1900–01 MHA season
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The 1900–01 MHA season of the Manitoba Hockey Association
was played by two teams Winnipeg Victorias
and Winnipeg HC. The Victorias, as defending champions, played and defeated the Montreal Shamrocks
of the Canadian Amateur Hockey League
(CAHL) in a Stanley Cup
challenge to bring the Stanley Cup to Manitoba.
Victorias defeated Winnipeg 4 – 3 to win the Manitoba championship.
Manitoba Hockey Association
The Manitoba Hockey Association was an early men's senior ice hockey league playing around 1900 in Manitoba, Canada. The league started as an elite amateur league in 1892, became professional in 1905, had a professional and an amateur league in 1908–09 and only an amateur league from 1909 until...
was played by two teams Winnipeg Victorias
Winnipeg Victorias
The Winnipeg Victorias were a former amateur senior-level men's amateur ice hockey team in Winnipeg, Manitoba, organized in 1889. They played in the Manitoba Hockey Association in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
and Winnipeg HC. The Victorias, as defending champions, played and defeated the 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...
of the Canadian Amateur Hockey League
Canadian Amateur Hockey League
The Canadian Amateur Hockey League was an early men's amateur hockey league founded in 1898, replacing the organization that was formerly the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada before the 1898–99 season. The league existed for seven seasons, folding in 1905 and was itself replaced by the Eastern...
(CAHL) in a Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
challenge to bring the Stanley Cup to Manitoba.
Regular season
February 19, 1901:Victorias defeated Winnipeg 4 – 3 to win the Manitoba championship.
Shamrocks vs. Winnipeg
In January 1901, the Winnipeg Victorias again challenged the Montreal Shamrocks for the Cup. This time, Winnipeg prevailed, sweeping the best-of-three series with scores of 4–3 and 2–1. Game 2 was the first overtime game in Cup history with Dan Bain scoring at the four minute mark of the extra period.| Date | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location | Notes |
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| January 29, 1901 | Winnipeg Victorias | 4–3 | Montreal Shamrocks | Montreal Arena Montreal Arena The Montreal Arena, also known as Westmount Arena, was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on the corner of St. Catherine Street and Wood Avenue. It was likely one of the first arenas designed expressly for hockey, opening in 1898... |
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| January 31, 1901 | Winnipeg Victorias | 2–1 | Montreal Shamrocks | 4:00, OT | |
| Winnipeg wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0 | |||||
| Winnipeg | 4 | at | Shamrocks | 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Brown | G | Joe McKenna | |||
| Rod Flett | P | Mike Grant | |||
| Mangus Flett | CP | Frank Wall | 1 | ||
| Tony Gingras | 1 | F | Harry Trihey | ||
| Dan Bain | 1 | F | Jack P.Brannen | 1 | |
| Charles Johnston | F | Fred Scanlon | |||
| Burke Wood | 2 | F | Arthur Farrell | 1 | |
| Fred Chadham | sub | ||||
| Referee - H. Baird Umpires - A. McKerrow, R.Boon |
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| Winnipeg | 2 | at | Shamrocks | 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Brown | G | Joe McKenna | |||
| Rod Flett | P | Mike Grant | |||
| Magnus Flett | CP | Frank Wall | |||
| Tony Gingras | F | Harry Trihey | 1 | ||
| Dan Bain | 2 | F | Jack P. Brannen | ||
| Charles Johnston | F | Fred Scanlon | |||
| Burke Wood | F | Arthur Farrell | |||
| Fred Chadham | sub | ||||
| Referee - H. Baird Umpires - A. McKerrow, R. Boon |
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