1927–28 Ottawa Senators season

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1927–28 Ottawa
1927–28 record 20–14–10
Home record 13–4–5
Road record 7–10–5
Goals for 78
Goals against 57
General Manager Dave Gill
Coach Dave Gill
Captain Buck Boucher
Arena Ottawa Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals Frank Finnigan (20)
Assists King Clancy (7)
Points Frank Finnigan (25)
Penalties in minutes Alex Smith (90)
Wins Alec Connell (20)
Goals against average Alec Connell (1.24)

The 1927–28 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 11th season in the NHL, 43rd overall. The Senators were playing in by far the smallest market in the league, and were having problems financially due to escalating salaries. Prior to the season, the Sens would trade Hooley Smith to the Montreal Maroons in exchange for former Senators player Punch Broadbent and $22,500, and would sell defenceman Edwin Gorman to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Part of the problem for the Senators was they had problems drawing fans against US based opponents, and as a result, they would play 2 "home" games in Detroit, collecting the bulk of the gate receipts.

The Senators would be led offensively by Frank Finnigan, who scored 20 goals and 25 points, both team highs, while 20 year old Hec Kilrea would have a 23 point season. King Clancy would be the anchor of the Ottawa defense, and put up 15 points, along with 73 PIM. Cy Denneny would struggle all year long though, collecting only 3 goals, while the return of Punch Broadbent proved to be disastrous, as he only collected 5 points.

In goal, Alec Connell would have another strong season, earning 20 wins, having an NHL best 15 shutouts, and a 1.24 GAA. Connell would set an NHL record for longest shutout streak, as he did not allow a goal in 464 minutes and 29 seconds, recording 6 shutouts during the streak.

Ottawa would qualify for the playoffs to try and win their 2nd straight Stanley Cup, however, they would eliminated by the Montreal Maroons in a 2 game total goal series, losing by a combined score of 3–1.

Contents

[edit] Season standings

Canadian Division GP W L T GF GA PTS
Montreal Canadiens 44 26 11 7 116 48 59
Montreal Maroons 44 24 14 6 96 77 54
Ottawa Senators 44 20 14 10 78 57 50
Toronto Maple Leafs 44 18 18 8 89 88 44
New York Americans 44 11 27 6 63 128 28

[edit] Game log

[edit] Regular season

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 November 15 Montreal Maroons 2–1 Ottawa Senators 0–1–0 0
2 November 17 Ottawa Senators 1–2 New York Rangers 0–2–0 0
3 November 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 1–3 Ottawa Senators 1–2–0 2
4 November 22 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Detroit Cougars 2–2–0 4
5 November 23 Ottawa Senators 2–0 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2–0 6
6 November 26 Ottawa Senators 0–1 Montreal Maroons 3–3–0 6
7 November 29 New York Rangers 2–1 Ottawa Senators 3–4–0 6
8 December 3 Boston Bruins 2–3 Ottawa Senators 4–4–0 8
9 December 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–0 Ottawa Senators 4–4–1 9
10 December 10 Ottawa Senators 0–0 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4–2 10
11 December 13 Ottawa Senators 1–2 New York Americans 4–5–2 10
12 December 15 New York Americans 1–4 Ottawa Senators 5–5–2 12
13 December 17 Montreal Maroons 0–1 Ottawa Senators 6–5–2 14
14 December 20 Ottawa Senators 0–1 Boston Bruins 6–6–2 14
15 December 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 Ottawa Senators 6–6–3 15
16 December 27 Montreal Canadiens 0–0 Ottawa Senators 6–6–4 16
17 December 31 Detroit Cougars 2–6 Ottawa Senators 7–6–4 18
18 January 7 New York Americans 1–4 Ottawa Senators 8–6–4 20
19 January 10 Ottawa Senators 0–3 Montreal Canadiens 8–7–4 20
20 January 14 Boston Bruins 4–2 Ottawa Senators 8–8–4 20
21 January 17 Ottawa Senators 1–1 Montreal Maroons 8–8–5 21
22 January 19 Ottawa Senators 1–3 Pittsburgh Pirates 8–9–5 21
23 January 21 Ottawa Senators 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–10–5 21
24 January 24 Ottawa Senators 2–0 New York Americans 9–10–5 23
25 January 26 Chicago Black Hawks 6–9 Ottawa Senators 10–10–5 25
26 January 28 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Montreal Canadiens 11–10–5 27
27 January 31 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–4 Ottawa Senators 12–10–5 29
28 February 2 Montreal Maroons 0–1 Ottawa Senators 13–10–5 31
29 February 7 Ottawa Senators 0–0 New York Rangers 13–10–6 32
30 February 9 New York Rangers 0–0 Ottawa Senators 13–10–7 33
31 February 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 0–0 Ottawa Senators 13–10–8 34
32 February 18 Montreal Canadiens 0–1 Ottawa Senators 14–10–8 36
33 February 22 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks 15–10–8 38
34 February 23 Ottawa Senators 0–0 Detroit Cougars 15–10–9 39
35 February 25 Ottawa Senators 2–0 Pittsburgh Pirates 16–10–9 41
36 February 28 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 Ottawa Senators 16–11–9 41
37 March 3 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 Ottawa Senators 17–11–9 43
38 March 6 Ottawa Senators 0–1 Boston Bruins 17–12–9 43
39 March 10 Detroit Cougars 1–3 Ottawa Senators 18–12–9 45
40 March 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 Ottawa Senators 18–12–10 46
41 March 15 Ottawa Senators 5–2 New York Americans 19–12–10 48
42 March 17 Ottawa Senators 1–3 Montreal Maroons 19–13–10 48
43 March 22 New York Americans 0–5 Ottawa Senators 20–13–10 50
44 March 24 Ottawa Senators 0–4 Montreal Canadiens 20–14–10 50

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Montreal Maroons 3, Ottawa Senators 1

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 27 Montreal Maroons 1–0 Ottawa Senators 0–1
2 March 29 Ottawa Senators 1–2 Montreal Maroons 0–2

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Frank Finnigan 39 20 5 25 34
Hec Kilrea 43 19 4 23 66
King Clancy 38 8 7 15 73
Alex Smith 44 9 4 13 90
Frank Nighbor 42 8 5 13 46

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Alec Connell 44 2760 20 14 10 57 15 1.24

[edit] Playoff stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Hec Kilrea 2 1 0 1 6
Frank Finnigan 2 0 1 1 2

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Alec Connell 2 120 0 2 0 3 0 1.50


[edit] References