1900 CAHL season

The 1900 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season lasted from January 6 until March 10. Teams played an eight game schedule. Again, the Montreal Shamrocks were the league champion with a record of seven wins and one loss.
==League Business==
===Executive===
* F. R. Baird (President)
* J. P. Dickson (1st Vice-President)
* H. E. Scott ( 2nd Vice-President)
* George R. James (Secretary-Treasurer)
* Harry McLaughlin (Councillor)
McGill University applied to join the league but was turned down.
The use of netting for the goal was demonstrated with a model produced by Frank Stocking, goalkeeper of the Quebec club at the annual meeting. After an exhibition game between the Shamrocks and Victorias, the use of goal nets was approved for league play, and used for the season. The netting connected the two upright posts, but there was no crossbar across the top. 
The use of hockey gloves was quite common and shin guards were now mostly in use inside the stockings though some players still used the old style outside the stockings.
==Season==
===Highlights===
The Shamrocks won the championship losing only one game, and that, after the league championship was decided. This was the second year in a row for the Shamrocks, who were a mediocre team before this stretch of success and would return to it the next year.
===Final Standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Shamrocks 	8 	7 	1 	0 	49 	26
Montreal Hockey Club	8 	5 	3 	0 	34 	36
Ottawa Hockey Club 	8 	4 	4 	0 	28 	19
Montreal Victorias 	8 	2 	6 	0 	44 	55
Quebec Hockey Club 	8 	2 	6 	0 	33 	52
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	6 	Shamrocks	5 	Ottawa 	4
Jan. 	6 	Montreal 	6 	Victorias	5
Jan. 	13 	Montreal 	3 	Shamrocks	8
Jan. 	13 	Ottawa 	3 	Quebec 	2
Jan. 	18 	Victorias	4 	Shamrocks	10
Jan. 	20 	Montreal 	2 	Ottawa 	5
Jan. 	20 	Quebec 	3 	Victorias	14
Jan. 	27 	Ottawa 	5 	Victorias	3
Jan. 	27 	Montreal 	8 	Quebec 	7
Feb. 	3 	Quebec 	2 	Shamrocks	8
Feb. 	10 	Victorias	1 	Ottawa 	11
Feb. 	10 	Quebec 	5 	Montreal 	6
Feb. 	17 	Ottawa 	0 	Montreal 	3
Feb. 	24 	Quebec 	3 	Ottawa 	0
Feb. 	24 	Victorias	1 	Montreal 	3
Feb. 	27 	Shamrocks	5 	Montreal 	3
Mar. 	1 	Shamrocks	10 	Victorias	6
Mar. 	4 	Victorias	10 	Quebec 	7
Mar. 	3‡ 	Ottawa 	 	Shamrocks	
Mar. 	10 	Shamrocks	3 	Quebec 	4
‡ defaulted to Shamrocks 
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Nicholson, Billy 	Montreal 	4 	11	1 	2.75
Hutton, John Bouse	Ottawa 	7 	19	 	2.8
McKenna, James H. 	Shamrocks	7 	26	 	3.7
Munro, Fred 	Montreal 	4 	25	 	6.3
Stocking, Frank 	Quebec 	8 	52	1 	6.5
Powers, 	Victorias	8 	55	 	6.9
===Scoring Leaders===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Trihey, Harry 	Shamrocks	7 	17
Bowie, Russell 	Victorias	7 	15
Christmas, Billy 	Victorias	8 	12
Stuart, Bruce 	Ottawa 	5 	11
Gillespie, James 	Quebec 	8 	10
Farrell, Arthur 	Shamrocks	8 	9
Russell, Blair 	Victorias	7 	9
Liffiton, Charlie	Montreal 	8 	8
McCarron, George 	Quebec 	5 	6
Brannen, Jack 	Shamrocks	8 	6
==Stanley Cup Challenges==
===Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg===
The MHA's Winnipeg Victorias issued another challenge for the Cup. This time, a best-of-three series was played against the defending champion Montreal Shamrocks. Winnipeg won the first game, 4–3, but Montreal prevailed in the next two games, 3–2 and 5–4.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
February 12, 1900 	Winnipeg Victorias 	4 – 3 	Montreal Shamrocks 	Montreal Arena
February 14, 1900 	Montreal Shamrocks 	3 – 2 	Winnipeg Victorias 	Montreal Arena
February 16, 1900 	Montreal Shamrocks 	5 – 4 	Winnipeg Victorias 	Montreal Arena
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
 February 12
Winnipeg 	4 	at 	Shamrocks 	3 	
George Merritt 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Rod Flett 	 	P 	Frank Tansey 	 	
Charles Johnston 	 	CP 	Frank Wall 	 	
Tony Gingras 	1 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	 	
Dan Bain 	2 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	 	
W. N. Roxborough 	1 	F 	Harry Trihey 	2 	
Colin "Tote" Campbell 	 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	1 	
Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, F. Stocking	Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, F. Stocking	Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, F. Stocking	Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, F. Stocking	Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, F. Stocking	
 February 14
Winnipeg 	2 	at 	Shamrocks 	3 	
GeorgeMerritt 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Rod Flett 	 	P 	Frank Tansey 	 	
Charles Johnston 	1 	CP 	Frank Wall 	 	
Tony Gingras 	 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	 	
Dan Bain 	 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	1 	
W. N. Roxborough 	 	F 	Harry Trihey 	2 	
Colin "Tote" Campbell 	1 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	 	
Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, W. Christmas	Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, W. Christmas	Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, W. Christmas	Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, W. Christmas	Referee - H. BairdUmpires - C. McKerrow, W. Christmas	
 
 February 16
Winnipeg 	4 	at 	Shamrocks 	5 	
George Merritt 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Rod Flett 	 	P 	Frank Tansey 	 	
Charles Johnston 	 	CP 	Frank Wall 	 	
Tony Gingras 	1 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	2 	
Dan Bain 	2 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	 	
W.N. Roxborough 	1 	F 	Harry Trihey 	3 	
Colin "Tote" Campbell	 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	 	
Referee - H. Baird|- 	Referee - H. Baird|-	Referee - H. Baird|-	Referee - H. Baird|-	Referee - H. Baird|-	
===Shamrocks vs. Halifax===
In March, the Shamrocks then received another challenge for the Cup. However, the Halifax Crescents of the Maritime Hockey League (MaHL) did not pose much of a threat as Montreal crushed them, 10–2 and 11–0.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
March 5, 1900 	Montreal Shamrocks 	10 – 2 	Halifax Crescents 	Montreal Arena
March 7, 1900 	Montreal Shamrocks 	11 – 0 	Halifax Crescents 	Montreal Arena
Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Montreal wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0
March 5
Halifax 	2 	at 	Shamrocks 	10 	
Bishop 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Kane 	 	P 	Frank Tansey 	 	
Mullane 	 	CP 	Frank Wall 	3 	
Crockett 	1 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	4 	
Ryan 	 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	1 	
Maher 	1 	F 	Harry Trihey 	2 	
McInnes 	 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	 	
Referee - H. Baird	Referee - H. Baird	Referee - H. Baird	Referee - H. Baird	Referee - H. Baird	
March 7
Halifax 	0 	at 	Shamrocks 	11 	
Bishop 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Kane 	 	P 	Frank Tansey 	 	
Mullane 	 	CP 	Frank Wall 	1 	
Crockett 	 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	4 	
Ryan 	 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	2 	
Maher 	 	F 	Harry Trihey 	3 	
McInnes 	 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	1 	
Referee - H. Baird	Referee - H. Baird	Referee - H. Baird	Referee - H. Baird	Referee - H. Baird	
==Montreal Shamrocks 1900 Stanley Cup champions==
 Barney Dumphy is only non-player who first name is known.
==Game Ads==
00CAHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Montreal
00CAHLOttawaGameAd.jpg|Ottawa
00CAHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
==See also==
* List of Stanley Cup champions
* Canadian Amateur Hockey League
==References==
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Category:Stanley Cup
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