1888–89 AHAC season

March 2026 1888–89 AHAC season Amateur Hockey Association of Canada Ice hockey December 15, 1888 – March 27, 1889 6 1888–89 Montreal Hockey Club Champions Amateur Hockey Association of Canada AHAC 1888 AHAC season 1888 1890 AHAC season 1890 The 1888–89 AHAC season was the third season of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada. Play was in challenges and started on December 15, 1888. The Montreal Hockey Club would win the final challenge of the season against the Montreal Victorias to win the Canadian championship for the second season in a row. League business The annual meeting of the Amateur Hockey Association was held in the Victoria Skating Rink, Montreal, on November 16, 1888. Representatives from most of the hockey clubs were present. The election for the ensuing year resulted as follows:Kitchen 2000 12 President, Mr. J. Stewart; first vice-president, A. Shearer; second vice-president, D. B. Holden; secretary-treasurer, A. Hodgson. Council — H. Kinghorn (McGill), S. Lee (Crystal), T. Arnton (Victoria), A. C. Higginson (Montreal). Rule changes The league reverted to the challenge system, hoping to attract teams from outside Montreal. Quebec would return to play in the AHAC. The number of games was reduced to only four.Kitchen 2000 12 The league adopted a rule where the placement of the 'bully' or faceoff, could be played at the point of infringement, or at the point of play stoppage, at the choice of the captain of the offended team after a rules infraction.Kitchen 2000 12 Regular season This season saw two teams from outside of Montreal and Ottawa to make challenges. Halifax(Dartmouth) had not challenged for the national championships before, while Quebec had played in the Montreal tournaments. McGill did not return to mount a challenge this year. Ottawa did not play a challenge, but did play an exhibition against the Montreal Hockey Club in Ottawa.Kitchen 2008 40 Halifax Chebuctos would play two games in Montreal, both played half under "Montreal rules", half under "Halifax rules". Halifax would lose 6–1 to Montreal and 4–1 to Crystals. Both games were played at the Crystal Palace skating rink.Fitsell 1987 43–47 The two games are recorded in the overall record. The Chebuctos would play two games against Quebec, losing 8–0 and 5–1.Fitsell 1987 48 Overall record Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Team GP W L T GF GA Montreal Hockey Club 7 6 1 0 26 9 Montreal Crystals 6 3 3 0 17 16 Montreal Victorias 3 1 2 0 7 11 Quebec Hockey Club 1 0 1 0 2 3 McGill University 1 0 1 0 4 8 Halifax Chebuctos 2 0 2 0 2 10 Results Date Visitor Score Home Score Location Exhibition play Dec. 15 Montreal HC 3 Victorias 1 Victoria Rink Jan. 11 Crystals 8 McGill 4 Crystal Rink Jan. 18 Montreal HC 2 Crystals 1 Crystal Rink Jan. 31 Victorias 5 Crystals 2 Crystal Rink Feb. 25 Montreal HC 6 Chebuctos 1 Crystal Rink Feb. 27 Crystals 4 Chebuctos 1 Crystal Rink Carnival Series Feb. 4 Victorias 1 Montreal HC 1 Victoria Rink Feb. 9 Crystals 7 McGill 3 Victoria Rink Feb. 18 Victorias 3 Crystals 2 Victoria Rink AHAC Challenge play Feb. 2 Crystals 3 Montreal HC 2 Crystal Rink Mar. 1 Montreal HC 4 Crystals 0 Crystal Rink Mar. 7 Montreal HC 3 Quebec HC 2 Crystal Rink Mar. 12 Montreal HC 6 Victorias 1 Crystal Rink Player Stats Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored Name Club GP G Archie McNaughton Montreal HC 5 7 Archie Hodgson Montreal HC 5 6 Sam Lee Crystals 4 5 Jack Findlay Montreal HC 5 5 William Virtue Victorias 2 2 Dave Brown Crystals 4 2 George Lowe Montreal HC 4 2 Goaltending averages Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAA Tom Paton Montreal HC 5 7 0 1.17 Jack Norris Crystals 3 6 0 2.0 Tom Arnton Victorias 1 2 1 2.0 Archie Laurie Quebec HC 1 3 0 3.0 Robert Scanlan Crystals 1 4 0 4.0 John Brown Chebuctos 2 10 0 5.0 Robert Jones Victorias 1 6 0 6.0 Montreal HC 1889 AHAC champions Players Forwards F. Barlow Jack Findlay Archie Hodgson George S. Low rchie McNaughton Defence Allan Cameron James A. Stewart Goaltender Thomas L. Paton References Bibliography Outing Our Monthly Record February 1889 Hockey's Captains, Colonels & Kings Fitsell J.W. Bill Fitsell 1987 Boston Mill Press Kitchen Paul 2000 Before The Trail of the Stanley Cup Diamond Dan Total Hockey 8–15 1-892129-85-X Kitchen Paul Win, Tie or Wrangle 2008 Penumbra Press Manotick, Ontario 978-1-897323-46-5 Ultimate Hockey Weir Glen Stoddart Publishing 1991 Notes Montreal HC1888 Montreal HC1890 Montreal Hockey ClubAHAC Champions 1889 1888 AHAC season 1890 AHAC season AHAC seasons 1888–89 1888 AHAC