1900 CAHL season

The 1900 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the second season of the league. 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, goaltender 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==
Star rover Graham Drinkwater retired from the Victorias before the 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
==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, Capt 	2 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	 	
W. N. Roxborough 	1 	F 	Harry Trihey, Capt 	2 	
Colin "Tote" Campbell 	 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	1 	
Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking	Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking	Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking	Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking	Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence McKerrow, F. Stocking	
 February 14
Winnipeg 	2 	at 	Shamrocks 	3 	
George Merritt 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Rod Flett 	 	P 	Frank Tansey 	 	
Charles Johnston 	1 	CP 	Frank Wall 	 	
Tony Gingras 	 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	 	
Dan Bain, Capt 	 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	1 	
W. N. Roxborough 	 	F 	Harry Trihey, Capt 	2 	
Colin "Tote" Campbell 	1 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	 	
Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence McKerrow, W. Christmas	Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence McKerrow, W. Christmas	Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence McKerrow, W. Christmas	Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence McKerrow, W. Christmas	Referee – H. BairdUmpires – Clarence 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, Capt 	2 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	 	
W.N. Roxborough 	1 	F 	Harry Trihey, Capt	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 Halifax City Hockey League 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 	
Fred Bishop 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Alfred Kane 	 	P 	Frank Tansey Capt.	 	
Mullane Capt. 	 	CP 	Frank Wall 	3 	
Crockett 	1 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	4 	
Ryan 	 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	1 	
Maher 	1 	F 	Harry Trihey 	2 	
McInnis 	 	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 	
Fred Bishop 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Alfred Kane 	 	P 	Frank Tansey Capt.	 	
Mullane Capt. 	 	CP 	Frank Wall 	1 	
Crockett 	 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	4 	
Ryan 	 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	2 	
Maher 	 	F 	Harry Trihey 	3 	
McInnis 	 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	1 	
Referee – H. Baird	Referee – H. Baird	Referee – H. Baird	Referee – H. Baird	Referee – H. Baird	
==Schedule and results==
Month	Day 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	6 	Montreal 	6 	Victorias	5
Jan. 	6 	Shamrocks	5 	Ottawa 	4
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 	Montreal 	8 	Quebec 	7
Jan. 	27 	Ottawa 	5 	Victorias	3
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. 	3 (‡)	Ottawa 	 	Shamrocks	
Mar. 	4 	Victorias	10 	Quebec 	7
Mar. 	10 	Shamrocks	3 	Quebec 	4
† Birthday of the Champion.
‡ defaulted to Shamrocks
==Player statistics==
===Goaltending averages===
Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Billy Nicholson 	Montreal 	4 	11	1 	2.75
Bouse Hutton 	Ottawa 	7 	19	0 	2.8
James H. McKenna	Shamrocks	7 	26	0 	3.7
Fred Munro 	Montreal 	4 	25	0 	6.3
Frank Stocking 	Quebec 	8 	52	1 	6.5
Thomas Powers 	Victorias	8 	55	0 	6.9
===Scoring leaders===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Harry Trihey 	Shamrocks 	7 	17
Russell Bowie 	Victorias 	7 	15
Billy Christmas 	MontrealChristmas, William Richard. Leavings: A Canadian Love Story. Lulu Enterprises, Raleigh, NC, page 3.	8 	12
Bruce Stuart 	Ottawa 	5 	11
James Gillespie 	Quebec 	8 	10
Arthur Farrell 	Shamrocks 	8 	9
Blair Russell 	Victorias 	7 	9
Charlie Liffiton	Montreal 	8 	8
George McCarron 	Quebec 	2 	7
Jack Brannen 	Shamrocks 	8 	6
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