1900 CAHL season

1900 CAHL season
1900 CAHL season
League	Canadian Amateur Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	January 6 – March 10, 1900
Number of teams	5
1900
Champions	Montreal Shamrocks
Top scorer	Harry Trihey (17 goals)
CAHL seasons
	← 1899 1901 →

The 1900 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the second season of the league. Teams played an eight-game schedule. Again, the Montreal Shamrocks were the league champion with a record of seven wins and one loss.

League business

Executive

F. R. Baird (President)
John Patrick Dickson (1st vice-president)
H. E. Scott (2nd vice-president)
George R. James (secretary-treasurer)
Harry McLaughlin (councillor)

McGill University applied to join the league but was turned down.

The use of netting for the goal was demonstrated with a model produced by Frank Stocking, goaltender of the Quebec club at the annual meeting. After an exhibition game between the Shamrocks and Victorias, the use of goal nets was approved for league play, and used for the season. The netting connected the two upright posts, but there was no crossbar across the top.

The use of hockey gloves was quite common and shin guards were now mostly in use inside the stockings though some players still used the old style outside the stockings.

Season

Star rover Graham Drinkwater retired from the Victorias before the season.

Highlights

The Shamrocks won the championship losing only one game, and that, after the league championship was decided. This was the second year in a row for the Shamrocks, who were a mediocre team before this stretch of success and would return to it the next year.

Final standing

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Shamrocks	8	7	1	49	26
Montreal Hockey Club	8	5	3	34	36
Ottawa Hockey Club	8	4	4	28	19
Montreal Victorias	8	2	6	44	55
Quebec Hockey Club	8	2	6	33	52

Stanley Cup challenges

Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg

The MHA's Winnipeg Victorias issued another challenge for the Cup. This time, a best-of-three series was played against the defending champion Montreal Shamrocks. Winnipeg won the first game, 4–3, but Montreal prevailed in the next two games, 3–2 and 5–4.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
February 12, 1900	Winnipeg Victorias	4–3	Montreal Shamrocks	Montreal Arena
February 14, 1900	Montreal Shamrocks	3–2	Winnipeg Victorias
February 16, 1900	Montreal Shamrocks	5–4	Winnipeg Victorias
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1

February 12
Winnipeg	4	at	Shamrocks	3
George Merritt		G	James H. McKenna
Rod Flett		P	Frank Tansey
Charles Johnstone		CP	Frank Wall
Tony Gingras	1	F	Arthur Farrell
Dan Bain, Capt	2	F	Jack P. Brannen
W. N. Roxborough	1	F	Harry Trihey, Capt	2
Colin "Tote" Campbell		F	Fred Scanlan	1
Referee – H. Baird Umpires – Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking

February 14
Winnipeg	2	at	Shamrocks	3
George Merritt		G	James H. McKenna
Rod Flett		P	Frank Tansey
Charles Johnstone	1	CP	Frank Wall
Tony Gingras		F	Arthur Farrell
Dan Bain, Capt		F	Jack P. Brannen	1
W. N. Roxborough		F	Harry Trihey, Capt	2
Colin "Tote" Campbell	1	F	Fred Scanlan
Referee – H. Baird Umpires – Clarence McKerrow, Billy Christmas

February 16
Winnipeg	4	at	Shamrocks	5
George Merritt		G	James H. McKenna
Rod Flett		P	Frank Tansey
Charles Johnstone		CP	Frank Wall
Tony Gingras	1	F	Arthur Farrell	2
Dan Bain, Capt	2	F	Jack P. Brannen
W.N. Roxborough	1	F	Harry Trihey, Capt	3
Colin "Tote" Campbell		F	Fred Scanlan
Referee – H. Baird

Shamrocks vs. Halifax

In March, the Shamrocks then received another challenge for the Cup. However, the Halifax Crescents of the Halifax City Hockey League did not pose much of a threat as Montreal crushed them, 10–2 and 11–0.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
March 5, 1900	Montreal Shamrocks	10–2	Halifax Crescents	Montreal Arena
March 7, 1900	Montreal Shamrocks	11–0	Halifax Crescents	Montreal Arena
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0

March 5
Halifax	2	at	Shamrocks	10
Fred Bishop		G	James H. McKenna
Alfred Kane		P	Frank Tansey Capt.
Tom Mullane, Capt.		CP	Frank Wall	3
Joe Crockett	1	F	Arthur Farrell	4
Art Ryan		F	Jack P. Brannen	1
Fred Maher	1	F	Harry Trihey	2
Alex McInnes		F	Fred Scanlan
Referee – H. Baird

March 7
Halifax	at	Shamrocks	11
Fred Bishop	G	James H. McKenna
Alfred Kane	P	Frank Tansey Capt.
Tom Mullane, Capt.	CP	Frank Wall	1
Joe Crockett	F	Arthur Farrell	4
Art Ryan	F	Jack P. Brannen	2
Fred Maher	F	Harry Trihey	3
Alex McInnis	F	Fred Scanlan	1
Referee – H. Baird

Schedule and results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Jan.	6	Montreal	6	Victorias	5
	6	Shamrocks	5	Ottawa	4
	13	Montreal	3	Shamrocks	8
	13	Ottawa	3	Quebec	2
	18	Victorias	4	Shamrocks	10
	20	Montreal	2	Ottawa	5
	20	Quebec	3	Victorias	14
	27	Montreal	8	Quebec	7
	27	Ottawa	5	Victorias	3
Feb.	3	Quebec	2	Shamrocks	8
	10	Victorias	1	Ottawa	11
	10	Quebec	5	Montreal	6
	17	Ottawa	0	Montreal	3
	24	Quebec	3	Ottawa	0
	24	Victorias	1	Montreal	3
	27	Shamrocks	5	Montreal	3
Mar.	1 (†)	Shamrocks	10	Victorias	6
	3 (‡)	Ottawa		Shamrocks
	4	Victorias	10	Quebec	7
	10	Shamrocks	3	Quebec	4

† Shamrocks clinch league championship.

‡ defaulted to Shamrocks

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

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

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Billy Nicholson	Montreal	4	11	1	2.75
Bouse Hutton	Ottawa	7	19	0	2.8
James H. McKenna	Shamrocks	7	26	0	3.7
Fred Munro	Montreal	4	25	0	6.3
Frank Stocking	Quebec	8	52	1	6.5
Thomas Powers	Victorias	8	55	0	6.9

Scoring leaders

Name	Club	GP	G
Harry Trihey	Shamrocks	7	17
Russell Bowie	Victorias	7	15
Billy Christmas	Montreal^[1]	8	12
Bruce Stuart	Ottawa	5	11
James Gillespie	Quebec	8	10
Arthur Farrell	Shamrocks	8	9
Blair Russel	Victorias	7	9
Charlie Liffiton	Montreal	8	8
George McCarron	Quebec	2	7
Jack Brannen	Shamrocks	8	6

Stanley Cup engraving

1900 Montreal Shamrocks

Players

Forwards

Jack P. Brannen (rover)
Arthur Farrell (centre)
Fred Scanlan (left wing)
Harry Trihey (centre/right wing – captain)
Charles Hoerner (did not play – on team picture)

Defencemen

Frank Tansey (point)
Fred Wall (cover point)
John Brennon (did not play-on team picture)

Goaltenders

James H. McKenna

Coaching and administrative staff

Harry W. McLaughlin (president), C.M. Hart (vice-president)&,
W.H. Kearney (director)&, C.F. Smith (director)&
Barney Dunphy (Coach/Trainer), C. Foley (Ass't trainer)&.
& – unknown first name

References

^ Christmas, William Richard. Leavings: A Canadian Love Story. Lulu Enterprises, Raleigh, NC, page 3.

Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.
Podnieks, Andrew (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
Adams, Trevor J. (2012). Long Shots. Nimbus. pp. 27–29.

Preceded by Montreal Shamrocks Mar. 1899	Montreal Shamrocks Stanley Cup Champions 1900	Succeeded by Winnipeg Victorias Jan. 1901
Preceded by 1899 CAHL season	CAHL seasons 1900	Succeeded by 1901 CAHL season

[1] Christmas, William Richard. Leavings: A Canadian Love Story. Lulu Enterprises, Raleigh, NC, page 3.

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