1893 AHAC season

The 1893 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season lasted from January 7 until March 17. The Montreal Hockey Club was the league and Canadian champion for the sixth season in a row and was awarded the new Stanley Cup. As the first winners of the Cup they did not have to challenge for it.
==Executive==
On December 15, 1892, the AHAC elected its officers for the season:
* President - F. M. S. Jenkins, Ottawa
* 1st Vice. Pres. - J. Crathern, Victorias
* 2nd Vice. Pres. - A. Laurie, Quebec
* Secretary-Treasurer - J. A. Findlay, Montreal
* Council - A. Ritchie, Crystals; G. Carpenter, Shamrocks; M. Costigan, McGill; A. Z. Palmer, Ottawa Rebels; J. Farwell, Sherbrooke
==Season==
Ottawa and Quebec got into a dispute. Quebec protested their loss on January 21 in Quebec and refused to play in the return match until the protest was decided. The return match was scheduled for February but was not played until March 17. At the same time, Ottawa was in a dispute with the Ontario Hockey Association over the location of the final match for the Ontario championship. In the end, Ottawa seceded from the Ontario association.
===Final Standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club	8 	7 	1 	0 	38 	18
Ottawa Hockey Club 	8 	6 	2 	0 	49 	22
Montreal Crystals 	8 	3 	5 	0 	25 	34
Quebec Hockey Club 	8 	2 	5 	1 	23 	46
Montreal Victorias 	8 	1 	6 	1 	20 	35
===Results===
Month	Day 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	7 	Ottawa 	3 	Victorias	4
Jan. 	13 	Quebec 	3 	Crystals 	8
Jan. 	14 	Montreal 	2 	Ottawa 	4
Jan. 	14 	Quebec 	1 	Victorias	1
Jan. 	18 	Victorias	1 	Crystals 	3
Jan. 	21 	Ottawa 	5 	Quebec 	3
Jan. 	23 	Montreal 	7 	Victorias	5
Jan. 	28 	Victorias	2 	Ottawa 	7
Jan. 	28 	Montreal 	3 	Quebec 	2
Feb. 	3 	Ottawa 	4 	Crystals 	3
Feb. 	4 	Victorias	3 	Quebec 	4
Feb. 	10 	Quebec 	2 	Montreal 	9
Feb. 	11 	Crystals 	1 	Ottawa 	11
Feb. 	18 	Crystals 	3 	Quebec 	8
Feb. 	18 	Ottawa 	1 	Montreal 	7
Feb. 	23 	Victorias	3 	Crystals 	4
Mar. 	3 (†) 	Crystals 	2 	Montreal 	2
Mar. 	4 	Montreal 	6 	Victorias	1
Mar. 	9 (††)	Montreal 	2 	Crystals 	1
Mar. 	17 	Quebec 	0 	Ottawa 	14
† Game awarded to Montreal because Crystals refused to continue.
†† Birthday of the Champion.
==Championship==
Montreal HC won the championship for placing first in the regular season. This was Montreal HC's third straight championship since the Championship Trophy was inaugurated in 1891. According to the terms for the trophy, Montreal HC was allowed to keep the Trophy. A new version was struck for following seasons. The version won by Montreal is on display in the collection of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
As champions of the AHAC, the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (known today as the Stanley Cup) was to be awarded to Montreal as its inaugural champion. On May 15, 1893, Sheriff John Sweetland finally presented the trophy to the MAAA president J. A. Taylor during the MAAA annual meeting. Each player received a souvenir gold ring as a gift of the MAAA. Disputes between the Montreal HC and the MAAA kept the Cup in the MAAA hands until it was accepted by the Club on February 23, 1894.Diamond, p.14
==Player stats==
===Goaltending averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Paton, Tom 	Montreal 	8 	18	0 	2.3
Morel, A. 	Ottawa 	8 	22	1 	2.8
Collins, Herbert	Crystals 	8 	34	1 	4.3
Jones, Rober] 	Victorias	8 	35	0 	4.4
Patton, Harry 	Quebec 	7 	32	0 	4.6
Stocking, Frank 	Quebec 	1 	14	0 	14.0
===Scoring leaders===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Haviland Routh 	Montreal 	7 	12
A.E. Swift 	Quebec 	8 	11
R.Bradley 	Ottawa 	8 	11
Desse Brown 	Crystals 	7 	10
Chauncey Kirby 	Ottawa 	8 	10
Shirley Davidson	Victorias	6 	8
Billy Barlow 	Montreal 	7 	7
George Lowe 	Montreal 	5 	6
William Murray 	Crystals 	7 	6
Archie Hodgson 	Montreal 	8 	6
;Source:
Coleman(1966) pp. 9–10
==Montreal Hockey Club 1893 Stanley Cup champions==
==See also==
* List of pre-NHL seasons
==References and notes==
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==External links==
*Composite photo of 1893 hockey game (at McCord Museum website)
Category:Amateur Hockey Association of Canada seasons
Category:1893 in ice hockey