1896 AHAC season explained

1896 AHAC season
League:Amateur Hockey Association of Canada
Sport:Ice hockey
Duration:January 3 – March 7, 1896
No Of Teams:5
Season:1896
League Champs:Montreal Victorias
League Champ Name:Champions
Seasonslist:Amateur Hockey Association of Canada
Seasonslistnames:AHAC
Prevseason Link:1895 AHAC season
Prevseason Year:1895
Nextseason Link:1897 AHAC season
Nextseason Year:1897

The 1896 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season was the tenth season of play of the league. Each team played eight games, and Montreal Victorias were first with a 7–1 record. During the season, on February 14 the Victorias hosted a Stanley Cup challenge match with the Winnipeg Victorias club. Winnipeg won 2–0 to win the Cup.

Executive

Season

The Crystals were allowed to change their name to Shamrocks, which matched their new affiliation with the Shamrock A.A.A.

Highlights

The Victorias were truly the class of the league and only lost once, 3–2 to Ottawa. Their regular season team goal total was nearly double that of Ottawa.

Final Standing

TeamGames PlayedWinsLossesTiesGoals ForGoals Against
Montreal Victorias
Ottawa HC
Quebec
Montreal HC
Montreal Shamrocks

Playoffs

There were no playoffs as Montreal won first place exclusively.

Exhibitions

After the season, Montreal and Shamrocks played an exhibition series of games in the United States:

Washington, March 7, 1896:
Baltimore, March 9, 1896:
New York, March 10, 1896:

The Montreal Victorias travelled to New York City for an exhibition against the New York Athletic Club. The Athletic Club records the date as March 4, (although the date conflicts with an AHAC game), won by the Vics 6–1.

Stanley Cup challenge

Victorias vs. Winnipeg at Montreal

See main article: article and 1895–96 MHA season. The first successful challenge to the Cup came in February 1896 by the Winnipeg Victorias, the champions of the Manitoba Hockey Association (MHA). On February 14, Winnipeg beat defending champion Montreal Victorias, 2–0, becoming the first team outside the AHAC to win the Cup. Winnipeg took a 2–0 lead in the first half of the game on goals by Armytage and Campbell, then played on the defensive in the second half.

Stanley Cup engraving

1896 Winnipeg Victorias

Schedule and results

MonthDayVisitorScoreHomeScore
Jan.3 Victorias 7 Montreal 5
4 Ottawa 2 Shamrocks 1
10 Montreal 5 Shamrocks 3
11 Victorias 7 Quebec 5
18 Montreal 1 Ottawa 3
18 Quebec 2 Shamrocks 1
25 Ottawa 2 Quebec 5
25 Shamrocks 1 Victorias 5
Feb.1 Ottawa 3 Victorias 2
1 Montreal 1 Quebec 3
5 Shamrocks 5 Montreal 3
8 Shamrocks 1 Quebec 4
8 Victorias 3 Ottawa 2 (6'00 overtime)
15 Ottawa 3 Montreal 2
22 Quebec 2 Montreal 3
25 Montreal 4 Victorias 7
29 Shamrocks 2 Ottawa 3
29 Quebec 2 Victorias 4
Mar.4 (†) Victorias 6 Shamrocks 2
7 Quebec 0 Ottawa 4

† Victorias clinch league championship.

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

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

NameClubGP GA SO GAA
Ottawa 8 16 1 2.0
Quebec 8 23 2.9
Victorias 8 24 3.0
James Drysdale Shamrocks 8 30 3.8
George Hamilton Montreal 2 8 4.0
Herbert Collins Montreal 6 25 4.1

Scoring leaders

Name Club GP G
Victorias 6 10
Montreal 6 8
Victorias 7 8
Quebec 8 8
Ottawa 8 8
Victorias 8 7
Ottawa 8 7
Doyle, Pat Quebec 8 6
Gillilan, David Victorias 3 5
Mussen, Aubrey Montreal 55

See also

References

Notes

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