1915 Allan Cup

The CAHA preferred a home-and-home series, but cup trustee Claude C. Robinson stated that sudden death could be used in case the weather did not support hockey.

[1] CAHA president W. F. Taylor determined the playoffs format by having names drawn out of a hat by Winnipeg mayor Richard Deans Waugh.

[2] The defending 1914 Allan Cup champions, the Regina Victorias, failed to win the Southern Saskatchewan Hockey League.

Melville was challenged for the Allan Cup by the Toronto Victorias of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), who wanted to play under the eligibility rules adopted by the CAHA in December 1914.

The Monarchs were led by Fred Marples as team president and repeated as champions of the Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League.

[7] At the 1915 CAHA general meeting, residency rules were amended to give exceptions to soldiers relocated for service, and for students studying away from home.

Silver bowl trophy with two large handles, mounted on a black plinth.
The Allan Cup trophy
Winnipeg Monarchs with the Allan Cup in 1915. Back row, from left: Walter Robertson (trainer), Dick Irvin , Stan Marples , Harry Stuart. Front row, from left: Tommy Murray , Reg Hay, Frank Cadham, Alex Irvin , Del Irvine , Steamer Maxwell , Clem Loughlin .