1913–14 Ottawa Senators season

1913–14 Ottawa Senators
League 4th NHA
1913–14 record 11–9–0
Home record 7–3–0
Road record 4–6–0
Goals for 65
Goals against 71
 Team information
General Manager Frank Shaughnessy
Coach Alf Smith
Arena The Arena
Team leaders
Goals Jack Darragh (22)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (3.3)
<1912–13 1914–15>

The 1913–14 Ottawa Senators season was the 29th season of the Ottawa Hockey Club, sixth season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). Ottawa placed fourth in the NHA, and did not qualify for the playoffs.

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Team business

The season was profitable for the club. Receipts were recorded as $25,000, allowing the club to pay off a $4,000 debt from the previous season and record a $3,000 surplus.[1]

Pre-season

Lichtenhein of the Wanderers offered to sell Harry Hyland to Ottawa for $1,500, but was turned down.[2]

Regular season

Highlights

Ottawa put together a seven game winning streak but it was not enough as the Canadiens, Toronto and Quebec placed ahead of Ottawa. Percy LeSueur played well in a splitting of the goaltender duties with Clint Benedict, but the team did not have enough offence, scoring only 65 goals in 20 games.

Final standings

National Hockey Association
GP W L T P GF GA
Toronto Hockey Club 20 13 7 0 26 93 65
Montreal Canadiens 20 13 7 0 26 85 65
Quebec Bulldogs 20 12 8 0 24 111 73
Ottawa Senators 20 11 9 0 22 65 71
Montreal Wanderers 20 7 13 0 14 102 125
Toronto Ontarios 20 4 16 0 8 61 118

[3]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, P = Points, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Game log

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Record
Dec. 27 Quebec 3 Ottawa 2 0–1
30 Ottawa 2 Ontarios 3 0–2
Jan. 3 Wanderers 3 Ottawa 8 1–2
7 Canadiens 0 Ottawa 6 2–2
10 Ottawa 3 Toronto 2 (20' overtime) 3–2
14 Ontarios 5 Ottawa 6 4–2
17 Ottawa 7 Wanderers 1 5–2
21 Ottawa 3 Canadiens 2 6–2
24 Toronto 1 Ottawa 4 7–2
28 Ottawa 1 Quebec 7 7–3
31 Quebec 3 Ottawa 4 8–3
Feb. 4 Ottawa 1 Toronto 2 8–4
7 Wanderers 4 Ottawa 2 8–5
11 Ontarios 1 Ottawa 3 9–5
14 Ottawa 0 Canadiens 1 (6'40" overtime) 9–6
18 Toronto 4 Ottawa 1 9–7
21 Ottawa 3 Wanderers 12 9–8
25 Canadiens 5 Ottawa 6 (30' overtime) 9–9
28 Ottawa 3 Ontarios 2 10–9
Mar. 4 Ottawa 0 Quebec 10 10–10

Goalkeeper Averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Benedict, Clint Ottawa 7 23 3.3
LeSueur, Percy Ottawa 13 48 1 3.7

Scoring leaders

Name GP G
Jack Darragh 20 23
Skene Ronan 18 18
Harry Broadbent 17 6
Jack Darragh 11 6
Hamby Shore 17 6

Playoffs

The Senators did not qualify for the playoffs.

The Vancouver Millionaires came east for exhibition games, playing in Ottawa on 7 March 1914, defeating Ottawa 7–3 with former Ottawa star Fred Taylor excelling for Vancouver.[4]

Roster

Source: Kitchen, pp. 344-345

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ottawa Club Had Best Season Of Its Career". The Globe (Toronto): p. 13. April 2, 1914. 
  2. ^ "Want To Sell Hyland". Daily Telegraph: p. 11. December 19, 1913. 
  3. ^ Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc.. National Hockey League. p. 255. 
  4. ^ ""Cyclone" Fred Taylor Toyed with Ottawa". The Globe: p. 11. 1914-03-09.