The 1891 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season saw the Montreal Hockey Club win the league and Canadian championship for the fourth straight season by beating the Montreal Crescents 8-2. Ontario launched the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) as the popularity of the sport spread west. Ottawa, the eventual Ontario champion, played in a challenge with Montreal and lost.
Season The Dominion Hockey Club did not return to put on a challenge. The Shamrock Athletic Association mounted their first challenge. The Ottawa Hockey Club returned to AHAC play.
Overall challenge record
Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Team GP W L T GF GA Montreal Hockey Club† 8 8 0 0 28 7 Ottawa Hockey Club 1 0 1 0 0 3 Montreal Shamrocks 2 0 2 0 2 9 Montreal Victorias 2 0 2 0 2 6 Montreal Crescents 2 0 2 0 3 10 Quebec Hockey Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 Quebec lost to Montreal by default on January 7. As a result, Quebec was not allowed to issue any additional challenges for the 1891 season.
† National champion. The Montreals retained their championship all season without being defeated.
Results
Games consisted of a mixture of Challenge games and Exhibition (friendlies) Date Visitor Score Home Score Location Exhibition play Dec. 19 McGill 1 Montreal HC 3 Crystal Rink Jan. 2 Crescents 2 Montreal HC 1 Crystal Rink Jan. 17 McGill 2 Ottawa HC 3 Rideau Rink Jan. 29 Crescents 1 Victorias 3 Victoria Rink Jan. 31 Victorias 0 Ottawa HC 1 Rideau Rink Feb. 9 McGill 5 Victorias 6 Victoria Rink AHAC Challenge play Jan. 7 Quebec HC -- Montreal HC -- -- Jan. 19 Victorias 1 Montreal HC 4 Crystal Rink Jan. 28 Shamrocks 1 Montreal HC 4 Crystal Rink Feb. 4 Crescents 1 Montreal HC 2 Crystal Rink Feb. 12 Victorias 1 Montreal HC 2 Crystal Rink Feb. 21 Ottawa HC 0 Montreal HC 3 Crystal Rink Feb. 27 Shamrocks 1 Montreal HC 5 Crystal Rink Mar. 5 Crescents 2 Montreal HC 8 Crystal Rink
Game on January 7 was defaulted to Montreal HC by Quebec. Quebec telegraphed that the team would not show.
Player Stats
Scoring leaders Note: GP = games played, G = goals scored Name Club GP G Alexander Kingan Montreal HC 7 5 George Lowe Montreal HC 6 4 Archie McNaughton Montreal HC 6 3 Thomas Cafferty Shamrocks 2 1 Allan Cameron Montreal HC 6 1 Sam Lee Montreal HC 1 1 James Kinghorn Victorias 1 1 Stewart McQuisten Crescents 2 1 William Warden Montreal HC 2 1 Source: Ultimate Hockey
17 Goals unaccounted for in statistics
Goaltending averages Note: GP = games played, GA = goals against, SO = shutouts, GAA = Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAA Tom Paton Montreal HC 6 6 1 1.0 Robert Jones Victorias 2 6 0 3.0 Albert Morel Ottawa HC 1 3 0 3.0 James McKenna Shamrocks 2 9 0 4.5 Source: Ultimate Hockey
See also 1890–91 Ottawa Hockey Club season
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