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The inaugural 1904 Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) season lasted from January 6 until February 24. Teams played a six game schedule.
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In their first season, the Wanderers would dominate the league, going undefeated. After the season, the Wanderers would challenge the Ottawa Hockey Club and play to a 5-5 tie. Ottawa had joined the league after leaving the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), but did not play in any regular season games.
Jack Marshall of Wanderers would score six goals against the Capitals on January 20.
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Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
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Jan. | 6 | Cornwall | 3 | Le National | 5 |
13 | Le National | 5 | Capitals | 8 | |
15 | Wanderers | 5 | Cornwall | 1 | |
20 | Capitals | 6 | Wanderers | 10 | |
27 | Cornwall | 5 | Capitals | 4 | |
27 | Le National | 2 | Wanderers | 4 | |
Feb. | 3 | Wanderers | 7 | Le National | 3 |
3 | Capitals | 3 | Cornwall | 7 | |
10 | Capitals | 4 | Le National | 10 | |
18 | Cornwall | 3 | Wanderers | 8 | |
20 | Wanderers | 4 | Capitals | 3 | |
24 | Le National | 2 | Cornwall | 1 |
Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
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Nicholson, Billy | Wanderers | 6 | 18 | 0 | 3.0 |
Grenier | Capitals | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 |
Hunter, Jack | Cornwall | 6 | 27 | 0 | 4.5 |
Henri Menard | Le National | 6 | 27 | 0 | 4.5 |
Moffatt | Capitals | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6.0 |
Cope, A. | Capitals | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 |
Hurdman | Capitals | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 |
Name | Club | GP | G |
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Jack Marshall | Wanderers | 4 | 11 |
Edgar Dey | Capitals | 6 | 11 |
Ken Mallen | Wanderers & Cornwall |
6 | 10 |
Alphonse Prevost | Le National | 6 | 9 |
Percy Sims | Capitals | 5 | 9 |
Jack Laviolette | Nationals | 6 | 8 |
"Pokey" Leahy | Wanderers | 5 | 7 |
Jimmy Gardner | Wanderers | 6 | 5 |
Ed Decarie | Le National | 6 | 5 |
Fred Strike | Wanderers | 2 | 4 |
A two-game series between the Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa Hockey Club was arranged, for the Stanley Cup and the FAHL championship. The teams played the first game in Montreal to a tie of 5–5. Montreal refused to play overtime, demanding that the game be considered a no-contest and proposed that the series start over as a best two-of-three series. The Cup trustees demanded that the series continued as scheduled and the Wanderers abandoned the challenge.[1]
Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
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March 2, 1904 | Ended in a 5–5 tie | Montreal Arena | ||
Ottawa wins series; Montreal is disqualified for refusing to play second game in Ottawa. |
According to the Gazette, the game saw "the dirtiest game ever seen between two senior teams at the Arena." Thirty-six penalties were called. Leahy was injured and replaced by Mallan. James Strachan, president of the Wanderers was quoted as saying that the Wanderers would not go to Ottawa and play with Dr. Kearns as referee. Ottawa took a 2–0 lead, before the Wanderers scored five in a row. The Ottawas came back with three, the final goal by Frank McGee.[2]
Ottawa (5) | Montreal (5) | |||
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Player | G | Pos | Player | G |
Hutton | G | Nicholson | ||
J. McGee | P | Strachan | ||
A. Smith | CP | Bellingham | ||
H. Westwick | 2 | R | Leahy, Mallan |
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F. McGee | 1 | C | Marshall | 1 |
W. Gilmour | 1 | RW | Gardner | 1 |
S. Gilmour | 1 | LW | Blatchford | 1 |
Referee - Dr. Kearns Umpires - Stevens, Baskerville |
Source: Montreal Gazette[2]
The Wanderers demanded a replay of the game to be held in Montreal, which Ottawa refused. The series was cancelled, with Ottawa claiming the FAHL championship.[3]
After the season, the Wanderers travelled to Michigan to play the Portage Lakes Hockey Club pro club. The Wanderers lost to Portage Lakes 8-4 and 9-2 in a series dubbed the "World Championship" locally. The Wanderers next travelled to Pittsburgh to play the Pittsburgh Victorias.[4] Pittsburgh won 4-2,[5] and 6-4.[6]
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