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| League | National Hockey Association |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | December 26, 1914 – March 13, 1915 |
| Number of games | 20 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Regular season | |
| Top scorer | Tommy Smith (39) |
| O'Brien Cup | |
| O'Brien Cup champions | Ottawa Senators |
| Runners-up | Montreal Wanderers |
| NHA seasons | |
| ← 1913–14 | |
The 1914–15 NHA season was the sixth season of the National Hockey Association and played from December 26, 1914 until March 3, 1915. Each team played 20 games. The Ottawa Senators won the NHA championship in a two game, total goal playoff against the Montreal Wanderers. The Senators, however fell to the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in the Stanley Cup championship. It was the second 'World's Series' between the NHA and the PCHA for the Stanley Cup.
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At a meeting on March 30, 1914, held with the PCHA executives, the league decided:
Source: Toronto Globe[1]
At the November meeting of the league, the NHA decided:
Prior to the season Art Ross was suspended for trying to organize a rival league, with higher players's salaries. The organizing attempt was not successful, and by January 7, Mr. Ross was reinstated. He signed with Ottawa.
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The Ontarios changed their team name to Shamrocks from the February 3 game forward.
Ottawa traded Percy LeSueur to the Ontarios for Fred Lake.
A record long overtime game was played in Quebec on January 13 between Quebec and the Canadiens. Quebec defeated Montreal 3–2 after 50 minutes and 28 seconds of overtime, on a goal by Jack McDonald. Coach Jack Laviolette had to take over for Georges Vezina after Vezina was penalized.[2]
The Ontarios had to forfeit their February 3 game with the Wanderers after the McNamara brothers took a personal leave to attend their fathers' funeral. Owner Eddie Livingstone of the Ontarios asked for a postponement but the Wanderers refused.[2]
A game on February 17 between Toronto and Ottawa turned into a brawl before Toronto police arrested Art Ross and Roy McGiffen to calm the proceedings.[2]
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
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| Ottawa Senators | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 65 |
| Montreal Wanderers | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 127 | 82 |
| Quebec Bulldogs | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 85 | 85 |
| Toronto Hockey Club | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 66 | 84 |
| Toronto Ontarios-Shamrocks | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 76 | 96 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 65 | 81 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Montreal and Ottawa played a two-game total-goals series to determine the league championship and the O'Brien Cup.
| Game-by-Game | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location | ||
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| 1 | March 10 | Ottawa Senators | 4–0 | Montreal Wanderers | Ottawa | |
| 2 | March 13 | Montreal Wanderers | 1–0 | Ottawa Senators | Montreal | |
| Senators win series 4–1. | ||||||
The Wanderers, Canadiens and Bulldogs played an exhibition series in New York and Boston. The Ontarios and Torontos played an exhibitions series in Cleveland, Ohio.[4]
The 1914–15 season was the second year of an agreement by the NHA and the PCHA where the champion of each league would compete for the Stanley Cup. All three games in this series were played in Vancouver, British Columbia, with the Millionaires sweeping the best of five series in three games.
| Game-by-Game | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Rules Used | Location | |
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| 1 | March 22 | Vancouver Millionaires | 6–2 | Ottawa Senators | PCHA | Denman Arena, Vancouver |
| 2 | March 24 | Vancouver Millionaires | 8–3 | Ottawa Senators | NHA | |
| 3 | March 26 | Vancouver Millionaires | 12–3 | Ottawa Senators | PCHA | |
| Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 games to 0 | ||||||
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
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| Dec. | 26 | Ottawa | 4 | Quebec | 1 |
| 26 | Wanderers | 11 | Ontarios | 6 | |
| 26 | Toronto | 4 | Canadiens | 3 | |
| 30 | Ontarios | 1 | Ottawa | 4 | |
| 30 | Wanderers | 5 | Toronto | 2 | |
| 30 | Quebec | 8 | Canadiens | 7 | |
| Jan. | 2 | Ottawa | 6 | Wanderers | 15 |
| 2 | Canadiens | 1 | Ontarios | 4 | |
| 2 | Toronto | 2 | Quebec | 6 | |
| 6 | Ottawa | 4 | Canadiens | 2 | |
| 6 | Ontarios | 3 | Toronto | 4 | |
| 6 | Wanderers | 5 | Quebec | 6 | |
| 9 | Toronto | 1 | Ottawa | 2 (18' OT) | |
| 9 | Quebec | 2 | Ontarios | 3 (5' OT) | |
| 9 | Canadiens | 4 | Wanderers | 5 (6'45" OT) | |
| 13 | Ottawa | 3 | Ontarios | 5 | |
| 13 | Toronto | 3 | Wanderers | 11 | |
| 13 | Canadiens | 2 | Quebec | 3 (50'20" OT) | |
| 16 | Wanderers | 3 | Ottawa | 4 | |
| 16 | Quebec | 1 | Toronto | 3 | |
| 16 | Ontarios | 7 | Canadiens | 1 | |
| 20 | Canadiens | 1 | Ottawa | 3 | |
| 20 | Toronto | 4 | Ontarios | 3 | |
| 20 | Quebec | 2 | Wanderers | 5 | |
| 23 | Canadiens | 7 | Wanderers | 2 | |
| 23 | Ontarios | 1 | Quebec | 4 | |
| 23 | Ottawa | 2 | Toronto | 4 | |
| 27 | Quebec | 2 | Ottawa | 7 | |
| 27 | Canadiens | 1 | Toronto | 2 | |
| 27 | Ontarios | 4 | Wanderers | 14 | |
| 30 | Ottawa | 3 | Quebec | 1 | |
| 30 | Wanderers | 2 | Toronto | 8 | |
| 30 | Ontarios | 3 | Canadiens | 4 | |
| Feb. | 3 | Toronto | 2 | Ottawa | 7 |
| 3 | Wanderers | Ontarios | † | ||
| 3 | Quebec | 2 | Canadiens | 5 | |
| 6 | Ottawa | 1 | Wanderers | 8 | |
| 6 | Ontarios | 5 | Quebec | 9 | |
| 6 | Canadiens | 4 | Toronto | 3 | |
| 10 | Ottawa | 6 | Ontarios | 2 | |
| 10 | Toronto | 5 | Quebec | 7 | |
| 10 | Canadiens | 3 | Wanderers | 6 | |
| 13 | Canadiens | 3 | Ottawa | 5 | |
| 13 | Quebec | 6 | Wanderers | 4 | |
| 13 | Toronto | 3 | Ontarios | 6 | |
| 17 | Ottawa | 3 | Toronto | 1 | |
| 17 | Ontarios | 7 | Wanderers | 10 | |
| 17 | Canadiens | 2 | Quebec | 6 | |
| 20 | Wanderers | 5 | Ottawa | 1 | |
| 20 | Toronto | 2 | Canadiens | 7 | |
| 20 | Quebec | 6 | Ontarios | 10 | |
| 24 | Ottawa | 2 | Canadiens | 3 | |
| 24 | Wanderers | 4 | Quebec | 5 (2' OT) | |
| 24 | Ontarios | 1 | Toronto | 5 | |
| 27 | Ontarios | 2 | Ottawa | 3 | |
| 27 | Quebec | 5 | Toronto | 4 | |
| 27 | Wanderers | 7 | Canadiens | 3 | |
| Mar. | 3 | Quebec | 3 | Ottawa | 4 (25" OT) |
| 3 | Toronto | 4 | Wanderers | 5 | |
| 3 | Canadiens | 2 | Ontarios | 3 |
† Defaulted to Wanderers.
Source: Coleman, pp. 272–273.
| Player | Team | GP | G |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Smith | Quebec & Ontarios | 19 | 39 |
| Didier Pitre | Canadiens | 20 | 30 |
| Gordon Roberts | Wanderers | 18 | 29 |
| Harry Broadbent | Ottawa | 24 | 26 |
| Harry Hyland | Wanderers | 24 | 26 |
| Sprague Cleghorn | Wanderers | 19 | 21 |
| Cully Wilson | Blueshirts | 20 | 21 |
| Odie Cleghorn | Wanderers | 15 | 21 |
| Skene Ronan | Ontarios-Shamrocks | 18 | 20 |
| Rusty Crawford | Quebec | 20 | 19 |
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
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| Benedict, Clint | Ottawa | 20 | 65 | 3.3 | |
| Vezina, Georges | Canadiens | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | |
| Holmes, Harry | Toronto | 20 | 84 | 4.2 | |
| Moran, Paddy | Quebec | 20 | 85 | 4.3 | |
| McCarthy, Charlie | Wanderers | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | |
| LeSueur, Percy | Ontarios-Shamrocks | 19 | 96 | 5.1 | |
| Boyce, Art | Wanderers | 2 | 6 | 7.20 |
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