Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association

The Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association was an early senior-level men's amateur ice hockey league, founded in 1903, and played one season, 1903-1904 before joining the Manitoba Hockey Association. It operated in the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario of Canada, and was an important league in the early development of ice hockey in Canada.

Teams

• Brandon Wheat Cities
• Portage la Prairie Plains
• Rat Portage Thistles

1903-04 Season

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Brandon Wheat Cities	12	9	3	0	56	26
Rat Portage Thistles	12	8	4	0	57	35
Portage la Prairie Plains	12	1	11	0	21	73

League Leaders

Player	Team	Goals
Billy McGimsie	Rat Portage	14
Harry Bright	Brandon	13
Si Griffis	Rat Portage	12
Jack Brodie	Brandon	9

Stanley Cup Challenge

In March of 1903, the Rat Portage Thistles would challenge the Ottawa Senators in a best-of-three series in Ottawa. The Thistles were younger and quicker than Ottawa; only one player on the Thistles was over the age of 20. However, poor soft ice conditions in Ottawa played a major factor as Ottawa swept the series with scores of 6–2 and 4–2.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
March 12, 1903	Ottawa HC	6–2	Rat Portage Thistles	Dey's Arena
March 14, 1903	Ottawa HC	4–2	Rat Portage Thistles
Ottawa HC wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0

March 12

Rat Portage	2	at	Ottawa HC	6
Fred Dulmage		G	John "Bouse" Hutton
Mat Brown		P	Harvey Pulford, Capt
Tom Hooper, Capt		CP	Arthur Moore
Si Griffis		RO	Dave Gilmour	1
Billy McGimsie	2	C	Frank McGee	2
Bill Martin		LW	Billy Gilmour	3
Roxy Beaudro		RW	Suddy Gilmour
Referee- Harry Trihey

March 14

Rat Portage	2	at	Ottawa HC	4
Fred Dulmage		G	John "Bouse" Hutton
Mat Brown		P	Harvey Pulford, Capt
Tom Hooper, Capt		CP	Dave Gilmour	1
Si Griffis		RO	Frank McGee	2
Billy McGimsie	1	C	Percy Sims	1
Bill Martin		RW	Billy Gilmour
Roxy Beaudro	1	LW	Suddy Gilmour
Referee- Chauncy Kirby

References

• http://www.hobokin.net/kenorastats1.html