Silver bowl trophy with two large handles, mounted on a black plinth.
The Allan Cup trophy

The 1914 Allan Cup was the Canadian senior ice hockey championship for the 1913–14 season. The final challenge was hosted by the Regina Victorias in Regina, Saskatchewan. The 1914 playoff marked the seventh time the Allan Cup had a champion.

By 1914, the numerous challenges for the trophy by league champions across Canada were difficult to manage.[1] Cup trustees Claude C. Robinson and William Northey worked together to schedule challenges, and decided that the defending champions would play a maximum of three challenges for the trophy per season.[2] Following difficulties encountered in 1914, Robinson suggested establishing a national body for governing hockey, which became the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.[1]

Winnipeg Hockey League

The defending 1913 Allan Cup champions, Winnipeg Hockey Club, failed to win the Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League. With a 6-2-0 record, the Winnipeg Monarchs were given the opportunity to defend the Allan Cup on behalf of the league.[3] The Monarchs were led by team president Fred Marples, who resurrected the Winnipeg Strathconas senior team and entered them into the Independent Amateur Hockey League for the 1913–season.[4] He felt it necessary to give the younger players more opportunities to practice and play in order to develop talent, secured more ice time and operated the Strathconas as a reserve team to support the Monarchs.[5]

First challenge

Black and white photo of a middle-aged man wearing a suit and tie
William Northey

The Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League debated whether or not players from the Strathconas were in a lower level of hockey and eligible to be a reserve player.[6] Trustees for the Allan Cup also struggled to determine player eligibility since there was no authoritative national body to classify leagues by the level of play.[7] When Allan Cup trustee William Northey ruled that Dick Irvin of the Strathconas was ineligible to compete, the Monarchs refused to defend the Allan Cup. Marples considered the Strathconas to be a reserve team for the Monarchs and that the decision was unfair to his team.[8] After three days of negotiating, the Monarchs agreed to play without Irvin in a one-game Allan Cup challenge versus the Kenora Thistles, instead of the customary two-game series decided on total goals scored.[5] The Monarchs won by a 6–2 score versus the Kenora Thistles.[9]

Second challenge

The Winnipeg Monarchs received a challenge from the Regina Victorias, Saskatchewan champions. Played in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[9]

Player eligibility was again questioned. The Monarchs sought a ruling about a player from the Victorias, who was reported to have played one game for a team in Melville, Saskatchewan, and possibly with other senior teams. Robinson investigated and sent his findings to Northey.[10] Cup trustees ruled the player eligible, since the other league in which he played was not known to be senior level.[11]

Results

Regina Victorias 5 - Winnipeg Monarchs 4

Regina Victorias capture the Allan Cup.

Third challenge

Regina Victorias received a challenge from Grand-Mère, Quebec champions. Played in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Results

Regina Victorias 6 - Grand-Mere 4
Regina Victorias 4 - Grand-Mere 1

Regina Victorias carries the Allan Cup, winning the series 10-goals-to-5. With no more challengers accepted in time to play, the Victorias win the 1914 Allan Cup.

References

  1. 1 2 McKay, Jim (May 22, 1968). "Spirit of CAHA? He'll do". Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 33.Free access icon
  2. ↑ "Elimination Series For Allan Cup Challengers". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 2, 1914. p. 6.Free access icon
  3. ↑ "Defenders of the Allan Cup". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 28, 1914. p. 22.Free access icon
  4. ↑ "Monarchs To Have Plenty Of Material". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. October 22, 1913. p. 15.Free access icon; "Kenora Club Threatens To Break Away From Independent League". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. November 7, 1913. p. 6.Free access icon; "Independent Hockey League Fails To Settle Troubles". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. November 12, 1913. p. 6.Free access icon
  5. 1 2 "Sudden Death Game To Decide Allan Cup". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 10, 1914. p. 6.Free access icon
  6. ↑ "Questions That Are Giving Big League Food For Thought". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. January 12, 1914. p. 8.Free access icon
  7. ↑ "Fate of Allan Cup Will Not Be Known Until This Morning". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 9, 1914. p. 6.Free access icon
  8. ↑ "Allan Cup Games Off; Dick Irvin Is Barred; Kenora May Get Trophy". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 7, 1914. p. 15.Free access icon
  9. 1 2 "Allan Cup archives". Allan Cup. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Northey Wants to Know More About Mastel". The Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 16, 1914. p. 10.Free access icon
  11. ↑ "Mastel Eligible Announce Trustees". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 19, 1914. p. 6.Free access icon
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