1893 AHAC season

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The 1893 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season lasted from January 7 until March 17. The Montreal Hockey Club was the league and Canadian champion for the sixth season in a row and was awarded the Stanley Cup. They were the first winners of the Cup and did not have to challenge for it.

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[edit] Executive

On December 15, 1892, the AHAC elected its officers for the season:

  • President - F. M. S. Jenkins, Ottawa
  • 1st Vice. Pres. - J. Crathern, Victorias
  • 2nd Vice. Pres. - A. Laurie, Quebec
  • Secretary-Treasurer - J. A. Findlay, Montreal
  • Council - A. Ritchie, Crystals; G. Carpenter, Shamrocks; M. Costigan, McGill; A. Z. Palmer, Ottawa Rebels; J. Farwell, Sherbrooke

[edit] Season

[edit] Final Standing

Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club
8
7
1
0
38
18
Ottawa Hockey Club
8
6
2
0
49
22
Montreal Crystals
8
3
5
0
25
34
Quebec Hockey Club
8
2
5
1
23
46
Montreal Victorias
8
1
6
1
20
35

[edit] Results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan. 7 Ottawa 3 Victorias 4
13 Quebec 3 Crystals 8
14 Quebec 1 Victorias 1
14 Montreal 2 Ottawa 4
18 Victorias 1 Crystals 3
21 Ottawa 5 Quebec 3
23 Montreal 7 Victorias 5
28 Montreal 3 Quebec 2
28 Victorias 2 Ottawa 7
Feb. 3 Ottawa 4 Crystals 3
4 Victorias 3 Quebec 4
10 Quebec 2 Montreal 9
11 Crystals 1 Ottawa 11
18 Ottawa 1 Montreal 7
18 Crystals 3 Quebec 8
23 Victorias 3 Crystals 4
Mar. 3 Crystals 2 Montreal 2 †
4 Montreal 6 Victorias 1
9 Montreal 2 Crystals 1
17 Quebec 0 Ottawa 14

† Game awarded to Montreal because Crystals refused to continue.

[edit] Goalkeeper Averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Paton, Tom Montreal 8 18 0 2.3
Morel, A. Ottawa 8 22 1 2.8
Collins, Herbert Crystals 8 34 1 4.3
Jones, Robert Victorias 8 35 0 4.4
Patton, Harry Quebec 7 32 0 4.6
Stocking, Frank Quebec 1 14 0 14.0

[edit] Scoring Leaders

Name Club GP G
Haviland Routh Montreal 8 19
Norman Rankin Victorias 8 11
Arthur E. Swift Quebec 6 10
Herbert Russell Ottawa 8 10
Robert McDougall Victorias 8 10
Graham Drinkwater Victorias 8 10
Fairbairn, Crystals 5 6
Archie Hodgson Montreal 6 6
Chauncey Kirby Ottawa 7 5
Alf Smith Ottawa 8 5

[edit] Stanley Cup

According to the terms for the Stanley Cup, it was awarded to Montreal as champions of the AHAC for 1893.

[edit] Montreal Hockey Club 1893 Stanley Cup champions

Tom Paton(goal), Allan Cameron(coverpoint), Alex Irving(forward), Haviland Routh(forward), Archie Hodgson(forward). George Lowe(forward), Alex Kingpin(forward), Billy Barlow(forward), James Stewart(point - playing President).

Non-players

Harry Shaw (Manager/Secretary-Treasurer).

[edit] Stanley Cup engraving

The Cup is engraved Montreal A.A.A.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Coleman, Charles L. (1964,1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc., pp. 8–12. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.

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Preceded by
first winners
Montreal Hockey Club
Stanley Cup Champions

1893
Succeeded by
Montreal HC
1894
Preceded by
1892
AHAC seasons
1893
Succeeded by
1894