1904 CAHL season

Ice hockey season March 2026 1904 CAHL season Canadian Amateur Hockey League Ice hockey January 2 – February 24, 1904 5 1904 Quebec Hockey Club Champions Russell Bowie (27 goals) Canadian Amateur Hockey League CAHL 1903 CAHL season 1903 1905 CAHL season 1905 The 1904 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the sixth season of the league. Teams played an eight-game schedule. This was a tumultuous year as Ottawa resigned in February and defaulted four games. The Quebec Hockey Club placed first to take the championship. Quebec did not play for the Stanley Cup. Also, prior to the start of the season a rival hockey league, the Federal Amateur Hockey League was started, with the Montreal Wanderers taking most of the 'Little Men of Iron' from the Montreal Hockey Club. League business Executive Harry Trihey, Shamrocks (President) F. Stocking, Quebec (1st Vice-President) J. P. Dickson ( 2nd Vice-President) Fred McRobie, Montreal (Secretary-Treasurer) As the Wanderers had signed players from Montreal, it was forbidden for teams to play games against FAHL teams, and for team officials to participate in FAHL activities. Season Highlights This season saw several impressive rookies including Frank Patrick for Montreal Victorias, Ernie (Moose) Johnson for Montreal and Alf Smith and Jim McGee for Ottawa. The season started out with Ottawa winning their first four games. However, in their third game against the Victorias, the Ottawa team arrived 1½ hours late. The game was called at midnight, with Ottawa ahead 4–1. After a game where the Shamrocks arrived late in Ottawa, the League levied fines against the Shamrocks and Ottawa, and ordered the Ottawa-Victorias game to be replayed. Despite a threat from Mr. Dickson of Ottawa that Ottawa would resign if the game was to be replayed, the League continued to demand that the game be played. The Ottawa club offered to play it if it had a bearing on the league championship, but this was not acceptable to the league. In the end, Ottawa resigned from the league and the league considered the final four games to be forfeits. This overshadowed a great season from Quebec, which won the CAHL season with a record of 5–1 (plus two wins by forfeit). Final standings Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against Quebec Hockey Club 6 5 1 0 50 37 Montreal Victorias 8 5 3 0 75 48 Montreal Hockey Club 7 2 5 0 34 49 Montreal Shamrocks 7 0 7 0 32 74 Ottawa Hockey Club‡ 4 4 0 0 32 15 ‡ Resigned from league. Stanley Cup challenges 1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season Ottawa would leave the CAHL in mid-season, leaving Quebec to win the league. The Stanley Cup did not pass to the Quebec Bulldogs based on their league championship. The Cup trustees decided that the Cup went with Ottawa. Quebec refused to make a challenge for the Stanley Cup, arguing that the Cup belonged to the CAHL season winner.Montreal Gazette February 25, 1904 Demands Stanley Cup 2 Winnipeg vs. Ottawa Before they resigned from the CAHL, Ottawa HC defended the Cup against the Winnipeg Rowing Club in a best two-of-three series played in Ottawa 9–1,2–6,2–0 (2–1). Date Winning Team Score Losing Team LocationDecember 30, 1903Ottawa HC9–1Winnipeg Rowing ClubAberdeen Pavilion, OttawaJanuary 1, 1904Winnipeg Rowing Club6–2Ottawa HCJanuary 4, 1904Ottawa HC2–0Winnipeg Rowing ClubOttawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1 + December 30, 1903 Ottawa (9) Winnipeg (1) Player G Pos Player G John "Bouse" Hutton G Art Brown Harvey Pulford, Capt P Percy E. Brown Arthur Moore CP S. Crawford Richards Harry Westwick 4 RO Joe Hall Frank McGee 3 C Billy Breen, Capt Suddy Gilmour 1 LW Billy Bawlf 1 Alf Smith 1 RW Clint E. Bennest Jim McGee sub Claude Borland Billy Gilmour sub Harry Kirby Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – William A. Northey, C. J. Hanratty Source: Montreal GazetteMontreal Gazette December 31, 1903 2 Easy for Ottawa + January 1, 1904 Ottawa (2) Winnipeg (6) Player G Pos Player G John "Bouse" Hutton G Art Brown Harvey Pulford, Capt P Percy E. Brown Arthur Moore CP Eric Hamber Harry Westwick 1 RO Joe Hall 1 Frank McGee C Billy Breen, Capt 2 Suddy Gilmour LW Billy Bawlf 2 Alf Smith 1 RW Claude Borland 1 Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty Source: Montreal GazetteMontreal Gazette January 2, 1904 2 Rowers Won Game + January 4, 1904 Ottawa (2) Winnipeg (0) Player G Pos Player G John "Bouse" Hutton G Art Brown Harvey Pulford, Capt P Percy E. Brown Arthur Moore CP Eric Hamber Harry Westwick RO Joe Hall Frank McGee 1 C William Breen, Capt Suddy Gilmour 1 LW Billy Bawlf Billy Gilmour RW Claude Borland Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty Source: Montreal GazetteMontreal Gazette January 5, 1904 2 Ottawa Holds Cup Exhibitions After the season, the Montreal Victorias travelled to New York city, to play against Brooklyn Crescents and the New York Wanderers. The Victorias tied Brooklyn 8–8 and lost to the Wanderers 6–4.Ottawa Citizen March 14, 1904 Draw and Loss for Vics 8 Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Jan. 2 Victorias 18 Shamrocks 2 2 Montreal 3 Quebec 9 9 Victorias 6 Ottawa 10 9 Quebec 13 Shamrocks 5 16 Ottawa 8 Montreal 3 16 Victorias 12 Quebec 5 20 Shamrocks 3 Montreal 8 23 Victorias 8 Montreal 5 30 Shamrocks 6 Quebec 8 30† Ottawa 4 Victorias 1 Feb. 6 Quebec 6 Montreal 4 6 Shamrocks 5 Ottawa 10 13 Victorias 12 Shamrocks 7 17 Montreal 5 Shamrocks 4 20 (††) Quebec 9 Victorias 7 24 Montreal 6 Victorias 11 – Montreal Ottawa – Ottawa Shamrocks – Quebec Ottawa – Ottawa Quebec † Ordered to be replayed but never replayed as Ottawa resigned from league. †† Quebec clinches league championship. Player statistics Goaltending averages Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAAHutton, John BouseOttawa 4 15 3.8Nichol, JimVictorias 8 48 6.0Moran, PaddyQuebec 6 37 6.2Waugh, OliverMontreal 5 32 6.4Brophy, FredMontreal 1 8 8.0Mike KennyShamrocks 4 35 8.8S. PriceMontreal 1 9 9.0James CloranShamrocks 3 39 13.0 Scoring leaders Note: GP = Game played, G = Goals scored Name Club GP GBowie, Russell Victorias 8 27Jordan, Herb Quebec 6 19Russell, Blair Victorias 8 17Howard, Cavie Victorias 6 16McGee, Frank Ottawa 4 12Sargent, Grover Montreal 6 11Power, Joe Quebec 6 10Coulson, Herbert Montreal 6 8Smith, Alf Ottawa 4 8Foulis, Colin Shamrocks 6 7 Stanley Cup engraving The following Ottawa Hockey Club players and staff were members of the Stanley Cup winning team. 1904 Ottawa Hockey Club aka "Silver Seven" 1904 *John "Bouse" Hutton *Harvey Pulford (point-Captain) Jim McGee (point-cover point) Arthur Moore(cover point) * Frank McGee(center-rover) Alf Smith (right wing-cover point-Playing-Coach) Hamilton Billy Gilmour (right wing) Sutherland Suddy Gilmour (left wing) Harry 'Rat' Westwick (rover) Scott& Percy M. Butler (President), Robert T. "Bob" Shillington (manager) Patrick Baskerville (treasurer), Thomas D'Arcy McGee (secretary) Halder Kirby (club doctor), Llewellyn Bates (Vice President) Chauncy Kirby, Martin Rosenthal, Charles Sparks (directors) Mac McGilton (Ass't Trainer), Pete Green (trainer) No official team picture has been found for the 1904 Ottawa Cyclone Taylor scratched 'Fred W. Taylor' over the official engraving of 'OTTAWA 1904/Ottawa vs Wanderers'.Shea and Wilson(2006), pg. 430 &unknown first name. Montreal Wanderers vs. Ottawa A two-game series between the Montreal Wanderers from the FAHL and Ottawa from the CAHL was arranged for the Stanley Cup. The teams played the first game in Montreal to a 5–5 tie. 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 continue 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 the 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. Thomas Leahy was injured and replaced by Ken Mallen. 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 Billy Strachan Alf Smith CP Billy Bellingham Harry Westwick 2 R Thomas Leahy,Ken Mallen 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 | |} Brandon Wheat City vs. Ottawa Brandon Wheat City Hockey Club, the Manitoba League champion, challenged for the Cup in a best-of-three series. It was scheduled only days after the Montreal Wanderers challenge (Coleman page. 98–99) Date Winning Team Score Losing Team LocationMarch 9, 1904 Ottawa 6–3 Brandon Dey's ArenaMarch 11, 1904 Ottawa 9–3 BrandonOttawa HC wins best-of-three series two games to none Source: (Coleman page 98–99) + March 9, 1904 Brandon 3 Ottawa 6 Player G Pos Player G Doug "Dutchie" Morrison G John "Bouse" Hutton Lester Patrick P Harvey Pulford, Capt. Lorne Hannay, Coach 2 CP Jim McGee George Smith R Harry Westwick Jackie Brodie, Capt. 1 C Frank McGee 5 Lorne Laidlaw RW Alf Smith 1 Harry Bright 1 LW Suddy Gilmour Referee - Dr. KearnsUmpires - Stevens, Baskerville Spare - Brandon - Robert Cross (Captain), William Hopper, Sam G. Lowes, Harold Deeton, Frank "Dad" Wheelan Spares - Ottawa - Billy Gilmour - RW, Arthur Moore - D. (Coleman page 98–99). Referee F. Chittick - Umpirers Senator Watson, William Foran + March 11, 1904 Brandon 3 Ottawa 9 Player G Pos Player G Doug "Dutchie" Morrison G John "Bouse" Hutton Lester Patrick P Harvey Pulford, Capt. Lorne Hannay, Coach CP Jim McGee George Smith 1 R Harry Westwick 1 Jackie Brodie, Capt. 1 C Frank McGee 3 Lorne Laidlaw 1 RW Alf Smith 4 Harry Bright 1 LW Suddy Gilmour 1 Referee - Dr. KearnsUmpires - Stevens, Baskerville Spare - Brandon - Robert Cross (Captain), William Hopper, S.G Lowe, H. Breton, F. Wheelan Spares - Ottawa - Billy Gilmour - RW, Arthur Moore - D Referee F. Chittick - Umpirers Senator Watson, William Foran See also 1904 FAHL season 1904–05 FAHL season - Stanley Cup Champions Ottawa Silver Sevens List of Stanley Cup champions References Bibliography Coleman, Charles L. The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. 1966 Podnieks, Andrew 2004 Lord Stanley's Cup Triumph Books 1-55168-261-3 Shea Kevin Wilson, John Jason Lord Stanley: The Man Behind the Cup 2006 Fenn Publishing Company, Ltd. 1-55168-281-8 Notes Ottawa Hockey Club1904 Ottawa Hockey ClubJanuary, 1905 Ottawa Hockey ClubStanley Cup Champions 1904 1903 CAHL season 1904–05 FAHL season CAHL seasons 1904 1904 CAHL