1890 AHAC season

1890 AHAC season
League Amateur Hockey Association of Canada
Sport ice hockey
Duration January 3, 1890 – March 4, 1890
Number of teams 4
1890
Champion Montreal Hockey Club

The 1890 AHAC season was the fourth season of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada. Play was in challenges. The Montreal Hockey Club would win the final challenge of the season to win the Canadian championship for the third season in a row.

League business

The annual meeting of the Amateur Hockey Association was held in the rooms of the MAAA in Montreal, on November 22, 1889. The main business was whether to accept Quebec or not, and whether to change the Crystals team name to the Dominions. Representatives from most of the hockey clubs were present. The election for the ensuing year resulted as follows:[1]

Regular season

The season consisted of challenge games as well as numerous exhibition matches between all the teams in the AHAC. Quebec would challenge this season. The Montreal Crystals would be known as the Dominion Hockey Club of Montreal for this season.

Overall record

Statistics are based on challenge games only and do not include stats regarding exhibition games [2]

Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club
7
7
0
0
28
13
Quebec Hockey Club
1
0
1
0
1
5
Montreal Dominions
3
0
3
0
3
15
Montreal Victorias
3
0
3
0
4
8

† National Champion

Schedule and results

Date home Score Visitor Score Location Match type
January 3 Montreal Hockey Club 5 Montreal Victorias 4 Dominion Rink Exhibition
January 7 Montreal Hockey Club 5 Quebec 1 Dominion Rink Challenge
January 13 Montreal Victorias 11 McGill University 4 n/a Exhibition
January 17 Montreal Hockey Club 4 Montreal Victorias 2 Dominion Rink Challenge
January 24 Montreal Hockey Club 5 Montreal Victorias 1 n/a Exhibition
January 28 Montreal Victorias 3 Ottawa 1 n/a Exhibition
January 31 Montreal Hockey Club 6 Montreal Dominions 4 Dominion Rink Challenge
Feb 11 Montreal Hockey Club 6 Montreal Dominions 2 Dominion Rink Challenge
Feb 18 Montreal Hockey Club 2 Montreal Victorias 1 Dominion Rink Challenge
Feb 25 Montreal Hockey Club 3 Montreal Dominions 2 Crystal Rink Challenge
Mar 4 Montreal Hockey Club 2 Montreal Victorias 1 Crystal Rink Challenge

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored.

Name Club GP G
McNaughton, Archie Montreal 712
Findlay, J Montreal 76
Brown, Desse Dominions 34
Kingan, Alex Montreal 23
Cameron, Allan Montreal 62
Lee, S Montreal 42
Ritchie, A Dominions 32
Arnton, J Victorias 21
Barlow, Eddie Victorias 31
Scott, A Quebec 11
Low, George Montreal 11

No scorer identified for 1 Montreal and Victoria goal.

Goalkeeper averages

Note: GP = Games played, GA = goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Name Club GP GA SO GAA
Paton, Tom Montreal 71301.9
Jones, Robert Victorias 3802.7
Fyfe, Joe Dominions 1302.0
Laurie, A. Quebec 1505.0
Scanlan, Robert Dominions 2 12 0 6.0

References

  1. Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000
  2. Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000
Preceded by
Montreal HC
1888–89
Montreal Hockey Club
AHAC Champions
1890
Succeeded by
Montreal HC
1891
Preceded by
1889
AHAC seasons
1890
Succeeded by
1891