2 C Billy McGimsie 1 Frank "Pud" Glass RW Roxy Beaudro 1 Ernie "Moose" Johnson LW Tommy Phillips, Capt. 3 Jack Marshall 1 sub Billy Strachan spare Joe Hall Bill Chipchase spare Russell Phillips Referees Chittick, Shea Source: Ottawa CitizenOttawa Citizen https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X1ouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3tgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6789%2C1476031 January 22, 1907 Kenora Thistles Defeat Wanderers And Stanley Cup Goes West Again 8 After the series, the Thistles played an exhibition game in Ottawa on January 23. The Thistles lost 8–3 to Ottawa. Harry Smith scored four goals and Harry Westwick scored three for Ottawa.Ottawa Journal January 24, 1907 2 Ottawas Won From Thistles In this game Billy McGimsie suffered a career-ending shoulder injury.http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196214&page=bio&list=ByName Billy McGimsie biography Hockey Hall of Fame January 11, 2013 Brandon Wheat City vs. Kenora Thistles at Winnipeg After returning home, Kenora had played the balance of the MPHL season. Montreal Wanderers won the ECAHA regular-season champions and challenged to regain the Stanley Cup. Challenge was excepted. However Brandon and Kenora finished tied for first in the Manitoba League. So a best of three game series was upset to see who the Manitoba League Champion and who defended the cup again the Montreal Wanderers. After losing McGimsie, Si Griffis and Tom Hooper also went down to injury. Kenora signed three players to bolster its team: Alf Smith and Rat Westwick of Ottawa, and Fred Whitcroft of Peterborough to finish the season. (All three were future Hall of Fame inductees.) By the time of the MPHL playoff, Stanley Cup trustee William Foran notified Kenora that Smith and Westwick were ineligible for the challenge. Playoff Kenora would play and win the MPHL playoff against Brandon to successfully defend the Cup, winning a best-of-three series 2–0. Hall and Ross played for Brandon in the series, while Smith, Westwick and Whitcroft played for the Thistles. At the time of the series, the acting Stanley Cup trustee William Foran had already declared Smith and Westwick ineligible for the challenge series. After the series was over, the Manitoba League registered their disapproval over Mr. Foran's decision to exclude the players.The Protest From Kenora The Globe 9 March 19, 1907 Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location March 16, 1907 Kenora Thistles 8–6 Brandon Wheat City Winnipeg Auditorium March 18, 1907 Kenora Thistles 4–1 Brandon Wheat CityKenora wins series 2–0 Brandon Wheat City 6 Kenora Thistles 8+ March 16, 1907 Bobby Mercer G Eddie Geroux Art Leader P Roxy Beaudro Art Ross CP Si Griffis George Smith RO Harry Westwick Joe Hall Capt. C Fred Whitcroft Walter Bellamy RW Alf Smith Jack Fraser LW Tommy Phillips, Capt. Art Serviss -RW spare Tom Hopper -R0/D Roy Amrstrong -D spare Russell Phillips -RW/LW Brandon Wheat City 1 Kenora Thistles 4+ March 18, 1907 Bobby Mercer G Eddie Geroux Art Leader P Roxy Beaudro Art Ross CP Si Griffis George Smith RO Harry Westwick Joe Hall Capt. C Fred Whitecorft Walter Bellamy RW Alf Smith Jack Fraser LW Tommy Phillips, Capt. Art Serviss -RW spare Tom Hopper -R0/D Roy Armstrong -D spare Russell Phillips -RW/LW - Goal scorers in both games are unknown. Montreal Wanderers vs. Kenora Thistles at Winnipeg thumb|right|Wanderers players and team officials in Winnipeg for challenge|alt=Several rows of men, some wearing hockey uniforms, the others in overcoats and top hats. Kenora dressed Smith and Westwick for the challenge anyway and Montreal filed a protest with Foran. Foran ruled that both players were ineligible. The series was supposed to start on March 20 in Kenora but did not. One report was that the ice in the rink was too poor to play on and the rink was closed.Ottawa Citizen March 21, 1907 No Stanley Cup Game At Kenora Last Night 5 The clubs went ahead and started the series on March 23 in Winnipeg instead, with Smith and Westwick playing. Foran was notified by the press (inaccurately) that Montreal had dropped its protest and that the clubs intended to play anyway. Foran threatened to take the Cup back to Ottawa: If the two clubs ignore the instructions of the cup trustees by mutually agreeing to play against Westwick and Smith when both were positively informed these men were ineligible to participate in the present cup matches, the series will be treated as void, and the cup will be taken charge of by the trustees. It will remain in their possession till the various hockey leagues can educate themselves up to a standard where decent sport will be the order of the day.”The Globe March 25, 1907 Never Too Late to Mend 9 The teams went ahead and played the series. However, Foran changed his mind after the Wanderers won the Cup, stating that the Wanderers could keep the Cup, because they had not rescinded their protest.The Globe March 26, 1907 The News of Sport 9 After the series, the Wanderers returned to Montreal with the Stanley Cup. The Cup was stolen from Montreal photographer Jimmy Rice's home and held for ransom. No ransom was paid, and the Cup was returned to Rice. It was used as a geranium planter until the fall.Montreal Gazette http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=669f52ee-3cdc-4cb2-add6-8c0376be3fbf&k=7939 It was butchery, not sport, in Westmount Canada.com December 4, 2009 January 12, 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121024194743/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=669f52ee-3cdc-4cb2-add6-8c0376be3fbf&k=7939 October 24, 2012 Date Winning Team Score Losing Team LocationMarch 23, 1907Montreal Wanderers7–2Kenora ThistlesWinnipeg AuditoriumMarch 25, 1907Kenora Thistles6–5Montreal WanderersMontreal wins total goals series 12 goals to 8 Montreal Wanderers 7 Kenora Thistles 2+ March 23, 1907 William "Riley" Hern G Eddie Giroux Lester Patrick, Capt. P Tom Hooper Hod Stuart CP Si Griffis Frank "Pud" Glass 2 RO Harry Westwick Ernie Russell 4 C Fred Whitecroft Cecil Blachford RW Alf Smith 1 Ernie "Moose" Johnson 1 LW Tommy Phillips, Capt. 1 Bill Chipchase spare Roxy Beaudro Rod Kennedy spare Russell Phillips Referee W. MacFarlane Referee Biily Kean Montreal Wanderers 5 Kenora Thistles 6+ March 25, 1907 William "Riley" Hern G Eddie Giroux Lester Patrick, Capt. 1 P Roxy Beaudro 1 Hod Stuart CP Si Griffis 1 Frank "Pud" Glass 1 RO Harry Westwick Ernie Russell 1 C Fred Whitecroft 2 Cecil Blachford RW Alf Smith 1 Ernie "Moose' Johnson 2 LW Tommy Phillips, Capt. 1 Rod Kennedy spare Russell Phillips Bill Chipchase spare Tom Hooper Referee W. MacFarlane Referee Billy Kean Stanley Cup engravings The 1907 Stanley Cup was presented twice by the trophy's trustee William Foran: first to the Kenora Thistles, and then to the Montreal Wanderers. While the Wanderers followed the tradition of having the names of all of their players engraved on the outside of the Cup, the Thistles only had their team name engraved on the inside of the bowl. + 1907 Kenora Thistles Players Forwards Billy McGimsie (center) Harry Westwick (rover) † ‡ Fred Whitcroft(rover) † ‡ Rocque Roxy Beaudro (right wing-point) Tom Phillips (left wing-Captain) Russell Phillips (left-right wing) Alf Smith (right wing) Defencemen Tom Hooper(point-rover) Art Ross(point) †† Silas Griffis (cover point) Joe Hall(Cover point did not play) Goaltender Eddie Giroux † Not part of the team when Kenora won the Stanley Cup in January 1907. Harry Westwick, Fred Whitcroft, and Alf Smith joined the team in March 1907 to play against the Brandon Wheat City in two playoff games. They also played in Stanley Cup loss to the Montreal Wanderers. †† Left the team after winning the Stanley Cup, Art Ross, and Joe Hall and returned to play for Brandon. Kenora defeated Brandon in 2 game playoff for the Manitoba League Title/Stanley Cup. Ross & Hall played for Brandon in that series. ‡ Missing from the team picture. non-players = Fred Hudson (Manager), James Link (Coach/Trainer) John McGillvary (Secretary/Treasurer), Lowrey Johnson (President)& engraving-notes = Kenora engraved their team name inside the bowl lip of the Stanley Cup. 1907 Thistles of Kenora.[Podnieks] right|thumb|Close-up of bowl portion of Stanley Cup featuring Wanderers' names + 1907 Montreal Wanderers Players Forwards Frank "Pud" Glass (Rover also played wing) Ernie Liffiton (also played wing) Cecil Blachford (right wing-Playing-Coach) † Jack Marshall (center) Ernie "Moose" Johnson (left wing) Ernie Russell (right wing-center) Thomas Erskine (Spare) ‡ Defencemen Rod Kennedy(Point) Billy Strachan(point) Lester Patrick (cover point-rover-Captain) Hod Stuart(cover point) William "Bill" Chipchase (spare) †† Goaltender William "Riley" Hern † Cecil Blachford served as Coach when he missed part of season due to a head injury. Lester Patrick filled in as Captain. †† Who was MR. Chipcase?. He was William "Bill" Chipcase. W was stamped upside down, looking like a Mr. Chipcase. He was the first player to have his name spelled wrong on the Stanley Cup. Chipcase and Erskine were spares who did not play for Montreal in 1907. William Chipcase's name was included on the Stanley Cup, but not Thomas Erskine's. Chipchase did play one game for the Stanley Cup-winning Wanderers in 1910. ‡ On the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup non-players = James Strachan (President), Clarence McKerrow (Hon. President) Dickie Boon (Manager), George Guile (Secretary/Treasurer) Tom Hodge (Hon. Secretary), William Jennings (Vice President) Robert "Bob" Stephanson (Hon. Treasurer), Robert "Bob" Ahern (Hon. Vice President) Bert Strachan (Director), Filbert Strachan‡ (Director). H. Watson (Director)‡, Paul Lefebvre (Trainer - On the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup) engraving-notes = Montreal Wanderers engraved Wanderers defeated Kenora 12 to 8 on March 25th, 1907. This was followed by 20 members' names inside the bowl of the Stanley Cup. This is the first time that winning members were officially engraved on the Stanley Cup. Team picture included 9 players in uniform, 15 men in suits. Not all members are known. After the season, the Stanley Cup was stolen from Montreal photographer Jimmy Rice's home after a team picture. When no one would pay a ransom for it, the Cup was left on Rice's doorstep, and his wife used it as a window-sill geranium planter until the fall. Two names, that of S. Van Sickle and H. L. Linall were ratched onto the Cup that season.Shea and Wilson(2006), pg. 429 See also 1906–07 MPHL season Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association List of pre-NHL seasons List of ice hockey leagues List of Stanley Cup champions References Citations Sources Coleman Charles L. The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. 1966 NHL Podnieks, Andrew: Lord Stanley Cup, Fenn Publishing Company, 2004 Shea Kevin Wilson John Jason Lord Stanley: The Man Behind the Cup 2006 Fenn Publishing Company, Ltd. 1-55168-281-8 Adams, Trevor J.: Long Shots, Nimbus Publishing, 2012 Montreal WanderersMarch 1907 Montreal WanderersMarch 1906 Kenora ThistlesStanley Cup Champions January 1907 Kenora ThistlesJanuary 1907 Montreal Wanderers1908 Montreal WanderersStanley Cup Champions March 1907 1906 ECAHA season 1907–08 ECAHA season ECAHA seasons 1907 ECHA season Category:Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association seasons