1904 FAHL season

Canadian ice hockey league season The inaugural 1904 Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) season lasted from January 6 until February 24. Four teams played a six game schedule. The FAHL had been formed on December 5, 1903. Three of the four teams had been rejected for membership by the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), while the fourth – the Montreal Wanderers – was a new team composed of disillusioned players from two Montreal-based CAHL teams. Regular season In their first season as a franchise, the Wanderers would dominate the regular season, going undefeated. Due to an unusual twist, the Wanderers would have to share the league championship with the Ottawa Hockey Club (HC) of the CAHL (see below). Highlights Jack Marshall of Wanderers would score six goals against the Capitals on January 20. Final standing Team Games played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against Montreal Wanderers 6 6 0 0 38 18 Montreal Le National 6 3 3 0 27 27 Cornwall HC 6 2 4 0 20 27 Ottawa Capitals 6 1 5 0 28 41 Results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Jan. 6 Cornwall 3 Le National 5 13 Le National 5 Capitals 8 15 Wanderers 5 Cornwall 1 20 Capitals 6 Wanderers 10 27 Cornwall 5 Capitals 4 27 Le National 2 Wanderers 4 Feb. 3 Capitals 3 Cornwall 7 3 Wanderers 7 Le National 3 10 Capitals 4 Le National 10 18 (†) Cornwall 3 Wanderers 8 20 Wanderers 4 Capitals 3 24 Le National 2 Cornwall 1 † Wanderers lock down League Championship. Player Statistics Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored Name Club GP G Jack Marshall Wanderers 4 11 Edgar Dey Capitals 6 11 Ken Mallen Wanderers &Cornwall 6 10 Alphonse Prevost Le National 6 9 Percy Sims Capitals 5 9 Jack Laviolette Nationals 6 8 "Pokey" Leahy Wanderers 5 7 Jimmy Gardner Wanderers 6 5 Ed Decarie Le National 6 5 Fred Strike Wanderers 2 4 Goaltender averages Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAA Billy Nicholson Wanderers 6 18 0 3.0 Grenier Capitals 1 4 0 4.0 Jack Hunter Cornwall 6 27 0 4.5 Henri Menard Le National 6 27 0 4.5 Moffatt Capitals 2 12 0 6.0 Alex Cope Capitals 2 15 0 7.5 Hurdman Capitals 1 10 0 10.0 League championship and Stanley Cup challenge Just days after the FAHL regular season was finished, the reigning Stanley Cup champion Ottawa Hockey Club (HC) left the CAHL and joined the FAHL. The Wanderers, FAHL regular season champions, immediately played Ottawa HC for the combined Stanley Cup/FAHL championship. Wanderers vs. Ottawa A two-game series between the Montreal Wanderers from FAHL and Ottawa Hockey Club from CAHL was arranged, for the Stanley Cup. The teams played the first game in Montreal to a tie of 5–5. Montreal refused to play overtime, demanding that the game be considered a no-contest and proposed that the series start over as a best two-of-three series. The Cup trustees demanded that the series continued as scheduled and the Wanderers abandoned the challenge.Kitchen, pg. 140 Date Winning Team Score Losing Team LocationMarch 2, 1904Ended in a 5–5 tieMontreal ArenaOttawa wins series; Montreal is disqualified for refusing to play second game in Ottawa. According to the Gazette, the game saw "the dirtiest game ever seen between two senior teams at the Arena." Thirty-six penalties were called. Leahy was injured and replaced by Mallan. James Strachan, president of the Wanderers was quoted as saying that the Wanderers would not go to Ottawa and play with Dr. Kearns as referee. Ottawa took a 2–0 lead, before the Wanderers scored five in a row. The Ottawas came back with three, the final goal by Frank McGee. + March 2, 1904 Ottawa (5) Montreal (5) Player G Pos Player G John "Bouse" Hutton G Billy Nicholson Jim McGee P Bert Strachan Alf Smith CP Billy Bellingham Harry "Rat" Westwick 2 R Thomas Leahy,Ken Mallan 11 Frank McGee 1 C Jack Marshall 1 Billy Gilmour 1 RW Jimmy Gardner 1 Suddy Gilmour 1 LW Cecil Blatchford 1 Referee - Dr. KearnsUmpires - Stevens, Baskerville Source: Montreal GazetteMontreal Gazette March 3, 1904 2 Game Was A Draw https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YLo0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=14QFAAAAIBAJ&hl=fr&pg=6675%2C4471806 The Wanderers demanded a replay of the game to be held in Montreal, which Ottawa refused. The series was cancelled, with Ottawa retained the Stanley Cup. championship. Ottawa then joined FAHL in the offseason..Montreal Gazette March 5, 1904 2 Ottawa Says No; Others Won't Go https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Yro0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=14QFAAAAIBAJ&hl=fr&pg=6560%2C4615893 Exhibition After the season, the Wanderers travelled to Michigan to play the Portage Lakes Hockey Club pro club. The Wanderers lost to Portage Lakes 8-4 and 9-2 in a series dubbed the "World Championship" locally. The Wanderers next travelled to Pittsburgh to play the Pittsburgh Victorias.Pittsburg Press March 25, 1904 Old Rivals 22 Pittsburgh won 4-2,Pittsburg Press March 26, 1904 Victorias Take First Game from Wanderers 8 and 6-4.Pittsburg Press March 27, 1904 Vics Capture Second Game 18 See also 1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season 1904 CAHL season List of pre-NHL seasons References Coleman, Charles L. 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