1918–19 Ottawa Senators season

1918–19 Ottawa Senators
1918–19 record 5–5–0 (1st half)
7–1–0 (2nd half)
Home record 8–1–0
Road record 4–5–0
Goals for 71
Goals against 53
Team information
General Manager Tommy Gorman
Coach Alf Smith
Captain Jack Darragh
Arena The Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cy Denneny and Frank Nighbor (18)
Assists Sprague Cleghorn and Eddie Gerard (6)
Points Cy Denneny and Frank Nighbor (22)
Penalties in minutes Cy Denneny (43)
Wins Clint Benedict (12)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (2.91)

The 1918–19 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 34th season, second in the National Hockey League (NHL), and they would see much improvement over the previous season. The season was cut short by the Toronto Arenas suspending operations, leaving the Senators and Montreal Canadiens to play the first best-of-seven playoff series to determine the NHL championship, won by Montreal.

Team business

The club's ownership and arena arrangements changed in the off-season. Prior to the season, Ted Dey, as arena owner, held out the use of The Arena in negotiations with the Ottawa Hockey Club, of which he was one-third partner. Martin Rosenthal and Tommy Gorman, his hockey club partners, tried to use the Aberdeen Pavilion again. Meanwhile, Dey signed an agreement with Percy Quinn, who held an option on the Quebec city hockey club to rent The Arena for a new 'Canadian Hockey Association' league. This however was a ruse. However, his ruse worked to his advantage in negotiating with the Ottawa HC. When it became clear that the Aberdeen would not be converted back to hockey, Rosenthal gave up his share of the hockey club. As part of an agreement reached out, Dey and Gorman now became equal partners in the new 'Ottawa Arena Club' which would operate the Ottawa hockey club in the NHL. The Ottawas were now bound to the Arena for the next five years as well. Rosenthal was provided $500 as compensation for his share.[1]

Dey was sued by Percy Quinn for his actions and trial took place in December 1918 and January 1919 in Toronto. Quinn lost his legal case as the option on the Arena was not enough of a contract to prove legal fraud on Dey's part, who continued to offer a place in the Arena to Quinn. By this time, Quinn's proposed league had failed as the players had signed with Dey and Gorman and elsewhere with the NHL.[2]

Regular season

Senators player Hamby Shore would die of pneumonia before the season began on October 14, 1918. He was a victim of the influenza epidemic that spread across North America from 1918 to 1919. Shore was 32 years old.

After a 5–5–0 record in the first half of the season, the Senators would go on to a 7–1–0 record in the second half.

Cy Denneny and Frank Nighbor would lead the team with 18 goals and 22 points each, while Clint Benedict would win a league best 12 games, along with his NHL leading 2.91 GAA.

After the season, the club travelled to Vancouver to play a best-of-three against the Millionaires, winning the exhibition series three games to two.

Final standings

First Half
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Montreal Canadiens10730145750
Ottawa Senators10550103939
Toronto Arenas1037064249
Second Half
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Ottawa Senators8710143214
Montreal Canadiens835063128
Toronto Arenas826042243

[3] 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.

Record vs. opponents

1918-19 NHL Records
Team MON OTT TOR
Montreal —4–56–3
Ottawa 5–4—7–2
Toronto 3–62–7—

Playoffs

The Senators went against the Canadiens for the championship and they lost 13 goals to 7, or 7–13.

Schedule and results

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
First half
1December 21Ottawa Senators5–2Montreal Canadiens1–0–02
2December 26Toronto Arenas2–5Ottawa Senators2–0–04
3December 31Ottawa Senators2–4Toronto Arenas2–1–04
4January 2Montreal Canadiens2–7Ottawa Senators3–1–06
5January 4Ottawa Senators2–5Montreal Canadiens3–2–06
6January 9Toronto Arenas2–4Ottawa Senators4–2–08
7January 14Ottawa Senators2–5Toronto Arenas4–3–08
8January 16Montreal Canadiens10–6Ottawa Senators4–4–08
9January 18Ottawa Senators3–5Montreal Canadiens4–5–08
10January 23Toronto Arenas2–3Ottawa Senators5–5–010
Second half
11January 25Ottawa Senators1–0Montreal Canadiens1–0–02
12January 28Ottawa Senators2–1Toronto Arenas2–0–04
13January 30Montreal Canadiens2–3Ottawa Senators3–0–06
14February 6Toronto Arenas1–3Ottawa Senators4–0–08
15February 8Ottawa Senators3–4Montreal Canadiens4–1–018
16February 13Montreal Canadiens0–7Ottawa Senators5–1–010
17February 18Ottawa Senators4–3Toronto Arenas6–1–012
18February 20Toronto Arenas3–9Ottawa Senators7–1–014

Playoffs

Montreal Canadiens 4, Ottawa Senators 1
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1February 23Ottawa Senators4–8Montreal Canadiens0–1
2February 27Montreal Canadiens5–3Ottawa Senators0–2
3March 2Ottawa Senators3–6Montreal Canadiens0–3
4March 3Montreal Canadiens3–6Ottawa Senators1–3
5March 6Ottawa Senators2–4Montreal Canadiens1–4

Playing stats

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny181842243
Frank Nighbor181842227
Jack Darragh141211327
Sprague Cleghorn18661227
Eddie Gerard18461017

Goaltending

PlayerGPMinWLTGASOGAA
Sprague Cleghorn13000000.00
Clint Benedict18111312605422.91
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;

Roster

Source: NHL.com[4]

See also

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
  1. ↑ Kitchen 2008, pp. 217–219.
  2. ↑ Kitchen 2008, p. 219.
  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. 145. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  4. ↑ "1918–19 Ottawa Senators". NHL.com.
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