1899 CAHL season

The inaugural 1899 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season lasted from January 7 until March 4. Teams played an eight game schedule The Montreal Shamrocks were the league champion with a record of seven wins and one loss.
==Season==
===Highlights===
On January 4, when Shamrocks defeated Quebec at Montreal by a score of 13–4, Harry Trihey scored 10 goals.
The January 26 game between Montreal and Quebec was protested because it was alleged that the referee, Fred Chittick, Ottawa's goalkeeper, was drunk. The game was rescheduled for February 14, to be played in Ottawa, but in the end, Quebec declined to play the game.
Victorias defeated Ottawa at Montreal on February 11, by a score of 16–0. Fred Chittick attempted to score by himself, rushing the length of the ice from his net, without success.
The race for the championship was decided on March 1st when Shamrocks defeated the Victorias 1–0. Eight thousand people are recorded as being in attendance, thousands of dollars was wagered and Harry Trihey of Shamrocks scored the deciding goal.
After losing their first six matches, Quebec withdrew from the rest of the schedule, forfeiting their last two games.
===Final Standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Shamrocks 	8 	7 	1 	0 	40 	21
Montreal Victorias 	8 	6 	2 	0 	44 	23
Ottawa Hockey Club 	8 	4 	4 	0 	21 	43
Montreal Hockey Club	8 	3 	5 	0 	30 	29
Quebec Hockey Club 	8 	0 	8 	0 	12 	31
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	7 	Shamrocks	3 	Ottawa 	4
Jan. 	7 	Quebec 	1 	Montreal 	7
Jan. 	10 	Victorias	4 	Montreal 	2
Jan. 	14 	Quebec 	1 	Ottawa 	3
Jan. 	14 	Shamrocks	4 	Montreal 	3
Jan. 	21†	Montreal 	1 	Quebec 	2
Jan. 	21 	Shamrocks	5 	Victorias	2
Jan. 	28 	Ottawa 	1 	Montreal 	5
Jan. 	28 	Victorias	5 	Quebec 	4
Feb. 	4 	Victorias	7 	Ottawa 	5
Feb. 	4 	Quebec 	4 	Shamrocks	13
Feb. 	8 	Shamrocks	4 	Montreal 	3
Feb. 	11 	Ottawa 	0 	Victorias	16
Feb. 	11 	Shamrocks	3 	Quebec 	2
Feb. 	18 	Montreal 	4 	Ottawa 	5
Feb. 	25 	Victorias	10 	Montreal 	6
Mar. 	1 	Victorias	0 	Shamrocks	1
Mar. 	4 	Ottawa 	3 	Shamrocks	7
Mar. 	‡ 	Ottawa 	 	Quebec 	
Mar. 	¿ 	Quebec 	 	Victorias	
† Montreal refused to continue with 12 minutes to play. Game was to be replayed on February 14th, but Quebec declined and the game was defaulted.
‡ defaulted to Ottawa
¿ defaulted to Victorias
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Lewis, Gordon 	Victorias	3 	7 	1 	2.3
McKenna, James H. 	Shamrocks	8 	21	1 	2.6
Collins, Herb 	Montreal 	6 	19	 	3.2
Richardson, Frank 	Victorias	4 	16	 	4.0
Hutton, John Bouse	Ottawa 	2 	11	 	5.5
Stocking, Frank 	Quebec 	4 	24	 	6.0
Chittick, Fred 	Ottawa 	5 	32	 	6.4
O'Meara, Mark 	Quebec 	1 	7 	 	7.0
Munro, Fred 	Montreal 	1 	10	 	10.0
===Leading scorers===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Trihey, Harry 	Shamrocks	7 	19
McKerrow, Clare 	Montreal 	4 	12
Bowie, Russell 	Victorias	7 	11
Davidson, Cam 	Victorias	7 	9
Farrell, Arthur 	Shamrocks	8 	8
Brannen, Jack 	Shamrocks	8 	8
McDougall, Bob 	Victorias	2 	7
Ewing, Jack 	Victorias	5 	7
Roger, Mac 	Ottawa 	5 	6
Christmas, Billy	Montreal 	4 	5
==Stanley Cup challenges==
===Victorias vs. Winnipeg===
Montreal received another challenge from the MHA's Winnipeg Victorias who had won the 1898-99 Manitoba Senior Playoffs. This time, it was decided that they would play a two-game total goals series in February 1899.
The first game was won by Montreal 2–1. Winnipeg's captain Dan Bain injured his eye and did not play in the second game due to hemorrhaging behind the eye.
The second game ended in controversy. With Montreal leading the game 3–2 with about 12 minutes left in the game, Montreal's Bob Macdougall violently slashed Winnipeg's Tony Gingras. As Gingras was carried off the ice, referee Bill Findlay only called Macdougall for a two minute minor. Angry that he should have been accessed a larger penalty, Winnipeg went into their dressing room in protest. Insulted, Findlay abruptly went home, but returned after officials followed him on a sleigh and persuaded him to return. Once back at the rink, the referee gave Winnipeg 15 minutes to return to the ice themselves. They refused and thus Findlay disqualified the team and declared Montreal the winners. 4,000 were attending the Winnipeg Auditorium rink to hear returns of the game by telegraph.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
February 15, 1899 	Montreal Victorias 	2 – 1 	Winnipeg Victorias 	Montreal Arena, Montreal
February 18, 1899 	Montreal Victorias 	3 – 2 	Winnipeg Victorias 	Montreal Arena, Montreal
Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 3	Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 3	Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 3	Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 3	Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 3
 February 15
Winnipeg 	1 	at 	Victorias 	2 	
George Merritt 	 	G 	Gordon Lewis 	 	
Bobby Benson 	 	P 	Graham Drinkwater 	1 	
Charles Johnson 	 	CP 	Mike Grant 	 	
Tony Gingras 	1 	F 	Cam Davidson 	 	
Dan Bain 	 	F 	Ernest McLea 	 	
Jack Armitage 	 	F 	Robert McDougall 	1 	
Attie Howard 	 	F 	Russell Bowie 	 	
Colin "Tote" Campbell	 	sub 	 	 	
Referee - J. Findlay 	Referee - J. Findlay	Referee - J. Findlay	Referee - J. Findlay	Referee - J. Findlay	
 February 18
Winnipeg 	2 	at 	Victorias 	3 	
George Merritt 	 	G 	Gordon Lewis 	 	
Bobby Benson 	 	P 	Graham Drinkwater 	 	
Charles Johnson 	 	CP 	Mike Grant 	 	
Tony Gingras 	 	F 	Cam Davidson 	 	
Colin "Tote" Campbell	 	F 	Ernest McLea 	 	
Jack Armitage 	1 	F 	Robert McDougall 	2 	
Attie Howard 	1 	F 	Russell Bowie 	1 	
Referee - J. Findlay 	Referee - J. Findlay	Referee - J. Findlay	Referee - J. Findlay	Referee - J. Findlay	
The Stanley Cup passed from the Montreal Victorias to the Montreal Shamrocks as champions of the league March 4, 1899.
===Shamrocks vs. Queens===
The Shamrocks defended the trophy against Queens University, who had won the 1898-99 OHA Senior Season. The game was played half under Ontario rules and half under CAHL rules.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score	Losing Team 	Location
March 14, 1899	Montreal Shamrocks	6–2 	Queen's University	Montreal Arena
 March 14, 1899
Queens 	2 	at 	Shamrocks 	6 	
R.C Hiscock 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Guy Curtis 	 	P 	Frank Tansey 	1 	
J.W. Merrill 	 	CP 	Frank Wall 	 	
J. Marty 	 	F 	Harry Trihey 	3 	
G.P. Dalton 	1 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	2 	
R.R.Harris 	1 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	1 	
K. Walkem 	 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	 	
Referee - Harvey Pulford	Referee - Harvey Pulford	Referee - Harvey Pulford	Referee - Harvey Pulford	Referee - Harvey Pulford	
==Montreal Victorias February 1899 Stanley Cup champions==
==Montreal Shamrocks March 1899 Stanley Cup champions==
 Barney Dumphy (Coach/Trainer) is only non-player who first name that is known.
==Team Photos==
1899Shamrocks.jpg|Montreal Shamrocks
98-99WinVic.jpg|Winnipeg Victorias
98-99QueensU.jpg|Queens University
==Game Ads==
99CAHAQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
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