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The league adopted the constitution of the CAHL, except that new teams could join on a majority vote, unlike the unanimity required by the CAHL; and that any players who played in another league would be permanently suspended from play in the FAHL. Games in
Montreal would be played on week-nights
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club to play as the
Brockville entry. This was unacceptable to the Ottawa Victorias, which refused to play the Renfrew players, causing the league to suspend operations.
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jumped to the FAHL, immediately (March 2) defending the
Stanley Cup and taking the one-week-old FAHL league championship away from the regular season champion Wanderers.
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The three 'multi-year' (1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07) seasons started with a late
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league that played six seasons, from 1904 to 1909. The league was formed initially to provide a league for teams not accepted by the rival
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The final season, 1909, saw the
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The Ottawa HC would repeat as FAHL champion, and retain the
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The inaugural 1904 season ended on February 24. Montreal Le National jumped to the CAHL, while the CAHL's
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The FAHL was formed December 5, 1903, at a meeting held at the Savoy hotel in Montreal.
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The FAHL was a professional league for its last two years and was known as the
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A few of the players involved in the March 6, 1907 game:
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Old Scores, New Goals:The Story of the Ottawa Senators
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The 1906-07 season ended early following the death of
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The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc
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450:(ECAHA, later ECHA) for the 1905-06 season.
405:Second vice-president: A. Meunier, Nationals
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924:Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association
448:Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association
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402:Vice-president: W. Fitzgibbon, Cornwall
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652:Judge of play: E. A. Pilon, Montreal
420:(CAHL), while the fourth – the
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995:"Player may die as result of blow",
391:The first executive officers were:
165:schedule was suspended mid-season.
781:Montreal Wanderers (best record),
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179:The FAHL, through league member
1026:. December 24, 1908. p. 7.
802:, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa HC
1008:"Free fight at hockey match",
985:. December 7, 1903. p. 2.
919:Canadian Amateur Hockey League
418:Canadian Amateur Hockey League
144:Canadian Amateur Hockey League
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1074:Federal Amateur Hockey League
929:List of Stanley Cup champions
709:Don Smith, while with Renfrew
125:Federal Amateur Hockey League
20:Federal Amateur Hockey League
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934:List of pre-NHL seasons
889:After the 1904 season,
441:Ottawa Hockey Club (HC)
198:Part of a series on the
983:The (Montreal) Gazette
871:Renfrew Creamery Kings
721:Renfrew Creamery Kings
99:Renfrew Creamery Kings
67:February 15, 1909
1012:, March 7, 1907, p. 2
999:, March 7, 1907, p. 8
882:† Stanley Cup winner
408:Secretary-treasurer:
347:Ice hockey portal
170:Federal Hockey League
38:December 5, 1903
1055:Coleman, Charles L.
981:"New League Ready".
891:Montreal Le National
800:Montreal Montagnards
769:Montreal Le National
426:Montreal Le National
233:Montreal tournaments
155:Montreal Le National
538:Cliff Hollingsworth
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821:Smiths Falls
798:, Cornwall,
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673:Owen McCourt
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648:Emmett Quinn
638:Owen McCourt
595:Donald Smith
575:Zina Runions
558:Edward Caine
464:manslaughter
460:Owen McCourt
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54:First season
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521:Jack Hunter
437:Stanley Cup
395:President:
331:(1921–1926)
319:(1912–1924)
313:(1909–1917)
307:(1909–1910)
301:(1908–1911)
295:(1906–1911)
289:(1906–1909)
283:(1904–1907)
277:(1904–1909)
271:(1898–1905)
265:(1896–1909)
259:(1892–1909)
253:(1886–1898)
185:Stanley Cup
183:, held the
111:Most titles
95:champion(s)
1068:Categories
945:References
865:Cornwall,
837:Morrisburg
796:Brockville
697:Art Throop
650:, Montreal
626:Art Throop
479:Victorias
205:of the NHL
140:ice hockey
75:1909-02-15
46:1903-12-05
29:Ice hockey
1024:The Globe
958:La Patrie
902:Ottawa HC
783:Ottawa HC
754:Champion
715:1907–1909
658:Sources:
646:Referee:
583:Alf Young
528:Jack Ryan
488:Cornwall
439:champion
384:1903–1906
228:1875 game
203:Emergence
913:See also
876:Renfrew
765:Cornwall
728:Senators
466:against
146:(CAHL).
133:Canadian
131:) was a
950:General
831:1906–07
811:1905–06
791:1904–05
748:Season
454:1906–07
242:Leagues
191:History
176:(NHA).
159:1906-07
83:Country
73: (
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35:Founded
751:Teams
135:men's
87:Canada
64:Ceased
966:Notes
906:ECAHA
741:Teams
287:ECAHA
25:Sport
900:and
861:1909
848:1908
760:1904
501:Pos
329:WCHL
317:PCHA
299:OPHL
293:TPHL
281:IPHL
275:FAHL
269:CAHL
263:WPHL
251:AHAC
163:1907
151:1904
129:FAHL
123:The
104:1909
93:Last
58:1904
491:11
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323:NHL
311:NHA
305:CHA
257:MHA
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