1929–30 Ottawa Senators season

1929–30 Ottawa Senators
Division 3rd Canadian
1929–30 record 21–15–8
Home record 13–6–3
Road record 8–9–5
Goals for 138
Goals against 118
 Team information
General Manager Dave Gill
Coach Newsy Lalonde
Captain King Clancy
Arena Ottawa Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals Hec Kilrea (36)
Assists King Clancy (23)
Points Hec Kilrea (58)
Penalties in minutes Joe Lamb (119)
Wins Alec Connell (21)
Goals against average Alec Connell (2.55)
<1928–29 1930–31>

The 1929–30 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 13th season in the NHL, 45th overall. The Senators finished third in the Canadian Division, making the playoffs, losing in the first round to the New York Rangers. It would be the original Senators last playoff appearance.

Team business

The Senators made a modification to their jerseys, adding an "O" logo to the chest of their jerseys. The club had last wore an "O" back in 1901 when they shared jerseys with the Ottawa Football Club.

According to Frank Ahearn, the Senators lost $CDN 32,000 ($433 thousand in 2015 dollars)[1] on the season. As told to King Clancy, this was the prime reason for the trade of Clancy before the next season.[2] It was part of a pattern of Ottawa selling players off to cover losses.

Regular season

The Senators would continue to have some financial difficulties, and due to poor attendance against US-based teams, the Senators moved 2 home games to Atlantic City against the New York Americans and New York Rangers, along with two to Detroit, and a game to Boston.

Hec Kilrea would lead the club with 36 goals and 58 points, while King Clancy would add 40 points (17 goals and 23 assists) from the blue line. Joe Lamb would provide toughness, leading the NHL with 119 penalty minutes, and would have a very good offensive season, finishing with 29 goals and 49 points.

Alec Connell would once again be steady in the Senators net, winning 21 games, earning three shutouts and be among the league leaders in GAA at 2.55.

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Maroons 44 23 16 5 141 114 51
Montreal Canadiens 44 21 14 9 142 114 51
Ottawa Senators 44 21 15 8 138 118 50
Toronto Maple Leafs 44 17 21 6 116 124 40
New York Americans 44 14 25 5 113 161 33

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TNovember 14, 19293–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 0–0–1
2WNovember 16, 19294–3 New York Americans (1929–30) 1–0–1
3WNovember 19, 19296–4 @ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 2–0–1
4WNovember 21, 19296–5 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 3–0–1
5WNovember 23, 19296–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 4–0–1
6WNovember 26, 19294–3 OT Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 5–0–1
7LNovember 28, 19293–4 OT @ New York Americans (1929–30) 5–1–1
8LNovember 30, 19292–3 Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 5–2–1
9WDecember 5, 19299–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 6–2–1
10TDecember 7, 19293–3 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 6–2–2
11LDecember 12, 19292–3 Boston Bruins (1929–30) 6–3–2
12LDecember 14, 19294–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 6–4–2
13LDecember 17, 19292–6 @ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 6–5–2
14TDecember 21, 19291–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 6–5–3
15LDecember 24, 19291–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 6–6–3
16ALDecember 28, 19291–3 New York Rangers (1929–30) 6–7–3
17TDecember 31, 19291–1 OT @ New York Rangers (1929–30) 6–7–4
18LJanuary 2, 19301–3 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 6–8–4
19WJanuary 4, 19304–1 New York Americans (1929–30) 7–8–4
20LJanuary 9, 19300–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 7–9–4
21WJanuary 11, 19302–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 8–9–4
22LJanuary 14, 19301–5 @ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 8–10–4
23WJanuary 16, 19302–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 9–10–4
24LJanuary 18, 19301–2 @ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 9–11–4
25WJanuary 21, 19307–4 Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 10–11–4
26LJanuary 23, 19303–6 @ New York Rangers (1929–30) 10–12–4
27WJanuary 25, 19304–0 Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 11–12–4
28LJanuary 28, 19301–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 11–13–4
29WFebruary 1, 19304–1 Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 12–13–4
30WFebruary 4, 19305–1 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 13–13–4
31TFebruary 8, 19302–2 OT New York Rangers (1929–30) 13–13–5
32TFebruary 13, 19304–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 13–13–6
33TFebruary 16, 19302–2 OT @ New York Americans (1929–30) 13–13–7
34WFebruary 18, 19303–2 Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 14–13–7
35WFebruary 20, 19305–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 15–13–7
36WFebruary 22, 19301–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 16–13–7
37WFebruary 25, 19302–0 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 17–13–7
38TFebruary 27, 19303–3 OT @ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 17–13–8
39LMarch 1, 19301–2 Boston Bruins (1929–30) 17–14–8
40WMarch 4, 19306–2 Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 18–14–8
41WMarch 8, 19303–2 Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 19–14–8
42WMarch 11, 19304–2 @ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 20–14–8
43LMarch 13, 19301–2 OT @ New York Americans (1929–30) 20–15–8
44AWMarch 15, 19308–7 New York Americans (1929–30) 21–15–8

A – Played in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Playoffs

The Senators went against the Rangers and lost 6 goals to 3, or 3–6.

New York Rangers 6, Ottawa Senators 3

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 20 New York Rangers 1–1 Ottawa Senators 0–0–1
2 March 22 Ottawa Senators 2–5 New York Rangers 0–1–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Kilrea, HecHec Kilrea LW 44 36 22 58 72
Lamb, JoeJoe Lamb RW 44 29 20 49 119
Clancy, KingKing Clancy D 44 17 23 40 83
Finnigan, FrankFrank Finnigan RW 43 21 15 36 46
Touhey, BillBill Touhey LW 44 10 3 13 24
Gagne, ArtArt Gagne RW 33 6 4 10 32
Shields, AlAl Shields D 44 6 3 9 32
Smith, AlexAlex Smith D 43 2 6 8 91
Kilrea, WallyWally Kilrea RW/C 38 4 2 6 4
Cox, DannyDanny Cox LW 24 3 2 5 20
Starr, HaroldHarold Starr D 28 2 1 3 12
Connor, HarryHarry Connor LW 25 1 2 3 22
Grosvenor, LenLen Grosvenor C/RW 15 0 3 3 19
Howe, SydSyd Howe C/LW 12 1 1 2 0
Hutton, BillBill Hutton D/RW 18 0 1 1 0
Connell, AlecAlec Connell G 44 0 0 0 0
Nighbor, FrankFrank Nighbor C 19 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Connell, AlecAlec Connell 2780 44 21 15 8 118 2.55 3
Team: 2780 44 21 15 8 118 2.55 3

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gagne, ArtArt Gagne RW 2 1 0 1 4
Starr, HaroldHarold Starr D 2 1 0 1 0
Touhey, BillBill Touhey LW 2 1 0 1 0
Clancy, KingKing Clancy D 2 0 1 1 2
Connell, AlecAlec Connell G 2 0 0 0 0
Cox, DannyDanny Cox LW 2 0 0 0 0
Finnigan, FrankFrank Finnigan RW 1 0 0 0 4
Howe, SydSyd Howe C/LW 2 0 0 0 0
Hutton, BillBill Hutton D/RW 2 0 0 0 0
Kilrea, HecHec Kilrea LW 2 0 0 0 4
Kilrea, WallyWally Kilrea RW/C 2 0 0 0 0
Lamb, JoeJoe Lamb RW 2 0 0 0 11
Shields, AlAl Shields D 2 0 0 0 0
Smith, AlexAlex Smith D 2 0 0 0 4
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Connell, AlecAlec Connell 120 2 0 1 1 6 3.00 0
Team: 120 2 0 1 1 6 3.00 0

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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;

Transactions

Trades

Date From Senators To Senators
November 1, 1929 To Buffalo (IHL)
Sammy Godin
cash
November 7, 1929 To Hamilton (IHL)
Jack Duggan
cash
November 7, 1929 To Hamilton (IHL)
Milt Halliday
cash
November 27, 1929 To Detroit Cougars
Bill Beveridge (loan)
cash
December 21, 1929 To Boston Bruins
cash
Art Gagne
December 26, 1929 To London (IHL)
Len Grosvenor (loan)
cash
January 30, 1930 To Boston Bruins
Harry Connor
Bill Hutton
January 31, 1930 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Frank Nighbor
Danny Cox,
cash

Waivers

November 18, 1929 To Ottawa Senators
Harry Connor
From New York Americans

Source: "Hockey Transactions Search Results". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved 2009-05-19.

See also

References

  1. Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada. "Consumer Price Index, historical summary". CANSIM, table (for fee) 326-0021 and Catalogue nos. 62-001-X, 62-010-X and 62-557-X. And Consumer Price Index, by province (monthly) (Canada) Last modified 2013-12-20. Retrieved January 8, 2014
  2. McFarlane 1997, p. 72.
  3. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  4. "1929-30 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.