1900 CAHL season


The 1900 Canadian Amateur Hockey League 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

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

Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
TeamGPWLTGFGA
Montreal Shamrocks87104926
Montreal Hockey Club85303436
Ottawa Hockey Club84402819
Montreal Victorias82604455
Quebec Hockey Club82603352

Results

MonthDayVisitorScoreHomeScore
Jan.6Montreal HC6Victorias5
Jan.6Shamrocks5Ottawa HC4
Jan.13Montreal HC3Shamrocks8
Jan.13Ottawa HC 3Quebec HC2
Jan.18Victorias4Shamrocks10
Jan.20Montreal HC2Ottawa HC5
Jan.20Quebec HC3Victorias14
Jan.27Montreal HC 8Quebec HC7
Jan.27Ottawa HC5Victorias3
Feb.3Quebec HC2Shamrocks8
Feb.10Victorias1Ottawa HC11
Feb.10Quebec HC5Montreal HC6
Feb.17Ottawa HC0Montreal HC3
Feb.24Quebec HC3Ottawa HC0
Feb.24Victorias1Montreal HC3
Feb.27Shamrocks5Montreal HC3
Mar.1 Shamrocks10Victorias6
Mar.3 Ottawa HCShamrocks
Mar.4Victorias10Quebec HC7
Mar.10Shamrocks3Quebec HC4

† Shamrocks clinch league championship.
‡ defaulted to Shamrocks

Player Stats

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored
NameClubGPG
Harry TriheyShamrocks717
Russell BowieVictorias715
Billy ChristmasMontreal HC812
Bruce StuartOttawa HC511
James GillespieQuebec HC810
Arthur FarrellShamrocks89
Blair RusselVictorias79
George McCarronQuebec HC27
Charlie LiffitonMontreal HC86
Jack BrannenShamrocks86

Goaltending averages

Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
NameClubGPGASOGAA
Billy NicholsonMontreal HC41112.75
Bouse HuttonOttawa HC71902.8
James H. McKennaShamrocks72603.7
Fred MunroMontreal HC42506.3
Frank StockingQuebec HC85216.5
Thomas PowersVictorias85506.9

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.

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.

Stanley Cup engraving

  • † Did not play-on team picture
  • & unknown first name
non-players=
  • Harry W. McLaughlin, C.M. Hart
  • W.H. Kearney &, C.F. Smith
  • Barney Dunphy, C. Foley