1926–27 Ottawa Senators season

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1926–27 Ottawa
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
Canadian Division Champions
Division 1st Canadian
1926–27 record 30–10–4
Home record 16–5–1
Road record 14–5–3
Goals for 86
Goals against 69
General Manager Dave Gill
Coach Dave Gill
Captain Buck Boucher
Arena Ottawa Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals Cy Denneny (17)
Assists King Clancy (10)
Points Cy Denneny (23)
Penalties in minutes Hooley Smith (125)
Wins Alec Connell (30)
Goals against average Alec Connell (1.49)

The 1926–27 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 10th season of play in the NHL, 42nd overall. The league would expand by 3 teams, as the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers would all join the league to make it a 10 team league. The NHL also would divide the 10 teams into 2 divisions, and the Senators found themselves in the Canadian Division. This was also the first season that the Stanley Cup was awarded to the champion of the NHL.

Prior to the start of the season, the Senators relieved head coach Alex Currie from his duties as General Manager Dave Gill would step behind the bench and become the head coach. The Senators would then go on to win 30 games and earn 64 points, both the highest in the NHL and capture the Prince of Wales Trophy, win the Canadian Division title, and earn a bye in the opening round of the playoffs. Also, Buck Boucher would take over the team captaincy from Cy Denneny.

Denneny would go on to lead the club once again offensively, scoring 17 goals and 23 points, while Hooley Smith would have a team record 125 penalty minutes. Alec Connell would lead the NHL in wins (30) and be among the league leaders in GAA (1.49) and shutouts (13).

The Montreal Canadiens would defeat their cross town rivals, the Montreal Maroons and face the Senators in a 2 game total goal series, and Ottawa would win it by a score of 5–1, and match up against the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Led by Cy Denneny and Alec Connell, the Senators would win a tough 4 game series over the Bruins, winning the Stanley Cup for the 4th time in 7 years, and 9th overall including the pre-NHL years.

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[edit] Season standings

Canadian Division GP W L T GF GA PTS
Ottawa Senators 44 30 10 4 86 69 64
Montreal Canadiens 44 28 14 2 99 67 58
Montreal Maroons 44 20 20 4 71 68 44
New York Americans 44 17 25 2 82 91 36
Toronto St. Pats 44 15 24 5 79 94 35

[edit] Game log

[edit] Regular Season

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 November 18 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Montreal Canadiens 1–0–0 2
2 November 20 New York Americans 1–2 Ottawa Senators 2–0–0 4
3 November 25 Ottawa Senators 2–2 Toronto St. Pats 2–0–1 5
4 November 27 Montreal Maroons 0–1 Ottawa Senators 3–0–1 7
5 November 30 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Boston Bruins 4–0–1 9
6 December 4 Montreal Canadiens 1–4 Ottawa Senators 5–0–1 11
7 December 7 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks 6–0–1 13
8 December 9 Ottawa Senators 3–1 Detroit Cougars 7–0–1 15
9 December 11 Toronto St. Pats 1–2 Ottawa Senators 8–0–1 17
10 December 14 Ottawa Senators 2–0 New York Americans 9–0–1 19
11 December 16 Detroit Cougars 5–0 Ottawa Senators 9–1–1 19
12 December 18 Ottawa Senators 0–0 Montreal Maroons 9–1–2 20
13 December 23 New York Rangers 0–1 Ottawa Senators 10–1–2 22
14 December 28 Ottawa Senators 3–2 New York Rangers 11–1–2 24
15 January 1 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Ottawa Senators 12–1–2 26
16 January 4 Ottawa Senators 1–2 Boston Bruins 12–2–2 26
17 January 8 Ottawa Senators 2–0 Montreal Canadiens 13–2–2 28
18 January 11 Toronto St. Pats 1–4 Ottawa Senators 14–2–2 30
19 January 13 Ottawa Senators 3–1 Pittsburgh Pirates 15–2–2 32
20 January 15 Boston Bruins 4–5 Ottawa Senators 16–2–2 34
21 January 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 6–1 Ottawa Senators 16–3–2 34
22 January 22 Montreal Maroons 0–1 Ottawa Senators 17–3–2 36
23 January 25 Ottawa Senators 1–6 New York Americans 17–4–2 36
24 January 27 Detroit Cougars 1–3 Ottawa Senators 18–4–2 38
25 January 29 Ottawa Senators 0–0 Montreal Maroons 18–4–3 39
26 February 1 New York Americans 4–2 Ottawa Senators 18–5–3 39
27 February 5 Chicago Black Hawks 1–2 Ottawa Senators 19–5–3 41
28 February 9 Ottawa Senators 3–5 Chicago Black Hawks 19–6–3 41
29 February 12 Ottawa Senators 1–0 Toronto St. Pats 20–6–3 43
30 February 15 New York Rangers 2–2 Ottawa Senators 20–6–4 44
31 February 17 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Detroit Cougars 21–6–4 46
32 February 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 0–1 Ottawa Senators 22–6–4 48
33 February 22 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Ottawa Senators 23–6–4 50
34 February 24 Ottawa Senators 1–0 New York Rangers 24–6–4 52
35 February 26 Ottawa Senators 2–3 New York Americans 24–7–4 52
36 March 3 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Pittsburgh Pirates 25–7–4 54
37 March 5 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 Ottawa Senators 25–8–4 54
38 March 10 Montreal Maroons 1–0 Ottawa Senators 25–9–4 54
39 March 12 New York Americans 3–4 Ottawa Senators 26–9–4 56
40 March 15 Ottawa Senators 1–4 Montreal Canadiens 26–10–4 56
41 March 17 Boston Bruins 0–1 Ottawa Senators 27–10–4 58
42 March 19 Ottawa Senators 2–0 Toronto St. Pats 28–10–4 60
43 March 24 Toronto St. Pats 0–4 Ottawa Senators 29–10–4 62
44 March 26 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Montreal Maroons 30–10–4 64

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Ottawa Senators 5, Montreal Canadiens 1

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 2 Ottawa Senators 4–0 Montreal Canadiens 1–0
2 April 4 Montreal Canadiens 1–1 Ottawa Senators 1–0–1

[edit] Ottawa Senators 2, Boston Bruins 0

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 7 Ottawa Senators 0–0 Boston Bruins 0–0–1
2 April 9 Ottawa Senators 3–1 Boston Bruins 1–0–1
3 April 11 Boston Bruins 1–1 Ottawa Senators 1–0–2
4 April 13 Boston Bruins 1–3 Ottawa Senators 2–0–2

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny 42 17 6 23 16
King Clancy 43 9 10 19 78
Hec Kilrea 42 11 7 18 48
Frank Finnigan 36 15 1 16 52
Hooley Smith 43 9 6 15 125

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Alec Connell 44 2782 30 10 4 69 13 1.49

[edit] Playoff stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny 6 5 0 5 0
Frank Finnigan 6 3 0 3 0
Hooley Smith 6 1 1 2 12
King Clancy 6 1 1 2 4
Frank Nighbor 6 1 1 2 0

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Alec Connell 6 400 3 0 3 4 2 0.60


[edit] References