1922–23 Ottawa Senators season

1922–23 Ottawa Senators
Stanley Cup champions
1922–23 record 14–9–1
Home record 11–0–1
Road record 3–9–0
Goals for 77
Goals against 54
Team information
General Manager Tommy Gorman
Coach Pete Green
Captain Eddie Gerard
Arena The Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cy Denneny (21)
Assists Cy Denneny (10)
Points Cy Denneny (31)
Penalties in minutes Buck Boucher (44)
Wins Clint Benedict (14)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (2.18)

The 1922–23 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 38th season of play and sixth season in the NHL. They were coming off a disappointing playoff run in 1922, as they lost to the Toronto St. Pats in the NHL finals in a close, hard-fought series. The Senators would finish first in the standings, defeat Montreal in the playoffs, defeat Vancouver in the Stanley Cup semi-finals and defeat Edmonton to win their tenth Stanley Cup title.

Regular season

Cy Denneny would once again have a strong season, scoring a team high 21 goals, and finishing 2nd in the NHL with 31 points. On February 7, Denneny would score his 143rd career goal, surpassing Joe Malone as the all-time goal scoring leader in a 3–0 Senators win over the Montreal Canadiens.

Defenceman Buck Boucher would get a career high 24 points (15 goals-9 assists), and would lead the club with 44 PIM.

Clint Benedict would once again have a very solid season, leading the league with 14 wins, 4 shutouts and a 2.18 GAA.

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Ottawa Senators241491297754
Montreal Canadiens241392287361
Toronto St. Patricks2413101278288
Hamilton Tigers2461801281110

[1][2] 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

1922-23 NHL Records
Team HAM MON OTT TOR
Hamilton —2–62–62–6
Montreal 6–2—3–4–14–3–1
Ottawa 6–24–3–1—4–4
Toronto 6–23–4–14–4—

Schedule and results

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1December 16Ottawa Senators3–4Hamilton Tigers0–1–00
2December 20Toronto St. Pats2–7Ottawa Senators1–1–02
3December 23Ottawa Senators3–0Montreal Canadiens2–1–04
4December 27Montreal Canadiens2–2Ottawa Senators2–1–15
5December 30Hamilton Tigers1–4Ottawa Senators3–1–17
6January 3Ottawa Senators2–3Toronto St. Pats3–2–17
7January 6Toronto St. Pats1–2Ottawa Senators4–2–19
8January 10Montreal Canadiens2–6Ottawa Senators5–2–111
9January 13Ottawa Senators1–8Hamilton Tigers5–3–111
10January 17Ottawa Senators1–2Montreal Canadiens5–4–111
11January 20Hamilton Tigers0–2Ottawa Senators6–4–113
12January 24Ottawa Senators1–2Toronto St. Pats6–5–113
13January 27Ottawa Senators6–5Hamilton Tigers7–5–115
14January 31Toronto St. Pats1–2Ottawa Senators8–5–117
15February 3Ottawa Senators1–4Montreal Canadiens8–6–117
16February 7Montreal Canadiens0–3Ottawa Senators9–6–119
17February 10Hamilton Tigers3–8Ottawa Senators10–6–121
18February 14Ottawa Senators4–6Toronto St. Pats10–7–121
19February 17Montreal Canadiens0–2Ottawa Senators11–7–123
20February 21Toronto St. Pats1–6Ottawa Senators12–7–125
21February 24Ottawa Senators5–1Hamilton Tigers13–7–127
22February 28Hamilton Tigers3–6Ottawa Senators14–7–129
23March 3Ottawa Senators0–1Montreal Canadiens14–8–129
24March 5Ottawa Senators0–2Toronto St. Pats14–9–129

Playoffs

In the NHL finals, the Senators would face the Montreal Canadiens in a two-game total-goals series to determine the O'Brien Cup winner, and the Sens would prevail by a close 3–2 score in the series, and go on to face the Vancouver Maroons, the host team from the PCHA.

Ottawa Senators 3, Montreal Canadiens 2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 7Ottawa Senators2–0Montreal Canadiens1–0
2March 9Montreal Canadiens2–1Ottawa Senators1–1

The Maroons lost to the Edmonton Eskimos in the WCHL Finals, so they would have to face Ottawa, with the winner of this series playing Edmonton for the Stanley Cup. The series was played at Denman Arena in Vancouver, and the Senators would shut out the Maroons in the opening game. Vancouver stormed back with a big 4–1 win in game two, however, Ottawa, despite numerous injuries, would use their grit, and win the series in four games, and earn a berth in the finals against Edmonton.

Ottawa Senators 3, Vancouver Maroons 1
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 16Ottawa Senators1–0Vancouver Maroons1–0
2March 19Ottawa Senators1–4Vancouver Maroons1–1
3March 23Ottawa Senators3–2Vancouver Maroons2–1
4March 26Ottawa Senators5–1Vancouver Maroons3–1
Ottawa Senators 2, Edmonton Eskimos 0

The 1923 Stanley Cup Finals would be a best of three series between Ottawa and Edmonton, and the Sens started off on the right foot with a 2–1 victory in game one. In game two, the Senators would be led by Clint Benedict, who would shut out the Eskimos in a 1–0 victory, giving Ottawa their third Stanley Cup in four years.

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 29Ottawa Senators2–1Edmonton Eskimos1–0
2March 31Ottawa Senators1–0Edmonton Eskimos2–0

Victorious return to Ottawa

The Senators returned home on Friday, April 6, 1923, from Vancouver. Greeted by Ottawa Mayor Plant, and accompanied by the Governor-Generals Foot Guards and the Ottawa Silver Band, the team paraded through Ottawa's downtown streets.[3] A banquet was held for the team on Monday, April 19, where each of the ten team members received a gold watch. According to Mayor Plant, "this is a citizens' banquet, not a civic one, as the citizens believe you have given Ottawa the best advertising it has ever had."[4]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny2423113428
Georges Boucher241492358
Eddie Gerard236131912
Frank Nighbor221171814
Punch Broadbent241411534
Jack Darragh24691510
King Clancy2432520
Lionel Hitchman301112
Clint Benedict240002
Harry Helman240005
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Clint Benedict1486241491542.184
Team:1486241491542.184

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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;

Ottawa Senators 1923 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff:

&-Also played Wing

Stanley Cup engraving

The Senators never did engrave their name on the Cup for their 1923 championship. It was not until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1923 Ottawa Senators" was put onto its then-new collar.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/hockey/nhlrecords/nhl1923.htm
  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. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  3. ↑ "Ottawa Team Home". The Globe. April 7, 1923. p. 12.
  4. ↑ "Ottawa Citizens Honour Stanley Cup Champions". The Globe. April 10, 1923. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "1922-23 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
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