1894 AHAC season

1894 AHAC season
League	Amateur Hockey Association of Canada
Sport	ice hockey
Duration	January 5, 1894 – March 10, 1894
Number of teams	5
1894
Champion	Montreal Hockey Club

The 1894 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season lasted from January 5 until March 10. Montreal HC would win the league and Canadian championship for the seventh season in a row.

Executive

President - W. Jack, Victorias
First Vice Pres. - A. Laurie, Quebec
Second Vice Pres. - Weldy C. Young, Ottawa
Secretary-Treasurer - J. A. Findlay, Montreal

Season

Highlights

In two games players scored five goals. In the opening game, in which Montreal soundly defeated Quebec 7–0, Haviland Routh scored five. On January 20, H. Russell of Ottawa scored five.

Final standing

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club	8	5	3	25	15
Ottawa Hockey Club	8	5	3	24	16
Montreal Victorias	8	5	3	36	20
Quebec Hockey Club	8	5	3	26	27
Montreal Crystals	8	0	8	10	43

Playoffs

The first Stanley Cup playoff game occurred on March 17, 1894. At the end of the 1894 AHAC season, four teams tied for the AHA championship with records of 5–3–0. This created problems for the AHA governors and the Cup's trustees since there was no tie-breaking system in place. After long negotiation and the withdrawal of Quebec from the championship situation, it was decided that a three-team tournament would take place in Montreal, with Ottawa getting a bye to the finals (being the sole "road" team). The Montreal HC defeated the Montreal Victorias, 3 – 2.^[1] Five days later on March 22, 1894, Montreal successfully defended their title with a 3 – 1 win over Ottawa. The OHA champion Osgoode Hall challenged for the Cup, but this was abandoned due to the lack of natural ice.^[2]

Game one: Montreal Hockey Club vs. Montreal Victorias

Ice conditions were described as not very good. The game was considered exciting, however, with Haviland Routh and Billy Barlow starring.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
March 17, 1894	Montreal Hockey Club	3 – 2	Montreal Victorias	Victoria Rink

Game one rosters

Montreal HC	Goals	Pos.	Goals	Victorias
Herbert Collins		G		Gordon Lewis
Allan Cameron		P		Mike Grant
George James		CP		William Pullan
Billy Barlow	2	F	1	Shirley Davidson
Clare Mussen		F	1	Robert MacDougall
Archie Hodgson	1	F		Norman Rankin
Haviland Routh		F		Reg Wallace
Referee: Weldy Young, Ottawa

Game two: Ottawa Hockey Club vs. Montreal Hockey Club

The final was close and in doubt until Billy Barlow scored the winning goal at 9'00" of the third quarter.

According to the Globe report of the game:

"Team play was marred by the softness of the ice. Rough and foul play was frequent, both defences indulging freely in tripping and slashing. Young of Ottawa was injured by James in the second half and although he finished the game without apparent distress, fainted dead away at the end of it. After the match the victors were carried off the rink."^[3]

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
March 22, 1894	Montreal Hockey Club	3 – 1	Ottawa Hockey Club	Victoria Rink

Game two rosters

Ottawa	Goals	Pos.	Goals	Montreal HC
A. Morel		G		Herbert Collins
Harvey Pulford		P		Allan Cameron
Weldy Young		CP		George James
Chauncy Kirby	1	F		Haviland Routh
Herbert Russell		F		Clare Mussen
Joe McDougall		F	2	Archie Hodgson
Sam McDougall		F	1	Billy Barlow
Referee: Herbert Scott, Quebec

Schedule and results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Jan.	5	Quebec	0	Montreal	7
	6	Crystals	1	Ottawa	6
	6	Quebec	3	Victorias	7
	13	Victorias	3	Montreal	4
	13	Ottawa	1	Quebec	4
	18	Crystals	1	Montreal	3
	20	Victorias	1	Ottawa	5
	20	Quebec	4	Crystals	1
	27	Ottawa	4	Montreal	1
	27	Crystals	4	Quebec	8
Feb.	3	Quebec	3	Montreal	2
	9	Ottawa	3	Crystals	1
	10	Montreal	1	Victorias	2
	17	Ottawa	2	Victorias	3
	24	Montreal	5	Ottawa	1
	24	Victorias	3	Quebec	4
Mar.	2	Montreal	2	Crystals	1
	3	Quebec	0	Ottawa	2
	7	Crystals	0	Victorias	6
	10	Victorias	11	Crystals	1

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Collins, Herbert	Montreal	8	15	1	1.875
Morel, Albert	Ottawa	8	16	1	2.00
Lewis, Gordon	Victorias	6	13	1	2.16
Jones, Robert	Victorias	1	3		3.00
Stocking, Frank	Quebec	8	27		3.375
White,	Crystals	2	8		4.00
McDougall, Hartland	Victorias	1	4		4.00
Clapperton,	Crystals	4	18		4.50
Carpenter,	Crystals	1	6		6.00
Kearns,	Crystals	1	11		11.00

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = games played, G = Goals scored.

Name	Club	GP	G
Herbert Russell	Ottawa	8	10
Albert Swift	Quebec	8	10
Haviland Routh	Montreal	8	8
Billy Barlow	Montreal	8	8
Norman Rankin	Victorias	5	6
Shirley Davidson	Victorias	8	6
Chauncey Kirby	Ottawa	8	6
Arthur D. Scott	Quebec	8	6
K. Davidson	Quebec	4	5
Sam McDougall	Ottawa	7	5

Montreal Hockey Club 1894 Stanley Cup champions

Players

Forwards

Billy Barlow^
Clare Mussen^
Archie Hodgson^
Haviland Routh^
Alex Kingan^
Alex Irving^
Arthur "Toad" Waud^
Aburey Mussen (Spare/did not play/on team picture)

Defencemen

Allan Cameron (point)
George James (coverpoint),
Eddie O'Brien (point)
James A. Stewart (cover point - playing President of AAA).

Goaltenders

Herbert Collins

Coaching and administrative staff:

Harry Shaw (Manager/Secretary-Treasurer)
James Taylor (President of the Hockey Club) (missing from team picture)
^Unknown who played Center, Rover, Right Wing and Left Wing, so the players are listed as forwards

Stanley Cup engraving

Montreal
-- 1894 --

References

Coleman, Charles L. The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. pp. 13–18.
Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. pp. 12, 50. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.

↑ "Montrealers Victorious". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 1894-03-19. p. 8.
↑ "History of the Stanley Cup". Ottawa Citizen. March 10, 1911. p. 5.
↑ "Montreallers Champions". The Globe. March 23, 1894. p. 6.

External links

description of first Stanley Cup final on Backcheck

Preceded by Montreal HC 1893	Montreal Hockey Club Stanley Cup Champions 1894	Succeeded by Montreal Victorias 1895
Preceded by 1893	AHAC seasons 1894	Succeeded by 1895

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[1] "Montrealers Victorious". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 1894-03-19. p. 8.

[2] "History of the Stanley Cup". Ottawa Citizen. March 10, 1911. p. 5.

[3] "Montreallers Champions". The Globe. March 23, 1894. p. 6.

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