1895 AHAC season

1895 AHAC season
League Amateur Hockey Association of Canada
Sport ice hockey
Duration January 3, 1895 – March 8, 1895
Number of teams 5
1895
Champion Montreal Victorias

The 1895 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season lasted from January 3 until March 8. Each team played 8 games, and Montreal Victorias were first with a 6–2–0 record. After a required Stanley Cup challenge played between the 1894 winners, Montreal HC and Queen's, champion of the Ontario Hockey Association, the Victorias inherited the Stanley Cup as league champions.

Executive

Regular season

Highlights

The Crystals suffered three straight defeats to open the season. After this, they decided independently to merge with the Montreal Shamrocks. On February 2, this new team defeated Quebec 2–1. The game was protested by Quebec and the result was cancelled and not replayed.

Another game involving Quebec was noteworthy, on February 23 against Ottawa, won by Ottawa 3–2. The game, played at Quebec, was very rough and the crowd became hostile towards the visitors. At the end of the match, the crowd pursued referee Hamilton and Umpire Findlay as they left the arena, and dragged them back to force them to declare the game a draw. Police were called to break up the demonstration. Subsequent to the match, the AHAC decided to suspend the Quebec hockey club for the rest of the season.

Final Standing

Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against
Montreal Victorias
8
6
2
0
35
20
Montreal Hockey Club
8
4
4
0
33
22
Ottawa
8
4
4
0
25
24
Montreal Crystals
7
3
4
0
21
39
Quebec
7
2
5
0
18
27

Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan. 3 Crystals 2 Victorias 7
5 Montreal 2 Quebec 4
5 Crystals 1 Ottawa 9
10 Crystals 1 Montreal 9
12 Ottawa 1 Victorias 5
19 Ottawa 2 Montreal 3
19 Victorias 3 Quebec 4
26 Quebec 0 Ottawa 1
26 Victorias 0 Montreal 5
Feb. 2 (†) Crystals 2 Quebec 1
9 Quebec 3 Montreal 6
16 Montreal 3 Ottawa 4 (12' overtime)
16 Quebec 2 Victorias 8
23 Ottawa 3 Quebec 2
23 Montreal 2 Victorias 4
27 (††) Quebec 3 Crystals 4
Mar. 2 Montreal 3 Crystals 4
2 Victorias 3 Ottawa 2
6 (†††) Ottawa 3 Crystals 7
8 Victorias 5 Crystals 2

† Game void following protest by Quebec over Crystals use of ineligible players.

†† Quebec team suspended after attack on officials after game of February 23.

††† Birthday of the Champion.

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

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

Name Club GP GA SO GAA
McDougall, A.* Victorias 1 1 1.0
Jones, Robert Victorias 4 8 2.0
Fenwick, Jim Victorias 1 2 2.0
Collins, Herbert Montreal 8 22 1 2.7
Chittick, Fred Ottawa 6 18 1 3.0
Westwick, Harry Ottawa 2 6 3.0
White, Crystals 1 4 3.7
Stocking, Frank Quebec 7 27 3.9
McDougall, Hartland* Victorias 2 9 4.5
Lyons, Crystals 2 16 8.0

Note: Although A. Mcdougall is recorded in most hockey sources[1] as to playing goal for the Montreal Victorias on January 12, 1895 and allowing one goal only, primary sourcing can show that Hartland MacDougall actually played goal for the Vics between January 12 and January 26 [2] before being replaced by Robert Jones.

Leading scorers

Name Club GP G
Routh, Haviland Montreal 8 19
Rankin, Norman Victorias 8 11
Swift, Albert E. Quebec 6 10
Russell, Herbert Ottawa 8 10
Robert MacDougall Victorias 8 10
Drinkwater, Graham Victorias 8 9
Fairbairn, Crystals 5 6
Hodgson, Archie Montreal 6 6
Kirby, Chauncey Ottawa 7 5
Smith, Alf Ottawa 8 5
Source

Coleman(1966) pp. 22–24.

Stanley Cup challenges

Montreal vs. Queen's

On March 8, 1895, the Montreal Victorias won the 1895 AHAC title, finishing the season with a 6–2 record. Under the Stanley Cup rules, the team would also be awarded the Stanley Cup as league champions. However, the trustees ruled that a challenge between the previous year's champion Montreal HC and the squad from Queen's University, the champions of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), would have to be played first to determine if the Cup remained with the AHAC. Thus, it was decided that if the Montreal HC won the challenge match, the Victorias would become the Stanley Cup champions. The Montreal HC would eventually win the game, 5–1, and their crosstown rivals were crowned the champions.

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
March 9, 1895Montreal Hockey Club5–1Queen's UniversityVictoria Rink
Montreal Victorias wins the Cup based on winning the AHAC title,
and Montreal HC defeating Queen's University

Billy Barlow, the star player of Montreal was not able to play and Clarence McKerrow took his place. McKerrow had not played any games for Montreal, and could be considered a ringer, but there was no protest from Queen's. The Queen's team, although described as looking fast in their tiger jerseys, were no match for Montreal and the game proved uninteresting.[3] R. McLennan of Queen's would later play for Dawson City in its 1905 challenge of Ottawa.

Queen's U at Montreal

Queens U. (1) at Montreal (5)
R.C. Hiscock GHerbert Collins
Guy Curtis PFrank Bickerdike
F. Taylor, CPAllan Cameron
A.B. Cunningham FClarence Mussen1
McKay 1FClarence McKerrow1
Randy McLennan FHaviland Routh2
G.F. Weatherhead FArchie Hodgson1
Referee—F. C. Chittick

Umpires—Fred McRobie and Alex Robertson

Source

Coleman(1966) pp. 24–25

Montreal Hockey Club Stanley Cup 1895 challenge champions

While the Montreal Hockey Club won its challenge 5–1, it was not presented with the Stanley Cup.

Roster

  Forwards
  Defencemen
  • Frank Bickerdike (point),
  • Allan Cameron Jr. (coverpoint),
  • George James (coverpoint),
  • Clarence Mussen (point),
  Goaltenders
  • Herbert Collins


  Coaching and administrative staff

Montreal Victorias 1895 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Forwards
  Defencemen
  • Harold Henderson (point)
  • Roland Elliot (point)
  • William Pullan (point)
  • Mike Grant (coverpoint) Captain
  Goaltenders


  Coaching and administrative staff
  • W. Jack (President)&,
  • Fred Meredith (Hon. President),
  • P.M. Desterneck (Secretary/Treasurer)&,
  • G.R. Hooper (Director)& .
  • & Unknown first name.

Stanley Cup engraving

.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑
    • Diamond, Dan (2008). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
  2. ↑ Globe and Mail January 14th 1895
  3. ↑ Colman (1966), pg.24.
  4. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H_0IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SDoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2782,54471&dq=hockey
Preceded by
Montreal HC
1894		 Montreal Victorias
Stanley Cup Champions
1895 		Succeeded by
Winnipeg Victorias
February 1896
Preceded by
1894		 AHAC seasons
1895 		Succeeded by
1896
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