1909 ECHA season

The 1909 ECHA season was the fourth and final season of the Eastern Canada Hockey Association (ECHA). Teams played a twelve-game schedule. The Ottawa Hockey Club would win the league championship with a record of ten wins, two losses and take over the Stanley Cup.

1909 ECHA season
LeagueEastern Canada Hockey Association
SportIce hockey
DurationJanuary 2, 1909 – March 6, 1909
Number of teams4
1909
ChampionsOttawa Hockey Club
Top scorerMarty Walsh (38 goals)

League business

Executive

  • Joe Power, Quebec (President)
  • James Strachan, Wanderers (1st Vice-President)
  • J. Eveleigh, Montreal (2nd Vice-President)
  • Emmett Quinn, Quebec (Secretary-Treasurer)

The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association league meeting was held November 4, 1908, and was a pivotal meeting in the evolution from amateur to professional ice hockey leagues. At the meeting the two last amateur, or at least partly amateur teams resigned over the signing of players from other teams. Montreal HC and Montreal Victorias left the league and later would continue as senior level men's teams playing for the Allan Cup. Unpaid players would no longer play with paid players.

The league would continue with four professional teams. The league name was changed to Eastern Canadian Hockey Association to reflect the change in status.

Regular season

The Wanderers', Cecil Blachford had retired and Bruce Stuart had moved to Ottawa. New additions included Joe Hall, Harry Smith, Jimmy Gardner and Steve Vair. The Wanderers would come close to their rivals, finishing second with nine wins and three losses.

Ottawa saw Harvey Pulford and Alf Smith retire, and Tom Phillips leave. Ottawa would replace these players with Edgar Dey, Billy Gilmour and Albert 'Dubby' Kerr from the Toronto Professionals. Alf Smith would organize the Ottawa Senators of the Federal Hockey League.

Shamrocks added Harry Hyland, and Quebec saw the start of the career of Joe Malone.[1]

Ottawa played an exhibition game prior to the season with the Toronto professionals on January 2 in Toronto. Toronto defeated Ottawa 5–4.[2] Dubby Kerr played in the game for Toronto, and signed with Ottawa a week later.

On January 25, Wanderers played an exhibition game in Cobalt, Ontario, versus the Cobalt Silver Kings, betting $500 on themselves to win, but lost 6–4.[3][4] After the game Harry Smith would leave the Wanderers to join Haileybury of the Timiskaming League.[5]

Highlights

The rivalry between Ottawa and Wanderers continued, Wanderers winning the first on January 6 7–6 in overtime, with Harry Smith scoring four against his former team. Ottawa would win the next 5–4 in Ottawa, and defeat Montreal in Montreal 9–8 before 8000 fans. Ottawa would finish the series winning 8–3 in Ottawa to clinch the championship.

Marty Walsh of Ottawa would win the scoring championship with 38 goals. Ottawa would average nearly ten goals per game.

Final standing

Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against
Ottawa HC
12
10
2
0
117
63
Montreal Wanderers
12
9
3
0
82
61
Quebec HC
12
3
9
0
78
106
Montreal Shamrocks
12
2
10
0
56
103

Stanley Cup challenges

Montreal vs. Edmonton

Prior to the season, Wanderers would play a challenge against the Edmonton Hockey Club, champions of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association. Despite all players except for one being a 'ringer' for Edmonton, Montreal would defeat them December 28–30, 1908, in Montreal. In game one, Harry Smith scored 5 goals as he led the Wanderers to a 7–3 victory. The Edmontons won game two, 7–6, but Montreal took the two-game total goals series, 13–10.

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
December 28, 1908Montreal Wanderers7–3Edmonton HCMontreal Arena
December 30, 1908Edmonton HC7–6Montreal Wanderers
Montreal wins total goals series 13 goals to 10
December 28, 1908
Edmonton HC 3 at Montreal Wanderers 7
Pos
Bert LindsayGWilliam "Riley" Hern
Lester PatrickPArt Ross
Didier PitreCPWalter Smaill
Fred Whitcroft1RHarry Smith5
Steve Vair1CFrank "Pud' Glass Capt2
Harold McNamaraRWErnie "Moose" Johnson
Tommy Phillips1LWJimmy Gardner
Referees – Frank Patrick & Russell Bowie
  • Spares Edmonton: Bert Boulton, Harold Deeton, Jack “Hay” Miller
  • Spares Montreal: Ernie Liffton, Ernie Russell.
December 30, 1908
Edmonton HC 7 at Montreal Wanderers 6
Pos
Bert LindsayGWilliam "Riley" Hern
Lester Patrick1PArt Ross
Didier PitreCPWalter Smaill1
Fred Whitcroft1RHarry Smith1
Harold Deeton3CFrank "Pud' Glasss Capt3
Jack "Hay" Millar2RWErnie "Moose" Johnson1
Steve Vair1LWJimmy Gardner
Referees – Frank Patrick & Russell Bowie
  • Spares Edmonton: Hugh Boulton, Howard McNamara, Tommy Smith.
  • Spares Montreal: Ernie Liffiton, Ernie Russell.

Source: Coleman[6]

After the challenge, Edmonton would play an exhibition game in Ottawa on January 2, defeating the Ottawa Senators (of the FHL) 4–2.[7] Ottawa played the Toronto Pros the same day in Toronto, losing 5–4.[8] Lindsay, Pitre and Vair, having played with Edmonton for the challenge, would sign after the exhibition game with Renfrew of the Federal League. The players would help Renfrew to the FHL championship.

After the season, Ottawa took over the Cup, but a series against the Winnipeg Shamrocks could not be arranged and no challenge was played. (The Shamrocks would fold before the next season and never played a challenge.) Challenges from Renfrew of the Federal Hockey League and Cobalt of the Timiskaming League were disallowed when the Stanley Cup trustees ruled that the players on Renfrew and Cobalt were ineligible, having joined their teams after January 2.

Post-season exhibition

Ottawa and the Montreal Wanderers played a two-game series at the St. Nicholas Rink in New York on March 12 and March 13. Ottawa won the first game 6–4, and the second game was tied 8–8.

Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan. 2Quebec8Shamrocks9
6Shamrocks4Quebec12
6Ottawa6Wanderers7 (7:40 OT)
9Quebec5Ottawa13
13Ottawa11Shamrocks3
13Wanderers7Quebec3
16Shamrocks7Ottawa9
16Quebec6Wanderers7
20Shamrocks5Wanderers7
23Ottawa18Quebec4
27Shamrocks1Wanderers5
30Wanderers4Ottawa5
30Quebec4Shamrocks8
Feb. 6Ottawa9Wanderers8
6Shamrocks6Quebec9
10Shamrocks6Wanderers8
13Quebec6Ottawa14
17Wanderers12Shamrocks2
20Ottawa7Shamrocks3
20Wanderers7Quebec4
27Shamrocks2Ottawa11
27Quebec6Wanderers7
Mar. 4Wanderers3Ottawa8
7Ottawa6Quebec11

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Riley Hern Wanderers12615.1
Percy LeSueur Ottawa12635.3
Bill Baker Shamrocks121038.6
Paddy Moran Quebec121068.8

Leading scorers

Name Club GP G
Marty Walsh Ottawa1238
Herb Jordan Quebec1229
Bruce Stuart Ottawa1122
Charles Power Quebec1222
Albert Kerr Ottawa920
Harry Hyland Shamrocks1118
Frank "Pud" Glass Wanderers1217
Steve Vair Wanderers712
Billy Gilmour Ottawa1111
Jimmy Gardner Wanderers1211

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1909 Stanley Cup was presented by the trophy's trustee William Foran.

The following Ottawa Hockey Club players and staff were members of the Stanley Cup winning team.

Winning team, 1909

1909 Ottawa Hockey Club Senators

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Thomas D'arcy McGee (President), Llewellyn Bates (Vice President)
  • Pete Green (Coach), Patrick Basketville (Treasurer)
  • Martin Rosenthal (Secretary), Mac McGilton (Trainer)
  • Charles Sparks, George Bryson, Dave Mulligan (Directors)
  • Percy Butler, S.N. Nagle† (Directors)
  • There are two team pictures one including only players which is reproduced in Coleman, p. 177. The other includes all the players and executives Podnieks Page 41.
  • †Unknown first name.

Stanley Cup engraving

Ottawa added a new ring to the bottom of the Stanley Cup and put their name on it.[9]

See also

References

Notes

  1. Coleman 1964, p. 167
  2. "Ottawa Not Invincible". The Globe. January 4, 1909. p. 7.
  3. "Big Doings at Cobalt". The Globe. January 28, 1909. p. 9.
  4. "Enthusiastic Rufus Ryan". The Globe. January 29, 1909. p. 9.
  5. "Smith at Haileybury". The Globe. January 29, 1909. p. 9.
  6. Coleman, p. 174
  7. "Edmonton Gagne a Ottawa". La Patrie. January 4, 1909. p. 2.
  8. "Les Ottawa Sont Surpris". La Patrie. January 4, 1909. p. 2.
  9. [Podnieks]

Bibliography

  • Coleman, Charles L. (1964). The Trail of the Stanley Cup. Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL.
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 48. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
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