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===
* Dr. George Cameron, Montreal (President)
* Joe Power, Quebec (1st Vice-President)
* Patrick J. Baskerville, Ottawa (2nd Vice-President)
* W. P. Lunny, Shamrocks (Secretary-Treasurer)
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.
===Rule Changes===
* Teams could now openly pay players. Players would have to declare their professional or amateur status. The Victorias would remain strictly amateur.
== 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.
Wanderers (10)	All-Stars (7)
* Riley Hern, goal,
* Art Ross, point,
* Walter Smaill, cover-point,
* Frank Glass, rover,
* Ernie Russell, centre,
* Cecil Blatchford, right wing,
* Ernie Johnson, left wing	
* Percy LeSueur, goal, (Ottawa)
* Rod Kennedy, point (Victorias)
* Frank Patrick, cover-point (Victorias)
* Joe Power, rover (Quebec)
* Grover Sargent, centre (Montreal)
* Eddie Hogan, right wing (Quebec)
* Jack Marshall, left wing (Shamrocks)
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.
===Final Standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Wanderers 	10 	8 	2 	0 	63 	52
Ottawa Hockey Club 	10 	7 	3 	0 	86 	51
Quebec Hockey Club 	10 	5 	5 	0 	81 	74
Montreal Shamrocks 	10 	5 	5 	0 	53 	49
Montreal Victorias 	10 	4 	6 	0 	73 	78
Montreal Hockey Club	10 	3 	7 	0 	58 	83
===Results===
;1907
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec. 	29 	Shamrocks	10 	Victorias	4
;1908
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	4 	Ottawa 	1 	Quebec 	8
Jan. 	4 	Victorias	8 	Shamrocks	6
Jan. 	8 	Wanderers	7 	Montreal 	3
Jan. 	11 	Wanderers	2 	Ottawa 	12
Jan. 	11 	Quebec 	6 	Victorias	12
Jan. 	15 	Victorias	5 	Wanderers	7
Jan. 	18 	Ottawa 	3 	Shamrocks	4 (2' overtime)
Jan. 	18 	Montreal 	5 	Quebec 	18
Jan. 	22 	Shamrocks	1 	Wanderers	3
Jan. 	25 	Victorias	9 	Ottawa 	14
Jan. 	25 	Quebec 	8 	Wanderers	13
Jan. 	29 	Victorias	13 	Montreal 	7
Feb. 	1 	Ottawa 	14 	Montreal 	7
Feb. 	5 	Wanderers	5 	Victorias	6 (10' overtime)
Feb. 	8 	Quebec 	5 	Ottawa 	11
Feb. 	8 	Montreal 	3 	Shamrocks	9
Feb. 	12 	Victorias	4 	Shamrocks	7
Feb. 	13 	Shamrocks	3 	Quebec 	7
Feb. 	15 	Ottawa 	10 	Victorias	4
Feb. 	15 	Wanderers	8 	Quebec 	6
Feb. 	19 	Montreal 	5 	Wanderers	8
Feb. 	22 	Shamrocks	2 	Ottawa 	5
Feb. 	22 	Quebec 	8 	Montreal 	6
Feb. 	26 	Montreal 	7 	Victorias	4
Feb. 	29 	Ottawa 	2 	Wanderers	4
Feb. 	29 	Victorias	8 	Quebec 	9 (3' overtime)
Mar. 	4 	Wanderers	6 	Shamrocks	4
Mar. 	7 	Ottawa 	14 	Montreal 	6
Mar. 	7 	Quebec 	6 	Shamrocks	7
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Billy Nicholson	Shamrocks	10	49	 	4.9
Percy LeSueur 	Ottawa 	10	51	 	5.1
Riley Hern 	Wanderers	10	52	 	5.2
Nathan Frye 	Victorias	1 	7 	 	7.0
Paddy Moran 	Quebec 	10	74	 	7.4
Robinson 	Victorias	9 	71	 	7.9
Tyner 	Montreal 	1 	9 	 	9.0
Dave Finnie 	Montreal 	5 	48	 	9.6
Archie Lockerby	Montreal 	4 	48	 	12.0
===Leading scorers===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Walsh, Marty 	Ottawa 	9 	28
Bowie, Russell	Victorias	10	28
Phillips, Tom 	Ottawa 	10	26
Power, Charles	Quebec 	10	23
Jordan, Herb 	Quebec 	8 	22
Russell, Ernie	Wanderers	9 	21
Marshall, Jack	Shamrocks	9 	19
Eveleigh, Joe 	Montreal 	8 	16
Power, Joe 	Quebec 	10	13
Smith, Alf 	Ottawa 	9 	13
==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).
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
January 9, 1908 	Montreal Wanderers 	9–3 	Ottawa Victorias 	Montreal Arena
January 13, 1908 	Montreal Wanderers 	13–1 	Ottawa Victorias 	Montreal Arena
Montreal wins total goals series 22 goals to 4	Montreal wins total goals series 22 goals to 4	Montreal wins total goals series 22 goals to 4	Montreal wins total goals series 22 goals to 4	Montreal wins total goals series 22 goals to 4
===Wanderers vs. Winnipeg===
Wanderers defeated Winnipeg Maple Leafs in a two-game series 11–5, 9–3 (20–8) March 10–12. 
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
March 10, 1908 	Montreal Wanderers 	11–5 	Winnipeg Maple Leafs 	Montreal Arena
March 12, 1908 	Montreal Wanderers 	9–3 	Winnipeg Maple Leafs 	Montreal Arena
Montreal wins total goals series 20 goals to 8	Montreal wins total goals series 20 goals to 8	Montreal wins total goals series 20 goals to 8	Montreal wins total goals series 20 goals to 8	Montreal wins total goals series 20 goals to 8
===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.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score	Losing Team 	Location
March 14, 1908	Montreal Wanderers	6–4 	Toronto Professionals	Montreal Arena
==Montreal Wanderers 1908 Stanley Cup Champions==
==Regular Season Game Ads==
08ASMontrealGameAd.jpg|All-Star Game @ Montreal
08ECAHAMontrealGameAd.jpg|Montreal
08ECAHAQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
==Stanley Cup Game Ads==
08Jan19SCupMontrealGameAd.jpg|Jan. 19 @ Montreal
08Mar12SCupMontrealGameAd.jpg|March 12 @ Montreal
08Mar14SCupMontrealGameAd.jpg|March 14 @ Montreal
==References==
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* Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 48. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
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