1904–05 FAHL season
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The 1904–05 Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) season lasted from December 31, 1904, until March 3. Teams played an eight-game schedule.
League business
Ottawa Hockey Club, who officially joined the FAHL prior to the end of the last season, played its first full season in the league. Montreal Le National left the league and joined the rival Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL). Ottawa had negotiated with the CAHL to return, along with the Wanderers joining, but this was turned down. Ottawa Capitals also left the FAHL.
Regular season
The newly transferred Ottawa Hockey Club would win the league championship – and retain the Stanley Cup – with a record of seven wins and one loss.
Highlights
Ottawa's Frank McGee would score five goals against the Montagnards on February 4.
Final standing
| Team | Games Played | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals For | Goals Against |
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| Montreal Montagnards | |
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Results
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
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| Dec. | 31 | Cornwall | 4 | Wanderers | 6 |
| Jan. | 2 | Montagnards | 3 | Brockville | 10 |
| 7 | Wanderers | 3 | Ottawa | 9 | |
| 11 | Cornwall | 2 | Brockville | 3 | |
| 13 | Wanderers | 6 | Montagnards | 1 | |
| 21 | Montagnards | 2 | Cornwall | 4 | |
| 23 | Ottawa | 3 | Brockville | 5 | |
| 27 | Cornwall | 3 | Montagnards | 2 | |
| 28 | Wanderers | 3 | Brockville | 2 | |
| Feb. | 1 | Brockville | 4 | Wanderers | 8 |
| 1 | Ottawa | 7 | Cornwall | 2 | |
| 4 | Montagnards | 4 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| 8 | Brockville | 0 | Ottawa | 7 | |
| 11 | Ottawa | 4 | Wanderers | 2 | |
| 13 | Brockville | 1 | Cornwall | 2 | |
| 17 | Brockville | 9 | Montagnards | 2 | |
| 18 | Wanderers | 7 | Cornwall | 1 | |
| 24 | Cornwall | 0 | Ottawa | 9 | |
| 25 | Montagnards | 2 | Wanderers | 9 | |
| Mar. | 3 (†) | Ottawa | 7 | Montagnards | 3 |
† Ottawa HC lock down League Championship, retain Stanley Cup.
Goaltending averages
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
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| Finnie, Dave | Ottawa | 8 | 19 | 2 | 2.4 |
| Baker, W. | Wanderers | 7 | 23 | 0 | 3.3 |
| Kerr | Brockville | 8 | 30 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Lavigne | Montagnards | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 |
| Brighton | Wanderers | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 |
| Hunter, Jack | Cornwall | 8 | 37 | 0 | 4.6 |
| Menard, Henri | Montagnards | 7 | 58 | 0 | 8.3 |
Scoring leaders
| Name | Club | GP | G |
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| McGee, Frank | Ottawa | 6 | 17 |
| Marshall, Jack | Wanderers | 8 | 17 |
| Westwick, Harry | Ottawa | 8 | 15 |
| Smith, Alf | Ottawa | 8 | 13 |
| Blachford, Cecil | Wanderers | 7 | 10 |
| Glass, Frank | Wanderers | 6 | 9 |
| Lannon, W. | Brockville | 8 | 7 |
| Shore, Hamby | Ottawa | 3 | 6 |
| Marks, Jack | Brockville | 8 | 6 |
| Mallette, Bob | Cornwall | 8 | 5 |
Stanley Cup challenges
Ottawa vs. Dawson City
In January 1905, the Dawson City Nuggets travelled 4,000 miles (6,400 km) from the Yukon to Ottawa for a best-of-three Cup challenge series. The Nuggets actually left Dawson City on December 19, 1904, and travelled on a month-long journey by dog sled (Dawson to Whitehorse), ship (Skagway to Vancouver), and train (Whitehorse to Skagway, and Vancouver to Ottawa). Largely because of the long trip, they were no match for the Silver Seven. Ottawa defeating them in the first game, 9–2. Numerous Stanley Cup records were then set in game two, including Frank McGee's 14 goals, which included eight consecutive goals scored in less than nine minutes,[1] and a 23–2 rout, the largest margin of victory for any challenge game or Stanley Cup Final game to date.
Several players playing for Dawson were from the Ottawa area. Jim Johnstone was from Ottawa. Norman Watt was from Aylmer, Quebec. Randy McLennan had played in a Stanley Cup challenge for Queen's University of Kingston, Ontario. Another player has Stanley Cup challenge experience: Lorne Hanna, "formerly of the Yukon", had played for Brandon Wheat Cities in their 1904 challenge of Ottawa.[2]
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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| January 13, 1905 | Ottawa Senators | 9–2 | Dawson City Nuggets | Dey's Arena |
| January 16, 1905 | Ottawa Senators | 23–2 | Dawson City Nuggets | |
| Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0 | ||||
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Game One
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The score was 9 to 2 but Ottawa might have increased its proportions had they set to work to run up a score on the men who had travelled 4,000 miles from the far north in quest of the trophy. During the first twenty minutes of play, the challenging team made a remarkably fine showing against the champions, but after that they gradually faded away and were never seriously in the running, indicating that the chief fault with the team is that they are not in condition to stand the test of a hard battle after their long trip of 23 days from the north. While defeated to-night, it is undoubtably the fact that the team will be a different proportion in the second game on Monday.[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources:
- "none". The Globe. January 14, 1905. p. 21.
- Fischler(1990), pg. 261
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Game Two
Source: Coleman, pg. 112 |
The visiting team was outclassed to-night quite as decisively as the score indicates. In fact had it not been for the fact of Forrest's presence in the Dawson goal the score against them might have been a great deal larger. Ottawa simply skated away from them at the whistle, and continued to pile up the goals with a merciless monotonous regularity which was farcical in the extreme.[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources:
- "none". The Globe. January 17, 1905. p. 12.
- Fischler(1990), pg. 261
After the series, Ottawa held a banquet for Dawson City at the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association (OAAA) clubhouse. After the banquet the Stanley Cup was drop kicked into the frozen Rideau Canal. It was retrieved the next day.
Ottawa vs. Rat Portage
In March 1905, the Rat Portage Thistles issued another challenge to the Senators. 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 returned in game two, with his good forearm wrapped in a cast, and only a light bandage on his broken wrist, to decoy the Thistles. Alf Smith scored three goals in game two on slow ice, which the Thistles claimed was salted to slow down the Thistles. There was hard ice in game three, and the lead exchanged hands several times. The Thistles led 2–1 at halftime and 3–2 midway through the second half. Ottawa took a 4–3 lead, before Tommy Phillips scored his third of the game to tie the score. However, McGee came through with the winning score late in the game to win it for Ottawa.[5]
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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| March 7, 1905 | Rat Portage Thistles | 9–3 | Ottawa | Dey's Arena |
| March 9, 1905 | Ottawa | 4–2 | Rat Portage Thistles | |
| March 11, 1905 | Ottawa | 5–4 | Rat Portage Thistles | |
| Ottawa wins best-of-three series two games to one. | ||||
Ottawa Hockey Club 1905 Stanley Cup champions
Roster
- Frank McGee
- Harry Westwick(Rover)
- Hamilton “Billy” Gilmour
- Horace Gaul
- McDonald&
- Hamilton Hamby Shore
- Alf Smith(playing-Coach)
- Frank White
- Billy Bawlf
- Harvey Pulford (Point-Captain)
- Angus “Bones” Allan (point)
- Arthur Moore(coverpoint),
- Rod Kennedy(coverpoint)
&-first name unknown. McDonald is also missing from the team picture.
- Coaching and administrative staff
- G.P. Murphy (President)&, Robert Shillington (Manager)
- Patrick Baskerville (Treasurer), Thomas D'Arcy McGee (Secretary)
- Halder Kirby (Club Doctor), David Barred (Team Dentist)
- Llewellyn Bates, John Proctor "J.P." Dickson, Martin Rosenthal, Charles Sparks (Directors)
- Pete Green (Trainer), Mac MacGilton (Ass't Trainer)
Stanley Cup engraving
Weldy Young, a former member of the Ottawa team in the 1890s, and the captain of the Dawson City team, engraved his name on the Cup with a pen knife. He had missed playing for Dawson as he was working in the federal election, although he did arrive in Ottawa during the series.[6]
See also
- Federal Amateur Hockey League
- List of Stanley Cup champions
- List of pre-NHL seasons
- List of ice hockey leagues
- 1905 CAHL season
References and notes
- Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL.
- Fischler, Stan (1990). Golden ice : the greatest teams in hockey history. Toronto: McGrawHill Ryerson. ISBN 0-07-549963-0.
- Podniecks, Andrew (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Fenn Publishing Company, Ltd.
- Shea, Kevin; Wilson, John Jason (2006). Lord Stanley: The Man Behind the Cup. Fenn Publishing Company, Ltd. ISBN 1-55168-281-8.
- ↑ "History of McGee's Inn: Frank McGee, the hockey legend". McGee's Inn Bed & Breakfast – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Website. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ↑ Reddick, Don. "Dawson City, Yukon · Friday, March 7, 1997:The Genesis of Dawson City's challenge". Klondike Sun. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ↑ "none". The Globe. January 14, 1905. p. 21.
- ↑ "none". The Globe. January 17, 1905. p. 12.
- ↑ Zweig 2012, p. 301.
- ↑ Shea and Wilson(2006), pg. 430
| Preceded by Ottawa Hockey Club 1904 |
Ottawa Hockey Club Stanley Cup Champions 1905 |
Succeeded by Ottawa Hockey Club January, 1906 |
| Preceded by 1904 FAHL season |
FAHL seasons 1904–05 |
Succeeded by 1905–06 FAHL season |