1904 CAHL season

The 1904 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season lasted from January 2 until February 24. Teams played an eight game schedule. This was a tumultuous year as Ottawa resigned in February and defaulted four games.
Also, prior to the start of the season a rival hockey league, the Federal Amateur Hockey League was started, with the Montreal Wanderers taking most of the 'Little Men of Iron' from the Montreal Hockey Club.
==League Business==
===Executive===
* Harry Trihey, Shamrocks (President)
* F. Stocking, Quebec (1st Vice-President)
* J. P. Dickson ( 2nd Vice-President)
* Fred McRobie, Montreal (Secretary-Treasurer)
As the Wanderers had signed players from Montreal, it was forbidden for teams to play games against FAHL teams, and for team officials to participate in FAHL activities.
==Season==
===Highlights===
This season saw several impressive rookies including Frank Patrick for Montreal Victorias, Ernie (Moose) Johnson for Montreal and Alf Smith and Jim McGee for Ottawa.
The season started out with Ottawa winning their first four games. However, in their third game against the Victorias, the Ottawa team arrived 1 1/2 hours late. The game was called at midnight, with Ottawa ahead 4–1. After a game where the Shamrocks arrived late in Ottawa, the League levied fines against the Shamrocks and Ottawa, and ordered the Ottawa-Victorias game to be replayed. Despite a threat from Mr. Dickson of Ottawa that Ottawa would resign if the game was to be replayed, the League continued to demand that the game be played. The Ottawa club offered to play it if it had a bearing on the league championship, but this was not acceptable to the league. In the end, Ottawa resigned from the league and the league considered the final four games to be forfeits.
This overshadowed a great season from Quebec, which won the season with a record of 7–1 (2 wins by forfeit) and tried to claim that the Cup belonged to the CAHL season winner. The Cup trustees decided that the Cup went with Ottawa.
===Final Standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Quebec Hockey Club 	6 	5 	1 	0 	50 	37
Montreal Victorias 	8 	5 	3 	0 	75 	48
Montreal Hockey Club	6 	1 	5 	0 	34 	49
Montreal Shamrocks 	8 	1 	7 	0 	32 	74
Ottawa Hockey Club‡ 	4 	4 	0 	0 	32 	15
‡ Resigned from league.
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	2 	Victorias	18 	Shamrocks	2
Jan. 	2 	Montreal 	3 	Quebec 	9
Jan. 	9 	Victorias	6 	Ottawa 	10
Jan. 	9 	Quebec 	13 	Shamrocks	5
Jan. 	16 	Ottawa 	8 	Montreal 	3
Jan. 	16 	Victorias	12 	Quebec 	5
Jan. 	20 	Montreal 	8 	Shamrocks	3
Jan. 	23 	Victorias	8 	Montreal 	5
Jan. 	30†	Ottawa 	4 	Victorias	1
Jan. 	30 	Shamrocks	6 	Quebec 	8
Feb. 	6 	Shamrocks	5 	Ottawa 	10
Feb. 	6 	Quebec 	6 	Montreal 	4
Feb. 	13 	Victorias	12 	Shamrocks	7
Feb. 	17 	Montreal 	5 	Shamrocks	4
Feb. 	20 	Quebec 	9 	Victorias	7
Feb. 	24 	Montreal 	6 	Victorias	11
Feb. 	- 	Montreal 	 	Ottawa 	
Feb. 	- 	Ottawa 	 	Montreal 	
Feb. 	- 	Quebec 	 	Ottawa 	
Feb. 	- 	Ottawa 	 	Quebec 	
† Ordered to be replayed but never replayed as Ottawa
resigned from league.
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Hutton, John Bouse	Ottawa 	4 	15	 	3.8
Nichol, J. 	Victorias	8 	48	 	6.0
Moran, Paddy 	Quebec 	6 	37	 	6.2
Waugh, O. 	Montreal 	5 	32	 	6.4
Brophy, Fred 	Montreal 	1 	8 	 	8.0
Kenny 	Shamrocks	4 	35	 	8.8
Price 	Montreal 	1 	9 	 	9.0
Cloran 	Shamrocks	3 	39	 	13.0
===Scoring Leaders===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Bowie, Russell 	Victorias	8 	27
Jordan, Herb 	Quebec 	6 	19
Russell, Blair 	Victorias	8 	17
Howard, Cavey 	Victorias	6 	16
McGee, Frank 	Ottawa 	4 	12
Sargent, Grover 	Montreal 	6 	11
Power, Joe 	Quebec 	6 	10
Coulson, Herbert	Montreal 	6 	8
Smith, Alf 	Ottawa 	4 	8
Foulis, C. 	Shamrocks	6 	7
==Stanley Cup Challenges==
Ottawa would leave the CAHL in mid-season, leaving Quebec to win the league. The CAHL league officials demanded that the Stanley Cup should stay with the CAHL, but the trustees ruled that it went with the Ottawas. Quebec would not challenge Ottawa.
===Winnipeg vs. Ottawa===
Before Ottawa resigned from the CAHL, Ottawa defended the Cup against the Winnipeg Rowing Club in a best two-of-three series played in Ottawa 9–1,2–6,2–0 (2–1).
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
December 30, 1903 	Ottawa 	9–1 	Winnipeg Rowing Club 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
January 1, 1904 	Winnipeg Rowing Club 	6–2 	Ottawa 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
January 4, 1904 	Ottawa 	2–0 	Winnipeg Rowing Club 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1
===Toronto vs. Ottawa===
Next, Ottawa would defeat the Ontario Hockey Association champion Toronto Marlboros in a two-game total-goals series, played in Ottawa, 6–3,11–2 (17–5).
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
February 23, 1904 	Ottawa 	6–3 	Toronto Marlboros 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
February 25, 1904 	Ottawa 	11–2 	Toronto Marlboros 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0
===Wanderers vs. Ottawa===
Ottawa was committed to play a two-game series with the Federal Amateur Hockey League champion Montreal Wanderers, and played the first game in Montreal to a tie of 5–5. Montreal refused to play overtime, and refused to play a second two-game series, ordered by the trustees to be held in Ottawa.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
March 2, 1904 	Ended in a 5–5 tie 	Ended in a 5–5 tie 	Ended in a 5–5 tie 	Montreal Arena
Ottawa wins series; Montreal is disqualified for refusing to play games in Ottawa	Ottawa wins series; Montreal is disqualified for refusing to play games in Ottawa	Ottawa wins series; Montreal is disqualified for refusing to play games in Ottawa	Ottawa wins series; Montreal is disqualified for refusing to play games in Ottawa	Ottawa wins series; Montreal is disqualified for refusing to play games in Ottawa
===Brandon vs. Ottawa===
To finish the season, Ottawa played a series with Brandon Wheat Cities, champions of the Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association. Ottawa would win the two-game series 6–3, 9–3 (15–6), held in Ottawa on March 9–11.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
March 9, 1904 	Ottawa 	6–3 	Brandon Wheat Cities 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
March 11, 1904 	Ottawa 	9–3 	Brandon Wheat Cities 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0
==Ottawa Hockey Club 1904 Stanley Cup champions==
==Team Photos==
03-04QueCity.jpg|Champions Quebec Hockey Club
03-04Ottawa.jpg|Ottawa Hockey Club
03-04TorMar.jpg|Toronto Marlboros
03-04WpgRowClub.jpg|Winnipeg Rowing Club
==Game Ads==
04CAHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Montreal
04CAHLOttawaGameAd.jpg|Ottawa
04CAHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
==See also==
* List of Stanley Cup champions
==References==
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