# 1890 AHAC season

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 against the Montreal Victorias 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:
* President, Mr. J. Stewart (Montreal);
* first vice-president, H. Kinghorn (McGill);
* second vice-president, W.G Cameron (Victorias);
* secretary-treasurer, J.A Findlay (Montreal);
* Council — A.E. McNaughton (Montreal), W.E. Stevenson (Victoria), J. McDonald (Crystals), D.B. Holden (McGill), R. Davidson (Quebec).

## 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
| 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 |
| Archie McNaughton | Montreal | 7 | 12 |
| Findlay, Jack | Montreal | 7 | 6 |
| Brown, Dave | Dominions | 3 | 4 |
| Kingan, Alex | Montreal | 2 | 3 |
| Cameron, Allan | Montreal | 6 | 2 |
| Lee, Sam | Montreal | 4 | 2 |
| Ritchie, Andy | Dominions | 3 | 2 |
| Arnton, Jack | Victorias | 2 | 1 |
| Barlow, Eddie | Victorias | 3 | 1 |
| Scott, Arthur | Quebec | 1 | 1 |
| Lowe, George | Montreal | 1 | 1 |
No scorer identified for 1 Montreal and Victoria goal.

### Goaltender averages

Note: GP = Games played, GA = goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | GAA |
| Paton, Tom | Montreal | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Jones, Robert | Victorias | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2.7 |
| Fyfe, Joe | Dominions | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Laurie, Archie | Quebec | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Scanlan, Robert | Dominions | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6.0 |