1901–02 WPHL season

The 1901–02 WPHL season was the fifth season of operation for the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. Three Pittsburgh-area teams competed in the season, in which all games were played at the Duquesne Garden. The season concluded with the Pittsburgh Keystones having the best record in the league and being named league champions. It would be the team's only league title.

1901–02 WPHL season
League	Western Pennsylvania Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Teams	3
Regular season
Season champions	Pittsburgh Keystones (1st title)

Keystones, league champions

In the summer of 1902 Keystones' player Harry Peel admitted that he was paid $35 a week to play in the league. According to Peel "[The Keystones] make no bones whatever about paying men. If they do not pay them, they give them fake positions." Peel was later suspended by the Ontario Hockey Association and his appeal was rejected on December 10, 1903, and again on November 30, 1904. However, by the 1902–03 season the WPHL, was known as a fully professional league.

Season

Final standings

Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PTS = Points

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Pittsburgh Keystones	14	9	5	0	42	32	18
Pittsburgh Athletic Club	14	8	6	0	46	28	16
Pittsburgh Bankers	14	4	10	0	27	55	8

Results

Month	Day	Team	Score	Team	Score
1900
November	29	Bankers	3	Keystones	2
December	3	Keystones	4	Pittsburgh AC	3
	6	Pittsburgh AC	5	Bankers	3
	10	Bankers	5	Keystones	3
	13	Keystones	5	Pittsburgh AC	1
	17	Bankers	3	Pittsburgh AC	0
	24	Keystones	3	Pittsburgh AC	2
	27	Bankers	2	Pittsburgh AC	1
	31	Keystones	2	Bankers	1
1901
January	14	Pittsburgh AC	5	Bankers	1
	17	Pittsburgh AC	3	Keystones	2
	21	Keystones	6	Bankers	2
	28	Keystones	1	Pittsburgh AC	0
	31	Keystones	3	Bankers	1
February	4	Pittsburgh AC	1	Bankers	0
	11	Pittsburgh AC	3	Keystones	2
	18	Keystones	4	Bankers	1
	25	Pittsburgh AC	7	Bankers	1
	28	Keystones	5	Bankers	3
March	4	Pittsburgh AC	4	Keystones	0
	7	Pittsburgh AC	11	Bankers	1

References

• Fitzsimmons, Ernie (2000), "Early Professional, Early Senior WHA and Modern Minor Professional League Standings", in Diamond, Dan (ed.), Total Hockey, Total Sport Publishing, pp. 414–432, ISBN 1-892129-85-X