1904 CAHL season

The 1904 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the sixth season of the league. Teams played an eight-game schedule. This was a tumultuous year as Ottawa resigned in February and defaulted four games. The Quebec Hockey Club placed first to take the championship. Quebec did not play for the Stanley Cup.
Also, prior to the start of the season a rival hockey league, the Federal Amateur Hockey League was started, with the Montreal Wanderers taking most of the 'Little Men of Iron' from the Montreal Hockey Club.
==League business==
===Executive===
* Harry Trihey, Shamrocks (President)
* F. Stocking, Quebec (1st Vice-President)
* J. P. Dickson ( 2nd Vice-President)
* Fred McRobie, Montreal (Secretary-Treasurer)
As the Wanderers had signed players from Montreal, it was forbidden for teams to play games against FAHL teams, and for team officials to participate in FAHL activities.
==Season==
===Highlights===
This season saw several impressive rookies including Frank Patrick for Montreal Victorias, Ernie (Moose) Johnson for Montreal and Alf Smith and Jim McGee for Ottawa.
The season started out with Ottawa winning their first four games. However, in their third game against the Victorias, the Ottawa team arrived 1½ hours late. The game was called at midnight, with Ottawa ahead 4–1. After a game where the Shamrocks arrived late in Ottawa, the League levied fines against the Shamrocks and Ottawa, and ordered the Ottawa-Victorias game to be replayed. Despite a threat from Mr. Dickson of Ottawa that Ottawa would resign if the game was to be replayed, the League continued to demand that the game be played. The Ottawa club offered to play it if it had a bearing on the league championship, but this was not acceptable to the league. In the end, Ottawa resigned from the league and the league considered the final four games to be forfeits. This overshadowed a great season from Quebec, which won the CAHL season with a record of 5–1 (plus two wins by forfeit).
===Final Standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Quebec Hockey Club 	6 	5 	1 	0 	50 	37
Montreal Victorias 	8 	5 	3 	0 	75 	48
Montreal Hockey Club	7 	2 	5 	0 	34 	49
Montreal Shamrocks 	7 	0 	7 	0 	32 	74
Ottawa Hockey Club‡ 	4 	4 	0 	0 	32 	15
‡ Resigned from league.
==Stanley Cup challenges==
Ottawa would leave the CAHL in mid-season, leaving Quebec to win the league. The Stanley Cup did not pass to the Quebec Bulldogs based on their league championship. The Cup trustees decided that the Cup went with Ottawa. Quebec refused to make a challenge for the Stanley Cup, arguing that the Cup belonged to the CAHL season winner.
===Winnipeg vs. Ottawa===
Before they resigned from the CAHL, Ottawa HC defended the Cup against the Winnipeg Rowing Club in a best two-of-three series played in Ottawa 9–1,2–6,2–0 (2–1).
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
December 30, 1903 	Ottawa HC 	9–1 	Winnipeg Rowing Club 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
January 1, 1904 	Winnipeg Rowing Club 	6–2 	Ottawa HC 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
January 4, 1904 	Ottawa HC 	2–0 	Winnipeg Rowing Club 	Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1
 December 30, 1903
Ottawa (9) 	Ottawa (9) 	 	Winnipeg (1) 	Winnipeg (1)
Player 	G 	Pos 	Player 	G
John "Bouse" Hutton 	 	G 	Art Brown 	
Harvey Pulford, Capt 	 	P 	Percy E. Brown 	
Arthur Moore 	 	CP 	S. Crawford Richards 	
Harry Westwick 	4 	RO 	Joe Hall 	
Frank McGee 	3 	C 	William Breen, Capt 	
Suddy Gilmour 	1 	LW 	Billy Bawlf 	1
Alf Smith 	1 	RW 	Clint E. Bennest 	
Jim McGee 	 	sub 	Claude Borland 	
Billy Gilmour 	 	sub 	Harry Kirby 	
Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – W. A. Northey, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – W. A. Northey, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – W. A. Northey, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – W. A. Northey, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – W. A. Northey, C. J. Hanratty
Source: Montreal Gazette
 January 1, 1904
Ottawa (2) 	Ottawa (2) 	 	Winnipeg (6) 	Winnipeg (6)
Player 	G 	Pos 	Player 	G
John "Bouse" Hutton 	 	G 	Art Brown 	
Harvey Pulford, Capt 	 	P 	Percy E. Brown 	
Arthur Moore 	 	CP 	Eric Hamber 	
Harry Westwick 	1 	RO 	Joe Hall 	1
Frank McGee 	 	C 	William Breen, Capt 	2
Suddy Gilmour 	 	LW 	Billy Bawlf 	2
Alf Smith 	1 	RW 	Claude Borland 	1
Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty
Source: Montreal Gazette
 January 4, 1904
Ottawa (2) 	Ottawa (2) 	 	Winnipeg (0) 	Winnipeg (0)
Player 	G 	Pos 	Player 	G
John "Bouse" Hutton 	 	G 	Art Brown 	
Harvey Pulford, Capt 	 	P 	Percy E. Brown 	
Arthur Moore 	 	CP 	Eric Hamber 	
Harry Westwick 	 	RO 	Joe Hall 	
Frank McGee 	1 	C 	William Breen, Capt 	
Suddy Gilmour 	1 	LW 	Billy Bawlf 	
Billy Gilmour 	 	RW 	Claude Borland 	
Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty	Referee – Harry TriheyUmpires – M. J. McCrory, C. J. Hanratty
Source: Montreal Gazette
==Exhibitions==
After the season, the Montreal Victorias travelled to New York city, to play against Brooklyn Crescents and the New York Wanderers. The Victorias tied Brooklyn 8–8 and lost to the Wanderers 6–4.
==Schedule and results==
Month	Day 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	2 	Victorias	18 	Shamrocks	2
Jan. 	2 	Montreal 	3 	Quebec 	9
Jan. 	9 	Victorias	6 	Ottawa 	10
Jan. 	9 	Quebec 	13 	Shamrocks	5
Jan. 	16 	Ottawa 	8 	Montreal 	3
Jan. 	16 	Victorias	12 	Quebec 	5
Jan. 	20 	Shamrocks	3 	Montreal 	8
Jan. 	23 	Victorias	8 	Montreal 	5
Jan. 	30 	Shamrocks	6 	Quebec 	8
Jan. 	30† 	Ottawa 	4 	Victorias	1
Feb. 	6 	Quebec 	6 	Montreal 	4
Feb. 	6 	Shamrocks	5 	Ottawa 	10
Feb. 	13 	Victorias	12 	Shamrocks	7
Feb. 	17 	Montreal 	5 	Shamrocks	4
Feb. 	20 (††)	Quebec 	9 	Victorias	7
Feb. 	24 	Montreal 	6 	Victorias	11
Feb. 	– 	Montreal 	 	Ottawa 	
Feb. 	– 	Ottawa 	 	Shamrocks	
Feb. 	– 	Quebec 	 	Ottawa 	
Feb. 	– 	Ottawa 	 	Quebec 	
† Ordered to be replayed but never replayed as Ottawa
resigned from league.
†† 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
Hutton, John Bouse	Ottawa 	4 	15	 	3.8
Nichol, J. 	Victorias	8 	48	 	6.0
Moran, Paddy 	Quebec 	6 	37	 	6.2
Waugh, O. 	Montreal 	5 	32	 	6.4
Brophy, Fred 	Montreal 	1 	8 	 	8.0
Kenny 	Shamrocks	4 	35	 	8.8
Price 	Montreal 	1 	9 	 	9.0
Cloran 	Shamrocks	3 	39	 	13.0
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Game played, G = Goals scored
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Bowie, Russell 	Victorias	8 	27
Jordan, Herb 	Quebec 	6 	19
Russell, Blair 	Victorias	8 	17
Howard, Cavey 	Victorias	6 	16
McGee, Frank 	Ottawa 	4 	12
Sargent, Grover 	Montreal 	6 	11
Power, Joe 	Quebec 	6 	10
Coulson, Herbert	Montreal 	6 	8
Smith, Alf 	Ottawa 	4 	8
Foulis, C. 	Shamrocks	6 	7
==See also==
* 1904 FAHL season
* 1904–05 FAHL season - Stanley Cup Champions Ottawa Silver Sevens
* List of Stanley Cup champions
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