1902 CAHL season

1902 Montreal HC

The 1902 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season lasted from January 5 until March 1. Teams played an eight game schedule. The Montreal HC were the league champion with a record of six wins and two losses.

League business

Executive

• George R. James, Montreal (President)
• A. D. Scott, Quebec (1st Vice-President)
• N. Charles Sparks, Ottawa ( 2nd Vice-President)
• Harry Trihey, Shamrocks(Secretary-Treasurer)

New fines were added for being more than 15 minutes late for a game and forfeiting.

The clubs demanded an increase in gate receipts share from 33% to 40% and a higher number of free tickets from the Montreal Arena owners, but settled for the increase in tickets only.

Source: Coleman, p. 68

Season

Highlights

Montreal would win the league led by their big line of Art Hooper, Jack Marshall, Jimmy Gardner and Charlie Liffiton. The players would earn their nickname of the 'Little Men of Iron', winning the Stanley Cup in a challenge with Winnipeg. Art Hooper would score 9 goals against the Shamrocks on January 5th, on his way to winning the scoring title.

Final Standing

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club	8	6	2	0	39	15
Ottawa Hockey Club	8	5	3	0	35	15
Montreal Victorias	8	4	4	0	36	25
Quebec Hockey Club	8	4	4	0	26	34
Montreal Shamrocks	8	1	7	0	15	62

Results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Jan.	5	Victorias	4	Ottawa	5
	5	Montreal	14	Shamrocks	0
	11	Ottawa	1	Shamrocks	2
	11	Victorias	9	Quebec	5
	18	Montreal	4	Ottawa	2
	18	Quebec	6	Shamrocks	2
	22	Victorias	3	Montreal	2
	25	Ottawa	1	Quebec	2
	25	Shamrocks	2	Victorias	9
Feb.	1	Shamrocks	0	Ottawa	12
	1	Quebec	2	Montreal	3
	8	Ottawa	3	Victorias	2
	8	Montreal	7	Quebec	1
	12	Victorias	8	Shamrocks	2
	15	Quebec	0	Ottawa	8
	15	Montreal	5	Shamrocks	4
	22	Ottawa	3	Montreal	1
	22	Shamrocks	3	Quebec	7
	26	Montreal	3	Victorias	0
Mar.	1	Quebec	3	Victorias	1

Goalkeeper Averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Nicholson, Billy	Montreal	8	15	2	1.7
Hutton, John Bouse	Ottawa	8	15	2	1.7
Lockerby, Archie	Victorias	6	15		2.5
Moran, Paddy	Quebec	8	34		4.3
Munro, Fred	Victorias	2	10		5.0
O'Reilly, P	Shamrocks	8	62		7.8

Scoring Leaders

Name	Club	GP	G
Hooper, Art	Montreal	8	17
Bowie, Russell	Victorias	7	13
Marshall, Jack	Montreal	8	11
Westwick, Harry	Ottawa	8	11
Stuart, Bruce	Ottawa	8	9
Russell, Blair	Victorias	8	9
Liffiton, Charlie	Montreal	8	8
Henry, H.	Ottawa	8	6
Stuart, E.	Victorias	6	6
Lemesurier	Quebec	4	5

Stanley Cup Challenges

Winnipeg vs. Montreal

After the Montreal HC won the 1902 CAHL title in March, they promptly sent a challenge to the Winnipeg Victorias. In game one of the best-of-three series, Winnipeg shutout Montreal, 1–0. However, Montreal shutout Winnipeg in game two, 5–0, and then held on to a 2–1 victory in game three. With the victory, the Montreal club won the Cup for the first time since 1894.

Jack Marshall of Montreal, who had played for the Winnipeg team in the previous year, faced his old team and scored 3 goals, including the series clincher. Art Hooper also scored 3 for Montreal.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
March 13, 1902	Winnipeg Victorias	1 – 0	Montreal HC	Winnipeg Auditorium
March 15, 1902	Montreal HC	5 – 0	Winnipeg Victorias
March 17, 1902	Montreal HC	2 – 1	Winnipeg Victorias
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1

March 13

Montreal	0	at	Winnipeg	1
Billy Nicholson		G	Art Brown
Tom Hodge		P	Rod Flett
Dickie Boon		CP	Magnus Flett
Art Hooper		R	Fred Cadham
Jack Marshall		C	Frank Wood
Charles Liffiton		F	Tony Gingras	1
Jimmy Gardner		F	Fred Scanlon
Referee- W. MacFarlane

March 15

Montreal	5	at	Winnipeg	0
Billy Nicholson		G	Art Brown
Billy Bellingham		P	Rod Flett
Dickie Boon		CP	Magnus Flett
Art Hooper	2	R	Fred Cadham
Jack Marshall	2	C	Burke Wood
Ernie Liffiton	1	F	Tony Gingras
Jimmy Gardner		F	Fred Scanlon
Referee- W. MacFarlane

March 17

Montreal	2	at	Winnipeg	1
Billy Nicholson		G	Art Brown
Billy Bellingham		P	Red Flett
Dickie Boon		CP	Magnus Flett
Art Hooper	1	R	Fred Cadham
Jack Marshall	1	C	Burke Wood
Ernie Liffiton		F	Tony Gingras	1
Jimmy Gardner		F	Fred Scanlon
Referee- W. MacFarlane

Montreal H.C. 1902 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centers

• Jack Marshall
• Art Hooper (rover)

  Wingers

• Cecil Blachford
• Jimmy Gardner
• Charles Liffiton
• George Smith (did not play)

  Defensemen

• Billy Bellingham (point)
• Dickie Boon (coverpoint-captain)
• Ronald Elloit (point)
• Tom Hodges (point)

  Goaltenders

• Billy Nicholson

  Non-players

• Harry Shaw (President), Clarence McKerrow (Manager-Coach)
• H.C. Dewitt† (Hon. Secretary/Treasurer), , A. Lefbvre† (Trainer)
• H.H.H. Andrews†,Allan Cameron (Director) C.C. Chitty†, H. Smith† (Executives)

† Unknown first names

Game Ads

Ottawa

References

• 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. 

Preceded by Winnipeg Victorias January 1902	Montreal Hockey Club 1902 Stanley Cup Champions 1902	Succeeded by Montreal Hockey Club January 1903
Preceded by 1901	CAHL seasons 1902	Succeeded by 1903