1904–05 MHA season

The 1904–05 Manitoba Hockey Association (MHA) season was won by the Rat Portage Thistles. After the season the Thistles challenged Ottawa for the Stanley Cup, but lost in a three-game series.

Regular season

Scores

• 12/26: Portage - Victorias 4:2
• 1/2: Brandon - Victorias 5:4
• 1/2: Rat Portage - Portage 14:2
• 1/6: Portage - Brandon 5:1
• 1/6: Rowing Club - Rat Portage 3:2
• 1/14: Rowing Club - Brandon 4:1
• 1/16: Rat Portage - Victorias 5:1
• 1/23: Rat Portage - Brandon 19:4
• 1/24: Victorias - Rowing Club 4:3 OT
• 1/27: Brandon - Portage 11:4
• 2/4: Rowing Club - Portage 4:4 OT
• 2/4: Rat Portage - Victorias 12:4
• 2/10: Rat Portage - Rowing Club 12:1
• 2/10: Brandon - Victorias 5:4
• 2/14: Portage - Victorias 8:7
• 2/20: Rowing Club - Victorias 4:3 OT
• 2/20: Rat Portage - Brandon 7:3
• 2/22: Rat Portage - Portage 10:4
• 2/24: Rowing Club - Brandon 11:3
• 3/9: Rowing Club - Portage 7:1

Final standings

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Points
Rat Portage Thistles	8	7	1	0	14
Winnipeg Rowing Club	8	5	2	1	11
Portage la Prairie	8	3	4	1	7
Brandon Hockey Club	8	3	5	0	6
Winnipeg Victorias	8	1	7	0	2

Source: Zweig, 2012.

Stanley Cup Challenges

After the season, the Thistles challenged the Ottawa Hockey Club in Ottawa

Rat Portage vs. Ottawa

In March 1905, the Rat Portage Thistles issued another challenge to the Senators. The Ottawa star Frank McGee did not play in the first game and the Thistles crushed Ottawa, 9–3. However, he returned to lead the Senators to 4–2 and 5–4 victories in games two and three, respectively. McGee scored the winning goal in the third game.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
March 7, 1905	Rat Portage Thistles	9–3	Ottawa Senators	Dey's Arena
March 9, 1905	Ottawa Senators	4–2	Rat Portage Thistles
March 11, 1905	Ottawa Senators	5–4	Rat Portage Thistles
Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1

See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions

Other games

• 12/29: Rowing Club - Victorias 5:4 OT - city championship
• 1/10: Brandon - Portage 11:2
• 3/14: Rowing Club - Victorias 10:4 - city championship
• 3/31: Rowing Club - Victorias 7:3 - city championship

References

• Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.. NHL. 
• (2012) Stanley Cup: 120 years of hockey supremacy. Firefly Books. ISBN 978-1-77085-104-7. 

Preceded by 1903–04

MHA seasons 1904–05

Succeeded by 1905–06

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