The 1891 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season saw the Montreal Hockey Club

Montreal Hockey Club

The Montreal Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884. They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and used the MAAA 'winged wheel' logo. The team is notable for winning the first Stanley Cup in 1893, and in a...

 win the league and Canadian championship for the fourth straight season. Ontario launched the Ontario Hockey Association

Ontario Hockey Association

The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...

 (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

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club Montreal Hockey Club The Montreal Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884. They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and used the MAAA 'winged wheel' logo. The team is notable for winning the first Stanley Cup in 1893, and in a... †	8	8	0	0	28	7
Ottawa Hockey Club Ottawa Senators (original) The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...	1	0	1	0	0	3
Montreal Shamrocks Montreal Shamrocks The Montreal Shamrocks were an amateur, later professional, men's ice hockey club in existence from 1886, merging with the Montreal Crystals club in 1896. They won the Stanley Cup ice hockey championship in 1899 and 1900...	2	0	2	0	2	9
Montreal Victorias Montreal Victorias The Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was an early men's amateur ice hockey club. Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874, 1877 or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University. The club played at its own rink, the Victoria Skating...	2	0	2	0	2	6
Montreal Crescents	2	0	2	0	3	10
Quebec Hockey Club	1	0	1	0	0	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.

† National champion

Results

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

Date	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Location	Match type
December 19	Montreal Hockey Club Montreal Hockey Club The Montreal Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884. They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and used the MAAA 'winged wheel' logo. The team is notable for winning the first Stanley Cup in 1893, and in a...	3	McGill McGill McGill may refer to:People:* McGill , a common surname of Scottish and Irish origin and list of for individuals with the surname McGill* McGill family , a prominent early Americo-Liberian family...	1	--	Exhibition
January 2	Montreal Hockey Club	1	Montreal Crescents	2	Crystal rink Crystal Palace (Montreal) The Crystal Palace was an exhibition hall built for the Montreal Industrial Exhibition of 1860, originally located at the foot of Victoria Street between St. Catherine and Cathcart Streets. It was used for temporary exhibitions, and in winter, housed an ice skating rink.-Construction:The building...	Exhibition
January 7	Montreal Hockey Club	--	Quebec	--	--	Challenge
January 17	Ottawa	3	McGill	2	--	Exhibition
January 19	Montreal Hockey Club	4	Montreal Victorias	1	Crystal rink	Challenge
January 28	Montreal Hockey Club	4	Montreal Shamrocks	1	Crystal rink	Challenge
January 29	Montreal Victorias	3	Montreal Crescents	1	--	Exhibition
January 31	Ottawa	1	Montreal Victorias	0	--	Exhibition
February 4	Montreal Hockey Club	2	Montreal Crescents	1	Crystal rink	Challenge
February 9	Montreal Victorias	6	McGill	5	--	Exhibition
February 12	Montreal Hockey Club	2	Montreal Victorias	1	Crystal rink	Challenge
February 21	Montreal Hockey Club	3	Ottawa	0	Crystal rink	Challenge
February 27	Montreal Hockey Club	5	Montreal Shamrocks	1	Crystal rink	Challenge
March 5	Montreal Hockey Club	8	Montreal Crescents	2	Crystal rink	Challenge

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

Goalkeeper averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Paton, Tom Tom Paton (ice hockey) Tom L. Paton born 1854 - died February 10, 1909 was a Canadian ice hockey player of the pre-NHL era of the sport. He played the position of Goaltender for the Montreal HC and was a member of the first Stanley cup winning team in 1893....	Montreal	6	6	1	1.0
Jones, Robert Robert Jones (ice hockey) Robert Jones was a notable Canadian ice hockey player of the pre-NHL era of the sport. He played the position of Goaltender for the Montreal Victorias and was a member of a Stanley cup winning team .-Playing career:...	Victorias	2	6	0	3.0
Morel, A.	Ottawa	1	3	0	3.0
McKenna, Joe	Shamrocks	2	9	0	4.5

Source: Ultimate Hockey

Scoring leaders

Name	Club	GP	G
Kingan, A	Montreal	7	5
Low, G	Montreal	6	4
McNaughton, A	Montreal	6	3
Cafferty, T	Shamrocks	2	1
Cameron, A	Montreal	6	1
Lee, S	Montreal	1	1
Kinghorn, J	Victorias	1	1
McQuisten, S	Cresents	2	1
Warden, W	Montreal	2	1

Source: Ultimate Hockey

17 Goals un accounted for in statistics