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| title = 1907 ECAHA season
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| duration = January 3, 1907 – March 10, 1907
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| seasonslist = [[Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association]]
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The '''1907 ECAHA season''' was the second season of the [[Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association]] (ECAHA). Teams played a ten-game schedule. The [[Montreal Wanderers]] won the league championship going undefeated, with their only loss of the season coming in a [[Stanley Cup]] challenge series with Kenora.

==League business==
{{Emergence of the NHL}}

===Executive===
* Fred McRobie (President)
* Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Ottawa (1st Vice-President)
* Gordon Blair, Quebec (2nd Vice-President)
* Emmett Quinn, Shamrocks (Secretary-Treasurer)

Nationals and Grand Trunk applied for franchises but did not get three-fourths approval.

===Rule changes===
* Teams could have professionals as well as amateurs
* After a puck strikes a goalie, the rebound could now be played by the defending team without it being called offside
* A player injured in the first half can sit for ten minutes and the other team has to take off a player.

==Regular season==
Frank McGee of Ottawa retired to pursue his government career. The Wanderers added two professionals, Riley Hern from the Portage Lake-Houghton pros and Hod Stuart from the Pittsburgh pros.

Prior to the season, Ottawa travelled to Winnipeg for a series of exhibition games against Manitoba league teams including the [[Kenora Thistles]], who then came east to play a challenge in Montreal.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Globe |date=January 1, 1907 |title=Kenora Didn't Stay|page=11}}</ref> The [[Montreal Victorias]] hosted the [[New York St. Nicholas|St. Nicholas Hockey Club]] from New York in an exhibition on December 22, 1906, defeating them 16–3.<ref>{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |page=2 |title=Vics Showed Class}}</ref>

===Highlights===

A major battle took place for the game between the Senators and Wanderers on January 12. Stick work was the order of the day as Charles Spittal of Ottawa knocked Cecil Blachford in the head, Alf Smith hit Hod Stuart in the head and Harry Smith broke Ernie Johnson's nose. The Wanderers would still win, 4–2.

After the game, a special league meeting was called to hand out discipline, with Victorias and Wanderers wanting Spittal and Alf Smith suspended for the season. The players were not suspended, leading the league president Mr. McRobie to resign, leaving Darcy McGee to take over as president.

On the next visit of the Ottawa team to Montreal, to play the Victorias, the three Ottawa players were arrested by Montreal police. Eventually Alf Smith and Spittal were fined $20 for their actions and Harry Smith was found not guilty.

The scoring championship was close, with Ernie Russell of the Wanderers placing first with 42 goals in 9 games, and Russell Bowie scoring 38 in 10 games.

===Final standings===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Games Played
! Wins
! Losses
! Ties
! Goals For
! Goals Against
|-
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| <center>10</center>
| <center>10</center>
| <center>0</center>
| <center>0</center>
| <center>105</center>
| <center>39</center>
|-
| [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Hockey Club]]
| <center>10</center>
| <center>7</center>
| <center>3</center>
| <center>0</center>
| <center>76</center>
| <center>54</center>
|-
| [[Montreal Victorias]]
| <center>10</center>
| <center>6</center>
| <center>4</center>
| <center>0</center>
| <center>101</center>
| <center>70</center>
|-
| [[Montreal Hockey Club]]
| <center>10</center>
| <center>3</center>
| <center>7</center>
| <center>0</center>
| <center>58</center>
| <center>83</center>
|-
| [[Quebec Bulldogs|Quebec Hockey Club]]
| <center>10</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>8</center>
| <center>0</center>
| <center>62</center>
| <center>88</center>
|-
| [[Montreal Shamrocks]]
| <center>10</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>8</center>
| <center>0</center>
| <center>52</center>
| <center>120</center>
|}

==Stanley Cup challenges==
The 1907 season had two Stanley Cup champions, Montreal Wanderers and Kenora Thistles.

===Wanderers vs. New Glasgow at Montreal===

The Wanderers played one Stanley Cup challenge before the season, defeating the [[New Glasgow Cubs]] in a two-game series 10–3, 7–2, December 27–29, 1906. This was the first series in which professional players played for the Stanley Cup, as the Wanderers and other teams in the ECAHA were starting to mix amateurs with pros in their squads.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="140" | Date
! width="140" | Winning Team
! width="5" | Score
! width="140" | Losing Team
! width="145" | Location
|-
|December 27, 1906||Montreal Wanderers||10–3||New Glasgow Cubs||rowspan="2"|Montreal Arena
|-
|December 29, 1906||Montreal Wanderers||7–2||New Glasgow Cubs
|-
!colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"|Montreal wins total goals series 17 goals to 5.
|}

{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0 style="margin-left: 0.5in"
|+ December 27, 1906
|- bgcolor=#cccccc
! width=150 | New Glasgow Cubs
! 3
! width=30| at
!width=150 | Montreal Wanderers
! 10
|-
|Frank Morrison || ||align=center| G || William "Riley" Hern || ||
|-
|James Musick || ||align=center| P || Billy Strachan || ||
|-
|Evan MacMillian || ||align=center| CP || Rod Kennedy || ||
|-
|Jack Marks || 2 ||align=center| RO || Lester Patrick || 2 ||
|-
|Jack McDonald || 1 ||align=center| C || Frank "Pud" Glass || 4 ||
|-
|Jimmy Williams || ||align=center| LW || Ernie "Moose' Johnson || ||
|-
|Bill Lannon || ||align=center| RW || Ernie Russell || 3 ||
|-
|Percy MacDonald || ||align=center| Spare || Cecil Blachford, Capt
|-
|James Murphy || ||align=center| Spare || Hod Stuart
|-
|colspan="5"| Referees Howard, Russell Bowie
|-
|}
{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0 style="margin-left: 0.5in"
|+ December 29, 1906
|- bgcolor=#cccccc
! width=150 | New Glasgow Cubs
! 2
! width=30| at
!width=150 | Montreal Wanderers
! 7
|-
|Frank Morrison || ||align=center| G || William "Riley" Hern || ||
|-
|Jack McDonald || 1 ||align=center| P || Billy Strachan || ||
|-
|Percy McDonald || ||align=center| CP || Rod Kennedy ||1 ||
|-
|Bill Lannon || ||align=center| RO || Lester Patrick || 3 ||
|-
|Jimmy Williams || ||align=center| C || Frank "Pud" Glass || 1 ||
|-
|James Murphy || 1 ||align=center| LW || Ernie "Moose" Johnson || 2 ||
|-
|James Musick || ||align=center| RW || Cecil Blachford, Capt || ||
|-
|Evan MacMillan || ||align=center| Spare || Hod Stuart
|-
|Jack Marks || ||align=center| Spare || Ernie Russell
|-
|colspan="5"| Referees Howard, Russell Bowie
|-
|}

</div>

===Wanderers vs. Kenora at Montreal===

The Wanderers played one Stanley Cup challenge during the season, losing to the [[Kenora Thistles]] 2–4, 6–8 on January 17–21. Aided by future [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]rs Joe Hall, Tom Hooper, Tommy Phillips, and Art Ross, the Thistles came away with 4–2 and 8–6 victories for a combined score of 12–8 to win a two-game total goals series. Hall and Ross were borrowed from the [[Brandon Wheat Cities|Brandon Wheat City]] team.

For Montreal, these were their first games after their donnybrook with Ottawa on January 12. Centre Cecil Blachfor], who had been knocked out in the Ottawa game, did not play. Johnson and Stuart, who had required hospitalization, did play. Ernie Russell substituted for Blachford.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="120" | Date
! width="150" | Winning Team
! width="5" | Score
! width="150" | Losing Team
! width="145" | Location
|-
|January 17, 1907||Kenora Thistles||4–2||Montreal Wanderers||rowspan="2"|Montreal Arena
|-
|January 21, 1907||Kenora Thistles||8–6||Montreal Wanderers
|-
!colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"|Kenora wins total goals series 12 goals to 8
|}
{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0 style="margin-left: 0.5in"
|+ January 17, 1907
|- bgcolor=#cccccc
! width=150 | Montreal Wanderers
! 2
! width=30| vs
!width=150 | Kenora Thistles
! 4
|-
|William "Riley" Hern || ||align=center| G || Eddie Geroux || ||
|-
|Billy Strachan || ||align=center| P || Art Ross || ||
|-
|Hod Stuart || ||align=center| CP || Si Griffis || ||
|-
|Lester Patrick, Capt. || 2 ||align=center| RO || Tom Hooper || ||
|-
|Ernie Russell || ||align=center| C || Billy McGimsie || ||
|-
|Frank "Pud" Glass || ||align=center| RW || Roxy Beaudro || ||
|-
|Ernie "Moose" Johnson || ||align=center| LW || Tommy Phillips, Capt. || 4 ||
|-
|Jack Marshall || 1 ||align=center| sub ||
|-
|Rod Kennedy || ||align=center| spare || Joe Hall
|-
|Bill Chipcase || ||align=center| spare || Russell Phillips
|-
|colspan="5"| Referees Meldrun, Russell Bowie
|-
|}
{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0 style="margin-left: 0.5in"
|+ January 21, 1907
|- bgcolor=#cccccc
! width=150 | Montreal Wanderers
! 6
! width=30| vs
!width=150 | Kenora Thistles
! 8
|-
|William "Riley" Hern || ||align=center| G || Eddie Geroux || ||
|-
|Rod Kennedy || ||align=center| P || Art Ross || ||
|-
|Hod Stuart || ||align=center| CP || Si Griffis || ||
|-
|Lester Patrick, Capt || 3 ||align=center| RO || Tom Hooper || 3 ||
|-
|Ernie Russell || 2 ||align=center| C || Billy McGimsie || 1 ||
|-
|Frank "Pud" Glass || ||align=center| RW || Roxy Beaudro || 1 ||
|-
|Ernie "Moose" Johnson || ||align=center| LW || Tommy Phillips, Capt. || 3 ||
|-
|Jack Marshall || 1 ||align=center| sub ||
|-
|Billy Strachan || ||align=center| spare || Joe Hall
|-
|Bill Chipcase || ||align=center| spare || Russell Phillips
|-
|colspan="5"| Referees Chittick, Shea
|-
|}

After the series, the Thistles played an exhibition game in Ottawa on January 23. The Thistles lost 8–3 to Ottawa. Harry Smith scored four goals and Harry Westwick scored three for Ottawa.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Ottawa Journal |date=January 24, 1907 |page=2 |title=Ottawas Won From Thistles}}</ref> In this game Billy McGimsie suffered a career-ending shoulder injury.

===Wanderers vs. Kenora at Winnipeg===
[[File:Montreal Wanderers in Winnipeg 1907.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wanderers players and team officials in Winnipeg for challenge|alt=Several rows of men, some wearing hockey uniforms, the others in overcoats and top hats.]]
After returning home, Kenora had played the balance of the MPHL season and playoffs. After losing McGimsie, Si Griffis and Tom Hooper also went down to injury. Kenora signed three players to bolster its team: Alf Smith and Rat Westwick of Ottawa, and Fred Whitcroft of Peterborough to finish the season. (All three were future Hall of Fame inductees.) By the time of the MPHL playoff, Stanley Cup trustee Bill Foran notified Kenora that Smith and Westwick were ineligible for the challenge.

Kenora dressed Smith and Westwick for the challenge anyway and Montreal filed a protest with Foran. Foran ruled that both players were ineligible. The series was supposed to start on March 20 in Kenora, but did not. One report was that the ice in the rink was too poor to play on and the rink was closed.<ref>{{cite news |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=March 21, 1907 |title=No Stanley Cup Game At Kenora Last Night |page=5}}</ref> The clubs went ahead and started the series on March 23 in Winnipeg instead, with Smith and Westwick playing. Mr. Foran was notified by the press (inaccurately) that Montreal had dropped its protest and that the clubs intended to play anyway. Mr. Foran threatened to take the Cup back to Ottawa:

<blockquote>
If the two clubs ignore the instructions of the cup trustees by mutually agreeing to play against Westwick and Smith when both were positively informed these men were ineligible to participate in the present cup matches, the series will be treated as void, and the cup will be taken charge of by the trustees. It will remain in their possession till the various hockey leagues can educate themselves up to a standard where decent sport will be the order of the day.”<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=The Globe |date=March 25, 1907 |title=Never Too Late to Mend |pages=9 |postscript=}}</ref></blockquote>

The teams went ahead and played the series. However, Mr. Foran changed his mind after the Wanderers won the Cup, stating that the Wanderers could keep the Cup, because they had not rescinded their protest.<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=The Globe |date=March 26, 1907 |title=The News of Sport |pages=9 |postscript=}}</ref>

After the series, the Wanderers returned to Montreal with the Stanley Cup. The Cup was stolen from Montreal photographer Jimmy Rice's home and held for ransom. No ransom was paid, and the Cup was returned to Rice. It was used as a geranium planter until the fall.<ref>{{cite news |work=Montreal Gazette |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=669f52ee-3cdc-4cb2-add6-8c0376be3fbf&k=7939 |title=It was butchery, not sport, in Westmount |publisher=Canada.com |accessdate=December 4, 2009 |date=January 12, 2007}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="120" | Date
! width="140" | Winning Team
! width="5" | Score
! width="140" | Losing Team
! width="145" | Location
|-
|March 23, 1907||Montreal Wanderers||7–2||Kenora Thistles||rowspan="2"|Winnipeg Auditorium
|-
|March 25, 1907||Kenora Thistles||6–5||Montreal Wanderers
|-
!colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"|Montreal wins total goals series 12 goals to 8
|}

{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0 style="margin-left: 0.5in"
|+ March 23, 1907
|- bgcolor=#cccccc
! width=150 | Montreal Wanderers
! 7
! width=30| at
!width=150 | Kenora Thistles
! 2
|-
|William "Riley" Hern || ||align=center| G || Eddie Geroux || ||
|-
|Lester Patrick, Capt. || ||align=center| P || Tom Hooper || ||
|-
|Hod Stuart || ||align=center| CP || Si Griffis || ||
|-
|Frank "Pud" Glass || 2 ||align=center| RO || Harry "Rat" Westwick || ||
|-
|Ernie Russell || 4 ||align=center| C || Fred Whitecroft || ||
|-
|Cecil Blachford || ||align=center| RW || Alf Smith || 1 ||
|-
|Ernie "Moose" Johnson || 1 ||align=center| LW || Tommy Phillips, Capt. || 1 ||
|-
|Bill Chipcase || ||align=center| spare || Roxy Beaudro
|-
|T Eskrine & Rod Kennedy || ||align=center| spare || Russell Phillips
|-
|Referee- W. MacFarlane || ||align=center|
|-
|Referee W. Kean || ||align=center|
|-
|}

{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0 style="margin-left: 0.5in"
|+ March 25, 1907
|- bgcolor=#cccccc
! width=150 | Montreal Wanderers
! 5
! width=30| at
!width=150 | Kenora Thistles
! 6
|-
|William "Riley" Hern|| ||align=center| G || Eddie Geroux || ||
|-
|Lester Patrick, Capt. || 1 ||align=center| P || Roxy Beaudro || 1 ||
|-
|Hod Stuart || ||align=center| CP || Si Griffis || 1 ||
|-
|Frank "Pud" Glass || 1 ||align=center| RO || Harry "Rat" Westwick || ||
|-
|Ernie Russell || 1 ||align=center| C || Fred Whitecroft || 2 ||
|-
|Cecil Blachford || ||align=center| RW || Alf Smith || 1 ||
|-
|Ernie "Moose' Johnson || 2 ||align=center| LW || Tommy Phillips, Capt. || 1 ||
|-
|T Eskrine & Rod Kennedy || ||align=center| spare || Russell Phillips
|-
|Bill Chipcase || ||align=center| spare || Tom Hooper
|-
|Referee- W. MacFarlane || ||align=center|
|-
|Referee W. Kean || ||align=center|
|-
|}

==Schedule and results==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month
! Day
! Visitor
! Score
! Home
! Score
|-
|rowspan=13 valign=top| Jan.
|| 2 || Wanderers || 6 || Victorias || 5 (10' overtime)
|-
| 5 || Montreal || 5 || Shamrocks || 3
|-
| 5 || Quebec || 1 || Ottawa || 6
|-
| 9 || Wanderers || 6 || Montreal || 3
|-
| 12 || Ottawa || 2 || Wanderers || 4
|-
| 12 || Victorias || 10 || Quebec || 1
|-
| 16 || Victorias || 16 || Shamrocks || 3
|-
| 19 || Shamrocks || 2 || Ottawa || 6
|-
| 19 || Quebec || 8 || Montreal || 15
|-
| 23 || Victorias || 12 || Montreal || 6
|-
| 26 || Ottawa || 12 || Victorias || 10
|-
| 26 || Wanderers || 11 || Quebec || 3
|-
| 30 || Shamrocks || 5 || Montreal || 3
|-
|rowspan=12 valign=top| Feb.
|| 2 || Montreal || 2 || Ottawa || 5
|-
| 2 || Quebec || 8 || Shamrocks || 11
|-
| 6 || Wanderers || 5 || Victorias || 2
|-
| 9 || Ottawa || 5 || Quebec || 4 (2' overtime)
|-
| 9 || Montreal || 3 || Wanderers || 16
|-
| 13 || Shamrocks || 7 || Victorias || 19
|-
| 16 || Victorias || 7 || Ottawa || 16
|-
| 16 || Quebec || 5 || Wanderers || 13
|-
| 19 || Shamrocks || 5 || Wanderers || 18
|-
| 23 || Ottawa || 12 || Shamrocks || 6
|-
| 23 || Montreal || 5 || Quebec || 9
|-
| 27 || Montreal || 8 || Victorias || 13
|-
|rowspan=5 valign=top| Mar.
|| 2 || Wanderers || 10 || Ottawa || 6
|-
| 2 || Quebec || 6 || Victorias || 7
|-
| 6 || Shamrocks || 5 || Wanderers || 16
|-
| 9 || Ottawa || 6 || Montreal || 8
|-
| 9 || Shamrocks || 5 || Quebec || 17
|-
|}

==Player statistics==

===Goaltending averages===
Note: GP = Games played, GA = goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=120| Name
!width=75| Club
!width=25| GP
!width=25| GA
!width=25| SO
!width=25| GAA
|-
|Riley Hern
||Wanderers || 10 || 39 || || 3.9
|-
|Percy LeSueur
||Ottawa || 10 || 54 || || 5.4
|-
|Nathan Frye
||Victorias || 10 || 70 || || 7.0
|-
|Charles Doddridge
||Quebec || 4 || 30 || || 7.5
|-
|White
||Montreal || 10 || 83 || || 8.3
|-
|Paddy Moran
||Quebec || 6 || 58 || || 9.7
|-
|Currie
||Shamrocks || 10 || 120 || || 12.0
|-
|}

===Leading scorers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=90| Name
!width=75| Club
!width=30| GP
!width=30| G
|-
||Russell, Ernie
||Wanderers || 9 || 42
|-
||Bowie, Russell
||Victorias || 10 || 38
|-
||Russell, Blair
||Victorias || 10 || 25
|-
||Smith, Harry
||Ottawa || 9 || 21
|-
||Sargent, Grover
||Montreal || 10 || 20
|-
||Hale, Chandler
||Victorias || 7 || 18
|-
||Smith, Alf
||Ottawa || 9 || 17
|-
||Shore, Hamby
||Ottawa || 10 || 17
|-
||Johnson, Ernie
||Montreal || 10 || 15
|-
||Charles Francis Constantine
||Quebec || 7 || 15
|-
|}

==References==
*{{cite book
| author=Coleman, Charles L.
| title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.
|year=1966
|publisher=NHL }}
* Podnieks, Andrew: Lord Stanley Cup, Fenn Publishing Company, 2004
* {{cite book |last=Shea |first=Kevin |author2=Wilson, John Jason |title=Lord Stanley: The Man Behind the Cup |year=2006 |publisher=Fenn Publishing Company, Ltd. |isbn=1-55168-281-8}}
* Adams, Trevor J.: Long Shots, Nimbus Publishing, 2012
{{Reflist}}

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{{succession box |
after= Montreal Wanderers March 1907 |
before= [[1906 ECAHA season#Montreal Wanderers March 1906 Stanley Cup champions|Montreal Wanderers March 1906]] |
title = [[List of Stanley Cup champions|Kenora Thistles Stanley Cup Champions]] |
years = January 1907|
}}
{{succession box |
before = Kenora Thistles January 1907 |
after = [[1908 ECAHA season#Montreal Wanderers 1908 Stanley Cup Champions|Montreal Wanderers 1908]] |
title = [[List of Stanley Cup champions|Montreal Wanderers Stanley Cup Champions]] |
years = March 1907|
}}
{{succession box |
before = [[1906 ECAHA season]] |
after = [[1907–08 ECAHA season]] |
title = [[List of pre-NHL seasons|ECAHA seasons]] |
years = 1907|
}}
{{s-end}}

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