1920–21 Ottawa Senators season

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1920–21 Ottawa
Stanley Cup Champions
O'Brien Trophy Winners
1920–21 record 14–10–0
Home record 8–4–0
Road record 6–6–0
Goals for 97
Goals against 75
General Manager Tommy Gorman
Coach Pete Green
Captain Eddie Gerard
Arena Dey's Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cy Denneny (34)
Assists Jack McKell (10)
Points Cy Denneny (39)
Penalties in minutes Buck Boucher (43)
Wins Clint Benedict (14)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (3.08)

The 1920–21 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 36th season of play, fourth season in the NHL, and they were out to defend their 1920 Stanley Cup championship.

Cy Denneny would lead the club offensively, scoring 34 goals, which was the 2nd highest total in the NHL, and his 39 points would rank him 3rd in the entire league. Denneny would have a 6 goal game against the Hamilton Tigers on March 7.

Frank Nighbor would have another great season with 18 goals, and Buck Boucher would provide the team toughness, leading the club with 43 penalty minutes.

Clint Benedict would have another great season, earning 14 wins and had a league best GAA of 3.08.

The team would start the season 8–2–0 and win the 1st half of the season and a spot in the O'Brien Trophy finals, but the Senators would slump to a 6–8–0 record, and would face the Toronto St. Patricks in a 2 game most goals series. The Senators, led by the strong goaltending of Clint Benedict, would win the series by a 7–0 score and face the Vancouver Millionaires in the 1921 Stanley Cup Finals.

The series would take place in Vancouver, British Columbia at Denman Arena, and a record breaking crowd of 11,000 people would see the Millionaires win the first game 2–1 to take an early series lead. The Senators would rebound, winning the next 2 before Vancouver would tie the series up at 2 with a win in game 4. Then, for the 2nd straight year, the Senators would win the 5th and deciding game, winning the 1921 Stanley Cup, and became the first team since the 1912 and 1913 Quebec Bulldogs to win back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships.

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[edit] Season standings

NHL Standings GP W L T GF GA PTS
Toronto St. Pats 24 15 9 0 105 100 30
Ottawa Senators 24 14 10 0 97 75 28
Montreal Canadiens 24 13 11 0 112 99 26
Hamilton Tigers 24 6 18 0 92 132 12

[edit] Game log

[edit] Regular Season

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 December 22 Toronto St. Pats 3–6 Ottawa Senators 1–0–0 2
2 December 27 Hamilton Tigers 1–3 Ottawa Senators 2–0–0 4
3 December 29 Ottawa Senators 8–1 Toronto St. Pats 3–0–0 6
4 January 3 Montreal Canadiens 2–8 Ottawa Senators 4–0–0 8
5 January 6 Ottawa Senators 5–1 Hamilton Tigers 5–0–0 10
6 January 8 Ottawa Senators 4–5 Montreal Canadiens 5–1–0 10
7 January 12 Montreal Canadiens 0–2 Ottawa Senators 6–1–0 12
8 January 15 Ottawa Senators 5–2 Toronto St. Pats 7–1–0 14
9 January 19 Hamilton Tigers 3–4 Ottawa Senators 8–1–0 16
10 January 22 Toronto St. Pats 5–4 Ottawa Senators 8–2–0 16
11 January 26 Ottawa Senators 3–5 Montreal Canadiens 8–3–0 16
12 January 29 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Hamilton Tigers 9–3–0 18
13 February 2 Toronto St. Pats 3–4 Ottawa Senators 10–3–0 20
14 February 5 Ottawa Senators 7–3 Hamilton Tigers 11–3–0 22
15 February 9 Hamilton Tigers 4–7 Ottawa Senators 12–3–0 24
16 February 12 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Ottawa Senators 12–4–0 24
17 February 16 Ottawa Senators 3–4 Toronto St. Pats 12–5–0 24
18 February 19 Ottawa Senators 1–8 Montreal Canadiens 12–6–0 24
19 February 23 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Ottawa Senators 12–7–0 24
20 February 26 Ottawa Senators 2–4 Toronto St. Pats 12–8–0 24
21 February 28 Ottawa Senators 2–6 Hamilton Tigers 12–9–0 24
22 March 2 Toronto St. Pats 3–2 Ottawa Senators 12–10–0 24
23 March 5 Ottawa Senators 1–0 Montreal Canadiens 13–10–0 26
24 March 7 Hamilton Tigers 5–12 Ottawa Senators 14–10–0 28

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Ottawa Senators 7, Toronto St. Pats 0

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 10 Toronto St. Pats 0–5 Ottawa Senators 1–0
2 March 14 Ottawa Senators 2–0 Toronto St. Pats 2–0

[edit] Ottawa Senators 3, Vancouver Millionaires 2

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 21 Ottawa Senators 1–2 Vancouver Millionaires 0–1
2 March 24 Ottawa Senators 4–3 Vancouver Millionaires 1–1
3 March 28 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Vancouver Millionaires 2–1
4 March 31 Ottawa Senators 2–3 Vancouver Millionaires 2–2
5 April 4 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Vancouver Millionaires 3–2

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny 24 34 5 39 10
Frank Nighbor 24 18 3 21 10
Jack Darragh 24 11 8 19 20
Buck Boucher 23 12 5 17 43
Eddie Gerard 24 11 4 15 18

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Clint Benedict 24 1462 14 10 0 75 2 3.08


[edit] References