1906 ECAHA season
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The inaugural 1906 Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) season lasted from January 3 until March 10. Teams played a ten game schedule. The Ottawa Senators and Montreal Wanderers would tie for the league championship with a record of 9–1, while the Montreal Shamrocks would not win a single game. The Senators and the Wanderers would play a two-game play-off to win the league championship, and the Stanley Cup holder. The Wanderers won the play-off 9–1,3–9 (12–10) on goals.
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[edit] League Business
[edit] Executive
Initial:
- Howard Wilson, Montreal (President)
- G. P. Murphy, Ottawa (1st Vice-President)
- Dr. Cameron (2nd Vice-President)
- James Strachan, Wanderers (Secretary-Treasurer)
After December 20:
- Howard Wilson, Montreal (President)
- William Northey, Montreal Arena Corp. (Secretary-Treasurer)
[edit] Rule Changes
- Teams must appoint game timers for each game,
- a two referee system was adopted,
- new Arena Trophy would be awarded to the regular season winner,
- three-quarters vote would be needed to admit new teams,
- if a team resigns, all of its played games would be considered cancelled,
- $25 fine for delay of start of game, and
- $50 charge to make a protest, non-refundable.
[edit] Regular Season
The Senators played two Cup challenges during the regular season, defeating Queen's College of Kingston, the OHA champion, and defeating Smiths Falls, the FAHL champion.
[edit] Highlights
This season saw lots of new players. Wanderers brought in Lester Patrick, Ernie Johnson and Ernie Russell; Ottawa brought in Harry and Tommy Smith; and Joe Hall joined Quebec.
Fred Brophy, of Montreal HC, repeated his goal-scoring performance from the goaltender position in a game against Montreal Victorias on March 7.
Again, the league was high scoring, with Harry Smith scoring 31 goals in 8 games, Russell Bowie scoring 30 goals in 9 games, and Frank McGee scoring 28 goals in 7 games. Mr. Smith scored 6 in one game, 5 in another, topped by 8 against the Shamrocks on February 17. Mr. McGee would equal the 8 goals in a game feat against Montreal HC on March 3. Seven players scored at least 5 goals in a single game.
[edit] Final Standing
Playoff qualifiers in bold.
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[edit] Results
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
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| Jan. | 3 | Montreal | 9 | Shamrocks | 3 |
| 6 | Quebec | 3 | Ottawa | 6 | |
| 6 | Wanderers | 11 | Victorias | 5 | |
| 10 | Victorias | 9 | Shamrocks | 7 | |
| 13 | Quebec | 10 | Victorias | 11 (overtime) | |
| 13 | Wanderers | 4 | Ottawa | 8 | |
| 17 | Shamrocks | 2 | Wanderers | 3 (overtime) | |
| 20 | Wanderers | 6 | Quebec | 5 | |
| 20 | Ottawa | 4 | Montreal | 1 | |
| 24 | Victorias | 11 | Shamrocks | 2 | |
| 27 | Quebec | 3 | Shamrocks | 1 | |
| 27 | Victorias | 6 | Ottawa | 11 | |
| 31 | Wanderers | 6 | Montreal | 2 | |
| Feb. | 3 | Victorias | 6 | Quebec | 2 |
| 3 | Ottawa | 3 | Wanderers | 5 | |
| 7 | Montreal | 4 | Shamrocks | 1 | |
| 10 | Shamrocks | 8 | Quebec | 14 | |
| 10 | Ottawa | 10 | Victorias | 4 | |
| 14 | Wanderers | 6 | Montreal | 2 | |
| 17 | Shamrocks | 2 | Ottawa | 13 | |
| 17 | Quebec | 7 | Montreal | 6 15'20" overtime | |
| 21 | Wanderers | 9 | Victorias | 4 | |
| 25 | Ottawa | 9 | Shamrocks | 3 | |
| 25 | Montreal | 5 | Quebec | 2 | |
| 28 | Victorias | 6 | Montreal | 5 | |
| Mar. | 3 | Montreal | 9 | Ottawa | 14 |
| 3 | Quebec | 6 | Wanderers | 9 | |
| 7 | Montreal | 6 | Victorias | 14 | |
| 10 | Ottawa | 12 | Quebec | 5 | |
| 10 | Wanderers | 15 | Shamrocks | 1 |
[edit] Goalkeeper Averages
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
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| Menard, Henri | Wanderers | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | |
| Hague, Billy | Ottawa | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | |
| Brophy, Fred | Montreal | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | |
| Frye, Nathan | Victorias | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | |
| Moran, Paddy | Quebec | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | |
| Kenny | Shamrocks | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | |
| Waugh, Oswald | Victorias | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | |
| Brennan, Jack | Shamrocks | 2 | 26 | 13.0 |
[edit] Leading scorers
| Name | Club | GP | G |
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| Smith, Harry | Ottawa | 8 | 31 |
| Bowie, Russell | Victorias | 9 | 30 |
| McGee, Frank | Ottawa | 7 | 28 |
| Power, Joe | Quebec | 10 | 21 |
| Russell, Ernie | Wanderers | 6 | 21 |
| Smaill, Walter | Montreal | 10 | 17 |
| Patrick, Lester | Wanderers | 9 | 17 |
| Jordan, Herb | Quebec | 8 | 16 |
| Smith, Alf | Ottawa | 10 | 13 |
| Johnson, Ernie | Montreal | 10 | 12 |
[edit] Stanley Cup Challenges
The Senators played two Cup challenges during the regular season, defeating Queen's College of Kingston, the OHA champion, and defeating Smiths Falls, the FAHL champion.
[edit] Queen's vs. Ottawa
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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| February 27, 1906 | Ottawa Senators | 16–7 | Queen's University | Dey's Arena |
| February 28, 1906 | Ottawa Senators | 12–7 | Queen's University | |
| Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0 | ||||
[edit] Smiths Falls vs. Ottawa
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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| March 6, 1906 | Ottawa Senators | 6–5 | Smiths Falls | Dey's Arena |
| March 8, 1906 | Ottawa Senators | 8–2 | Smiths Falls | |
| Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0 | ||||
[edit] ECAHA Playoff
As the season produced a tie for the season championship, the Senators and Wanderers played a two-game playoff, with the winner being awarded the Stanley Cup. The series took place on March 14–17th in Montreal and Ottawa. The Wanderers would win the series 9–1, 3–9 (12–10). After the first game, the Senators would replace their goalie with the Smiths Falls goalie Percy LeSueur in to play his first game for the club. Ottawa's Harry Smith would store Ottawa's 8th ad 9th goals to make the score 9–1, evening the series with ten minutes to play to tie the series, causing a five-minute standing ovation.[1] With seven minutes to play Smith was sent off for a penalty, and Lester Patrick would score with 6 minutes to play and ice the game with a goal with one minute to play.[1]
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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| March 14, 1906 | Montreal Wanderers | 9–1 | Ottawa Senators | Westmount Arena |
| March 17, 1906 | Ottawa Senators | 9–3 | Montreal Wanderers | Dey's Arena |
| Montreal wins total goals series 12 goals to 10 | ||||
Because of the need for the play-off, no challenges were made against western teams until the following winter.
The 1906 season would have two Stanley Cup holders: Ottawa Senators until March, and Montreal Wanderers for the balance of the year.
[edit] Ottawa Senators January 1906 Stanley Cup champions
Billy Hague(goal), Harvey Pulford(point-Captain), Arthur Moore(coverpoint), Frank McGee(rover), Harry Westwick(rover/forward), Tommy Smith(center), Harry Smith(left wing), Billy Gilmour(right wing), Dion(forward), Ebbs(forward), Alf Smith(right wing-playing-Coach).
- Non-players
G.P. Murphy(President), Bob Shillington(Manager), Patrick Basketville(Treasurer), Thomas D'Arcy McGee(Secretary), Halder Kirby(Club Doctor), David Barred(Team Denist), Llewellyn Bates, J.P. Dickson, Martin Rosenthal, Charles Sparks(Directors), Pete Green(Trainer), Mac MacGilton (Ass't Trainer).
[edit] Stanley Cup engravings
Between 1903 and 1906 Ottawa engraved each of 10 Stanley Cup series they won, and teams they played outside the bowl. The first 9 series were listed separately, but both of the 1906 series are listed together in same space.
[edit] Montreal Wanderers March 1906 Stanley Cup champions
Herni "Doc" Menard(goal), Billy Strachan(point), Rod Kennedy(coverpoint), Lester Patrick (rover), Cecil Blachford(point-rover-Captain), Frank "Pud" Glass(centre), Ernie Russell(right wing), Ernie "Moose" Johnson(left wing), Josh Arnold (right wing).
- Non-players
James Strachan (President), Dickie Boon (Manager). (Team picture includes 9 players, and 9 non-players, plus a mascot. Most non-players names are unknown.)
[edit] References
- Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.. NHL.
- Podnieks, Andrew: Lord Stanley Cup, Fenn Publishing Company, 2004
[edit] See also
- Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
- List of pre-NHL seasons
- List of ice hockey leagues
- List of Stanley Cup champions
| Preceded by Ottawa Senators 1905 |
Ottawa Senators Stanley Cup Champions January 1906 |
Succeeded by Montreal Wanderers March 1906 |
| Preceded by Ottawa Senators January, 1906 |
Montreal Wanderers Stanley Cup Champions 1906 |
Succeeded by Kenora Thistles January 1907 |
| Preceded by 1905 (CAHL) |
ECAHA seasons 1906 |
Succeeded by 1907 ECAHA season |
