- 1902 CAHL season
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Contents
League business
Executive
- George R. James, Montreal (President)
- A. D. Scott, Quebec (1st Vice-President)
- N. Charles Sparks, Ottawa ( 2nd Vice-President)
- Harry Trihey, Shamrocks(Secretary-Treasurer)
New fines were added for being more than 15 minutes late for a game and forfeiting.
The clubs demanded an increase in gate receipts share from 33% to 40% and a higher number of free tickets from the Montreal Arena owners, but settled for the increase in tickets only.
Source: Coleman, p. 68
Season
Highlights
Montreal would win the league led by their big line of Art Hooper, Jack Marshall, Jimmy Gardner and Charlie Liffiton. The players would earn their nickname of the 'Little Men of Iron', winning the Stanley Cup in a challenge with Winnipeg. Art Hooper would score 9 goals against the Shamrocks on January 5th, on his way to winning the scoring title.
Final Standing
Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against Montreal Hockey Club 8 6 2 0 39 15 Ottawa Hockey Club 8 5 3 0 35 15 Montreal Victorias 8 4 4 0 36 25 Quebec Hockey Club 8 4 4 0 26 34 Montreal Shamrocks 8 1 7 0 15 62 Stanley Cup challenges
Winnipeg vs. Montreal
After the Montreal HC won the 1902 CAHL title in March, they promptly sent a challenge to the Winnipeg Victorias. In game one of the best-of-three series, Winnipeg shut out Montreal, 1–0. However, Montreal shut out Winnipeg in game two, 5–0, and then held on to a 2–1 victory in game three. With the victory, the Montreal club won the Cup for the first time since 1894.
Jack Marshall of Montreal, who had played for the Winnipeg team in the previous year, faced his old team and scored three goals, including the series clincher. Art Hooper also scored three for Montreal.
Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location March 13, 1902 Winnipeg Victorias 1 – 0 Montreal HC Winnipeg Auditorium March 15, 1902 Montreal HC 5 – 0 Winnipeg Victorias March 17, 1902 Montreal HC 2 – 1 Winnipeg Victorias Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1 March 13 Montreal 0 at Winnipeg 1 Billy Nicholson G Art Brown Tom Hodge P Rod Flett Dickie Boon CP Magnus Flett Art Hooper R Fred Cadham Jack Marshall C Frank Wood Charles Liffiton F Tony Gingras 1 Jimmy Gardner F Fred Scanlon Referee- W. MacFarlane March 15 Montreal 5 at Winnipeg 0 Billy Nicholson G Art Brown Billy Bellingham P Rod Flett Dickie Boon CP Magnus Flett Art Hooper 2 R Fred Cadham Jack Marshall 2 C Burke Wood Ernie Liffiton 1 F Tony Gingras Jimmy Gardner F Fred Scanlon Referee- W. MacFarlane March 17 Montreal 2 at Winnipeg 1 Billy Nicholson G Art Brown Billy Bellingham P Red Flett Dickie Boon CP Magnus Flett Art Hooper 1 R Fred Cadham Jack Marshall 1 C Burke Wood Ernie Liffiton F Tony Gingras 1 Jimmy Gardner F Fred Scanlon Referee- W. MacFarlane Exhibitions
The Ottawa Hockey Club travelled to New York after the season for an exhibition series. Ottawa defeated the Hockey Club of New York 4–3 on March 21, 1902.[1] Ottawa lost to the New York Athletic Club 6–3 on March 23.[2] Both games were at the St. Nicholas Rink.
Schedule and results
Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Jan. 5 Victorias 4 Ottawa 5 5 Montreal 14 Shamrocks 0 11 Ottawa 1 Shamrocks 2 11 Victorias 9 Quebec 5 18 Montreal 4 Ottawa 2 18 Quebec 6 Shamrocks 2 22 Victorias 3 Montreal 2 25 Ottawa 1 Quebec 2 25 Shamrocks 2 Victorias 9 Feb. 1 Shamrocks 0 Ottawa 12 1 Quebec 2 Montreal 3 8 Ottawa 3 Victorias 2 8 Montreal 7 Quebec 1 12 Victorias 8 Shamrocks 2 15 Quebec 0 Ottawa 8 15 Montreal 5 Shamrocks 4 22 Ottawa 3 Montreal 1 22 Shamrocks 3 Quebec 7 26 Montreal 3 Victorias 0 Mar. 1 Quebec 3 Victorias 1 Player statistics
Goalkeeper averages
Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Nicholson, Billy Montreal 8 15 2 1.7 Hutton, John Bouse Ottawa 8 15 2 1.7 Lockerby, Archie Victorias 6 15 2.5 Moran, Paddy Quebec 8 34 4.3 Munro, Fred Victorias 2 10 5.0 O'Reilly, P Shamrocks 8 62 7.8 Scoring leaders
Name Club GP G Hooper, Art Montreal 8 17 Bowie, Russell Victorias 7 13 Marshall, Jack Montreal 8 11 Westwick, Harry Ottawa 8 11 Stuart, Bruce Ottawa 8 9 Russell, Blair Victorias 8 9 Liffiton, Charlie Montreal 8 8 Henry, H. Ottawa 8 6 Stuart, E. Victorias 6 6 Lemesurier Quebec 4 5 Montreal H.C. 1902 Stanley Cup champions
Roster
- Jack Marshall
- Art Hooper (rover)
- Cecil Blachford
- Jimmy Gardner
- Charles Liffiton
- George Smith[disambiguation needed
] (did not play)
- Billy Bellingham (point)
- Dickie Boon (coverpoint-captain)
- Ronald Elloit (point)
- Tom Hodges (point)
- Goaltenders
- Billy Nicholson
- Non-players
- Harry Shaw (President), Clarence McKerrow (Coach)
- Allan Cameron (Vice President), Paul Lefbvre (Trainer)
- H. H. W. Andrews (Director)†, C. G. Chitty (Director)†, H. C. Dewitt (Hon. Secretary/Treasurer)†
- † Three executives first names remain unknown.
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.
- ^ "Ottawa Wins At Hockey" (pdf). New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40B17FD395412738DDDAB0A94DB405B828CF1D3. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ^ "Canadians Lost At Hockey" (pdf). New York Times. March 23, 1902. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9907EFD9103DEE32A25750C2A9659C946397D6CF. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
Preceded by
Winnipeg Victorias
January 1902Montreal Hockey Club
1902 Stanley Cup Champions
1902Succeeded by
Montreal Hockey Club
January 1903Preceded by
1901CAHL seasons
1902Succeeded by
1903Categories:- 1902 in ice hockey
- Canadian Amateur Hockey League
- Stanley Cup Championship Finals
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