{"id":538,"date":"2017-06-03T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2018-03-24T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T19:25:56","slug":"amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1893-1898-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icehockeyleagues.com\/v1\/amateur-hockey-association-of-canada-1893-1898-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur Hockey Association of Canada, 1893-1898 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Amateur Hockey Association played five of its first six seasons in a challenger format, a championship process we see in boxing where the winning party continues to hold the championship title until defeated. The AHAC did play its second season in 1888 in a balanced, round-robin<\/a> format but switched back to challenge<\/a> play from 1889 until 1892. In 1893 this all changed.<\/p>\n

The six seasons from 1893 to 1898 are summarized below as a single entity because the AHAC adopted three critical practices in 1893:<\/p>\n

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  1. The AHAC would become the official premier hockey league when its champion was gifted the first ever Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup.<\/li>\n
  2. The AHAC switched to an ongoing round-robin format for each subsequent season, a tradition that has been followed ever since.<\/li>\n
  3. The membership of the AHAC would become set with five premier clubs: Montreal Hockey Club, Montreal Victorias, Montreal Crystals\/Shamrocks, Quebec Hockey Club, and Ottawa Hockey Club.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Team<\/strong><\/td>\nTGP<\/strong><\/td>\nTW<\/strong><\/td>\nTL<\/strong><\/td>\nTT<\/strong><\/td>\nTGF<\/strong><\/td>\nTGA<\/strong><\/td>\nSW\/SP<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Montreal Victorias<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n233<\/td>\n158<\/td>\n4\/6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Montreal Hockey Club<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n185<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n2\/6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ottawa Hockey Club<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n173<\/td>\n140<\/td>\n0\/6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Quebec Hockey Club<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n141<\/td>\n204<\/td>\n0\/6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Montreal Shamrocks<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n142<\/td>\n0\/4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Montreal Crystals*<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n0\/2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

     <\/p>\n

    * The Montreal Crystals were absorbed into and replaced by the Shamrocks in 1895.<\/p>\n

    SW\/SP = Seasons Won \/ Seasons Played<\/em><\/p>\n

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