1890 AHAC season

The 1890 AHAC season was the fourth season of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada. Play was in challenges. The Montreal Hockey Club would win the final challenge of the season to win the Canadian championship for the third season in a row.
==League business==
The annual meeting of the Amateur Hockey Association was held in the rooms of the MAAA in Montreal, on November 22, 1889. The main business was whether to accept Quebec or not, and whether to change the Crystals team name to the Dominions. Representatives from most of the hockey clubs were present. The election for the ensuing year resulted as follows:Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000
* President, Mr. J. Stewart (Montreal);
* first vice-president, H. Kinghorn (McGill);
* second vice-president, W.G Cameron (Victorias);
* secretary-treasurer, J.A Findlay (Montreal);
* Council — A.E McNaughton (Montreal), W.E Stevenson (Victoria), J. McDonald (Crystals), D.B. Holden (McGill), R. Davidson (Quebec).
==Regular season==
The season consisted of challenge games as well as numerous exhibition matches between all the teams in the AHAC. Quebec would challenge this season. The Montreal Crystals would be known as the Dominion Hockey Club of Montreal for this season.
===Overall record===
Statistics are based on challenge games only and do not include stats regarding exhibition games Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club†	7 	7 	0 	0 	28 	13
Quebec Hockey Club 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	5
Montreal Dominions 	3 	0 	3 	0 	3 	15
Montreal Victorias 	3 	0 	3 	0 	4 	8
† National Champion
==Schedule and results==
Date 	home 	Score	Visitor 	Score	Location 	Match type
January 3 	Montreal Hockey Club	5 	Montreal Victorias	4 	Dominion Rink	Exhibition
January 7 	Montreal Hockey Club	5 	Quebec 	1 	Dominion Rink	Challenge
January 13	Montreal Victorias 	11 	McGill University 	4 	Victoria Rink	Exhibition
January 17	Montreal Hockey Club	4 	Montreal Victorias	2 	Dominion Rink	Challenge
January 24	Montreal Hockey Club	5 	Montreal Victorias	1 	Dominion Rink	Exhibition
January 28	Montreal Victorias 	3 	Ottawa 	1 	Victoria Rink	Exhibition
January 31	Montreal Hockey Club	6 	Montreal Dominions	4 	Dominion Rink	Challenge
Feb 11 	Montreal Hockey Club	6 	Montreal Dominions	2 	Dominion Rink	Challenge
Feb 18 	Montreal Hockey Club	2 	Montreal Victorias	1 	Dominion Rink	Challenge
Feb 25 	Montreal Hockey Club	3 	Montreal Dominions	2 	Crystal Rink 	Challenge
Mar 4 	Montreal Hockey Club	2 	Montreal Victorias	1 	Crystal Rink 	Challenge
==Player statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored.
Name 	Club 	GP	G
McNaughton, Archie	Montreal 	7 	12
Findlay, J 	Montreal 	7 	6
Brown, Dave 	Dominions	3 	4
Kingan, Alex 	Montreal 	2 	3
Cameron, Allan 	Montreal 	6 	2
Lee, S 	Montreal 	4 	2
Ritchie, A 	Dominions	3 	2
Arnton, J 	Victorias	2 	1
Barlow, Eddie 	Victorias	3 	1
Scott, A 	Quebec 	1 	1
Low, George 	Montreal 	1 	1
No scorer identified for 1 Montreal and Victoria goal.
===Goaltender averages===
Note: GP = Games played, GA = goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Paton, Tom 	Montreal 	7 	13	0 	1.9
Jones, Robert 	Victorias	3 	8 	0 	2.7
Fyfe, Joe 	Dominions	1 	3 	0 	2.0
Laurie, A. 	Quebec 	1 	5 	0 	5.0
Scanlan, Robert	Dominions	2 	12	0 	6.0
==References==
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Category:1890 in ice hockey
Category:Amateur Hockey Association of Canada seasons