1913–14 Ottawa Senators season

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.

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

^[3]

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

Schedule and results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record
Dec.	27	Quebec	3	Ottawa	2	0–1
Dec.	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

Clint Benedict (goal)
Percy LeSueur (goal)

Source: Kitchen, pp. 344–345

References

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

Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL.
Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle: The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators – 1883–1935. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-46-5.

Ottawa Hockey Club / Ottawa Senators (original) seasons

1880s	1880–81 . 1881–82 . 1882–83 . 1883–84 1884–85 . 1885–86 . 1886–87 . 1887–88 . 1888–89 1889–90

1890s	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00

1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 . 1931–32 . 1932–33 1933–34 St. Louis

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup or other championship

1913–14 NHA season by team

NHA	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Wanderers Ottawa Quebec Toronto Toronto Ontarios

See also	Transactions