Canadian Amateur Hockey League

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The Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) was an early men's amateur hockey league founded in 1898, replacing the organization that was formerly the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada before the 1898–99 season. The league existed for seven seasons, folding in 1905 and was itself replaced by the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association. Formed because of a dispute between teams of the former league, it further developed the sport in its transition to professional, with a growing focus on revenues. The CAHL itself would fold over a dispute, leading to a new league.

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[edit] History

[edit] Founding

The annual meeting of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) was held in Montreal on December 10, 1898, and was reported as "a cataclysm in the hockey world."[1]

At the previous year's meeting, the application of the Ottawa Capitals to join was declined. In 1898, the Capitals had won the intermediate championship and applied again for AHAC membership. The AHAC executive then voted in favor of admitting the Capitals for league membership. This led to the representatives of the Quebec, Montreal Victorias and Ottawa clubs opting to withdraw from the association. The representative of the Montreal Hockey Club asked the group to reconsider but was declined, after which point Montreal also withdrew.

The withdrawing teams then formed the CAHL at a meeting at the Windsor Hotel the same day. McGill University also applied for membership in the CAHL. The new league adopted the existing constitution of the AHAC.

[edit] Executive

  • H. Wilson, (president)
  • A. E. Swift, Quebec (1st. vice-president)
  • E. P. Murphy, (2nd. vice-president)
  • George Jones, (secretary-treasurer)

McGill applied for a franchise, but gave way for the Montreal Shamrocks to join.

[edit] Teams

Season Teams Champion
1899 Montreal HC, Montreal Shamrocks†, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa HC and Quebec HC Montreal Shamrocks(best record)
1900 Montreal HC, Montreal Shamrocks†, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa HC and Quebec HC Montreal Shamrocks(best record)
1901 Montreal HC, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa HC and Quebec HC Ottawa HC(best record)
1902 Montreal HC†, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa Senators and Quebec HC Montreal HC(best record)
1903 Montreal HC, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa Senators † and Quebec HC Ottawa Senators (best record)
1904 Montreal HC, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias, Ottawa Senators †‡ and Quebec HC Quebec HC (best record)
1905 Montreal HC, Montreal Nationals, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias, Montreal Westmount and Quebec HC Montreal Victorias(best record)

† Stanley Cup winner

‡ Ottawa resigned February 8, 1904.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893–1926, pg. 45. 
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