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1929-1930 Season Review
October 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash. Teams slash ticket prices to keep people in the seats.
Ottawa and Boston finished tops in their respective divisions with Ottawa defeating the Detroit Cougars in the final to take their 4th cup in 5 years.
Scholz of Ottawa swept the goals, assists and points categories. Farcier also of Ottawa led goalies in wins and shut-outs and was second in GAA and save %.
Pittsburgh made the playoffs and bumped attendance to just over 3,000 but they have no new arena in sight. Duquesne seats 5,657 people and once Maple Leaf Gardens is finished after next season it will be the only arena with less than 10,000 capacity. Leonard, the Yellow Jacket owner wants to move them to Philly to the Municipal Auditorium (about 8,000 for hockey) in hopes of expanding it or waiting it out there while Pittsburgh builds a new arena. Or Pittsburgh could stay where they are to wait out the arena situation. We also learn Leonard is actually a front for "Bootleg" Bill Dwyer who also owns the Americans. What should Pittsburgh do?
The CAHL and AHA are going strong as is the California League. A new PCHL started last year and currently has teams in Vancouver, Victoria, Portland and Seattle. The CPHL morphed into the International Hckey League. The Hamilton Tigers play there and they have teams in Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo.
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