# 1900 CAHL season

The 1900 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the second season of the league. Teams played an eight-game schedule. Again, the Montreal Shamrocks were the league champion with a record of seven wins and one loss.

## League business
### Executive

* F. R. Baird (President)
* John Patrick Dickson (1st vice-president)
* H. E. Scott (2nd vice-president)
* George R. James (secretary-treasurer)
* Harry McLaughlin (councillor)
McGill University applied to join the league but was turned down.
The use of netting for the goal was demonstrated with a model produced by Frank Stocking, goaltender of the Quebec club at the annual meeting. After an exhibition game between the Shamrocks and Victorias, the use of goal nets was approved for league play, and used for the season. The netting connected the two upright posts, but there was no crossbar across the top.
The use of hockey gloves was quite common and shin guards were now mostly in use inside the stockings though some players still used the old style outside the stockings.

## Season

Star rover Graham Drinkwater retired from the Victorias before the season.

### Highlights

The Shamrocks won the championship losing only one game, and that, after the league championship was decided. This was the second year in a row for the Shamrocks, who were a mediocre team before this stretch of success and would return to it the next year.

### Final standing

| Team | Games Played | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals For | Goals Against |
| Montreal Shamrocks | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 26 |
| Montreal Hockey Club | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 36 |
| Ottawa Hockey Club | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 19 |
| Montreal Victorias | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 55 |
| Quebec Hockey Club | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 52 |

## Stanley Cup challenges
### Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg

The MHA's Winnipeg Victorias issued another challenge for the Cup. This time, a best-of-three series was played against the defending champion Montreal Shamrocks. Winnipeg won the first game, 4–3, but Montreal prevailed in the next two games, 3–2 and 5–4.
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
| February 12, 1900 | Winnipeg Victorias | 4–3 | Montreal Shamrocks | Montreal Arena |
| February 14, 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | 3–2 | Winnipeg Victorias | Montreal Arena |
| February 16, 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | 5–4 | Winnipeg Victorias | Montreal Arena |
| Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1 |||||
February 12 :
| Winnipeg | 4 | at | Shamrocks | 3 |
| George Merritt | | G | James H. McKenna | |
| Rod Flett | | P | Frank Tansey | |
| Charles Johnstone | | CP | Frank Wall | |
| Tony Gingras | 1 | F | Arthur Farrell | |
| Dan Bain, Capt | 2 | F | Jack P. Brannen | |
| W. N. Roxborough | 1 | F | Harry Trihey, Capt | 2 |
| Colin "Tote" Campbell | | F | Fred Scanlan | 1 |
| Referee – H. Baird Umpires – Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking |||||
February 14 :
| Winnipeg | 2 | at | Shamrocks | 3 |
| George Merritt | | G | James H. McKenna | |
| Rod Flett | | P | Frank Tansey | |
| Charles Johnstone | 1 | CP | Frank Wall | |
| Tony Gingras | | F | Arthur Farrell | |
| Dan Bain, Capt | | F | Jack P. Brannen | 1 |
| W. N. Roxborough | | F | Harry Trihey, Capt | 2 |
| Colin "Tote" Campbell | 1 | F | Fred Scanlan | |
| Referee – H. Baird Umpires – Clarence McKerrow, Billy Christmas |||||
February 16 :
| Winnipeg | 4 | at | Shamrocks | 5 |
| George Merritt | | G | James H. McKenna | |
| Rod Flett | | P | Frank Tansey | |
| Charles Johnstone | | CP | Frank Wall | |
| Tony Gingras | 1 | F | Arthur Farrell | 2 |
| Dan Bain, Capt | 2 | F | Jack P. Brannen | |
| W.N. Roxborough | 1 | F | Harry Trihey, Capt | 3 |
| Colin "Tote" Campbell | | F | Fred Scanlan | |
| Referee – H. Baird |||||

### Shamrocks vs. Halifax

In March, the Shamrocks then received another challenge for the Cup. However, the Halifax Crescents of the Halifax City Hockey League did not pose much of a threat as Montreal crushed them, 10–2 and 11–0.
| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
| March 5, 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | 10–2 | Halifax Crescents | Montreal Arena |
| March 7, 1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | 11–0 | Halifax Crescents | Montreal Arena |
| Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0 |||||
March 5 :
| Halifax | 2 | at | Shamrocks | 10 |
| Fred Bishop | | G | James H. McKenna | |
| Alfred Kane | | P | Frank Tansey Capt. | |
| Tom Mullane, Capt. | | CP | Frank Wall | 3 |
| Joe Crockett | 1 | F | Arthur Farrell | 4 |
| Art Ryan | | F | Jack P. Brannen | 1 |
| Fred Maher | 1 | F | Harry Trihey | 2 |
| Alex McInnes | | F | Fred Scanlan | |
| Referee – H. Baird |||||
March 7 :
| Halifax | at | Shamrocks | 11 |
| Fred Bishop | G | James H. McKenna | |
| Alfred Kane | P | Frank Tansey Capt. | |
| Tom Mullane, Capt. | CP | Frank Wall | 1 |
| Joe Crockett | F | Arthur Farrell | 4 |
| Art Ryan | F | Jack P. Brannen | 2 |
| Fred Maher | F | Harry Trihey | 3 |
| Alex McInnis | F | Fred Scanlan | 1 |
| Referee – H. Baird |||||

## Schedule and results

| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
| Jan. | 6 | Montreal | 6 | Victorias | 5 |
| Jan. | 6 | Shamrocks | 5 | Ottawa | 4 |
| Jan. | 13 | Montreal | 3 | Shamrocks | 8 |
| Jan. | 13 | Ottawa | 3 | Quebec | 2 |
| Jan. | 18 | Victorias | 4 | Shamrocks | 10 |
| Jan. | 20 | Montreal | 2 | Ottawa | 5 |
| Jan. | 20 | Quebec | 3 | Victorias | 14 |
| Jan. | 27 | Montreal | 8 | Quebec | 7 |
| Jan. | 27 | Ottawa | 5 | Victorias | 3 |
| Feb. | 3 | Quebec | 2 | Shamrocks | 8 |
| Feb. | 10 | Victorias | 1 | Ottawa | 11 |
| Feb. | 10 | Quebec | 5 | Montreal | 6 |
| Feb. | 17 | Ottawa | 0 | Montreal | 3 |
| Feb. | 24 | Quebec | 3 | Ottawa | 0 |
| Feb. | 24 | Victorias | 1 | Montreal | 3 |
| Feb. | 27 | Shamrocks | 5 | Montreal | 3 |
| Mar. | 1 (†) | Shamrocks | 10 | Victorias | 6 |
| Mar. | 3 (‡) | Ottawa | | Shamrocks | |
| Mar. | 4 | Victorias | 10 | Quebec | 7 |
| Mar. | 10 | Shamrocks | 3 | Quebec | 4 |
† Shamrocks clinch league championship.
‡ defaulted to Shamrocks

## Player statistics
### Goaltending averages

Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | GAA |
| Billy Nicholson | Montreal | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2.75 |
| Bouse Hutton | Ottawa | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2.8 |
| James H. McKenna | Shamrocks | 7 | 26 | 0 | 3.7 |
| Fred Munro | Montreal | 4 | 25 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Frank Stocking | Quebec | 8 | 52 | 1 | 6.5 |
| Thomas Powers | Victorias | 8 | 55 | 0 | 6.9 |

### Scoring leaders

| Name | Club | GP | G |
| Harry Trihey | Shamrocks | 7 | 17 |
| Russell Bowie | Victorias | 7 | 15 |
| Billy Christmas | Montreal | 8 | 12 |
| Bruce Stuart | Ottawa | 5 | 11 |
| James Gillespie | Quebec | 8 | 10 |
| Arthur Farrell | Shamrocks | 8 | 9 |
| Blair Russel | Victorias | 7 | 9 |
| Charlie Liffiton | Montreal | 8 | 8 |
| George McCarron | Quebec | 2 | 7 |
| Jack Brannen | Shamrocks | 8 | 6 |

## Stanley Cup engraving
### Players
#### Forwards

* Jack P. Brannen (rover)
* Arthur Farrell (centre)
* Fred Scanlan (left wing)
* Harry Trihey (centre/right wing – captain)
* Charles Hoerner (did not play – on team picture)

#### Defencemen

* Frank Tansey (point)
* Fred Wall (cover point)
* John Brennon (did not play-on team picture)

#### Goaltenders

* James H. McKenna

### Coaching and administrative staff

* Harry W. McLaughlin (president), C.M. Hart (vice-president)&,
* W.H. Kearney (director)&, C.F. Smith (director)&
* Barney Dunphy (Coach/Trainer), C. Foley (Ass't trainer)&.
* & – unknown first name