1902 CAHL season

The 1902 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season lasted from January 5 until March 1. Teams played an eight game schedule. The Montreal HC were the league champion with a record of six wins and two losses.
==League business==
===Executive===
* George R. James, Montreal (President)
* A. D. Scott, Quebec (1st Vice-President)
* N. Charles Sparks, Ottawa ( 2nd Vice-President)
* Harry Trihey, Shamrocks(Secretary-Treasurer)
New fines were added for being more than 15 minutes late for a game and forfeiting.
The clubs demanded an increase in gate receipts share from 33% to 40% and a higher number of free tickets from the Montreal Arena owners, but settled for the increase in tickets only.
Source: Coleman, p. 68
==Season==
===Highlights===
Montreal would win the league led by their big line of Art Hooper, Jack Marshall, Jimmy Gardner and Charlie Liffiton. The players would earn their nickname of the 'Little Men of Iron', winning the Stanley Cup in a challenge with Winnipeg. Art Hooper would score 9 goals against the Shamrocks on January 5th, on his way to winning the scoring title.
===Final Standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club	8 	6 	2 	0 	39 	15
Ottawa Hockey Club 	8 	5 	3 	0 	35 	15
Montreal Victorias 	8 	4 	4 	0 	36 	25
Quebec Hockey Club 	8 	4 	4 	0 	26 	34
Montreal Shamrocks 	8 	1 	7 	0 	15 	62
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	5 	Victorias	4 	Ottawa 	5
Jan. 	5 	Montreal 	14 	Shamrocks	0
Jan. 	11 	Ottawa 	1 	Shamrocks	2
Jan. 	11 	Victorias	9 	Quebec 	5
Jan. 	18 	Montreal 	4 	Ottawa 	2
Jan. 	18 	Quebec 	6 	Shamrocks	2
Jan. 	22 	Victorias	3 	Montreal 	2
Jan. 	25 	Ottawa 	1 	Quebec 	2
Jan. 	25 	Shamrocks	2 	Victorias	9
Feb. 	1 	Shamrocks	0 	Ottawa 	12
Feb. 	1 	Quebec 	2 	Montreal 	3
Feb. 	8 	Ottawa 	3 	Victorias	2
Feb. 	8 	Montreal 	7 	Quebec 	1
Feb. 	12 	Victorias	8 	Shamrocks	2
Feb. 	15 	Quebec 	0 	Ottawa 	8
Feb. 	15 	Montreal 	5 	Shamrocks	4
Feb. 	22 	Ottawa 	3 	Montreal 	1
Feb. 	22 	Shamrocks	3 	Quebec 	7
Feb. 	26 	Montreal 	3 	Victorias	0
Mar. 	1 	Quebec 	3 	Victorias	1
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Nicholson, Billy 	Montreal 	8 	15	2 	1.7
Hutton, John Bouse	Ottawa 	8 	15	2 	1.7
Lockerby, Archie 	Victorias	6 	15	 	2.5
Moran, Paddy 	Quebec 	8 	34	 	4.3
Munro, Fred 	Victorias	2 	10	 	5.0
O'Reilly, P 	Shamrocks	8 	62	 	7.8
===Scoring Leaders===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Hooper, Art 	Montreal 	8 	17
Bowie, Russell 	Victorias	7 	13
Marshall, Jack 	Montreal 	8 	11
Westwick, Harry 	Ottawa 	8 	11
Stuart, Bruce 	Ottawa 	8 	9
Russell, Blair 	Victorias	8 	9
Liffiton, Charlie	Montreal 	8 	8
Henry, H. 	Ottawa 	8 	6
Stuart, E. 	Victorias	6 	6
Lemesurier 	Quebec 	4 	5
==Stanley Cup Challenges==
===Winnipeg vs. Montreal===
 
After the Montreal HC won the 1902 CAHL title in March, they promptly sent a challenge to the Winnipeg Victorias. In game one of the best-of-three series, Winnipeg shutout Montreal, 1–0. However, Montreal shutout Winnipeg in game two, 5–0, and then held on to a 2–1 victory in game three. With the victory, the Montreal club won the Cup for the first time since 1894.
Jack Marshall of Montreal, who had played for the Winnipeg team in the previous year, faced his old team and scored 3 goals, including the series clincher. Art Hooper also scored 3 for Montreal.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
March 13, 1902 	Winnipeg Victorias 	1 – 0 	Montreal HC 	Winnipeg Auditorium
March 15, 1902 	Montreal HC 	5 – 0 	Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Auditorium
March 17, 1902 	Montreal HC 	2 – 1 	Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Auditorium
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1
 March 13
Montreal 	0	at	Winnipeg 	1	
Billy Nicholson 	 	G 	Art Brown 	 	
Tom Hodge 	 	P 	Rod Flett 	 	
Dickie Boon 	 	CP	Magnus Flett	 	
Art Hooper 	 	R 	Fred Cadham 	 	
Jack Marshall 	 	C 	Frank Wood 	 	
Charles Liffiton 	 	F 	Tony Gingras	1	
Jimmy Gardner 	 	F 	Fred Scanlon	 	
Referee- W. MacFarlane	 	 	 	 	
 March 15
Montreal 	5	at	Winnipeg 	0	
Billy Nicholson 	 	G 	Art Brown 	 	
Billy Bellingham 	 	P 	Rod Flett 	 	
Dickie Boon 	 	CP	Magnus Flett	 	
Art Hooper 	2	R 	Fred Cadham 	 	
Jack Marshall 	2	C 	Burke Wood 	 	
Ernie Liffiton 	1	F 	Tony Gingras	 	
Jimmy Gardner 	 	F 	Fred Scanlon	 	
Referee- W. MacFarlane	 	 	 	 	
 March 17
Montreal 	2	at	Winnipeg 	1	
Billy Nicholson 	 	G 	Art Brown 	 	
Billy Bellingham 	 	P 	Red Flett 	 	
Dickie Boon 	 	CP	Magnus Flett	 	
Art Hooper 	1	R 	Fred Cadham 	 	
Jack Marshall 	1	C 	Burke Wood 	 	
Ernie Liffiton 	 	F 	Tony Gingras	1	
Jimmy Gardner 	 	F 	Fred Scanlon	 	
Referee- W. MacFarlane	 	 	 	 	
==Montreal H.C. 1902 Stanley Cup champions==
==Game Ads==
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