1905–06 FAHL season

The 1905–06 Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) season lasted from December 27, 1905 until February 28, 1906. Teams were to play an eight game schedule, but due to the failure of the Montagnards, some teams played only 6 or 7 games.

Regular season

With the loss of their top two teams, Ottawa and Wanderers, the quality of the FAHL declined. The teams were replaced with the Ottawa Victorias and Smiths Falls Seniors clubs.

Highlights

The Montagnards would be completely overwhelmed 26–0 by Brockville in their final game on February 2.

Otherwise, the season was low scoring, with the notable outstanding debut of goaltender Percy LeSueur of Smiths Falls.

Final standing

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Smiths Falls Seniors	7	7	0	0	35	13
Ottawa Victorias	8	4	4	0	48	42
Brockville HC	7	3	4	0	55	32
Cornwall HC	7	3	4	0	19	32
Montreal Montagnards	5	0	5	0	4	42

Results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
December	27	Smiths Falls	1	Montagnards	0
January	1	Victorias	5	Cornwall	3
	5	Cornwall	2	Brockville	4
	10	Brockville	3	Smiths Falls	9
	11	Victorias	3	Montagnards	0
	19	Smiths Falls	3	Cornwall	1
	20	Montagnards	2	Victorias	9
	25	Victorias		Brockville	†
	27	Cornwall	3	Montagnards	2
	30	Victorias	2	Smiths Falls	6
February	2	Montagnards	0	Brockville	26
	3	Cornwall	5	Victorias	4
	9	Brockville	2	Cornwall	3
	10	Smiths Falls	7	Victorias	4
	13	Brockville		Montagnards	‡
	15	Victorias	7	Brockville	11*
	16	Cornwall	2	Smiths Falls	7
	19	Smiths Falls	6	Brockville	4
	23	Brockville	8	Victorias	14
	23	Montagnards		Cornwall	‡
	28	Montagnards		Smiths Falls	‡

† Postponed due to bad ice.

‡ No result.

* Makeup for January 25 game.

Goaltending averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Percy LeSueur	Smiths Falls	7	13	1	1.9
Annabie	Cornwall	2	9	0	4.5
Kerr	Brockville	7	32	0	4.6
Airey	Cornwall	3	14	0	4.7
W. Bannerman	Victorias	8	42	1	5.3
Runions	Cornwall	1	7	0	7.0
Wright	Montagnards	4	42	0	9.8

Scoring Leaders

Name	Club	GP	G
Smith, Tommy	Victorias	8	12
Harrison, R.	Victorias	8	12
Ross, H.	Smiths Falls	7	8
Throop, Art	Victorias	8	6
Brown	Smiths Falls	7	5
McCourt, Owen	Cornwall	6	5

Playoffs

After the season ended, Smiths Falls challenged the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup. Ottawa would win the series 2–0. After the series, Ottawa would hire Percy LeSueur of the Smiths Falls team.

Smiths Falls vs. Ottawa

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
March 6, 1906	Ottawa Senators	6–5	Smiths Falls	Dey's Arena
March 8, 1906	Ottawa Senators	8–2	Smiths Falls
Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0

See also

• Federal Amateur Hockey League
• List of Stanley Cup champions
• List of pre-NHL seasons
• List of ice hockey leagues

References

• Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL.