Canadian Hockey Association (1909–1910)

The Canadian Hockey Association was an early men's professional ice hockey league. It was founded in 1909 as the result of a dispute within the Eastern Canada Hockey Association, but was the loser of the dispute. The league survived only a few weeks of play in January 1910 before teams left the league, causing its dissolution. The league held the Stanley Cup as the reigning champion Ottawa Hockey Club was a founding member of the league.

History

The CHA was formed by three teams from the Eastern Canada Hockey Association: Ottawa, Quebec, and the Montreal Shamrocks. They wanted to form a new league after the Montreal Wanderers of the ECHA were sold to new owners that wanted to move the club to the smaller Jubilee Arena. The CHA rejected applications from Wanderers and other teams who then formed their own league, the National Hockey Association (NHA). New teams in the league were All-Montreal, organized by former Wanderers captain Art Ross, and the francophone Montreal Nationals.

The backers of the NHA included some very successful businessmen who had much deeper pockets than the CHA owners. The CHA folded on January 15, 1910, after only a handful of games were played. Ottawa and the Shamrocks were immediately absorbed into the NHA, while Quebec joined the league for the 1910–11 season.

During its brief season, the Ottawa Senators won a Stanley Cup challenge against Galt, champions of the Ontario Professional Hockey League(OPHL). For this, and a challenge during the NHA season, the Senators are considered co-champions of the Stanley Cup in 1910.

Teams

*All-Montreal HC
*Montreal Nationals
*Montreal Shamrocks
*Ottawa Hockey Club
*Quebec Bulldogs

eason summary

Play started on December 30. After a few games it was clear that fan interestwas not there as only 800 fans were recorded for the game between the Nationalsand the Shamrocks.

Ottawa Hockey Club, January 1910 Stanley Cup Champions

Stanley Cup champion
goaltenders=*Percy LeSueur
defence=*Fred Lake (Point)
*Kenny Mallen (Point/Coverpoint)
*Hamby Shore (Coverpoint)
wingers=*Albert “Dubbie” Kerr
*Bruce Ridpath
*Gordon Roberts
centers=*Bruce Stuart(rover)(Captain)
*Walter Smaill(rover)
*Marty Walsh
non-players=
*Thomas D'arcy McGee (President)†, Llewellyn Bates (Vice President)†
*Pete Green (Coach)†, Patrick Basketville (Treasurer)†
*Martin Rosenthal (Secretary)†, Mac McGilton (Trainer)†
*Charles Sparks†, Charles Bryson†, Dave Mulligan† (Directors)
*Perciville Buttler†, Charles Irvin† (Directors)
all-notes=†known non-playing members of 1910 Ottawa Hockey Club. No team picture of Ottawa in 1910 has been found.
engraving-notes=Ottawa engraved "Ottawa 1910" and "OTTAWA vs GALT/OTTAWA vs EDMONTON".

ee also

* List of Stanley Cup champions
* List of pre-NHL seasons
* List of ice hockey leagues

References

*cite book | author=Coleman, Charles L | title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.