- Source: 1896 AHAC season
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
Watson Jack, Victorias (President)
Weldy Young, Ottawa (1st. Vice-Pres.)
Clarence Mussen, Montreal (Sec.-Treasurer)
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
=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
Shamrocks 3, Montreal 1
Baltimore, March 9, 1896
Montreal 6, Shamrocks 5
New York, March 10, 1896
Montreal 1, Shamrocks 1 ( completed March 11 with Shamrocks winning 2–1)
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
=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
== Players
== Stanley Cup engraving
=VICTORIAS
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WINNIPEG
1895
Winnipeg included the year 1895 instead of 1896, because they defeated the 1895 defending Stanley Cup Champions Montreal Victorias before the 1896 season had been completed. This is not an engraving error.
An interesting factoid for this 2-0 win over the similarly named Montreal Victorias is that the very first Stanley Cup Parade was held in Winnipeg on Main Street celebrating this victory.
Two non-players first names are unknown&
Schedule and results
† Victorias clinch league championship.
Player statistics
= Goaltending averages
=Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
= Scoring leaders
=See also
1895–96 MHA season
List of Stanley Cup champions
List of pre-NHL seasons
References
Coleman, Charles L. (1966), The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.
Podnieks, Andrew Lord Stanley Cup, Fenn Publishing Company, Ltd. 2004
McKinley, Michael (1993), The Official Book Hockey Hall of Fame Legends, p. 66
Bringall, Richard (2011), The Forgotten Heroes – Winnipeg Hockey Heritage, p. 28
Notes
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