The 1890 AHAC season was the fourth season of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada. Play was in challenges. The Montreal Hockey Club would win the final challenge of the season against the Montreal Victorias to win the Canadian championship for the third season in a row.

1890 AHAC season
LeagueAmateur Hockey Association of Canada
SportIce hockey
DurationJanuary 3 – March 4, 1890
Number of teams4
1890
ChampionsMontreal Hockey Club
AHAC seasons
1891 →

League business

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The annual meeting of the Amateur Hockey Association was held in the rooms of the MAAA in Montreal, on November 22, 1889. The main business was whether to accept Quebec or not, and whether to change the Crystals team name to the Dominions. Representatives from most of the hockey clubs were present. The election for the ensuing year resulted as follows:[1]

  • President, Mr. J. Stewart (Montreal);
  • first vice-president, H. Kinghorn (McGill);
  • second vice-president, W.G Cameron (Victorias);
  • secretary-treasurer, J.A Findlay (Montreal);
  • Council — A.E. McNaughton (Montreal), W.E. Stevenson (Victoria), J. McDonald (Crystals), D.B. Holden (McGill), R. Davidson (Quebec).

Regular season

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The season consisted of challenge games as well as numerous exhibition matches between all the teams in the AHAC. Quebec would challenge this season. The Montreal Crystals would be known as the Dominion Hockey Club of Montreal for this season.

Overall record

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Statistics are based on challenge games only and do not include stats regarding exhibition games [2]

Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club
7
7
0
0
28
13
Quebec Hockey Club
1
0
1
0
1
5
Montreal Dominions
3
0
3
0
3
15
Montreal Victorias
3
0
3
0
4
8

† National Champion

Schedule and results

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Date home Score Visitor Score Location Match type
January 3 Montreal Hockey Club 5 Montreal Victorias 4 Dominion Rink Exhibition
January 7 Montreal Hockey Club 5 Quebec 1 Dominion Rink Challenge
January 13 Montreal Victorias 11 McGill University 4 n/a Exhibition
January 17 Montreal Hockey Club 4 Montreal Victorias 2 Dominion Rink Challenge
January 24 Montreal Hockey Club 5 Montreal Victorias 1 n/a Exhibition
January 28 Montreal Victorias 3 Ottawa 1 n/a Exhibition
January 31 Montreal Hockey Club 6 Montreal Dominions 4 Dominion Rink Challenge
Feb 11 Montreal Hockey Club 6 Montreal Dominions 2 Dominion Rink Challenge
Feb 18 Montreal Hockey Club 2 Montreal Victorias 1 Dominion Rink Challenge
Feb 25 Montreal Hockey Club 3 Montreal Dominions 2 Crystal Rink Challenge
Mar 4 Montreal Hockey Club 2 Montreal Victorias 1 Crystal Rink Challenge


Player statistics

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Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored.

Name Club GP G
Archie McNaughton Montreal 7 12
Findlay, Jack Montreal 7 6
Brown, Dave Dominions 3 4
Kingan, Alex Montreal 2 3
Cameron, Allan Montreal 6 2
Lee, Sam Montreal 4 2
Ritchie, Andy Dominions 3 2
Arnton, Jack Victorias 2 1
Barlow, Eddie Victorias 3 1
Scott, Arthur Quebec 1 1
Lowe, George Montreal 1 1

No scorer identified for 1 Montreal and Victoria goal.

Goaltender averages

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Note: GP = Games played, GA = goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Name Club GP GA SO GAA
Paton, Tom Montreal 7 13 0 1.9
Jones, Robert Victorias 3 8 0 2.7
Fyfe, Joe Dominions 1 3 0 2.0
Laurie, Archie Quebec 1 5 0 5.0
Scanlan, Robert Dominions 2 12 0 6.0

References

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Bibliography

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  • Weir, Glen (1991). Ultimate Hockey. Stoddart Publishing.

Notes

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  1. ^ Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000
  2. ^ Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000
Preceded by Montreal Hockey Club
AHAC Champions

1890
Succeeded by
Preceded by AHAC seasons
1890
Succeeded by