1907 – 08 ECAHA season The 1907 – 08 Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association ( ECAHA ) season lasted from December 29 , 1907 until March 7 , 1908 . Teams played a ten game schedule . The Montreal Wanderers would win the league championship with a record of eight wins , two losses . League Business . Executive . The Nationals applied for a franchise but did not get three - fourths approval . Mr . Baskerville demanded better protection be given visiting teams at Quebec , as stones had been thrown at the Senators on their last visit . Hod Stuart Benefit All - Star Game . The first All - Star game in ice hockey was played on January 2 , 1908 before 3 , 500 fans at the Montreal Arena between the Montreal Wanderers and a team of All - Stars players from the teams the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association . It was held in memory of Montreal Wanderers player Hod Stuart , who had drowned three months after the Wanderers won the Stanley Cup in 1907 . The sale of tickets , from 25 cents to $ 1 , raised $ 2 , 000 for Mr . Stuart ' s widow and two children . Source : Regular Season . Marty Walsh of Ottawa and Russell Bowie of Victorias tied for the scoring championship with 28 goals apiece . This was the fifth time in ten seasons that Mr . Bowie would lead scorers . There was a large amount of player turnover . For the Wanderers , Hod Stuart of Wanderers had died in the off - season , Lester Patrick had moved west , and new players would include Art Ross from Brandon , Tom Hooper of Kenora and Ernie Russell formerly of Montreal HC . For Ottawa , Harry Smith and Hamby Shore moved to Winnipeg . This was Cyclone Taylor ' s first season for Ottawa and Tom Phillips and Marty Walsh joined the team . Montreal Shamrocks signed up Didier Pitre and Jack Laviolette from the International League . Quebec Bulldogs had three Power brothers in the lineup : Joe , Charles aka ' Chubby ' and ' Rocket ' . Montreal Victorias signed Frank Patrick of McGill and Billy Gilmour of Ottawa . On January 28 , the Wanderers played Renfrew Creamery Kings of the Federal League in Brockville , Ontario for a bet of $ 400 , ( Wanderers expenses were provided ) . Wanderers played without three of their players from winning the Stanley Cup ( Blatchford , Glass and Smail ) and lost 11 – 5 to Renfrew . Highlights . Ottawa opened their new Arena , hosting the Wanderers on January 11 , 1908 , overloading capacity with 7 , 100 attending . Ottawa defeated the Wanderers 12 – 2 . Ottawa and Wanderers were tied for first going into their rematch on February 29th , when the Ottawa manager J . P . Dickson resigned in a dispute over which train to take to Montreal . At the time , two trains were available for the trip , and the two would race , with betting taking place on the winner . In the actual game , the two defense stars Ross and Taylor would lead end - to - end rushes , and the game would be tied until Mr . Taylor was injured , and Bruce Stuart and Walter Smaill would score for the Wanderers to win 4 – 2 . On January 18 , Quebec would defeat Montreal 18 – 5 , with Chubby Power scoring six . Russell Bowie would score five in a game three times , Marty Walsh would have the biggest game , scoring seven , and six in another . Tom Phillips would score five twice , Herb Jordan would score six and five , and Jack Marshall would score five twice . Stanley Cup Challenges . Wanderers played in three challenges , during the season against Ottawa Victorias and after the season , against Winnipeg and Toronto . Wanderers vs . Ottawa . During the season , Wanderers would play a challenge against the Ottawa Victorias of the Federal Amateur Hockey League . On January 9 – 13 , the Wanderers would win 9 – 3 , 13 – 1 ( 22 – 4 ) . Wanderers vs . Winnipeg . Wanderers defeated Winnipeg Maple Leafs in a two - game series 11 – 5 , 9 – 3 ( 20 – 8 ) March 10 – 12 . Wanderers vs . Toronto . They would then play Toronto Professionals of the Ontario Professional Hockey League and defeat them 6 – 4 on March 14 on two late goals by Ernie Johnson and Bruce Stuart .