The 1904 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season lasted from January 2 until February 24. Teams played an eight game schedule. This was a tumultuous year as Ottawa resigned in February and defaulted four games.
Also, prior to the start of the season a rival hockey league, the Federal Amateur Hockey League was started, with the Montreal Wanderers taking most of the 'Little Men of Iron' from the Montreal Hockey Club.
League Business[]
Executive[]
- Harry Trihey, Shamrocks (President)
- F. Stocking, Quebec (1st Vice-President)
- J. P. Dickson ( 2nd Vice-President)
- Fred McRobie, Montreal (Secretary-Treasurer)
As the Wanderers had signed players from Montreal, it was forbidden for teams to play games against FAHL teams, and for team officials to participate in FAHL activities.
Season[]
Highlights[]
This season saw several impressive rookies including Frank Patrick for Montreal Victorias, Ernie (Moose) Johnson for Montreal and Alf Smith and Jim McGee for Ottawa.
The season started out with Ottawa winning their first four games. However, in their third game against the Victorias, the Ottawa team arrived 1 1/2 hours late. The game was called at midnight, with Ottawa ahead 4–1. After a game where the Shamrocks arrived late in Ottawa, the League levied fines against the Shamrocks and Ottawa, and ordered the Ottawa-Victorias game to be replayed. Despite a threat from Mr. Dickson of Ottawa that Ottawa would resign if the game was to be replayed, the League continued to demand that the game be played. The Ottawa club offered to play it if it had a bearing on the league championship, but this was not acceptable to the league. In the end, Ottawa resigned from the league and the league considered the final four games to be forfeits.
This overshadowed a great season from Quebec, which won the season with a record of 7–1 (2 wins by forfeit) and tried to claim that the Cup belonged to the CAHL season winner. The Cup trustees decided that the Cup went with Ottawa.
Final Standing[]
| Team | Games Played | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals For | Goals Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec Hockey Club | ||||||
| Montreal Victorias | ||||||
| Montreal Hockey Club | ||||||
| Montreal Shamrocks | ||||||
| Ottawa Hockey Club‡ |
‡ Resigned from league.
Results[]
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | 2 | Victorias | 18 | Shamrocks | 2 |
| 2 | Montreal | 3 | Quebec | 9 | |
| 9 | Victorias | 6 | Ottawa | 10 | |
| 9 | Quebec | 13 | Shamrocks | 5 | |
| 16 | Ottawa | 8 | Montreal | 3 | |
| 16 | Victorias | 12 | Quebec | 5 | |
| 20 | Montreal | 8 | Shamrocks | 3 | |
| 23 | Victorias | 8 | Montreal | 5 | |
| 30† | Ottawa | 4 | Victorias | 1 | |
| 30 | Shamrocks | 6 | Quebec | 8 | |
| Feb. | 6 | Shamrocks | 5 | Ottawa | 10 |
| 6 | Quebec | 6 | Montreal | 4 | |
| 13 | Victorias | 12 | Shamrocks | 7 | |
| 17 | Montreal | 5 | Shamrocks | 4 | |
| 20 | Quebec | 9 | Victorias | 7 | |
| 24 | Montreal | 6 | Victorias | 11 | |
| - | Montreal | Ottawa | |||
| - | Ottawa | Montreal | |||
| - | Quebec | Ottawa | |||
| - | Ottawa | Quebec |
† Ordered to be replayed but never replayed as Ottawa resigned from league.
Goalkeeper Averages[]
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutton, John Bouse | Ottawa | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | |
| Nichol, J. | Victorias | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | |
| Moran, Paddy | Quebec | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | |
| Waugh, O. | Montreal | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | |
| Brophy, Fred | Montreal | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | |
| Kenny | Shamrocks | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | |
| Price | Montreal | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | |
| Cloran | Shamrocks | 3 | 39 | 13.0 |
Scoring Leaders[]
| Name | Club | GP | G |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie, Russell | Victorias | 8 | 27 |
| Jordan, Herb | Quebec | 6 | 19 |
| Russell, Blair | Victorias | 8 | 17 |
| Howard, Cavey | Victorias | 6 | 16 |
| McGee, Frank | Ottawa | 4 | 12 |
| Sargent, Grover | Montreal | 6 | 11 |
| Power, Joe | Quebec | 6 | 10 |
| Coulson, Herbert | Montreal | 6 | 8 |
| Smith, Alf | Ottawa | 4 | 8 |
| Foulis, C. | Shamrocks | 6 | 7 |
Stanley Cup Challenges[]
- For more details on this topic, see 1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season.
Ottawa would leave the CAHL in mid-season, leaving Quebec to win the league. The CAHL league officials demanded that the Stanley Cup should stay with the CAHL, but the trustees ruled that it went with the Ottawas. Quebec would not challenge Ottawa.
Winnipeg vs. Ottawa[]
Before Ottawa resigned from the CAHL, Ottawa defended the Cup against the Winnipeg Rowing Club in a best two-of-three series played in Ottawa 9–1,2–6,2–0 (2–1).
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 30, 1903 | Ottawa | 9–1 | Winnipeg Rowing Club | Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa |
| January 1, 1904 | Winnipeg Rowing Club | 6–2 | Ottawa | |
| January 4, 1904 | Ottawa | 2–0 | Winnipeg Rowing Club | |
| Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1 | ||||
Toronto vs. Ottawa[]
Next, Ottawa would defeat the Ontario Hockey Association champion Toronto Marlboros in a two-game total-goals series, played in Ottawa, 6–3,11–2 (17–5).
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 23, 1904 | Ottawa | 6–3 | Toronto Marlboros | Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa |
| February 25, 1904 | Ottawa | 11–2 | Toronto Marlboros | |
| Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0 | ||||
Wanderers vs. Ottawa[]
Ottawa was committed to play a two-game series with the Federal Amateur Hockey League champion Montreal Wanderers, and played the first game in Montreal to a tie of 5–5. Montreal refused to play overtime, and refused to play a second two-game series, ordered by the trustees to be held in Ottawa.
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2, 1904 | Ended in a 5–5 tie | Montreal Arena | ||
| Ottawa wins series; Montreal is disqualified for refusing to play games in Ottawa | ||||
Brandon vs. Ottawa[]
To finish the season, Ottawa played a series with Brandon Wheat Cities, champions of the Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association. Ottawa would win the two-game series 6–3, 9–3 (15–6), held in Ottawa on March 9–11.
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 9, 1904 | Ottawa | 6–3 | Brandon Wheat Cities | Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa |
| March 11, 1904 | Ottawa | 9–3 | Brandon Wheat Cities | |
| Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0 | ||||
Ottawa Hockey Club 1904 Stanley Cup champions[]
Roster
- Forwards
- Frank McGee(rover)
- Alf Smith (also played coverpoint-Playing-Coach)
- Billy Gilmour
- Suddy Gilmour
- Harry 'Rat' Westwick
- Scott,
- Defensemen
- Harvey Pulford (point-Captain)
- James A. McGee (point-coverpoint)
- Arthur Moore(coverpoint)
- Goaltenders
- Non-players
- Percy M. Butler (President), Robert T. "Bob" Shillington (Manager)
- Patrick Baskerville (Treasurer), Thomas D'Arcy McGee (Secretary)
- Halder Kirby (Club Doctor), Llewellyn Bates (Vice President)
- Chauncy Kirby, Martin Rosenthal, Charles Sparks (Directors)
- Mac McGilton (Ass’t Trainer), Pete Green (Trainer)
Stanley Cup Engraving
Cyclone Taylor scratched 'Fred W. Taylor' over the official engraving of '1904 Ottawa'.[1]
Team Photos[]
Game Ads[]
See also[]
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.
- Shea, Kevin; Wilson, John Jason (2006). Lord Stanley: The Man Behind the Cup. Fenn Publishing Company, Ltd.. ISBN 1551682818.
- ↑ Shea and Wilson(2006), pg. 430
| Preceded by Ottawa Hockey Club 1903 |
Ottawa Hockey Club Stanley Cup Champions 1904 |
Succeeded by Ottawa Hockey Club 1905 |
| Preceded by 1903 |
CAHL seasons 1904 |
Succeeded by 1905 |
| This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at 1904 CAHL season. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA). |
}}