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1891 AHAC season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1891 AHAC season

| league = Amateur Hockey Association of Canada

| sport = Ice hockey

| duration = January 7 – March 5, 1891

| no_of_teams = 6

| season = 1891

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| league_champs = Montreal Hockey Club

| league_champ_name = Champions

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| seasonslist = Amateur Hockey Association of Canada

| seasonslistnames = AHAC

| prevseason_link = 1890 AHAC season

| prevseason_year = 1890

| altseason_link =

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| nextseason_link = 1892 AHAC season

| nextseason_year = 1892

}}

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 =

class="wikitable"
Team

! Games Played

! Wins

! Losses

! Ties

! Goals For

! Goals Against

Montreal Hockey Club†

| {{center|8}}

| {{center|8}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|28}}

| {{center|7}}

Ottawa Hockey Club

| {{center|1}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|1}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|3}}

Montreal Shamrocks

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|9}}

Montreal Victorias

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|6}}

Montreal Crescents

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|3}}

| {{center|10}}

Quebec Hockey Club

| {{center|1}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|1}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|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.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}

† National champion. The Montreals retained their championship all season without being defeated.

Schedule and results

Games consisted of a mixture of Challenge games and Exhibition (friendlies)

class="wikitable"

! Date

! Home

! Score

! Visitor

! Score

! Location

! Match type

December 19Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| 3McGill Universityalign="center"| 1Crystal RinkExhibition
January 2Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| 1Montreal Crescentsalign="center"| 2Crystal RinkExhibition{{cite news |work=Montreal Herald |date=January 3, 1891 |page=2 |title=A Practice Game}}
January 7Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| --Quebec Hockey Clubalign="center"| ----Challenge
January 17Ottawa Hockey Clubalign="center"| 3McGill Universityalign="center"| 2Rideau RinkExhibition
January 19Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| 4Montreal Victoriasalign="center"| 1Crystal RinkChallenge
January 28Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| 4Montreal Shamrocksalign="center"| 1Crystal RinkChallenge
January 29Montreal Victoriasalign="center"| 3Montreal Crescentsalign="center"| 1Victoria RinkExhibition
January 31Ottawa Hockey Clubalign="center"| 1Montreal Victoriasalign="center"| 0Rideau RinkExhibition
February 4Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| 2Montreal Crescentsalign="center"| 1Crystal RinkChallenge
February 9Montreal Victoriasalign="center"| 6McGill Universityalign="center"| 5Victoria RinkExhibition
February 12Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| 2Montreal Victoriasalign="center"| 1Crystal RinkChallenge
February 21Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| 3Ottawa Hockey Clubalign="center"| 0Crystal RinkChallenge{{Citation |newspaper=The Globe |date=March 23, 1891 |page=3 |title=A Good Record At The Capital}}
February 27Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| 5Montreal Shamrocksalign="center"| 1Crystal RinkChallenge
March 5Montreal Hockey Clubalign="center"| 8Montreal Crescentsalign="center"| 2Crystal RinkChallenge

Game on January 7 was defaulted to Montreal HC by Quebec. Quebec telegraphed that the team would not show.{{cite news

|work=Montreal Herald

|title=Did Not Take Place

|date=January 8, 1891

|page=2}}

Player statistics

= Goaltending averages =

Note: GP = games played, GA = goals against, SO = shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

class="wikitable"
style="width:10em"| Name

! style="width:8em"| Club

! style="width:3em"| GP

! style="width:3em"| GA

! style="width:3em"| SO

! style="width:5em"| GAA

align="center"

| align="left"| Tom Paton

| align="left"|Montreal

6611.0
align="center"

| align="left"| Robert Jones

| align="left"|Victorias

2603.0
align="center"

| align="left"| Albert Morel

| align="left"|Ottawa

1303.0
align="center"

| align="left"| James McKenna

| align="left"|Shamrocks

2904.5

Source: Ultimate Hockey

= Scoring leaders =

Note: GP = games played, G = goals scored

class="wikitable"
style="width:10em"| Name

! style="width:8em"| Club

! style="width:3em"| GP

! style="width:3em"| G

Kingan, Alexander

|Montreal

| align="center"|7

| align="center"|5

Lowe, George

|Montreal

| align="center"|6

| align="center"|4

McNaughton, Archie

|Montreal

| align="center"|6

| align="center"|3

Cafferty, Thomas

|Shamrocks

| align="center"|2

| align="center"|1

Cameron, Allan

|Montreal

| align="center"|6

| align="center"|1

Lee, Sam

|Montreal

| align="center"|1

| align="center"|1

Kinghorn, James

|Victorias

| align="center"|1

| align="center"|1

McQuisten, Stewart

|Crescents

| align="center"|2

| align="center"|1

Warden, William

|Montreal

| align="center"|2

| align="center"|1

Source: Ultimate Hockey

17 Goals unaccounted for in statistics

See also

References

  • {{cite book |title=Ultimate Hockey |last=Weir |first=Glen |publisher=Stoddart Publishing |year=1991}}
  • {{cite book |title=Total Hockey |editor=Diamond, Dan |publisher=Total Sports |isbn=0-8362-7114-9 |year=2000 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse }}

;Notes

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{{Succession box|

before = Montreal HC
1890 |

after = Montreal HC
1892 |

title = Montreal Hockey Club
AHAC Champions |

years = 1891|

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{{Succession box|

before = 1890 AHAC season|

after = 1892 AHAC season |

title = AHAC seasons |

years = 1891|

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Category:Amateur Hockey Association of Canada seasons

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