1922–23 Ottawa Senators season

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1922–23 Ottawa
Stanley Cup Champions
O'Brien Trophy Winners
1922–23 record 14–9–1
Home record 11–0–1
Road record 3–9–0
Goals for 77
Goals against 54
General Manager Tommy Gorman
Coach Pete Green
Captain Eddie Gerard
Arena Dey's Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cy Denneny (21)
Assists Cy Denneny (10)
Points Cy Denneny (31)
Penalties in minutes Buck Boucher (44)
Wins Clint Benedict (14)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (2.18)

The 1922–23 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 38th season of play and sixth season in the NHL. They were coming off a disappointing playoff run in 1922, as they lost to the Toronto St. Pats in the NHL finals in a close, hard fought series.

Cy Denneny would once again have a strong season, scoring a team high 21 goals, and finishing 2nd in the NHL with 31 points. On February 7, Denneny would score his 143rd career goal, surpassing Joe Malone as the all-time goal scoring leader in a 3–0 Senators win over the Montreal Canadiens.

Defenceman Buck Boucher would get a career high 24 points (15 goals-9 assists), and would lead the club with 44 PIM.

Clint Benedict would once again have a very solid season, leading the league with 14 wins, 4 shutouts and a 2.18 GAA.

In the NHL finals, the Senators would face the Montreal Canadiens in a 2 game total goal series to determine the O'Brien Trophy winner, and the Sens would prevail by a close 3–2 score in the series, and go on to face the Vancouver Maroons, the host team from the PCHA.

The Maroons lost to the Edmonton Eskimos in the WCHL Finals, so they would have to face Ottawa, with the winner of this series playing Edmonton for the Stanley Cup. The series was played at Denman Arena in Vancouver, and the Senators would shut out the Maroons in the opening game. Vancouver stormed back with a big 4–1 win game 2, however, Ottawa, despite numerous injuries, would use their grit, and win the series in 4 games, and earn a berth in the finals against Edmonton.

The 1923 Stanley Cup Finals would be a best of 3 series between Ottawa and Edmonton, and the Sens started off on the right foot with a 2–1 victory in game 1. In game 2, the Senators would be led by Clint Benedict, who would shut out the Eskimos in a 1–0 victory, giving Ottawa their 3rd Stanley Cup in 4 years.

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[edit] Season standings

NHL Standings GP W L T GF GA PTS
Ottawa Senators 24 14 9 1 77 54 29
Montreal Canadiens 24 13 9 2 73 61 28
Toronto St. Pats 24 13 10 1 82 88 27
Hamilton Tigers 24 6 18 0 81 110 12

[edit] Game log

[edit] Regular Season

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 December 16 Ottawa Senators 3–4 Hamilton Tigers 0–1–0 0
2 December 20 Toronto St. Pats 2–7 Ottawa Senators 1–1–0 2
3 December 23 Ottawa Senators 3–0 Montreal Canadiens 2–1–0 4
4 December 27 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 Ottawa Senators 2–1–1 5
5 December 30 Hamilton Tigers 1–4 Ottawa Senators 3–1–1 7
6 January 3 Ottawa Senators 2–3 Toronto St. Pats 3–2–1 7
7 January 6 Toronto St. Pats 1–2 Ottawa Senators 4–2–1 9
8 January 10 Montreal Canadiens 2–6 Ottawa Senators 5–2–1 11
9 January 13 Ottawa Senators 1–8 Hamilton Tigers 5–3–1 11
10 January 17 Ottawa Senators 1–2 Montreal Canadiens 5–4–1 11
11 January 20 Hamilton Tigers 0–2 Ottawa Senators 6–4–1 13
12 January 24 Ottawa Senators 1–2 Toronto St. Pats 6–5–1 13
13 January 27 Ottawa Senators 6–5 Hamilton Tigers 7–5–1 15
14 January 31 Toronto St. Pats 1–2 Ottawa Senators 8–5–1 17
15 February 3 Ottawa Senators 1–4 Montreal Canadiens 8–6–1 17
16 February 7 Montreal Canadiens 0–3 Ottawa Senators 9–6–1 19
17 February 10 Hamilton Tigers 3–8 Ottawa Senators 10–6–1 21
18 February 14 Ottawa Senators 4–6 Toronto St. Pats 10–7–1 21
19 February 17 Montreal Canadiens 0–2 Ottawa Senators 11–7–1 23
20 February 21 Toronto St. Pats 1–6 Ottawa Senators 12–7–1 25
21 February 24 Ottawa Senators 5–1 Hamilton Tigers 13–7–1 27
22 February 28 Hamilton Tigers 3–6 Ottawa Senators 14–7–1 29
23 March 3 Ottawa Senators 0–1 Montreal Canadiens 14–8–1 29
24 March 5 Ottawa Senators 0–2 Toronto St. Pats 14–9–1 29

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Ottawa Senators 3, Montreal Canadiens 2

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 7 Ottawa Senators 2–0 Montreal Canadiens 1–0
2 March 9 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 Ottawa Senators 1–1

[edit] Ottawa Senators 3, Vancouver Maroons 1

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 16 Ottawa Senators 1–0 Vancouver Maroons 1–0
2 March 19 Ottawa Senators 1–4 Vancouver Maroons 1–1
3 March 23 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Vancouver Maroons 2–1
4 March 26 Ottawa Senators 5–1 Vancouver Maroons 3–1

[edit] Ottawa Senators 2, Edmonton Eskimos 0

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 29 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Edmonton Eskimos 1–0
2 March 31 Ottawa Senators 1–0 Edmonton Eskimos 2–0

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny 24 21 10 31 20
Buck Boucher 23 15 9 24 44
Frank Nighbor 22 11 5 16 16
Punch Broadbent 24 14 0 14 32
Jack Darragh 24 7 7 14 13

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Clint Benedict 24 1486 14 9 1 54 4 2.18


[edit] References