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.
League business
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:Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000
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
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
Statistics are based on challenge games only and do not include stats regarding exhibition games Dan Diamond, Total Hockey, 2nd Edition, 2000
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† 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
Results
Date Visitor Score Home Score Location Exhibition play Jan. 3 Montreal HC 5 Victorias 4 Dominion Rink Jan. 13 McGill 4 Victorias 11 Victoria Rink Jan. 24 Victorias 1 Montreal HC 5 Dominion Rink Jan. 28 Ottawa HC 1 Victorias 3 Victoria Rink AHAC Challenge play Jan. 7 Quebec HC 1 Montreal HC 5 Dominion Rink Jan. 17 Victorias 2 Montreal HC 4 Dominion Rink Jan. 31 Dominions 4 Montreal HC 6 Dominion Rink Feb. 11 Dominions 2 Montreal HC 6 Dominion Rink Feb. 18 Victorias 1 Montreal HC 2 Dominion Rink Feb. 25 Dominions 2 Montreal HC 3 Crystal Rink Mar. 4 Victorias 1 Montreal HC 2 Crystal Rink
Player Stats
Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored. Name Club GP G Archie McNaughton Montreal HC 7 12 Jack Findlay Montreal HC 7 6 Dave Brown Dominions 3 4 Alex Kingan Montreal HC 2 3 Allan Cameron Montreal HC 6 2 Sam Lee Montreal HC 4 2 Andy Ritchie Dominions 3 2 Jack Arnton Victorias 2 1 Eddie Barlow Victorias 3 1 Arthur Scott Quebec HC 1 1 George Lowe Montreal HC 1 1 No scorer identified for 1 Montreal and Victoria goal.
Goaltender averages Note: GP = Games played, GA = goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAA Tom Paton Montreal HC 7 13 0 1.9 Robert Jones Victorias 3 8 0 2.7 Joe Fyfe Dominions 1 3 0 2.0 Archie Laurie Quebec HC 1 5 0 5.0 Robert Scanlan Dominions 2 12 0 6.0
References Bibliography
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