1924–25 Ottawa Senators season

The 1924–25 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 40th season of play and eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Ottawa would finish in fourth place in the league, failing to make the playoffs for the first time since the 1917–18 NHL season, ending a streak of six straight seasons.

Team business

The team's ownership changed once again, a year after Ted Dey gave up the business. Frank Ahearn and Tommy Gorman reached an impasse in the management of the team. Both attempted to buy out the other. In December, Ahearn accepted Gorman's $50,000 offer for the club. In January, Gorman's offer was off, after control over all shares was not arranged. However, this may have been used as an escape clause out of the agreement, as Gorman was later to accept a position with the New York Americans. Instead, Ahearn bought out Gorman for $35,000 and Ahearn's share of the Connaught Park Racetrack in Aylmer, Quebec.^[1]

Off-season

The NHL would expand to six teams, as the Montreal Maroons and the first US-based team, the Boston Bruins, joined the league. The NHL also added more games to the schedule, going from 24 to 30.

Regular season

Cy Denneny would have another spectacular season, leading the NHL in assists, finishing 2nd to Babe Dye of the Toronto St. Pats in points, and finishing 3rd to Dye and Aurel Joliat of the Montreal Canadiens in goals.

During the season, the Senators and Hamilton Tigers would play in the first ever scoreless game in NHL regular season history on December 17.

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Hamilton Tigers	30	19	10	1	90	60	39
Toronto St. Patricks	30	19	11	0	90	84	38
Montreal Canadiens	30	17	11	2	93	56	36
Ottawa Senators	30	17	12	1	83	66	35
Montreal Maroons	30	9	19	2	45	65	20
Boston Bruins	30	6	24	0	49	119	12

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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

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	November 29	Ottawa Senators	3–5	Hamilton Tigers	0–1–0	0
2	December 3	Montreal Canadiens	1–2	Ottawa Senators	1–1–0	2
3	December 6	Ottawa Senators	1–3	Montreal Maroons	1–2–0	2
4	December 10	Toronto St. Pats	6–3	Ottawa Senators	1–3–0	2
5	December 15	Ottawa Senators	10–2	Boston Bruins	2–3–0	4
6	December 17	Hamilton Tigers	0–0	Ottawa Senators	2–3–1	5
7	December 20	Ottawa Senators	2–3	Montreal Canadiens	2–4–1	5
8	December 23	Montreal Maroons	2–1	Ottawa Senators	2–5–1	5
9	December 27	Ottawa Senators	4–3	Toronto St. Pats	3–5–1	7
10	January 1	Boston Bruins	2–5	Ottawa Senators	4–5–1	9
11	January 3	Hamilton Tigers	0–2	Ottawa Senators	5–5–1	11
12	January 7	Ottawa Senators	2–0	Montreal Canadiens	6–5–1	13
13	January 10	Montreal Maroons	0–4	Ottawa Senators	7–5–1	15
14	January 14	Ottawa Senators	2–3	Toronto St. Pats	7–6–1	15
15	January 17	Boston Bruins	2–3	Ottawa Senators	8–6–1	17
16	January 21	Ottawa Senators	4–5	Hamilton Tigers	8–7–1	17
17	January 24	Montreal Canadiens	3–2	Ottawa Senators	8–8–1	17
18	January 28	Ottawa Senators	2–1	Montreal Maroons	9–8–1	19
19	January 31	Toronto St. Pats	2–1	Ottawa Senators	9–9–1	19
20	February 3	Ottawa Senators	3–1	Boston Bruins	10–9–1	21
21	February 7	Hamilton Tigers	2–3	Ottawa Senators	11–9–1	23
22	February 11	Ottawa Senators	3–10	Montreal Canadiens	11–10–1	23
23	February 14	Montreal Maroons	2–3	Ottawa Senators	12–10–1	25
24	February 18	Ottawa Senators	2–4	Toronto St. Pats	12–11–1	25
25	February 21	Boston Bruins	0–3	Ottawa Senators	13–11–1	27
26	February 25	Ottawa Senators	0–2	Hamilton Tigers	13–12–1	27
27	February 28	Montreal Canadiens	0–1	Ottawa Senators	14–12–1	29
28	March 4	Ottawa Senators	5–1	Montreal Maroons	15–12–1	31
29	March 7	Toronto St. Pats	0–3	Ottawa Senators	16–12–1	33
30	March 9	Ottawa Senators	4–1	Boston Bruins	17–12–1	35

Playoffs

Ottawa did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Denneny, CyCy Denneny	LW	29	27	15	42	16
Smith, HooleyHooley Smith	C/RW	30	10	13	23	81
Clancy, KingKing Clancy	D	29	14	7	21	61
Boucher, GeorgesGeorges Boucher	D	28	15	5	20	95
Gorman, EdEd Gorman	D	28	11	4	15	49
Nighbor, FrankFrank Nighbor	C	26	5	5	10	18
Campbell, EarlEarl Campbell	D	29	0	0	0	0
Connell, AlecAlec Connell	G	30	0	0	0	2
Finnigan, FrankFrank Finnigan	RW	29	0	0	0	22
Graham, LethLeth Graham	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Helman, HarryHarry Helman	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Hitchman, LionelLionel Hitchman	D	12	0	0	0	2
Smith, AlexAlex Smith	D	7	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Connell, AlecAlec Connell	1852	30	17	12	1	66	2.14	7
Clancy, KingKing Clancy	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	1854	30	17	12	1	66	2.14	7

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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;

Awards and records

After the season, Frank Nighbor was the first winner of the Lady Byng Trophy, awarded to the player with the best sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with performance in play.

Transactions

Before the season, the Senators and Maroons made a trade, as the Senators sent Clint Benedict and Punch Broadbent to Montreal for cash. The Sens would then sign Alec Connell to play goal for them.

Roster

Boucher, Georges (D)
Campbell, Earl (D)
Clancy, King (D)
Connell, Alec (G)
Denneny, Cy (L)
Finnigan, Frank (R)
Gorman, Ed (D)
Graham, Leth (L)
Helman, Harry (R)
Hitchman, Lionel (D)
Ironstone, Joe (G)
Nighbor, Frank (C)
Smith, Alex (D)
Smith, Hooley (C)

Source: NHL.com^[4]

References

Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-46-5.
SHRP Sports
The Internet Hockey Database
National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

Notes

↑ Kitchen, pp. 230–232
↑ 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.
↑ "1924-25 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
↑ "1924–25 Ottawa Senators". Retrieved 2008-06-17.

Ottawa Hockey Club / Ottawa Senators (original) seasons

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

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See also	Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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