1901 CAHL season

The 1901 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the third season of the senior ice hockey league. Teams played an eight-game schedule. The Ottawa Hockey Club was the league champion with a record of seven wins, no losses and a draw. The Montreal Shamrocks lost a Stanley Cup challenge during the season, so Ottawa did not inherit the Stanley Cup. The Club declined to challenge Winnipeg after the season.
==League business==
===Executive===
* George R. James, Montreal (President)
* D. Watson, Quebec (1st Vice-President)
* J. W. Smith, Ottawa ( 2nd Vice-President)
* J. S. Bishop, Victorias (Secretary-Treasurer)
* C. Hart (Councillor)
The league adopted travelling expenses of $85 between Ottawa-Montreal, $100 between Montreal-Quebec and $125 between Ottawa-Quebec for the visiting teams to receive from the home team.
The league banned member teams from playing exhibition matches outside the league without league permission.
==Regular season==
===Highlights===
The Ottawa club would win the season, undefeated, with players Sixsmith, Westwick and Pulford starring.
===Final standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Ottawa Hockey Club 	8 	7 	0 	1 	33 	20
Montreal Victorias 	8 	4 	3 	1 	45 	32
Montreal Shamrocks 	8 	4 	4 	0 	30 	25
Montreal Hockey Club	8 	3 	5 	0 	28 	37
Quebec Hockey Club 	8 	1 	7 	0 	21 	43
Although Ottawa won the league championship, the Shamrocks had lost their challenge to Winnipeg and Ottawa would not be awarded the Cup. At first, Ottawa was intending to challenge Winnipeg for the Cup, but on February 27, 1901, announced that they would not do so that winter. According to Coleman(1966), Ottawa did not issue a challenge due to the "lateness of the season." The Ottawa Journal as reported in The Globe suggested that the Ottawa club was wise in their decision, as they were in "racked condition in which they are, as a result of the immensely hard exertions put forth by them in all their games this season". The Ottawa Hockey Club did not challenge the following season, either.
==Stanley Cup challenges==
===Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg===
In January 1901, the Winnipeg Victorias of the MHA again challenged the Montreal Shamrocks for the Cup. This time, Winnipeg prevailed, sweeping the best-of-three series with scores of 4–3 and 2–1. Game two was the first overtime game in Cup history with Dan Bain scoring at the four-minute mark of the extra period.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location 	Notes
January 29, 1901 	Winnipeg Victorias 	4–3 	Montreal Shamrocks 	Montreal Arena 	
January 31, 1901 	Winnipeg Victorias 	2–1 	Montreal Shamrocks 	Montreal Arena 	4:00, OT
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 January 29
Winnipeg 	4 	at 	Shamrocks 	3 	
Art Brown 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Rod Flett 	 	P 	Mike Grant 	 	
Magnus Flett 	 	CP 	Frank Wall 	1 	
Tony Gingras 	1 	F 	Harry Trihey 	 	
Dan Bain 	1 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	1 	
Charles Johnston 	 	F 	Fred Scanlan 	 	
Burke Wood 	2 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	1 	
Fred Chadham 	 	sub 	 	 	
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 January 31
Winnipeg 	2 	at 	Shamrocks 	1 	
Art Brown 	 	G 	James H. McKenna 	 	
Rod Flett 	 	P 	Mike Grant 	 	
Magnus Flett 	 	CP 	Frank Wall 	 	
Tony Gingras 	 	F 	Harry Trihey 	1 	
Dan Bain 	2 	F 	Jack P. Brannen 	 	
Charles Johnston 	 	F 	Fred Scanlon 	 	
Burke Wood 	 	F 	Arthur Farrell 	 	
Fred Chadham 	 	sub 	 	 	
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==Schedule and results==
Month	Day 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	5 	Quebec 	4 	Ottawa 	5
Jan. 	5 	Montreal 	2 	Victorias	3
Jan. 	12 	Ottawa 	4 	Shamrocks	2
Jan. 	16 	Shamrocks	3 	Montreal 	2
Jan. 	19 	Victorias	2 	Ottawa 	2 (10' overtime)
Jan. 	19 	Quebec 	4 	Shamrocks	10
Jan. 	21 	Montreal 	7 	Quebec 	3
Jan. 	23 	Victorias	4 	Shamrocks	3
Jan. 	26 	Ottawa 	9 	Montreal 	4
Feb. 	2 	Victorias	5 	Quebec 	6
Feb. 	2 	Montreal 	3 	Ottawa 	5
Feb. 	9 	Shamrocks	2 	Quebec 	1
Feb. 	9 	Ottawa 	5 	Victorias	4
Feb. 	16 	Quebec 	0 	Montreal 	4
Feb. 	16 (†)	Shamrocks	1 	Ottawa 	2 (30' overtime)
Feb. 	20 	Victorias	13 	Montreal 	3
Feb. 	23 	Ottawa 	1 	Quebec 	0 (20' overtime)
Feb. 	23 	Montreal 	3 	Shamrocks	1
Feb. 	27 	Shamrocks	8 	Victorias	5
Mar. 	2 	Quebec 	3 	Victorias	9
† 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
Chittick, Fred 	Ottawa 	1 	0 	1 	0.0
Lockerby, Archie 	Victorias	1 	2 	 	2.0
Hutton, John Bouse	Ottawa 	7 	20	 	2.9
McKenna, James H. 	Shamrocks	8 	25	 	3.1
O'Meara, Mark 	Quebec 	1 	4 	 	4.0
Munro, Fred 	Victorias	7 	30	 	4.3
Nicholson, Billy 	Montreal 	8 	37	 	4.6
Stocking, Frank 	Quebec 	7 	38	 	5.4
===Leading scorers===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Russell Bowie 	Victorias	7 	24
Lorne Campbell 	Montreal 	7 	10
Arthur Farrell 	Shamrocks	8 	10
Harold Henry 	Ottawa 	8 	8
Blair Russel 	Victorias	8 	8
Arthur Sixsmith 	Ottawa 	7 	7
Harry Trihey 	Shamrocks	7 	7
Charlie Liffiton	Montreal 	8 	6
Harry Westwick 	Ottawa 	7 	6
Edward Stuart 	Victorias	5 	6
Jack Smith 	Ottawa 	4 	6
==See also==
* 1900–01 MHA season
* List of Stanley Cup champions
==References==
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Category:Canadian Amateur Hockey League seasons
Category:1901 in ice hockey