The 1888–89 AHAC season was the third season of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada. Play was in challenges and started on December 15, 1888. The Montreal Hockey Club would win the final challenge of the season to win the Canadian championship for the second season in a row.

League Business

The annual meeting of the Amateur Hockey Association was held in the Victoria Skating Rink, Montreal, on November 16, 1888. Representatives from most of the hockey clubs were present. The election for the ensuing year resulted as follows:

• President, Mr. J. Stewart;
• first vice-president, A. Shearer;
• second vice-president, D. B. Holden;
• secretary-treasurer, A. Hodgson.
• Council — H. Kinghorn (McGill), S. Lee (Crystal), T. Arnton (Victoria), A. C. Higginson (Montreal).

Regular Season

This season saw two teams from outside of Montreal and Ottawa to make challenges. Halifax(Dartmouth) had not challenged for the national championships before, while Quebec had played in the Montreal tournaments. McGill did not return to mount a challenge this year.

First Challenge

December 15, 1888 - Victorias 1, Montreal 3

Halifax(Dartmouth) Tour

Halifax Chebuctos would play two games in Montreal, both played half under "Montreal rules", half under "Halifax rules". Halifax would lose 6–1 to Montreal and 4–1 to Crystals. Both games were played at the Crystal Palace skating rink. The two games are recorded in Overall Records.

The Chebuctos would play two games against Quebec, losing 8–0 and 5–1.

Overall Record

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Hockey Club†	5	4	1	0	21	7
Montreal Crystals	4	2	2	0	9	10
Montreal Victorias	2	1	1	0	4	8
Quebec Hockey Club	1	0	1	0	2	3
Halifax(Dartmouth) Chebuctos	2	0	2	0	2	10

† National Champion

Scoring Leaders

Name	Club	GP	G
McNaughton, Archie	Montreal	5	7
Hodgson, Archie	Montreal	5	6
Lee, Sam	Crystals	4	5
Findlay, Jack	Montreal	5	5
Swift, Arthur	Quebec	1	2
Virtue, William	Victorias	2	2
Brown, Desse	Crystals	4	2
Lowe, George	Montreal	4	2

Goalkeeper Averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Paton, Tom	Montreal	5	7	0	1.17
Norris, Jack	Crystals	3	6	0	2.0
Arnton, Tom	Victorias	1	2	1	2.0
Laurie, A.	Quebec	1	3	0	3.0
Scanlan, Robert	Crystals	1	4	0	4.0
Brown, J.	Chebuctos	2	10	0	5.0
Jones, Robert	Victorias	1	6	0	6.0

References

• Weir, Glen (1991). Ultimate Hockey. Stoddart Publishing.
• Fitsell, J.W. (1987). Hockey's Captains, Colonels & Kings. Boston Mill Press.

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