1917–18 Ottawa Senators season

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1917–18 Ottawa
1917–18 record 9–13–0
Home record 6–4–0
Road record 3–9–0
Goals for 103
Goals against 114
General Manager Tommy Gorman
Coach Alf Smith
Captain Jack Darragh
Arena Dey's Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cy Denneny (36)
Points Cy Denneny (36)
Penalties in minutes Cy Denneny (34)
Wins Clint Benedict (9)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (5.12)

The 1917–18 Ottawa Senators season was the team's first season in the newly formed National Hockey League, and 33rd season of play overall. Previously, they were members of the National Hockey Association.

The Senators first ever game in the NHL was a 7–4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at Dey's Arena in Ottawa on December 19, 1917. The team would record their first NHL win a week later on the 26th on the road against the Montreal Wanderers. The Senators would then record their first ever home win 3 days later against the same Wanderers.

The Wanderers withdrew from the league 6 games into the season due to a fire burning down their arena, so that left the NHL with 3 teams, the Senators, Canadiens and the Torontos. Ottawa would finish the season in 3rd place, missing out on the playoffs.

Cy Denneny would lead the team in scoring with 36 goals, behind only Joe Malone of the Canadiens in league scoring. Goaltender Clint Benedict would win all 9 games for the team, and post a 5.12 GAA.

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[edit] Season standings

NHL Standings GP W L T GF GA PTS
Montreal Canadiens 22 13 9 0 115 84 26
Toronto Arenas 22 13 9 0 108 109 26
Ottawa Senators 22 9 13 0 102 114 18
Montreal Wanderers 6 1 5 0 17 35 2

[edit] Game log

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 December 17 Montreal Canadiens 7–4 Ottawa Senators 0–1–0 0
2 December 22 Ottawa Senators 4–11 Toronto Arenas 0–2–0 0
3 December 26 Ottawa Senators 6–3 Montreal Wanderers 1–2–0 2
4 December 29 Montreal Wanderers 2–9 Ottawa Senators 2–2–0 4
5 January 2 Toronto Arenas 6–5 Ottawa Senators 2–3–0 4
6 January 5 Ottawa Senators 5–6 Montreal Canadiens 2–4–0 4
7 January 12 Ottawa Senators 4–9 Montreal Canadiens 2–5–0 4
8 January 14 Toronto Arenas 6–9 Ottawa Senators 3–5–0 6
9 January 16 Ottawa Senators 4–5 Toronto Arenas 3–6–0 6
10 January 21 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 Ottawa Senators 3–7–0 6
11 January 23 Ottawa Senators 4–3 Montreal Canadiens 4–7–0 8
12 January 26 Toronto Arenas 3–6 Ottawa Senators 5–7–0 10
13 January 30 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Ottawa Senators 5–8–0 10
14 February 4 Ottawa Senators 2–8 Toronto Arenas 5–9–0 10
15 February 6 Montreal Canadiens 3–6 Ottawa Senators 6–9–0 12
16 February 11 Ottawa Senators 1–3 Toronto Arenas 6–10–0 12
17 February 13 Toronto Arenas 6–1 Ottawa Senators 6–11–0 12
18 February 16 Ottawa Senators 4–10 Montreal Canadiens 6–12–0 12
19 February 23 Ottawa Senators 3–9 Toronto Arenas 6–13–0 12
20 February 25 Montreal Canadiens 0–8 Ottawa Senators 7–13–0 14
21 February 27 Ottawa Senators 3–1 Montreal Canadiens 8–13–0 16
22 March 6 Toronto Arenas 3–9 Ottawa Senators 9–13–0 18

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny 22 36 0 36 34
Jack Darragh 18 14 0 14 3
Eddie Gerard 21 13 0 13 12
Frank Nighbor 9 11 0 11 3
Buck Boucher 22 9 0 9 27

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Sammy Hebert 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Clint Benedict 22 1337 9 13 0 114 1 5.12


[edit] References