1925–26 Ottawa Senators season

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1925–26 Ottawa
1925–26 record 24–8–4
Home record 15–2–1
Road record 9–6–3
Goals for 77
Goals against 42
General Manager Dave Gill
Coach Alex Currie
Captain Cy Denneny
Arena Ottawa Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals Cy Denneny (24)
Assists Frank Nighbor (13)
Points Cy Denneny (36)
Penalties in minutes King Clancy (80)
Wins Alec Connell (24)
Goals against average Alec Connell (1.12)

The 1925–26 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 41st season of play and 9th season in the NHL. The NHL would see the Hamilton Tigers franchise fold, and their players would be purchased by the New York Americans expansion team, while the Pittsburgh Pirates would also join the NHL, making it a 7 team league.

Prior to the season, Tommy Gorman and Ted Dey sold their interests in the team to T. Franklin Ahearn, who then hired Dave Gill to be the GM, and former Senators player Alex Currie as head coach. Ottawa, who missed the playoffs the previous season, would go on to finish with a league best 24–8–4 record, and earn a bye in the first round of the playoffs, however, they were upset by the Montreal Maroons in the Prince of Wales Trophy finals, losing the 2 game total goal series 2–1.

Cy Denneny would once again lead the club offensively, scoring 24 goals and 36 points, while Frank Nighbor would win the Lady Byng Trophy for the 2nd straight season.

Clint Benedict would lead the NHL with 24 wins, and had 15 shutouts, an NHL record at the time, along with a 1.12 GAA.

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[edit] Season standings

NHL Standings GP W L T GF GA PTS
Ottawa Senators 36 24 8 4 77 42 52
Montreal Maroons 36 20 11 5 91 73 45
Pittsburgh Pirates 36 19 16 1 82 70 39
Boston Bruins 36 17 15 4 92 85 38
New York Americans 36 12 20 4 68 89 28
Toronto St. Pats 36 12 21 3 92 114 27
Montreal Canadiens 36 11 24 1 79 108 23

[edit] Game log

[edit] Regular Season

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 November 28 Montreal Maroons 2–3 Ottawa Senators 1–0–0 2
2 December 3 Boston Bruins 0–2 Ottawa Senators 2–0–0 4
3 December 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 0–1 Ottawa Senators 3–0–0 6
4 December 10 New York Americans 0–3 Ottawa Senators 4–0–0 8
5 December 12 Ottawa Senators 2–5 Montreal Maroons 4–1–0 8
6 December 15 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Boston Bruins 5–1–0 10
7 December 17 Montreal Canadiens 0–3 Ottawa Senators 6–1–0 12
8 December 23 Toronto St. Pats 2–4 Ottawa Senators 7–1–0 14
9 December 26 Ottawa Senators 3–0 Montreal Canadiens 8–1–0 16
10 December 30 Ottawa Senators 5–0 Pittsburgh Pirates 9–1–0 18
11 January 1 Ottawa Senators 0–3 Toronto St. Pats 9–2–0 18
12 January 5 Montreal Maroons 0–4 Ottawa Senators 10–2–0 20
13 January 7 Ottawa Senators 1–1 Montreal Maroons 10–2–1 21
14 January 11 Ottawa Senators 1–0 New York Americans 11–2–1 23
15 January 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 0–1 Ottawa Senators 12–2–1 25
16 January 19 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Montreal Canadiens 13–2–1 27
17 January 21 New York Americans 2–3 Ottawa Senators 14–2–1 29
18 January 26 Ottawa Senators 8–2 Boston Bruins 15–2–1 31
19 January 28 Montreal Canadiens 2–4 Ottawa Senators 16–2–1 33
20 January 30 Ottawa Senators 1–0 New York Americans 17–2–1 35
21 February 2 Ottawa Senators 0–1 Pittsburgh Pirates 17–3–1 35
22 February 4 Boston Bruins 3–2 Ottawa Senators 17–4–1 35
23 February 6 Ottawa Senators 1–4 Toronto St. Pats 17–5–1 35
24 February 11 Toronto St. Pats 1–2 Ottawa Senators 18–5–1 37
25 February 16 Ottawa Senators 1–0 Montreal Canadiens 19–5–1 39
26 February 18 Montreal Canadiens 2–4 Ottawa Senators 20–5–1 41
27 February 20 Montreal Maroons 0–0 Ottawa Senators 20–5–2 42
28 February 23 Ottawa Senators 1–1 Montreal Maroons 20–5–3 43
29 February 27 Boston Bruins 2–3 Ottawa Senators 21–5–3 45
30 March 2 New York Americans 3–1 Ottawa Senators 21–6–3 45
31 March 4 Ottawa Senators 1–0 New York Americans 22–6–3 47
32 March 6 Ottawa Senators 0–1 Boston Bruins 22–7–3 47
33 March 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 0–3 Ottawa Senators 23–7–3 49
34 March 13 Ottawa Senators 1–1 Toronto St. Pats 23–7–4 50
35 March 15 Ottawa Senators 0–2 Pittsburgh Pirates 23–8–4 50
36 March 17 Toronto St. Pats 0–4 Ottawa Senators 24–8–4 52

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Montreal Maroons 2, Ottawa Senators 1

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 25 Ottawa Senators 1–1 Montreal Maroons 0–0–1
2 March 27 Montreal Maroons 1–0 Ottawa Senators 0–1–1

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny 36 24 12 36 18
Hooley Smith 28 16 9 25 53
Frank Nighbor 35 12 13 25 40
King Clancy 35 8 4 12 80
Buck Boucher 36 8 4 12 64

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Alec Connell 36 2251 24 8 4 42 15 1.12


[edit] References

v • d • e
1925–26 NHL season by team
NHL
Boston • Mtl Canadiens • Mtl Maroons • NY Americans • Ottawa • Pittsburgh • Toronto
See also
Stanley Cup Playoffs • Transactions