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In the previous season, the beginning an inter-city league (consisting of the Ottawa Alerts, Montreal Westerns, and Maisonneuve) was cut short by a coal shortage. The Alerts and Westerns would play each other in two games before coal rationing effectively shut arenas down during the coldest parts of winter. (The Alerts would later play Renfrew in three exhibition games after it had warmed enough.)
The Alerts were trying to arrange an Ottawa Valley league, as reported in the December 10, 1918 edition of the Ottawa Citizen. It wouldn't fully come to fruition until the 1920-21 season (and would eventually be superseded by the Ladies' Ontario Hockey Association a couple of years after that).
(Also from the same article, a former Cornwall Victoria winger, Ada McDonald, was trying out for the Alerts. She eventually wouldn't make the cut despite the fact that she was probably the second best skater on the Victorias behind Albertine Lapensee.)
The Alerts would play the Westerns in two games - the same number as the truncated inter-city league of the previous year. The Alerts do not appear to play in any other reported matches until the next season. Shockingly, it appears that the 1918-19 season (at least for the top teams in Eastern Canada at the time) was less eventful than the coal-shortage-shortened 1917-18 season. There are two probable reasons, one for each team...
Team statistics:
Skater statistics:
Goalie statistics:
Grey played the final two periods of the second game after Jennings suffered a problem with her skates after playing the first period.
Game log:
Notes:
These two games are the last two times the Ottawa Alerts would face the Montreal Westerns on the ice. From 1915-16 through 1918-19 (4 seasons), the Alerts were undefeated against the Westerns, with only one draw coming from the 1915-16 season.
Again, there are too few games to pick end-of-season All-Star teams, but once again, Bee Hagan and Edith Anderson would make it based on this tiny sample size. If one were to select retro "Hart" trophies, I would probably pick:
1915-16: Albertine Lapensee
1916-17: Albertine Lapensee
1917-18: Edith Anderson
1918-19: Bee Hagan
What Could Have Been
From the January 3, 1919 edition of the Ottawa Journal:
The likely reason why the Ottawa Alerts didn't play many games was likely because they were trying to organize a trip out west. Unfortunately, this didn't pan out. The first "best-on-best" West versus East matchup would have to wait until the Edmonton Rustlers faced the Preston Rivulettes over a decade later.
If You Can't Beat Them...
... play a completely different sport and excel at that.
The Westerns, being by far the best ladies' hockey team in Montreal, were also excellent bowlers. As on the ice, Agnes Vautier was their top player. And unlike ladies' hockey, there was an actual inter-city bowling league with many games.
(From the Montreal Star, March 3, 1919 edition.)
Contrary to what the caption says, the Wilmot Trophy was not in play until November 9, where Montreal faced off against... Ottawa...
... oh.
(At least it wasn't the Alerts.)
Any feedback, additions, and corrections are welcome!
In the previous season, the beginning an inter-city league (consisting of the Ottawa Alerts, Montreal Westerns, and Maisonneuve) was cut short by a coal shortage. The Alerts and Westerns would play each other in two games before coal rationing effectively shut arenas down during the coldest parts of winter. (The Alerts would later play Renfrew in three exhibition games after it had warmed enough.)
The Alerts were trying to arrange an Ottawa Valley league, as reported in the December 10, 1918 edition of the Ottawa Citizen. It wouldn't fully come to fruition until the 1920-21 season (and would eventually be superseded by the Ladies' Ontario Hockey Association a couple of years after that).
(Also from the same article, a former Cornwall Victoria winger, Ada McDonald, was trying out for the Alerts. She eventually wouldn't make the cut despite the fact that she was probably the second best skater on the Victorias behind Albertine Lapensee.)
The Alerts would play the Westerns in two games - the same number as the truncated inter-city league of the previous year. The Alerts do not appear to play in any other reported matches until the next season. Shockingly, it appears that the 1918-19 season (at least for the top teams in Eastern Canada at the time) was less eventful than the coal-shortage-shortened 1917-18 season. There are two probable reasons, one for each team...
Team statistics:
Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
Ottawa Alerts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Montreal Westerns | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Skater statistics:
Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | P | GWG |
Bee Hagan | Ottawa Alerts | LW | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Edith Anderson | Ottawa Alerts | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Hazel Quinney | Ottawa Alerts | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Grace Greer | Ottawa Alerts | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Goalie statistics:
Goalie | Team | GP | GA | GAA |
Florence Dawson | Ottawa Alerts | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
? Grey | Montreal Westerns | 1 | 1 | 1.33 |
? Jennings | Montreal Westerns | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
B. Gagnon | Montreal Westerns | 1 | 5 | 5.00 |
Grey played the final two periods of the second game after Jennings suffered a problem with her skates after playing the first period.
Game log:
Date | Away Team | Away G | Home Team | Home G | Away Scorers | Home Scorers | Source |
1919-02-01 | Montreal Westerns | 0 | Ottawa Alerts | 5 | | Edith Anderson (2 G), Bee Hagan (2 G)*, Hazel Quinney (1 G) | Ottawa Journal (1919-02-03) |
1919-02-11 | Ottawa Alerts | 2 | Montreal Westerns | 0 | Grace Greer (1 G), Bee Hagan (1 G)* | | Montreal Star (1919-02-12) |
Notes:
These two games are the last two times the Ottawa Alerts would face the Montreal Westerns on the ice. From 1915-16 through 1918-19 (4 seasons), the Alerts were undefeated against the Westerns, with only one draw coming from the 1915-16 season.
Again, there are too few games to pick end-of-season All-Star teams, but once again, Bee Hagan and Edith Anderson would make it based on this tiny sample size. If one were to select retro "Hart" trophies, I would probably pick:
1915-16: Albertine Lapensee
1916-17: Albertine Lapensee
1917-18: Edith Anderson
1918-19: Bee Hagan
What Could Have Been
From the January 3, 1919 edition of the Ottawa Journal:
The likely reason why the Ottawa Alerts didn't play many games was likely because they were trying to organize a trip out west. Unfortunately, this didn't pan out. The first "best-on-best" West versus East matchup would have to wait until the Edmonton Rustlers faced the Preston Rivulettes over a decade later.
If You Can't Beat Them...
... play a completely different sport and excel at that.
The Westerns, being by far the best ladies' hockey team in Montreal, were also excellent bowlers. As on the ice, Agnes Vautier was their top player. And unlike ladies' hockey, there was an actual inter-city bowling league with many games.
(From the Montreal Star, March 3, 1919 edition.)
Contrary to what the caption says, the Wilmot Trophy was not in play until November 9, where Montreal faced off against... Ottawa...
... oh.
(At least it wasn't the Alerts.)
Any feedback, additions, and corrections are welcome!
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