1910–11 Ottawa Hockey Club season

1910–11 Ottawa Hockey Club
Stanley Cup champions
O'Brien Cup winners
1910–11 record 13–3–0
Home record 7–1–0
Road record 6–2–0
Goals for 122
Goals against 69
 Team information
General Manager R. R. Boon
Coach Pete Green
Captain Marty Walsh
Arena The Arena
Average attendance 4,500[1]
Team leaders
Goals Marty Walsh (37)
Wins Percy LeSueur (13)
Goals against average Percy LeSueur (4.3)
<1909–10 1911–12>

The 1910–11 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's 26th season, second in the National Hockey Association. Ottawa won the league championship for the O'Brien Cup and took over the Stanley Cup from the Montreal Wanderers.

Regular season

The team opened the season with ten consecutive wins, not losing until February in Renfrew. This matched the club record of ten consecutive wins set in 1909–10. Marty Walsh and "Dubbie" Kerr led the league in goals with 37 and 32.

Final standings

National Hockey Association
  GP W L T GF GA
Ottawa Hockey Club 16 13 3 0 122 69
Montreal Canadiens 16 8 8 066 62
Renfrew Creamery Kings 16 8 80 91 101
Montreal Wanderers 16 7 90 73 88
Quebec Bulldogs 16 4 120 65 97

[2]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Schedule and results

No. Date Visitor Score Home Score Record
December
1 31 Ottawa 5 Canadiens 3 1–0
January
2 7 Wanderers 5 Ottawa 10 2–0
3 10 Ottawa 5 Renfrew 4 3–0
4 14 Quebec 5 Ottawa 13 4–0
5 21 Canadiens 4 Ottawa 5 (overtime) 5–0
6 24 Renfrew 5 Ottawa 19 6–0
7 28 Ottawa 8 Wanderers 2 7–0
February
8 4 Ottawa 6 Quebec 4 8–0
9 11 Wanderers 4 Ottawa 9 9–0
10 18 Ottawa 7 Quebec 2 10–0
11 24 Ottawa 7 Renfrew 8 10–1
12 28 Quebec 2 Ottawa 6 11–1
March
13 2 Ottawa 7 Wanderers 11 11–2
14 4 Renfrew 7 Ottawa 6 11–3
15 8 Ottawa 4 Canadiens 3 12–3
16 10 Canadiens 0 Ottawa 5 13–3

Player statistics

Goalkeeper averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Percy LeSueur Ottawa 16 69 1 4.3

Leading scorers

Name Club GP G
Marty Walsh Ottawa 16 37
"Dubbie" Kerr Ottawa 16 32
Bruce Ridpath Ottawa 16 22
Jack Darragh Ottawa 16 18

Stanley Cup challenges

Ottawa played two challenges after the season at The Arena in Ottawa.

Galt vs. Ottawa

Five members of the Galt team were from the Ottawa area or had played for Ottawa: Hague, Baird, Murphy, Smith and Berlinguette. Odds given before the game had Ottawa as 3–1 favourites. Bruce Ridpath who had been knocked out in the final game of the season played in the challenge game.[3] Only 2,500 attended the game, which was described as a 'poor exhibition' with 'water covering the ice in several places.' Ottawa led 5–0 before Galt scored two. The teams traded goals to the finish to make the final 7–4.[4]

March 13, 1911
Galt 4 at Ottawa 7
Billy Hague G Percy LeSueur
Billy Baird P Fred Lake 1
Mike Murphy CP Hamby Shore
Tommy Smith 1 F Jack Darragh
Ken Mallen F Marty Walsh 3
Louis Berlinguette 2 F Bruce Ridpath 2
Fred Doherty 1 F "Dubbie" Kerr 1

Referee: Russell Bowie Umpire: Duncan Campbell

Port Arthur vs. Ottawa

Marty Walsh was a "one-man wrecking crew", scoring ten goals against Port Arthur.

March 16, 1911
Port Arthur 4 at Ottawa 13
H. Zeigler G Percy LeSueur
McDonough P Fred Lake
Eddie Carpenter 1 CP Hamby Shore
Jack Walker 1 F Jack Darragh
O'Leary F Marty Walsh 10
W. McGregor 1 F Bruce Ridpath 2
Wellington 1 F "Dubbie" Kerr 1

Ottawa Hockey Club 1911 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

  Centres
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders


  Coaching and administrative staff
  • Thomas D'Arcy McGee† (President), Llewellyn Bates† (Vice President)
  • Pete Green† (Coach), Patrick Baskerville† (Treasurer)
  • Martin Rosenthal† (Secretary), Mac McGilton† (Trainer)
  • George Bryson†, Fred Carling†, Charles Irvin† (Directors)
  • Dave Mulligan†, Charles Sparks† (Directors)


† Missing from the team picture. The only team picture found of the Ottawa Hockey Club in 1911 includes 9 of the 10 players, and no non-playing members.

Stanley Cup engraving

Ottawa put their names on the cup in 1909 and 1910 but did not in 1911. It was not until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1911 Ottawa Senators" was put onto its then-new collar.

See also

References

  1. "Puckerings". The Globe. March 14, 1911. p. 10.
  2. Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 210.
  3. "Puckerings". The Globe. March 13, 1911. p. 10.
  4. "Ottawa 7, Galt 4". The Globe. March 14, 1911. p. 10.
Preceded by
Montreal Wanderers
March 1910
Ottawa Hockey Club
Stanley Cup Champions

1911
Succeeded by
Quebec Bulldogs
1912