1896-97 AAHL season

This was the 1896-97 season of the American Amateur Hockey League, the league's first season:

The league was founded in November, 1896, in New York City with four teams:


 * New York St. Nicholas
 * New York AC
 * Brooklyn Crescent
 * Brooklyn Skating Club

The first two teams played out of the St. Nicholas Rink in Manhattan while the others played out of the Claremont Avenue Rink in Brooklyn.

Each of the four teams played two games against each of the others. The New York AC won the season.

Standings
''Note Brooklyn Skating Club and Brooklyn Crescent played a 2-2 tie on January 26th which was replayed on February 26th, stats from both games are included above. Point totals as shown above were not included on the sources standings page, hence the non-inclusion of the point for the teams involved in the tie game.''

Games

 * December 16 St. Nicholas 16 Brooklyn Skating 0
 * December 22 New York AC 22 Crescent 0
 * January 5   New York AC 14 Brooklyn Skating 0
 * January 14  St. Nicholas 7 Crescent 0
 * January 26  Brooklyn Skating 2 Crescent 2
 * January 30  New York AC 3 St. Nicholas 2
 * February 16 New York AC 11 Crescent 0
 * February 23 St. Nicholas 8 Brooklyn Skating 0
 * February 26 Brooklyn Skating 7 Crescent 0 (replay of Jan. 26 tie)
 * March 2     New York AC 7 Brooklyn Skating 1
 * March 4     St. Nicholas 10 Crescent 1
 * March 9     Brooklyn Skating 3 Crescent 0
 * March 23    New York AC 3 St. Nicholas 1