1914–15 Ottawa Senators season

1914–15 Ottawa Senators
O'Brien Cup winners
League 1st NHA
1914–15 record 14–6–0
Goals for 74
Goals against 65
 Team information
General Manager Frank Shaughnessy
Coach Alf Smith
Arena The Arena
Team leaders
Goals Harry Broadbent (26)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (3.3)
<1913–14 1915–16>

The 1914–15 Ottawa Senators season was the Ottawa Hockey Club's 30th season of play since its founding in 1883 (with some inactive years in the 1880s). After placing fourth in 1913–14, the Senators improved to win the NHA title, but lost the Stanley Cup 'World Series' playoff to the Vancouver Millionaires, played in Vancouver.

Contents

Team business

The Senators traded Percy LeSueur to the Ontarios for Fred Lake.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey Association
GP W L T GF GA
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

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

Game log

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Record
Dec. 26 Ottawa 4 Quebec 1 1–0
30 Ontarios 1 Ottawa 4 2–0
Jan. 2 Ottawa 6 Wanderers 15 2–1
6 Ottawa 4 Canadiens 2 3–1
9 Toronto 1 Ottawa 2 (18' OT) 4–1
13 Ottawa 3 Ontarios 5 4–2
16 Wanderers 3 Ottawa 4 5–2
20 Canadiens 1 Ottawa 3 6–2
23 Ottawa 2 Toronto 4 6–3
27 Quebec 2 Ottawa 7 7–3
30 Ottawa 3 Quebec 1 8–3
Feb. 3 Toronto 2 Ottawa 7 9–3
6 Ottawa 1 Wanderers 8 9–4
10 Ottawa 6 Ontarios 2 10–4
13 Canadiens 3 Ottawa 5 11–4
17 Ottawa 3 Toronto 1 12–4
20 Wanderers 5 Ottawa 1 12–5
24 Ottawa 2 Canadiens 3 12–6
27 Ontarios 2 Ottawa 3 13–6
Mar. 3 Quebec 3 Ottawa 4 (25" OT) 14–6

Source: Coleman, pp. 272–273.

Scoring leaders

Player Team GP G
Harry Broadbent Ottawa 24 26

Goalkeeper Averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Benedict, Clint Ottawa 20 65 3.3

Playoffs

League championship

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
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

Stanley Cup Final

Main article: 1915 Stanley Cup Final

The 1914–15 season was the first year of an agreement by the Cup's trustees, the NHA and the PCHA where the champion of each league would compete for the Stanley Cup. It marked the end of the challenge era, and began a twelve-year period where the NHA/NHL champion would have to compete against a Western league for the 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
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

See also

References

  1. ^ Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc.. National Hockey League. p. 273. 
1880s

1880–81
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup or other championship
NHA
Montreal Canadiens • Montreal Wanderers • Ottawa • Quebec • Toronto • Toronto Ontarios
See also
Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions