1891 AHAC season

1891 AHAC season
LeagueAmateur Hockey Association of Canada
SportIce hockey
DurationJanuary 7 – March 5, 1891
Teams6
1891
ChampionsMontreal Hockey Club

The 1891 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season saw the Montreal Hockey Club win the league and Canadian championship for the fourth straight season by beating the Montreal Crescents 8-2. Ontario launched the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) as the popularity of the sport spread west. Ottawa, the eventual Ontario champion, played in a challenge with Montreal and lost.

Season

The Dominion Hockey Club did not return to put on a challenge. The Shamrock Athletic Association mounted their first challenge. The Ottawa Hockey Club returned to AHAC play.

Overall challenge record

Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Team GP W L T GF GA
Montreal Hockey Club† 8 8 0 0 28 7
Ottawa Hockey Club 1 0 1 0 0 3
Montreal Shamrocks 2 0 2 0 2 9
Montreal Victorias 2 0 2 0 2 6
Montreal Crescents 2 0 2 0 3 10
Quebec Hockey Club 1 0 1 0 0 0

Quebec lost to Montreal by default on January 7. As a result, Quebec was not allowed to issue any additional challenges for the 1891 season.

† National champion. The Montreals retained their championship all season without being defeated.

Results

Games consisted of a mixture of Challenge games and Exhibition (friendlies)

Date Visitor Score Home Score Location
Exhibition play
Dec. 19McGill1Montreal HC3Crystal Rink
Jan. 2Crescents2Montreal HC1Crystal Rink[1]
Jan. 17McGill2Ottawa HC3Rideau Rink[2]
Jan. 29Crescents1Victorias3Victoria Rink
Jan. 31Victorias0Ottawa HC1Rideau Rink[2]
Feb. 9McGill5Victorias6Victoria Rink
AHAC Challenge play
Jan. 7Quebec HC--Montreal HC----[3]
Jan. 19Victorias1Montreal HC4Crystal Rink
Jan. 28Shamrocks1Montreal HC4Crystal Rink
Feb. 4Crescents1Montreal HC2Crystal Rink
Feb. 12Victorias1Montreal HC2Crystal Rink
Feb. 21Ottawa HC0Montreal HC3Crystal Rink[2]
Feb. 27Shamrocks1Montreal HC5Crystal Rink
Mar. 5Crescents2Montreal HC8Crystal Rink

Game on January 7 was defaulted to Montreal HC by Quebec. Quebec telegraphed that the team would not show.[3]

Player Stats

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = games played, G = goals scored

Name Club GP G
Alexander KinganMontreal HC75
George LoweMontreal HC64
Archie McNaughtonMontreal HC63
Thomas CaffertyShamrocks21
Allan CameronMontreal HC61
Sam LeeMontreal HC11
James KinghornVictorias11
Stewart McQuistenCrescents21
William WardenMontreal HC21

Source: Ultimate Hockey

17 Goals unaccounted for in statistics

Goaltending averages

Note: GP = games played, GA = goals against, SO = shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Name Club GP GA SO GAA
Tom PatonMontreal HC6611.0
Robert JonesVictorias2603.0
Albert MorelOttawa HC1303.0
James McKennaShamrocks2904.5

Source: Ultimate Hockey

See also

References

  • Weir, Glen (1991). Ultimate Hockey. Stoddart Publishing.
  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
Notes
  1. ↑ "A Practice Game". Montreal Herald. January 3, 1891. p. 2.
  2. 1 2 3 "A Good Record At The Capital", The Globe, p. 3, March 23, 1891
  3. 1 2 "Did Not Take Place". Montreal Herald. January 8, 1891. p. 2.
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