1898 AHAC season

The 1898 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season lasted from January 8 until March 5. Each team played 8 games, and Montreal Victorias were again first with a 8–0 record, to retain the Stanley Cup. This was their fourth-straight league championship.
==Executive==
* J. A. Findlay, Montreal (President)
* J. H. Dunbar, Quebec (1st. Vice-Pres.)
* G. P. Murphy (2nd Vice-Pres.)
* H. Wilson (Sec.-Treasurer)
* W. Snow, E. Hinchy, E. Farwell, E. Blurty, G. Tanguay (Council)
The Ottawa Capitals applied to join the league, but were turned down because they had not won an intermediate-level championship.
==Season==
===Highlights===
The game of February 12, 1898 between Ottawa and the Victorias was notable because Fred Chittick, the regular goal-keeper of Ottawa staged a one-man strike because he had not received his share of complimentary tickets. Ottawa played A. Cope instead and lost 9–5. The fans in attendance heckled the defence pair of Harvey Pulford and Weldy Young, and in response Mr. Young went into the crowd to attack a spectator.
===Final Standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Victorias 	8 	8 	0 	0 	53 	33
Montreal Hockey Club	8 	5 	3 	0 	34 	21
Montreal Shamrocks 	8 	3 	5 	0 	25 	36
Quebec Bulldogs 	8 	2 	6 	0 	29 	35
Ottawa HC 	8 	2 	6 	0 	28 	44
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	4 	Ottawa 	1 	Shamrocks	2
Jan. 	8 	Montreal 	2 	Quebec 	5
Jan. 	8 	Victorias	6 	Shamrocks	4
Jan. 	11 	Victorias	4 	Montreal 	3
Jan. 	15 	Ottawa 	4 	Quebec 	3
Jan. 	15 	Montreal 	10 	Shamrocks	2
Jan. 	19 	Shamrocks	5 	Victorias	7
Jan. 	22 	Quebec 	1 	Montreal 	3
Jan. 	29 	Montreal 	4 	Ottawa 	3
Jan. 	29 	Quebec 	4 	Victorias	5
Feb. 	5 	Ottawa 	4 	Victorias	12
Feb. 	5 	Shamrocks	1 	Quebec 	6
Feb. 	9 	Shamrocks	5 	Montreal 	4
Feb. 	12 	Quebec 	3 	Shamrocks	4
Feb. 	12 	Victorias	3 	Ottawa 	5
Feb. 	19 	Victorias	4 	Quebec 	4
Feb. 	19 	Ottawa 	4 	Montreal 	6
Feb. 	26 	Montreal 	2 	Victorias	4
Feb. 	26 	Quebec 	7 	Ottawa 	6
Mar. 	5 	Shamrocks	3 	Ottawa 	1
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Tobin, A 	Shamrocks	2 	2 	 	1.0
Collins, Herb 	Montreal 	8 	21	1 	2.6
Lewis, Gordon 	Victorias	3 	9 	 	3.0
Stocking, Frank 	Quebec 	7 	29	 	4.1
Richardson, Frank	Victorias	5 	24	 	4.8
Chittick, Fred 	Ottawa 	4 	21	 	5.3
Semple, Hugh 	Shamrocks	6 	34	 	5.7
Cope, A. 	Ottawa 	4 	23	 	5.8
O'Meara, Mark 	Quebec 	1 	6 	 	6.0
===Scoring Leaders===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Davidson, Cam 	Victorias	7 	14
McKerrow, Clare 	Montreal 	8 	13
McDougall, Robert 	Victorias	8 	12
Brown, Desse 	Montreal 	8 	11
Drinkwater, Graham	Victorias	8 	10
Gillespie, James 	Shamrocks	8 	10
Hutchison, H. 	Ottawa 	8 	8
Howard, R. 	Quebec 	7 	7
White, F. 	Ottawa 	6 	7
Horsfall, Bert 	Quebec 	8 	6
Source: Coleman(1966), pp. 41–43
==Exhibition Tours==
===Shamrocks Tour New York===
From February 14 through 19th, the Shamrocks toured New York city, playing teams of the Amateur Hockey League. They played the New York Hockey Club twice and the Brooklyn Skating Club once. The Shamrocks split the two with New York 2–1 and 0–1 at the Lexington Avenue Ice Palace and defeated Brooklyn 4–3 at the Clermont Avenue Rink.
===Victorias Tour New York===
After the season, the Victorias visited New York, first playing the New York Athletic Club at the St. Nicholas Rink, winning 6–1 on March 4. On March 5, the Victorias defeated the St. Nicholas Skating Club 8–0.
==Playoffs==
There were no playoffs as the Victorias won first place exclusively.
==Stanley Cup Challenges==
===Victorias vs. Ottawa===
Prior to the season, Victorias would play Ottawa Capitals of the CCHA in a single-elimination game on December 27, 1897, winning 15–2.
It was originally scheduled as the first best-of-three challenge, but the series ended after the first game because the Victorias clearly was the superior team with a 15–2 victory and the Ottawa team withdrew its challenge.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
December 27, 1897	Montreal Victorias	15 – 2	Ottawa Capitals	Victoria Rink
Ottawa 	(2)	at	Montreal 	(15)
Wilmot 	 	G 	Gordon Lewis 	
Lafleur 	 	P 	Hartland MacDougall	
E. Murphy	 	CP	Mike Grant, 	
P. Murphy	 	F 	Robert McDougall 	
O'Connor 	 	F 	Graham Drinkwater 	
McGuire 	 	F 	Shirley Davidson 	
Baldwin 	 	F 	Cam Davidson 	
Referee - J. A. Findlay
Umpires - 
No challenges were played after the season.
==Montreal Victorias 1898 Stanley Cup champions== 
Gordon Lewis(goal), Frank Richardson (goal-Playing-Coach), Mike Grant (coverpoint-Captain), Hartland McDougall(point), Robert McDougall(forward), Graham Drinkwater(rover), Cam Davidson(forward), Ernest McLea(forward), Jack Ewing(forward). 
;Non Players
W. Jack (Hon. President), P.M. Desterneak (President), F.H. Wilson (Hon. Vice President), J.S. Bishop (Secretary/Treasurer).
==Game Ads==
98AHACMontrealGameAd.jpg|Montreal
98AHACQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
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