1917β18 Ottawa Senators | |
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1917β18 record | 5β9β0 (1st half) 4β4β0 (2nd half) |
Home record | 6β4β0 |
Road record | 3β9β0 |
Goals for | 103 |
Goals against | 114 |
Team information | |
General manager | Tommy Gorman |
Coach |
Eddie Gerard, Harry Hyland |
Captain | Jack Darragh |
Arena | The Arena |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Cy Denneny (36) |
Points | Cy Denneny (36) |
Penalty minutes | Cy Denneny (34) |
Wins | Clint Benedict (9) |
Goals against average | Clint Benedict (5.12) |
The 1917β18 Ottawa Senators season was the team's first season in the newly formed National Hockey League (NHL) and 33rd season of play overall. The Senators, along with the Montreal and Quebec franchises of the National Hockey Association (NHA), voted to suspend the NHA and form the NHL. Ottawa would finish second and third in the first and second halves of the season, and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Frank Nighbor was in the Air Corps and did not rejoin the team until later in the season. Horace Merrill quit ice hockey prior to the season, but would eventually play in a few games for the team. Rusty Crawford played for the Senators until Nighbor returned.
The Senators began their membership in the new NHL with a 7β4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at The Arena in Ottawa on December 19, 1917. The game began with team regulars Jack Darragh and Hamby Shore holding out in a contract dispute. This would be resolved in time for the second period. By then, the Canadiens had a 3β0 lead and the Senators could not make up the difference. Joe Malone of the Canadiens scored five goals in the win. [1]
The team would record their first NHL win a week later on the December 26 on the road against the Montreal Wanderers. The Senators would then record their first ever NHL home win three days later against the same Wanderers.
The Wanderers withdrew from the league six games into the season due to a fire burning down their arena, so that left the NHL with three teams, the Senators, Canadiens and the Torontos. Ottawa picked up Dave Ritchie and Harry Hyland in the dispersal of players. Hyland would become Ottawa's playing coach. Ottawa would finish third in the first half, and second in the second half to miss out on the playoffs.
Cy Denneny would lead the team in scoring with 36 goals, behind only Joe Malone of the Canadiens in league scoring. Goaltender Clint Benedict would win all nine games for the team, and post a 5.12 GAA.
Ottawa finished December with a 2-2-0 record, earning four points. The Senators sat in a tie for second place in the NHL with the Toronto Arenas, two points behind the first place Montreal Canadiens.
The Sens finished January with a disappointing 3-6-0 record. The club slipped into last place in the NHL with a 5-8-0 record, earning 10 points. Ottawa was four points behind the Toronto Arenas for second place, and ten points behind the league leading Montreal Canadiens.
Ottawa finished the second half of the season with a 4-4-0 record, earning eight points. This placed the Senators in second place in the three team NHL, two points behind the first place Toronto Arenas. As Ottawa did not have the best record in the NHL in either the first or second half of the season, the team did not qualify for the NHL championship.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 47 | +34 | 20 | Qualification for the playoffs |
2 | Toronto Hockey Club | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 71 | 75 | −4 | 16 | |
3 | Ottawa Senators | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 79 | −12 | 10 | |
4 | Montreal Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 2 | Withdrew from the season [a] |
"The league did not accept the Wanderers' resignation immediately, electing to wait and see whether the team showed up for its scheduled match in Toronto on Saturday January 5. ... The deadline did expire, and the once-powerful team that had been known as the Little Men of Iron was thrown onto the scrap heap of hockey history. The Wanderers' scheduled games of January 2 and 5 were officially recorded in the standings as victories for their respective opponents, the Canadiens and Torontos." β Holzman. [24]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Toronto Hockey Club | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 10 | Qualification for the playoffs |
2 | Ottawa Senators | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 8 | |
3 | Montreal Canadiens | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 6 |
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Ottawa | 4β6 | 2β0 | β | 3β7 | ||||||||
Toronto | 5β5 | 1β1 | 7β3 | β |
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Cy Denneny | 22 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 34 |
Jack Darragh | 18 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
Eddie Gerard | 21 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
Frank Nighbor | 9 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
Buck Boucher | 22 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 27 |
Harry Hyland | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Dave Ritchie | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
Hamby Shore | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Eddie Lowrey | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Rusty Crawford | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Sammy Hebert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Horace Merrill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morley Bruce | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clint Benedict | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: hockeydb.com [48]
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA |
Sammy Hebert | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Clint Benedict | 22 | 1337 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 114 | 1 | 5.12 |
The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1917β18 season.
November 28, 1917 | From
Quebec Bulldogs Rusty Crawford |
January 4, 1918 | From
Montreal Wanderers Sprague Cleghorn |
January 4, 1918 | From
Montreal Wanderers Harry Hyland |
January 4, 1918 | From
Montreal Wanderers Dave Ritchie |
December 7, 1917 | From
Ottawa Munitions (
OCHL) Morley Bruce |
1917β18 Ottawa Senators | |
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1917β18 record | 5β9β0 (1st half) 4β4β0 (2nd half) |
Home record | 6β4β0 |
Road record | 3β9β0 |
Goals for | 103 |
Goals against | 114 |
Team information | |
General manager | Tommy Gorman |
Coach |
Eddie Gerard, Harry Hyland |
Captain | Jack Darragh |
Arena | The Arena |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Cy Denneny (36) |
Points | Cy Denneny (36) |
Penalty minutes | Cy Denneny (34) |
Wins | Clint Benedict (9) |
Goals against average | Clint Benedict (5.12) |
The 1917β18 Ottawa Senators season was the team's first season in the newly formed National Hockey League (NHL) and 33rd season of play overall. The Senators, along with the Montreal and Quebec franchises of the National Hockey Association (NHA), voted to suspend the NHA and form the NHL. Ottawa would finish second and third in the first and second halves of the season, and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Frank Nighbor was in the Air Corps and did not rejoin the team until later in the season. Horace Merrill quit ice hockey prior to the season, but would eventually play in a few games for the team. Rusty Crawford played for the Senators until Nighbor returned.
The Senators began their membership in the new NHL with a 7β4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at The Arena in Ottawa on December 19, 1917. The game began with team regulars Jack Darragh and Hamby Shore holding out in a contract dispute. This would be resolved in time for the second period. By then, the Canadiens had a 3β0 lead and the Senators could not make up the difference. Joe Malone of the Canadiens scored five goals in the win. [1]
The team would record their first NHL win a week later on the December 26 on the road against the Montreal Wanderers. The Senators would then record their first ever NHL home win three days later against the same Wanderers.
The Wanderers withdrew from the league six games into the season due to a fire burning down their arena, so that left the NHL with three teams, the Senators, Canadiens and the Torontos. Ottawa picked up Dave Ritchie and Harry Hyland in the dispersal of players. Hyland would become Ottawa's playing coach. Ottawa would finish third in the first half, and second in the second half to miss out on the playoffs.
Cy Denneny would lead the team in scoring with 36 goals, behind only Joe Malone of the Canadiens in league scoring. Goaltender Clint Benedict would win all nine games for the team, and post a 5.12 GAA.
Ottawa finished December with a 2-2-0 record, earning four points. The Senators sat in a tie for second place in the NHL with the Toronto Arenas, two points behind the first place Montreal Canadiens.
The Sens finished January with a disappointing 3-6-0 record. The club slipped into last place in the NHL with a 5-8-0 record, earning 10 points. Ottawa was four points behind the Toronto Arenas for second place, and ten points behind the league leading Montreal Canadiens.
Ottawa finished the second half of the season with a 4-4-0 record, earning eight points. This placed the Senators in second place in the three team NHL, two points behind the first place Toronto Arenas. As Ottawa did not have the best record in the NHL in either the first or second half of the season, the team did not qualify for the NHL championship.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 47 | +34 | 20 | Qualification for the playoffs |
2 | Toronto Hockey Club | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 71 | 75 | −4 | 16 | |
3 | Ottawa Senators | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 79 | −12 | 10 | |
4 | Montreal Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 2 | Withdrew from the season [a] |
"The league did not accept the Wanderers' resignation immediately, electing to wait and see whether the team showed up for its scheduled match in Toronto on Saturday January 5. ... The deadline did expire, and the once-powerful team that had been known as the Little Men of Iron was thrown onto the scrap heap of hockey history. The Wanderers' scheduled games of January 2 and 5 were officially recorded in the standings as victories for their respective opponents, the Canadiens and Torontos." β Holzman. [24]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Toronto Hockey Club | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 10 | Qualification for the playoffs |
2 | Ottawa Senators | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 8 | |
3 | Montreal Canadiens | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 6 |
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M. Canadiens | β | 2β0 | 6β4 | 5β5 | ||||||||
M. Wanderers | 0β2 | β | 0β2 | 1β1 | ||||||||
Ottawa | 4β6 | 2β0 | β | 3β7 | ||||||||
Toronto | 5β5 | 1β1 | 7β3 | β |
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Cy Denneny | 22 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 34 |
Jack Darragh | 18 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
Eddie Gerard | 21 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
Frank Nighbor | 9 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
Buck Boucher | 22 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 27 |
Harry Hyland | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Dave Ritchie | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
Hamby Shore | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Eddie Lowrey | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Rusty Crawford | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Sammy Hebert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Horace Merrill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morley Bruce | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clint Benedict | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: hockeydb.com [48]
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA |
Sammy Hebert | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Clint Benedict | 22 | 1337 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 114 | 1 | 5.12 |
The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1917β18 season.
November 28, 1917 | From
Quebec Bulldogs Rusty Crawford |
January 4, 1918 | From
Montreal Wanderers Sprague Cleghorn |
January 4, 1918 | From
Montreal Wanderers Harry Hyland |
January 4, 1918 | From
Montreal Wanderers Dave Ritchie |
December 7, 1917 | From
Ottawa Munitions (
OCHL) Morley Bruce |