1919–20 Ottawa Senators season

1919–20 Ottawa Senators
Stanley Cup champions
1919–20 record 9–3–0 (1st half)
10–2–0 (2nd half)
Home record 12–1–0
Road record 7–4–0
Goals for 121
Goals against 64
Team information
General Manager Tommy Gorman
Coach Pete Green
Captain Eddie Gerard
Arena The Arena
Team leaders
Goals Frank Nighbor (26)
Assists Frank Nighbor (7)
Points Frank Nighbor (33)
Penalties in minutes Sprague Cleghorn (62)
Wins Clint Benedict (19)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (2.66)

The 1919–20 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 35th season of play and third season in the NHL. It was a very successful season, as they set an NHL record for wins (19), points (38), and won both halves of the season, therefore the Sens automatically were awarded the NHL championship and the right to play in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Senators defeated Seattle to win their eighth Stanley Cup title.

Regular season

Team picture as published in 1921 Ice Hockey Guide

The Quebec Bulldogs team was relaunched and added to the league and the schedule changed from 18 games to 24. Also, the Toronto Arenas would get new ownership and be renamed the Toronto St. Pats.

Frank Nighbor led the Sens offensively with 26 goals, good for 3rd in the NHL, and his 33 points ranked him 4th. Clint Benedict would set an NHL record with 5 shutouts, and he led the league in both wins (19) and GAA (2.66).

Final standings

First half
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Ottawa Senators12930185923
Montreal Canadiens12840166251
Toronto St. Patricks12570105262
Quebec Athletics12210044481
Second half
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Ottawa Senators121020206241
Toronto St. Patricks12750146744
Montreal Canadiens12570106762
Quebec Athletics12210044796

[1] 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

1919-20 NHL Records
Team MON OTT QUE TOR
Montreal —1–77–15–3
Ottawa 7–1—7–15–3
Quebec 1–71–7—2–6
Toronto 3–53–56–2—

Playoffs

Ottawa won both halves of the schedule, and no NHL playoffs were played.

Stanley Cup Finals

The Senators would face the Seattle Metropolitans for the Stanley Cup, with all games scheduled to be played in Ottawa. However an unseasonably warm spring in the Ottawa area led to some problems with the ice at Dey's Arena, and the final two games were moved to Toronto's Arena Gardens, which had artificial ice equipment.

Despite playing in a neutral arena, the Senators would hold on, and win the series 3 games to 2 over Seattle, including a convincing 6–1 victory in the deciding game, to win the Stanley Cup for the first time as a member of the NHL.

Ottawa Senators 3, Seattle Metropolitans 2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 22Seattle Metropolitans2–3Ottawa Senators1–0
2March 24Seattle Metropolitans0–3Ottawa Senators2–0
3March 27Seattle Metropolitans3–1Ottawa Senators2–1
4March 30Seattle Metropolitans5–2Ottawa Senators2–2
5April 1Seattle Metropolitans1–6Ottawa Senators3–2

Schedule and results

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1December 23Toronto St. Pats0–3Ottawa Senators1–0–02
2December 27Montreal Canadiens0–2Ottawa Senators2–0–04
3January 1Ottawa Senators3–2Quebec Bulldogs3–0–06
4January 3Ottawa Senators3–4Toronto St. Pats3–1–06
5January 7Montreal Canadiens3–4Ottawa Senators4–1–08
6January 10Quebec Bulldogs1–7Ottawa Senators5–1–010
7January 14Ottawa Senators2–1Quebec Bulldogs6–1–012
8January 17Ottawa Senators2–3Montreal Canadiens6–2–012
9January 21Quebec Bulldogs1–12Ottawa Senators7–2–014
10January 24Ottawa Senators3–5Toronto St. Pats7–3–014
11January 28Toronto St. Pats0–7Ottawa Senators8–3–016
12January 31Montreal Canadiens3–11Ottawa Senators9–3–018
13February 4Ottawa Senators5–0Quebec Bulldogs10–3–020
14February 7Toronto St. Pats4–3Ottawa Senators10–4–020
15February 11Montreal Canadiens3–4Ottawa Senators11–4–022
16February 14Ottawa Senators3–2Montreal Canadiens12–4–024
17February 18Quebec Bulldogs3–9Ottawa Senators13–4–026
18February 21Ottawa Senators5–3Toronto St. Pats14–4–028
19February 25Montreal Canadiens3–6Ottawa Senators15–4–030
20February 28Ottawa Senators1–0Toronto St. Pats16–4–032
21March 3Toronto St. Pats4–7Ottawa Senators17–4–034
22March 6Ottawa Senators4–3Montreal Canadiens18–4–036
23March 8Quebec Bulldogs6–11Ottawa Senators19–4–038
24March 10Ottawa Senators4–10Quebec Bulldogs19–5–038

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Frank Nighbor232673318
Jack Darragh222252722
Punch Broadbent201942339
Sprague Cleghorn211652162
Cy Denneny221621821

Goaltending

PlayerGPMinIWLTGASOGAA
Jack Darragh12000000.00
Clint Benedict24144319506452.66
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

Ottawa Senators 1920 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff:

  • Edwin Ted Dey, (president/Owner)
  • Frank Ahearn, (hon. president/Owner)
  • Tommy Gorman, (manager/secretary/Owner)
  • Pete Green, (coach)
  • Frank Dolan, (trainer)
  • Lorne Graham, (team doctor)[2]
  • ‡ Played rover position in the Stanley Cup Finals
  • $-Also played Defence

Stanley Cup engraving

The Senators did not engrave their name on the Cup for the 1920 championship. When the trophy was redesigned in 1948 the words "1920 Ottawa Senators" were engraved onto a new collar.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "All Pro Players Under Similar Obligation". The Globe. January 1, 1920. p. 12.
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