1890 AHAC season

1890 AHAC season
League	Amateur Hockey Association of Canada
Sport	ice hockey
Duration	January 3, 1890 – March 4, 1890
Number of teams	4
1890
Champion	Montreal Hockey Club

The 1890 AHAC season was the fourth season of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada. Play was in challenges. The Montreal Hockey Club would win the final challenge of the season to win the Canadian championship for the third season in a row.

League business

The annual meeting of the Amateur Hockey Association was held in the rooms of the MAAA in Montreal, on November 22, 1889. The main business was whether to accept Quebec or not, and whether to change the Crystals team name to the Dominions. Representatives from most of the hockey clubs were present. The election for the ensuing year resulted as follows:^[1]

• President, Mr. J. Stewart (Montreal);
• first vice-president, H. Kinghorn (McGill);
• second vice-president, W.G Cameron (Victorias);
• secretary-treasurer, J.A Findlay (Montreal);
• Council — A.E McNaughton (Montreal), W.E Stevenson (Victoria), J. McDonald (Crystals), D.B. Holden (McGill), R. Davidson (Quebec).

Regular season

The season consisted of challenge games as well as numerous exhibition matches between all the teams in the AHAC. Quebec would challenge this season. The Montreal Crystals would be known as the Dominion Hockey Club of Montreal for this season.

Overall record

Statistics are based on challenge games only and do not include stats regarding exhibition games ^[2]

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club†	7	7	0	0	28	13
Quebec Hockey Club	1	0	1	0	1	5
Montreal Dominions	3	0	3	0	3	15
Montreal Victorias	3	0	3	0	4	8

† National Champion

Schedule and results

Date	home	Score	Visitor	Score	Location	Match type
January 3	Montreal Hockey Club	5	Montreal Victorias	4	Dominion Rink	Exhibition
January 7	Montreal Hockey Club	5	Quebec	1	Dominion Rink	Challenge
January 13	Montreal Victorias	11	McGill University	4	n/a	Exhibition
January 17	Montreal Hockey Club	4	Montreal Victorias	2	Dominion Rink	Challenge
January 24	Montreal Hockey Club	5	Montreal Victorias	1	n/a	Exhibition
January 28	Montreal Victorias	3	Ottawa	1	n/a	Exhibition
January 31	Montreal Hockey Club	6	Montreal Dominions	4	Dominion Rink	Challenge
Feb 11	Montreal Hockey Club	6	Montreal Dominions	2	Dominion Rink	Challenge
Feb 18	Montreal Hockey Club	2	Montreal Victorias	1	Dominion Rink	Challenge
Feb 25	Montreal Hockey Club	3	Montreal Dominions	2	Crystal Rink	Challenge
Mar 4	Montreal Hockey Club	2	Montreal Victorias	1	Crystal Rink	Challenge

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored.

Name	Club	GP	G
McNaughton, Archie	Montreal	7	12
Findlay, J	Montreal	7	6
Brown, Desse	Dominions	3	4
Kingan, Alex	Montreal	2	3
Cameron, Allan	Montreal	6	2
Lee, S	Montreal	4	2
Ritchie, A	Dominions	3	2
Arnton, J	Victorias	2	1
Barlow, Eddie	Victorias	3	1
Scott, A	Quebec	1	1
Low, George	Montreal	1	1

No scorer identified for 1 Montreal and Victoria goal.

Goaltender averages

Note: GP = Games played, GA = goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Paton, Tom	Montreal	7	13	0	1.9
Jones, Robert	Victorias	3	8	0	2.7
Fyfe, Joe	Dominions	1	3	0	2.0
Laurie, A.	Quebec	1	5	0	5.0
Scanlan, Robert	Dominions	2	12	0	6.0

References

1. Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000
2. Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000

• Weir, Glen (1991). Ultimate Hockey. Stoddart Publishing.