1900 British Columbia season
This was the 1900 ice hockey season in British Columbia:
Rossland Winter Carnival
British Columbia Amateur Hockey League
The British Columbia Amateur Hockey League was established this winter. Greenwood and Camp McKinney both had teams, which were combined and entered the league as the Boundary Hockey Club
- Playing schedule
Here was the schedule as initially drawn up:
- 1/6: Rossland - Rossland Victorias
- 1/6: Nelsons - Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey
- 1/13: Rossland Victorias - Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey @ Rossland
- 1/13: Nelsons - Boundary @ Greenwood
- 1/20: Rossland Victorias - Boundary @ Rossland
- 1/20: Rossland - Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey @ Nelson
- 1/27: Rossland Victorias - Nelsons @ Nelson
- 1/27: Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey - Boundary @ Greenwood
- 2/3: Rosslands - Boundary @ Rossland
- 2/3: Nelson - Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey
- 2/10: Rossland - Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey @ Rossland
- 2/10: Nelsons - Boundary @ Nelson
- 2/17: Rosslands - Nelsons @ Rossland
- 2/17: Rossland Victorias - Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey @ Nelson
- 2/24: Rosslands - Boundary @ Greenwood
- 2/24: Rossland Victorias - Nelsons @ Rossland
- 3/3: Rossland Victorias - Rosslands
- 3/3: Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey - Boundary @ Nelson
- 3/10: Rosslands - Nelsons @ Nelson
- 3/10: Rossland Victorias - Boundary @ Greenwood
- Game results
- 1/6: Rossland Victorias - Rosslands 3:1
- 1/20: Boundary - Rossland Victorias 2:0
- Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey - Nelsons 8:? (this may have been the 7:1 game played on 2/1, listed in "other games")
- 2/3: Rosslands - Boundary 3:2 @ Greenwood
- 2/5: Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey - Nelsons 5:1
- 2/10: Rossland Victorias - Nelsons 6:1 (5:0, 1:1) @ Nelson
Other game results unknown.
Final standings, before start of Rossland Carnival:
- Rossland Victorias 2-1
- Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey Team 2-1
- Rosslands 2-1 (1-1?)
- Nelsons 1-3
- Boundary Hockey Club 1-1
- Rossland Victorias - Boundary 2:1 - played one day after end of Carnival; Victorias clinched title
The Boundary team formally dropped out of the league on February 26, after defaulting all the games they were scheduled to play in Nelson.
The Rossland Victorias won the BC Hockey League Trophy. This was intended to be a continuing trophy for each year's overall champion, but it was only played for once as the league collapsed due to a lack of administration after the 1900 season.
Other games
- 2/1: Nelson Lacrosse-Hockey - Nelsons 7:1
- Rosslands - Rossland Victorias 5:3
- Hudsons Bay Stores - Wholesalers 3:2 @ Nelson
- Archer Flat's Team - Hodder Hill's Team 3:2 @ Kaslo
- Sandon - Kaslo 6:3 @ Kaslo
- Sandon Juniors - Kaslo 4:0 @ Sandon
- Rossland Stars - Rossland Crescents 1:0 - Ladies match
Kamloops and Nicola Lake challenged each other, but no games were played between them.
Sources
- Knights of Winter: Hockey in British Columbia, 1895-1911