1913–14 Ottawa Senators season

The 1913–14 Ottawa Senators season was the 29th season of the Ottawa Hockey Club, sixth season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). Ottawa placed fourth in the NHA, and did not qualify for the playoffs.

1913–14 Ottawa Senators
League4th NHA
1913–14 record11–9–0
Home record7–3–0
Road record4–6–0
Goals for65
Goals against71
Team information
General managerPercy Lesueur
CoachAlf Smith
ArenaThe Arena
Team leaders
GoalsJack Darragh (22)
Goals against averageClint Benedict (3.3)

Team business

The team signed a two-year deal to return to the Arena. The team was the prime tenant, with games on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and practice time on Tuesdays and Thursdays and more time if needed.[1]

The season was profitable for the club. Receipts were recorded as $25,000, allowing the club to pay off a $4,000 debt from the previous season and record a $3,000 surplus.[2]

Pre-season

Lichtenhein of the Wanderers offered to sell Harry Hyland to Ottawa for $1,500, but was turned down.[3] The team sold the contracts of Fred Lake, Joe Dennison and Clint Benedict to the Toronto Ontarios.[4] Although there was doubt the players would report, Lake and Dennison played for the Ontarios while Benedict returned to the Senators. Allan Wilson was signed as a free agent away from the Maritime Hockey League. A deal was made to ship Skene Ronan to Vancouver for Carl Kendall but Ronan refused to go and turned down all offers from the Vancouver owners.

Regular season

Highlights

Ottawa put together a seven-game winning streak but it was not enough as the Canadiens, Toronto and Quebec placed ahead of Ottawa. Percy LeSueur played well in a splitting of the goaltender duties with Clint Benedict, but the team did not have enough offence, scoring only 65 goals in 20 games.

Final standings
National Hockey Association
GP W L T P GF GA
Toronto Hockey Club201370269365
Montreal Canadiens201370268565
Quebec Bulldogs2012802411173
Ottawa Senators201190226571
Montreal Wanderers20713014102125
Toronto Ontarios204160861118

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, P = Points, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Schedule and results
Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Record
Dec. 27Quebec3Ottawa20–1
30Ottawa2Ontarios30–2
Jan. 3Wanderers3Ottawa81–2
7Canadiens0Ottawa62–2
10Ottawa3Toronto2 (20' overtime)3–2
14Ontarios5Ottawa64–2
17Ottawa7Wanderers15–2
21Ottawa3Canadiens26–2
24Toronto1Ottawa47–2
28Ottawa1Quebec77–3
31Quebec3Ottawa48–3
Feb. 4Ottawa1Toronto28–4
7Wanderers4Ottawa28–5
11Ontarios1Ottawa39–5
14Ottawa0Canadiens1 (6'40" overtime)9–6
18Toronto4Ottawa19–7
21Ottawa3Wanderers129–8
25Canadiens5Ottawa6 (30' overtime)9–9
28Ottawa3Ontarios210–9
Mar. 4Ottawa0Quebec1010–10

Goaltending averages
Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Benedict, Clint Ottawa7233.3
LeSueur, Percy Ottawa134813.7

Scoring leaders
Name GP G
Jack Darragh2023
Skene Ronan1818
Harry Broadbent176
Jack Darragh116
Hamby Shore176

Playoffs

The Senators did not qualify for the playoffs.

The Vancouver Millionaires came east for exhibition games, playing in Ottawa on March 7, 1914, defeating Ottawa 7–3 with former Ottawa star Fred Taylor excelling for Vancouver.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Ottawas Sign To Play At Arena; Two Year Contract Has Been Closed". Ottawa Citizen. November 14, 1913. p. 9.
  2. "Ottawa Club Had Best Season Of Its Career". The Globe. Toronto. April 2, 1914. p. 13.
  3. "Want To Sell Hyland". Daily Telegraph. December 19, 1913. p. 11.
  4. "Ontarios Buy Players". Montreal Gazette. November 10, 1913. p. 18.
  5. Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 255.
  6. ""Cyclone" Fred Taylor Toyed with Ottawa". The Globe. March 9, 1914. p. 11.
  • Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL.
  • Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle: The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators – 1883–1935. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-46-5.
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