1920–21 Ottawa Senators season

1920–21 Ottawa Senators
Stanley Cup champions
1920–21 record 8–2–0 (1st half)
6–8–0 (2nd half)
Home record 8–4–0
Road record 6–6–0
Goals for 97
Goals against 75
Team information
General Manager Tommy Gorman
Coach Pete Green
Captain Eddie Gerard
Arena The Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cy Denneny (34)
Assists Jack McKell (10)
Points Cy Denneny (39)
Penalties in minutes Buck Boucher (43)
Wins Clint Benedict (14)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (3.08)

The 1920–21 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 36th season of play, fourth season in the NHL, and they were out to defend their 1920 Stanley Cup championship. The club would win the NHL championship and defeat Vancouver in the Stanley Cup Final to win the club's ninth Stanley Cup.

Regular season

Cy Denneny led the club offensively, scoring 34 goals, which was the 2nd highest total in the NHL, and his 39 points ranked him 3rd in the entire league. Denneny had a 6-goal game against the Hamilton Tigers on March 7.

Frank Nighbor had another great season with 18 goals, and Buck Boucher provided the team toughness, leading the club with 43 penalty minutes.

Clint Benedict also had a great season, earning 14 wins and a league best GAA of 3.08.

The team started the season 8–2–0 and won the 1st half of the season and a spot in the O'Brien Cup finals, but the Senators slumped to a 6–8–0 record in the second half leading to a playoff with the Toronto St. Patricks in a two-game total-goals series.

On December 30, 1920, the Senators were ordered to give up Sprague Cleghorn to Toronto, on the orders of the league. The league ruled that the Senators were over the total salary limit for players and Cleghorn was ordered to report to Toronto. The same day, the league ruled that Punch Broadbent would have to go to Hamilton to complete a trade made before the season, but not completed.[1] Both players refused to report to their new teams. Cleghorn eventually reported to Toronto, but returned to Ottawa in time to play in the playoffs. Broadbent resumed play for Ottawa in the second half of the season.

Final standings

First Half
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Ottawa Senators10820164923
Toronto St. Patricks10550103947
Montreal Canadiens1046083751
Hamilton Tigers1037063438
Second Half
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Toronto St. Patricks141040206653
Montreal Canadiens14950187548
Ottawa Senators14680124852
Hamilton Tigers14311065894

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

Record vs. opponents

1920-21 NHL Records
Team HAM MON OTT TOR
Hamilton —3–51–72–6
Montreal 5–3—5–33–5
Ottawa 7–13–5—4–4
Toronto 6–25–34–4—

Schedule and results

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1December 22Toronto St. Pats3–6Ottawa Senators1–0–02
2December 27Hamilton Tigers1–3Ottawa Senators2–0–04
3December 29Ottawa Senators8–1Toronto St. Pats3–0–06
4January 3Montreal Canadiens2–8Ottawa Senators4–0–08
5January 6Ottawa Senators5–1Hamilton Tigers5–0–010
6January 8Ottawa Senators4–5Montreal Canadiens5–1–010
7January 12Montreal Canadiens0–2Ottawa Senators6–1–012
8January 15Ottawa Senators5–2Toronto St. Pats7–1–014
9January 19Hamilton Tigers3–4Ottawa Senators8–1–016
10January 22Toronto St. Pats5–4Ottawa Senators8–2–016
11January 26Ottawa Senators3–5Montreal Canadiens8–3–016
12January 29Ottawa Senators2–1Hamilton Tigers9–3–018
13February 2Toronto St. Pats3–4Ottawa Senators10–3–020
14February 5Ottawa Senators7–3Hamilton Tigers11–3–022
15February 9Hamilton Tigers4–7Ottawa Senators12–3–024
16February 12Montreal Canadiens3–1Ottawa Senators12–4–024
17February 16Ottawa Senators3–4Toronto St. Pats12–5–024
18February 19Ottawa Senators1–8Montreal Canadiens12–6–024
19February 23Montreal Canadiens3–1Ottawa Senators12–7–024
20February 26Ottawa Senators2–4Toronto St. Pats12–8–024
21February 28Ottawa Senators2–6Hamilton Tigers12–9–024
22March 2Toronto St. Pats3–2Ottawa Senators12–10–024
23March 5Ottawa Senators1–0Montreal Canadiens13–10–026
24March 7Hamilton Tigers5–12Ottawa Senators14–10–028

Playoffs

In the NHL Championship, the Senators faced the Toronto St. Patricks in a 2-game total-goals series. The Senators, led by the strong goaltending of Clint Benedict, would win the series by a 7–0 score and face the Vancouver Millionaires in the 1921 Stanley Cup Finals.

Ottawa Senators 7, Toronto St. Pats 0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 10Toronto St. Pats0–5Ottawa Senators1–0
2March 14Ottawa Senators2–0Toronto St. Pats2–0

Ottawa Senators 3, Vancouver Millionaires 2

The series would take place in Vancouver, British Columbia at Denman Arena, and a record breaking crowd of 11,000 people would see the Millionaires win the first game 2–1 to take an early series lead. The Senators would rebound, winning the next two before Vancouver would tie the series up at two with a win in game four. Then, for the second straight year, the Senators would win the fifth and deciding game, winning the 1921 Stanley Cup, and became the first team since the 1912 and 1913 Quebec Bulldogs to win back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships.

All of the contests in the series, which went to the full five games, were decided by only one goal. The Millionaires won games one and four with victories of 2–1 and 3–2, respectively. The Senators were victorious in games two and three with 4–3 and 3–2 wins. Then in the fifth game, Jack Darragh scored both of Ottawa's goals in the 2–1 victory to clinch the Cup.

Darragh led the Senators in scoring with five goals during the series, while goaltender Clint Benedict only allowed just 12 goals in the five games, earning a 2.40 goals-against average.

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 21Ottawa Senators1–2Vancouver Millionaires0–1
2March 24Ottawa Senators4–3Vancouver Millionaires1–1
3March 28Ottawa Senators3–2Vancouver Millionaires2–1
4March 31Ottawa Senators2–3Vancouver Millionaires2–2
5April 4Ottawa Senators2–1Vancouver Millionaires3–2

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny243453910
Frank Nighbor241832110
Jack Darragh241181920
Buck Boucher231251743
Eddie Gerard241141518

Goaltending

PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Clint Benedict241462141007523.08
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 1921 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff:

  • Edwin "Ted" Dey (President/Owner)
  • Tommy Gorman (Manager/Secretary/Owner)
  • Pete Green(Coach)
  • Frank Dolan (Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

  • &-Also played Defence.
  • ‡ Played rover position in the Stanley Cup Finals

Just like the previous season, the Senators never engraved their name on the Cup for their 1921 championship. It was not until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1921 Ottawa Senators" was put onto its then-new collar.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "This Should Help To Balance Race". The Globe. December 31, 1920. p. 12.
  2. ↑ 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.
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