1902 CAHL season

The 1902 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the fourth season of the league. Teams played an eight game schedule. The Montreal HC were the league champion with a record of six wins and two losses. After the season, Montreal HC challenged the Winnipeg Victorias for the Stanley Cup title and were victorious.
==League business==
===Executive===
* George R. James, Montreal (President)
* A. D. Scott, Quebec (1st Vice-President)
* N. Charles Sparks, Ottawa ( 2nd Vice-President)
* Harry Trihey, Shamrocks(Secretary-Treasurer)
New fines were added for being more than 15 minutes late for a game and forfeiting.
The clubs demanded an increase in gate receipts share from 33% to 40% and a higher number of free tickets from the Montreal Arena owners, but settled for the increase in tickets only.
Source: Coleman, p. 68
==Season==
The Shamrocks team, which had won the Stanley Cup only two seasons prior, was completely new. While Fred Scanlan went to Winnipeg, Harry Trihey, Arthur Farrell, Frank Wall, Frank Tansey, James McKenna and Jack Brannen all retired from competitive ice hockey. The team sank to the bottom of the standings.
===Highlights===
Montreal would win the league led by their big line of Archie Hooper, Jack Marshall, Jimmy Gardner and Charlie Liffiton. The players would earn their nickname of the 'Little Men of Iron', winning the Stanley Cup in a challenge with Winnipeg. Hooper would score nine goals against the Shamrocks on January 5, on his way to winning the scoring title.
===Final Standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club	8 	6 	2 	0 	39 	15
Ottawa Hockey Club 	8 	5 	3 	0 	35 	15
Montreal Victorias 	8 	4 	4 	0 	36 	25
Quebec Hockey Club 	8 	4 	4 	0 	26 	34
Montreal Shamrocks 	8 	1 	7 	0 	15 	62
==Stanley Cup challenges==
===Winnipeg vs. Montreal===
After the Montreal HC won the 1902 CAHL title in March, they promptly sent a challenge to the Winnipeg Victorias. In game one of the best-of-three series, Winnipeg shut out Montreal, 1–0. However, Montreal shut out Winnipeg in game two, 5–0, and then held on to a 2–1 victory in game three. With the victory, the Montreal club won the Cup for the first time since 1894.
Jack Marshall of Montreal, who had played for the Winnipeg team in the previous year, faced his old team and scored three goals, including the series clincher. Archie Hooper also scored three for Montreal.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
March 13, 1902 	Winnipeg Victorias 	1–0 	Montreal HC 	Winnipeg Auditorium
March 15, 1902 	Montreal HC 	5–0 	Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Auditorium
March 17, 1902 	Montreal HC 	2–1 	Winnipeg Victorias 	Winnipeg Auditorium
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
 March 13
Montreal 	0	at 	Winnipeg 	1	
Billy Nicholson 	 	G 	Art Brown 	 	
Tom Hodge 	 	P 	Rod Flett 	 	
Dickie Boon, Capt 	 	CP 	Magnus Flett 	 	
Archie Hooper 	 	RO 	Fred Cadham 	 	
Jack Marshall 	 	C 	Burke Wood 	 	
Charles Liffiton 	 	RW 	Tony Gingras 	1	
Jimmy Gardner 	 	LW 	Fred Scanlon 	 	
Billy Bellinghan 	 	Spare	Dan Bain, Capt. 	 	
Roland Reed Elliot 	 	Spare	Charles Johnston	 	
George Smith 	 	Spare	 	 	
Referee- W. MacFarlane	 	 	 	 	
 March 15
Montreal 	5	at 	Winnipeg 	0	
Billy Nicholson 	 	G 	Art Brown 	 	
Billy Bellingham 	 	P 	Rod Flett 	 	
Dickie Boon, Capt 	 	CP 	Magnus Flett 	 	
Archie Hooper 	2	RO 	Fred Cadham 	 	
Jack Marshall 	2	C 	Burke Wood 	 	
Charles Liffiton 	1	RW 	Tony Gingras 	 	
Jimmy Gardner 	 	LW 	Fred Scanlon 	 	
Billy Bellinghan 	 	Spare	Dan Bain, Capt. 	 	
Ronald Elliot 	 	Spare	Charles Johnston	 	
George Smith 	 	Spare	 	 	
Referee- W. MacFarlane	 	 	 	 	
 March 17
Montreal 	2	at 	Winnipeg 	1	
Billy Nicholson 	 	G 	Art Brown 	 	
Billy Bellingham 	 	P 	Red Flett 	 	
Dickie Boon 	 	CP 	Magnus Flett 	 	
Archie Hooper 	1	RO 	Fred Cadham 	 	
Jack Marshall 	1	C 	Burke Wood 	 	
Charles Liffiton 	 	RW 	Tony Gingras 	1	
Jimmy Gardner 	 	LW 	Fred Scanlon 	 	
Billy Bellinghan 	 	Spare	Dan Bain, Capt. 	 	
Ronald Elliot 	 	Spare	Charles Johnston	 	
George Smith 	 	Spare	 	 	
Referee- W. MacFarlane	 	 	 	 	
==Exhibitions==
The Ottawa Hockey Club travelled to New York after the season for an exhibition series. Ottawa defeated the Hockey Club of New York 4–3 on March 21, 1902. Ottawa lost to the New York Athletic Club 6–3 on March 23. Both games were at the St. Nicholas Rink.
==Schedule and results==
Month	Day 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	5 	Victorias	4 	Ottawa 	5
Jan. 	5 	Montreal 	14 	Shamrocks	0
Jan. 	11 	Ottawa 	1 	Shamrocks	2
Jan. 	11 	Victorias	9 	Quebec 	5
Jan. 	18 	Montreal 	4 	Ottawa 	2
Jan. 	18 	Quebec 	6 	Shamrocks	2
Jan. 	22 	Victorias	3 	Montreal 	2
Jan. 	25 	Ottawa 	1 	Quebec 	2
Jan. 	25 	Shamrocks	2 	Victorias	9
Feb. 	1 	Quebec 	2 	Montreal 	3
Feb. 	1 	Shamrocks	0 	Ottawa 	12
Feb. 	8 	Montreal 	7 	Quebec 	1
Feb. 	8 	Ottawa 	3 	Victorias	2
Feb. 	12 	Victorias	8 	Shamrocks	2
Feb. 	15 	Quebec 	0 	Ottawa 	8
Feb. 	15 	Montreal 	5 	Shamrocks	4
Feb. 	22 	Ottawa 	3 	Montreal 	1
Feb. 	22 	Shamrocks	3 	Quebec 	7
Feb. 	26 (†)	Montreal 	3 	Victorias	0
Mar. 	1 	Quebec 	3 	Victorias	1
† Birthday of the Champion.
==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 	8 	15	2 	1.7
Bouse Hutton 	Ottawa 	8 	15	2 	1.7
Archie Lockerby	Victorias	6 	15	 	2.5
Paddy Moran 	Quebec 	8 	34	 	4.3
Fred Munro 	Victorias	2 	10	 	5.0
P. O'Reilly 	Shamrocks	8 	62	 	7.8
===Scoring leaders===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Archie Hooper 	Montreal 	8 	17
Russell Bowie 	Victorias	7 	13
Jack Marshall 	Montreal 	8 	11
Rat Westwick 	Ottawa 	8 	11
Bruce Stuart 	Ottawa 	8 	9
Blair Russel 	Victorias	8 	9
Charlie Liffiton	Montreal 	8 	8
Harold Henry 	Ottawa 	8 	6
Edward Stuart 	Victorias	6 	6
Percy Lemesurier	Quebec 	4 	5
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