1909 CAHL Intermediate season

This was the 1909 Canadian Amateur Intermediate Hockey League season:

Teams

• Western Group: Montreal AAA II, Montreal Shamrocks II, Montreal Victorias II, Montreal Wanderers II, Montreal Westmount
• Eastern Group A: Quebec Seconds, Quebec St-Patrick, Sherbrooke HC
• Eastern Group B: Grand'Mere ACC, Trois-Rivieres Laviolettes, Trois-Riviers Voltigeurs

Results

Western Group

• 12/26: AAA - Victorias 5:4
• 12/26: Shamrocks - Wanderers 7:3
• 1/2: Shamrocks - AAA 12:4
• 1/2: Victorias - Westmount 6:4
• 1/9: Shamrocks - Victorias - Vics refused to play as the Shamrocks had Baker, Hyland, and Darragh, who had played in a professional game, on their roster; Shamrocks argued that the players should be eligible to play as they were amateurs, game was initially awarded to the Shamrocks, pending a league ruling - game was awarded to Shamrocks
• 1/9: Westmount - Wanderers 7:6
• 1/16: Westmount - Shamrocks 6:3
• 1/16: AAA - Wanderers 3:2
• 1/23: Wanderers - Victorias 3:1
• 1/23: Westmount - AAA 10:5
• 1/30: Shamrocks - Wanderers 4:2
• 1/30: Victorias - AAA 4:3
• 2/6: Shamrocks - AAA 0:0
• 2/6: Victorias - Westmount 2:2
• 2/13: Shamrocks - Victorias 9:1
• 2/13: Westmount - Wanderers 9:2
• 2/20: Westmount - Shamrocks 8:2
• 2/20: Wanderers - AAA 3:3
• 2/27: Westmount - AAA 7:2
• 2/27: Victorias - Wanderers 5:1

1. Westmount 6-1-1 57:29
2. Shamrocks 5-2-1 37:24
3. Victorias 3-4-1 23:27
4. AAA 2-4-2 24:43
5. Wanderers 1-6-1 21:43

Eastern Group A

• 1/2: Quebec Seconds - St-Patrick 5:4
• 1/9: Sherbrooke - Quebec Seconds 8:3
• 1/16: St-Patrick - Quebec Seconds 5:4
• 1/23: Sherbrooke - Quebec Seconds 10:3
• 1/30: Sherbrooke - St-Patrick 19:5
• 2/6: Sherbrooke - St-Patrick not played

Eastern Group B

• 1/7: Grand'Mere ACC - Trois-Rivieres Laviolettes 11:10
• 1/14: Trois-Rivieres Voltigeurs - Grand'Mere ACC 9:5
• 1/21: Grand'Mere ACC - Trois-Rivieres Laviolettes 15:5 - Trois-Rivieres protested Hubbard and Lay playing for Grand'Mere, as they had played for other teams during the season - protest was later withdrawn
• 2/5: Grand'Mere ACC - Trois-Rivieres Voltigeurs 13:6
• 2/12: Trois-Rivieres Voltigeurs - Trois-Rivieres Laviolettes 9:5
• 2/19: Grand'Mere ACC - Trois-Rivieres Laviolettes 8:3
• 2/24: Grand'Mere ACC - Trois-Rivieres Voltigeurs 4:3 - tiebreaker
• 2/26: Grand'Mere ACC - Trois-Rivieres Juniors 29:2 - tiebreaker - "record score of the season" - Voltigeurs refused to travel to Grand'Mere for the game, as they disapproved of Grand'Mere's means of acquiring players, so a junior team was sent instead

Semifinals

• 3/2: Sherbrooke - Grand'Mere ACC 13:10 @ Sherbrooke
• 3/5: Grand'Mere ACC beat Sherbrooke by at least 4 goals @ Grand'Mere

Final

• 3/10: Grand'Mere ACC - Westmount 7:5 @ Grand'Mere
• 3/13: Westmount - Grand'Mere ACC 8:8 2OT - Westmount was ahead 8:6 after regulation, but Grand'Mere scored twice in 20 minute overtime, to win series 15:13 @ Montreal

Other games

• 12/23: Montreal Wanderers - Grand'Mere ACC 9:2 @ Grand'Mere - this was the Wanderers Stanley Cup team
• 1/2: Montreal Wanderers II - Trois-Rivieres Laviolettes 7:6
• 1/9: Trois-Rivieres Voltigeurs - Quebec St-Patrick 15:4

Sources

• Montreal Gazette