Studio photograph of Smiths Falls Hockey Team 1905-6

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As catalogued on https://icehockey.fandom.com/wiki/1905%E2%80%9306_FAHL_season

Champion Smiths Falls
The 1905–06 Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) season lasted from December 27, 1905 until February 28, 1906. Teams were to play an eight game schedule, but due to the failure of the Montagnards, some teams played only 6 or 7 games.

Contents
• Regular season
o Highlights
o Final standing
o Results
o Goalkeeper Averages
o Scoring Leaders
• Playoffs
o Smiths Falls vs. Ottawa
• Game Ads
• References

Regular season
With the loss of their top two teams, Ottawa and Wanderers, the quality of the FAHL declined. However, they replaced the teams with the Ottawa Victorias and Smiths Falls clubs and continued.

Highlights
The Montagnards would be completely overwhelmed 26–0 by Brockville in their final game on February 2.
Otherwise, the season was low scoring, with the notable outstanding debut of goaltender Percy LeSueur of Smiths Falls.

Final standing
Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against
Smiths Falls 7 7 0 0 35 13
Ottawa Victorias 8 4 4 0 48 42
Brockville
7 3 4 0 55 32
Cornwall HC
6 2 4 0 16 30
Montreal Montagnards
4 0 4 0 2 39

Results
Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
December 27 Smiths Falls 1 Montagnards 0
January 1 Victorias 3 Cornwall 3
5 Cornwall 3 Brockville 4
10 Brockville 2 Smiths Falls 9
11 Victorias 6 Montagnards 0
19 Smiths Falls 2 Cornwall 1
20 Montagnards 3 Victorias 9
25 Victorias 3 Brockville †
27 Cornwall Montagnards ‡
30 Victorias 3 Smiths Falls 6
February 2 Montagnards 0 Brockville 26
3 Cornwall 5 Victorias 4
9 Brockville 2 Cornwall 3
10 Smiths Falls 7 Victorias 4
13 Brockville Montagnards ‡
15 Victorias 7 Brockville 11*
16 Cornwall 2 Smiths Falls 7
19 Smiths Falls 6 Brockville 4
23 Brockville 8 Victorias 14
23 Montagnards Cornwall ‡
28 Montagnards Smiths Falls ‡
† Postponed due to bad ice.
‡ No result.
* Makeup for January 25 game.

Goalkeeper Averages
Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
LeSueur, Percy
Smiths Falls 7 13 1 1.9
Annabie Cornwall 2 9 0 4.5
Kerr Brockville 7 32 0 4.6
Airey Cornwall 3 14 0 4.7
Bannerman, W. Victorias 8 42 1 5.3
Runions Cornwall 1 7 0 7.0
Wright Montagnards 4 39 0 9.8

Scoring Leaders
Name Club GP G
Smith, Tommy
Victorias 8 12
Harrison, R. Victorias 8 12
Ross, H. Smiths Falls 7 8
Throop, Art. Victorias 8 6
Brown Smiths Falls 7 5
McCourt, Owen
Cornwall 6 5

Playoffs
After the season ended, Smiths Falls challenged the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup. Ottawa would win the series 2–0. After the series, Ottawa would hire Percy LeSueur of the Smiths Falls team.

Smiths Falls vs. Ottawa
Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
March 6, 1906 Ottawa Senators 6–5 Smiths Falls Dey's Arena

March 8, 1906 Ottawa Senators 8–2 Smiths Falls
Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0

Information below as noted on:
http://hockeygods.com/images/14360-Smith_s_Falls_Hockey_Team_Federal_Amateur_Hockey_League_Champions_1906

Smith's Falls Hockey Team
Federal Amateur Hockey League Champions 1906

Team Roster
Percy LeSueur, Jack Fraser, Bob May, Harry Brown, Hugh Ross, Art Serviss, Harold Armstrong

The Smiths Falls team was occasionally called the Fusiliers

They were the undefeated champions of the Federal Amateur Hockey League (F.A.H.L.), compiling a 7-0 record against teams from Montreal, Ottawa, Cornwall and Brockville.

More significantly, the team also issued a challenge for the Stanley Cup in March, 1906 against the fabled Ottawa Silver Seven.

The first game was on March 6 at Dey's Arena in Ottawa, Ontario with just under 3,000 fans in attendance. Ottawa would win the game 6 to 5.
Game 2 was on March 8th with over 5,000 in attendance, and a large contingent of people, estimated at 600, made the trip from Smiths Falls, to watch the game. Ottawa would win the game 8 to 2.

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