1902 CAHL season

1902 CAHL season
League	Canadian Amateur Hockey League
Sport	ice hockey
Duration	January 5, 1902 – March 1, 1902
Number of teams	5
1902
Champion	Montreal Hockey Club
Top scorer	Archie Hooper (17 goals)
CAHL seasons
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The 1902 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the fourth season of the league. Teams played an eight game schedule. The Montreal HC were the league champion with a record of six wins and two losses. After the season, Montreal HC challenged the Winnipeg Victorias for the Stanley Cup title and were victorious.

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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

The Shamrocks team, which had won the Stanley Cup only two seasons prior, was completely new. While Fred Scanlan went to Winnipeg, Harry Trihey, Arthur Farrell, Frank Wall, Frank Tansey, James McKenna and Jack Brannen all retired from competitive ice hockey. The team sank to the bottom of the standings.

Highlights

Montreal would win the league led by their big line of Archie 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. Hooper would score nine goals against the Shamrocks on January 5, 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. Archie 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, Capt		CP	Magnus Flett
Archie Hooper		RO	Fred Cadham
Jack Marshall		C	Burke Wood
Charles Liffiton		RW	Tony Gingras	1
Jimmy Gardner		LW	Fred Scanlon
Billy Bellinghan		Spare	Dan Bain, Capt.
Roland Reed Elliot		Spare	Charles Johnston
George Smith		Spare
Referee- W. MacFarlane

March 15

Montreal	5	at	Winnipeg	0
Billy Nicholson		G	Art Brown
Billy Bellingham		P	Rod Flett
Dickie Boon, Capt		CP	Magnus Flett
Archie Hooper	2	RO	Fred Cadham
Jack Marshall	2	C	Burke Wood
Charles Liffiton	1	RW	Tony Gingras
Jimmy Gardner		LW	Fred Scanlon
Billy Bellinghan		Spare	Dan Bain, Capt.
Ronald Elliot		Spare	Charles Johnston
George Smith		Spare
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
Archie Hooper	1	RO	Fred Cadham
Jack Marshall	1	C	Burke Wood
Charles Liffiton		RW	Tony Gingras	1
Jimmy Gardner		LW	Fred Scanlon
Billy Bellinghan		Spare	Dan Bain, Capt.
Ronald Elliot		Spare	Charles Johnston
George Smith		Spare
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. Ottawa lost to the New York Athletic Club 6–3 on March 23. 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	Quebec	2	Montreal	3
	1	Shamrocks	0	Ottawa	12
	8	Montreal	7	Quebec	1
	8	Ottawa	3	Victorias	2
	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

† Birthday of the Champion.

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

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

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Billy Nicholson	Montreal	8	15	2	1.7
Bouse Hutton	Ottawa	8	15	2	1.7
Archie Lockerby	Victorias	6	15		2.5
Paddy Moran	Quebec	8	34		4.3
Fred Munro	Victorias	2	10		5.0
P. O'Reilly	Shamrocks	8	62		7.8

Scoring leaders

Name	Club	GP	G
Archie Hooper	Montreal	8	17
Russell Bowie	Victorias	7	13
Jack Marshall	Montreal	8	11
Rat Westwick	Ottawa	8	11
Bruce Stuart	Ottawa	8	9
Blair Russel	Victorias	8	9
Charlie Liffiton	Montreal	8	8
Harold Henry	Ottawa	8	6
Edward Stuart	Victorias	6	6
Percy Lemesurier	Quebec	4	5

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. 

Preceded by Winnipeg Victorias January 1902	Montreal Hockey Club 1902 Stanley Cup Champions 1902	Succeeded by Montreal Hockey Club January 1903
Preceded by 1901	CAHL seasons 1902	Succeeded by 1903

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