Under the Stanley Cup rules, the Montreal Victorias would also be awarded the Stanley Cup as league champions. However, the trustees ruled that a challenge between the previous year's champion Montreal HC and the squad from Queen's University, the champions of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), would have to be played first to determine if the Cup remained with the AHAC. Thus, it was decided that if the Montreal HC won the challenge match, the Victorias would become the Stanley Cup champions. The Montreal HC would eventually win the game, 5–1, and their crosstown rivals were crowned the champions.
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| Date | Away | Score | Home | OT | Series | ||||||||||||||
| 3/9 | (indep.) Queen's U | 1-5 | Montreal HC (AHAC) | MTL 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
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