1909 ECHA season

Ice hockey season March 2026 1909 ECHA season Eastern Canada Hockey Association Ice hockey January 2 – March 6, 1909 4 1909 Ottawa Hockey Club Champions Marty Walsh (38 goals) Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association ECAHA 1907–08 ECAHA season 1907–08 Canadian Hockey Association (1909–1910) 1909–10 (CHA)1910 (NHA) The 1909 ECHA season was the fourth and final season of the Eastern Canada Hockey Association (ECHA). Teams played a twelve-game schedule. The Ottawa Hockey Club would win the league championship with a record of ten wins, two losses and take over the Stanley Cup. League business Executive Joe Power, Quebec (president) James Strachan, Wanderers (1st vice-president) J. Eveleigh, Montreal (2nd vice-president) Emmett Quinn, Quebec (secretary-treasurer) The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association league meeting was held November 4, 1908, and was a pivotal meeting in the evolution from amateur to professional ice hockey leagues. At the meeting the two last amateur, or at least partly amateur teams resigned over the signing of players from other teams. Montreal HC and Montreal Victorias left the league and later would continue as senior level men's teams playing for the Allan Cup. Unpaid players would no longer play with paid players. The league would continue with four professional teams. The league name was changed to Eastern Canadian Hockey Association to reflect the change in status. Regular season The Wanderers', Cecil Blachford had retired and Bruce Stuart had moved to Ottawa. New additions included Joe Hall, Harry Smith, Jimmy Gardner and Steve Vair. The Wanderers would come close to their rivals, finishing second with nine wins and three losses. Ottawa saw Harvey Pulford and Alf Smith retire, and Tom Phillips leave. Ottawa would replace these players with Edgar Dey, Billy Gilmour and Albert 'Dubby' Kerr from the Toronto Professionals. Alf Smith would organize the Ottawa Senators of the Federal Hockey League. Shamrocks added Harry Hyland, and Quebec saw the start of the career of Joe Malone.Coleman 1964 167 Ottawa played an exhibition game prior to the season with the Toronto professionals on January 2 in Toronto. Toronto defeated Ottawa 5–4.The Globe January 4, 1909 7 Ottawa Not Invincible Dubby Kerr played in the game for Toronto, and signed with Ottawa a week later. On January 25, Wanderers played an exhibition game in Cobalt, Ontario, versus the Cobalt Silver Kings, betting $500 on themselves to win, but lost 6–4.The Globe Big Doings at Cobalt January 28, 1909 9The Globe Enthusiastic Rufus Ryan January 29, 1909 9 After the game Harry Smith would leave the Wanderers to join Haileybury of the Timiskaming League.The Globe Smith at Haileybury January 29, 1909 9 Highlights The rivalry between Ottawa and Wanderers continued, Wanderers winning the first on January 6 7–6 in overtime, with Harry Smith scoring four against his former team. Ottawa would win the next 5–4 in Ottawa, and defeat Montreal in Montreal 9–8 before 8000 fans. Ottawa would finish the series winning 8–3 in Ottawa to clinch the championship. Marty Walsh of Ottawa would win the scoring championship with 38 goals. Ottawa would average nearly ten goals per game. 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 Ottawa HC 12 10 2 0 117 63 Montreal Wanderers 12 9 3 0 82 61 Quebec HC 12 3 9 0 78 106 Montreal Shamrocks 12 2 10 0 56 103 Results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Jan. 2 Quebec HC 8 Shamrocks 9 6 Shamrocks 4 Quebec HC 12 6 Ottawa HC 6 Wanderers 7 (OT 7'40") 9 Quebec HC 5 Ottawa HC 13 13 Ottawa HC 11 Shamrocks 3 13 Wanderers 7 Quebec HC 3 16 Shamrocks 7 Ottawa HC 9 16 Quebec HC 6 Wanderers 7 20 Shamrocks 5 Wanderers 7 23 Ottawa HC 18 Quebec HC 4 27 Shamrocks 1 Wanderers 5 30 Wanderers 4 Ottawa HC 5 30 Quebec HC 4 Shamrocks 8 Feb. 6 Ottawa 9 Wanderers 8 6 Shamrocks 6 Quebec HC 9 10 Shamrocks 6 Wanderers 8 13 Quebec HC 6 Ottawa HC 14 17 Wanderers 12 Shamrocks 2 20 Ottawa HC 7 Shamrocks 3 20 Wanderers 7 Quebec HC 4 27 Shamrocks 2 Ottawa HC 11 27 Quebec HC 6 Wanderers 7 Mar. 4 Wanderers 3 Ottawa HC 8 7 Ottawa HC 6 Quebec HC 11 Player statistics Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored Name Club GP G Marty Walsh Ottawa HC 12 38 Herb Jordan Quebec HC 12 29Bruce Stuart Ottawa HC 11 22Charles Power Quebec HC 12 22Albert Kerr Ottawa HC 9 20Harry Hyland Shamrocks 11 18Frank "Pud" Glass Wanderers 12 17Steve Vair Wanderers 7 12Billy Gilmour Ottawa HC 11 11Jimmy Gardner Wanderers 12 11 Goaltending averages Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAA Riley Hern Wanderers 12 61 5.1 Percy LeSueur Ottawa HC 12 63 5.3 Bill Baker Shamrocks 12 103 8.6 Paddy Moran Quebec HC 12 106 8.8 Stanley Cup challenges Montreal vs. Edmonton Prior to the season, Wanderers would play a challenge against the Edmonton Hockey Club, champions of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association. Despite all players except for one being a 'ringer' for Edmonton, Montreal would defeat them December 28–30, 1908, in Montreal. In game one, Harry Smith scored 5 goals as he led the Wanderers to a 7–3 victory. The Edmontons won game two, 7–6, but Montreal took the two-game total goals series, 13–10. Date Winning team Score Losing team Location December 28, 1908 Montreal Wanderers 7–3 Edmonton HC Montreal Arena December 30, 1908 Edmonton HC 7–6 Montreal WanderersMontreal wins total goals series 13 goals to 10 Edmonton HC 3 Montreal Wanderers 7+ December 28, 1908 Bert Lindsay G William "Riley" Hern Lester Patrick P Art Ross Didier Pitre CP Walter Smaill Fred Whitcroft 1 R Harry Smith 5 Steve Vair 1 C Frank "Pud' Glass Capt 2 Harold McNamara RW Ernie "Moose" Johnson Tommy Phillips 1 LW Jimmy Gardner Referees – Frank Patrick & Russell Bowie Spares Edmonton: Bert Boulton, Harold Deeton, Jack “Hay” Miller Spares Montreal: Ernie Liffton, Ernie Russell. Edmonton HC 7 Montreal Wanderers 6+ December 30, 1908 Bert Lindsay G William "Riley" Hern Lester Patrick 1 P Art Ross Didier Pitre CP Walter Smaill 1 Fred Whitcroft 1 R Harry Smith 1 Harold Deeton 3 C Frank "Pud' Glass Capt 3 Jack "Hay" Millar 2 RW Ernie "Moose" Johnson 1 Steve Vair 1 LW Jimmy Gardner Referees – Frank Patrick & Russell Bowie Spares Edmonton: Bert Boulton, Howard McNamara, Tommy Phillips. Spares Montreal: Ernie Liffiton, Ernie Russell. Source: ColemanColeman, p. 174 After the challenge, Edmonton would play an exhibition game in Ottawa on January 2, defeating the Ottawa Senators (of the FHL) 4–2.Edmonton Gagne a Ottawa La Patrie 2 January 4, 1909 Ottawa played the Toronto Pros the same day in Toronto, losing 5–4.Les Ottawa Sont Surpris La Patrie 2 January 4, 1909 Lindsay, Pitre and Vair, having played with Edmonton for the challenge, would sign after the exhibition game with Renfrew of the Federal League. The players would help Renfrew to the FHL championship. After the season, Ottawa took over the Cup, but a series against the Winnipeg Shamrocks could not be arranged and no challenge was played. (The Shamrocks would fold before the next season and never played a challenge series.) Challenges from Renfrew of the Federal Hockey League and Cobalt of the Timiskaming League were disallowed when the Stanley Cup trustees ruled that the players on Renfrew and Cobalt were ineligible, having joined their teams after January 2. Post-season exhibition Ottawa and the Montreal Wanderers played a two-game series at the St. Nicholas Rink in New York on March 12 and March 13. Ottawa won the first game 6–4, and the second game was tied 8–8. Stanley Cup engraving + 1909 Ottawa Hockey Club Players Forwards Albert "Dubbie" Kerr (left winger) Billy Gilmour (right winger-rover) Bruce Stuart (rover – captain) (center) Marty Walsh (center) Defencemen Fred Lake(point) Fred "Cyclone" Taylor (cover point) Edgar Dey Jr.(cover point-right wing-rover) Horace Merrill (did not play on the team picture) Goaltender Percy LeSueur non-players = Thomas D'Arcy McGee (president), Llewellyn Bates (vice president) Pete Green (coach), Patrick Basketville (treasurer) Martin Rosenthal (secretary), Mac McGilton (trainer) Charles Sparks, George Bryson, Dave Mulligan (directors) Percy Butler, S.N. Nagle (unknown first name) (directors) all-notes = There are two team pictures, one including only players, which is reproduced in Coleman, p. 177. The other includes all the players and executives, Podnieks, Page 41. engraving-notes = Ottawa added a new ring to the bottom of the Stanley Cup and put their name on it.[Podnieks] See also 1909 FHL season List of pre-NHL seasons List of ice hockey leagues List of Stanley Cup champions References Notes Bibliography Coleman Charles L. The Trail of the Stanley Cup 1, 1893–1926 inc. 1964 NHL Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 48. 1-55168-261-3. Montreal Wanderers1908 Ottawa HCJanuary 1910 Ottawa HCStanley Cup Champions 1909 1908 ECAHA season 1909–10 CHA season1910 NHA season ECAHA seasons 1909 ECHA Category:Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association seasons