1922–23 Ottawa Senators season

1922–23 Ottawa Senators
Stanley Cup champions
O'Brien Cup winners
1922–23 record	14–9–1
Home record	11–0–1
Road record	3–9–0
Goals for	77
Goals against	54
Team information
General Manager	Tommy Gorman
Coach	Pete Green
Captain	Eddie Gerard
Arena	The Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Cy Denneny (21)
Assists	Cy Denneny (10)
Points	Cy Denneny (31)
Penalties in minutes	Buck Boucher (44)
Wins	Clint Benedict (14)
Goals against average	Clint Benedict (2.18)
<1921–22 1923–24>

The 1922–23 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 38th season of play and sixth season in the NHL. They were coming off a disappointing playoff run in 1922, as they lost to the Toronto St. Pats in the NHL finals in a close, hard fought series. The Senators would finish first in the standings, defeat Montreal in the playoffs, defeat Vancouver in the Stanley Cup semi-finals and defeat Edmonton to win their tenth Stanley Cup title.

Regular season

Cy Denneny would once again have a strong season, scoring a team high 21 goals, and finishing 2nd in the NHL with 31 points. On February 7, Denneny would score his 143rd career goal, surpassing Joe Malone as the all-time goal scoring leader in a 3–0 Senators win over the Montreal Canadiens.

Defenceman Buck Boucher would get a career high 24 points (15 goals-9 assists), and would lead the club with 44 PIM.

Clint Benedict would once again have a very solid season, leading the league with 14 wins, 4 shutouts and a 2.18 GAA.

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	24	14	9	1	29	77	54
Montreal Canadiens	24	13	9	2	28	73	61
Toronto St. Patricks	24	13	10	1	27	82	88
Hamilton Tigers	24	6	18	0	12	81	110

^[1][2] Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	December 16	Ottawa Senators	3–4	Hamilton Tigers	0–1–0	0
2	December 20	Toronto St. Pats	2–7	Ottawa Senators	1–1–0	2
3	December 23	Ottawa Senators	3–0	Montreal Canadiens	2–1–0	4
4	December 27	Montreal Canadiens	2–2	Ottawa Senators	2–1–1	5
5	December 30	Hamilton Tigers	1–4	Ottawa Senators	3–1–1	7
6	January 3	Ottawa Senators	2–3	Toronto St. Pats	3–2–1	7
7	January 6	Toronto St. Pats	1–2	Ottawa Senators	4–2–1	9
8	January 10	Montreal Canadiens	2–6	Ottawa Senators	5–2–1	11
9	January 13	Ottawa Senators	1–8	Hamilton Tigers	5–3–1	11
10	January 17	Ottawa Senators	1–2	Montreal Canadiens	5–4–1	11
11	January 20	Hamilton Tigers	0–2	Ottawa Senators	6–4–1	13
12	January 24	Ottawa Senators	1–2	Toronto St. Pats	6–5–1	13
13	January 27	Ottawa Senators	6–5	Hamilton Tigers	7–5–1	15
14	January 31	Toronto St. Pats	1–2	Ottawa Senators	8–5–1	17
15	February 3	Ottawa Senators	1–4	Montreal Canadiens	8–6–1	17
16	February 7	Montreal Canadiens	0–3	Ottawa Senators	9–6–1	19
17	February 10	Hamilton Tigers	3–8	Ottawa Senators	10–6–1	21
18	February 14	Ottawa Senators	4–6	Toronto St. Pats	10–7–1	21
19	February 17	Montreal Canadiens	0–2	Ottawa Senators	11–7–1	23
20	February 21	Toronto St. Pats	1–6	Ottawa Senators	12–7–1	25
21	February 24	Ottawa Senators	5–1	Hamilton Tigers	13–7–1	27
22	February 28	Hamilton Tigers	3–6	Ottawa Senators	14–7–1	29
23	March 3	Ottawa Senators	0–1	Montreal Canadiens	14–8–1	29
24	March 5	Ottawa Senators	0–2	Toronto St. Pats	14–9–1	29

Playoffs

In the NHL finals, the Senators would face the Montreal Canadiens in a two-game total-goals series to determine the O'Brien Cup winner, and the Sens would prevail by a close 3–2 score in the series, and go on to face the Vancouver Maroons, the host team from the PCHA.

Ottawa Senators 3, Montreal Canadiens 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 7	Ottawa Senators	2–0	Montreal Canadiens	1–0
2	March 9	Montreal Canadiens	2–1	Ottawa Senators	1–1

The Maroons lost to the Edmonton Eskimos in the WCHL Finals, so they would have to face Ottawa, with the winner of this series playing Edmonton for the Stanley Cup. The series was played at Denman Arena in Vancouver, and the Senators would shut out the Maroons in the opening game. Vancouver stormed back with a big 4–1 win game 2, however, Ottawa, despite numerous injuries, would use their grit, and win the series in 4 games, and earn a berth in the finals against Edmonton.

Ottawa Senators 3, Vancouver Maroons 1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 16	Ottawa Senators	1–0	Vancouver Maroons	1–0
2	March 19	Ottawa Senators	1–4	Vancouver Maroons	1–1
3	March 23	Ottawa Senators	3–2	Vancouver Maroons	2–1
4	March 26	Ottawa Senators	5–1	Vancouver Maroons	3–1

Ottawa Senators 2, Edmonton Eskimos 0

The 1923 Stanley Cup Finals would be a best of three series between Ottawa and Edmonton, and the Sens started off on the right foot with a 2–1 victory in game one. In game two, the Senators would be led by Clint Benedict, who would shut out the Eskimos in a 1–0 victory, giving Ottawa their third Stanley Cup in four years.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 29	Ottawa Senators	2–1	Edmonton Eskimos	1–0
2	March 31	Ottawa Senators	1–0	Edmonton Eskimos	2–0

• Games played at Denman Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia

Victorious return to Ottawa

The Senators returned home on Friday, April 6, 1923 from Vancouver. Greeted by Ottawa Mayor Plant, and accompanied by the Governor-Generals Foot Guards and the Ottawa Silver Band, the team paraded through Ottawa's downtown streets.^[3] A banquet was held for the team on Monday, April 19, where each of the ten team members received a gold watch. According to Mayor Plant, "this is a citizens' banquet, not a civic one, as the citizens believe you have given Ottawa the best advertising it has ever had."^[4]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cy Denneny	24	23	11	34	28
Georges Boucher	24	14	9	23	58
Eddie Gerard	23	6	13	19	12
Frank Nighbor	22	11	7	18	14
Punch Broadbent	24	14	1	15	34
Jack Darragh	24	6	9	15	10
King Clancy	24	3	2	5	20
Lionel Hitchman	3	0	1	1	12
Clint Benedict	24	0	0	0	2
Harry Helman	24	0	0	0	5

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Clint Benedict	1486	24	14	9	1	54	2.18				4
Team:	1486	24	14	9	1	54	2.18				4

^[5]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Ottawa Senators 1923 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

Stanley Cup engraving

The Senators never did engrave their name on the Cup for their 1923 championship. It was not until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1923 Ottawa Senators" was put onto its then-new collar.

See also

• 1922–23 NHL season
• List of Stanley Cup champions

References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

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