1913–14 Ottawa Senators season

Canadian ice hockey club season March 2026 May 2015 1913–14 1913 NHA 4th 11–9–0 7–3–0 4–6–0 Percy Lesueur The Arena Clint Benedict (3.3) Jack Darragh (22) 65 71 Ottawa Senators (original)Ottawa Senators Alf Smith 1912–13 1914–15 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. 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.Ottawa Citizen November 14, 1913 Ottawas Sign To Play At Arena; Two Year Contract Has Been Closed 9 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oGouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TdkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7114%2C1274736 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.The Globe Toronto April 2, 1914 Ottawa Club Had Best Season Of Its Career 13 Pre-season Lichtenhein of the Wanderers offered to sell Harry Hyland to Ottawa for $1,500, but was turned down.Daily Telegraph December 19, 1913 Want To Sell Hyland 11 The team sold the contracts of Fred Lake, Joe Dennison and Clint Benedict to the Toronto Ontarios.Montreal Gazette November 10, 1913 Ontarios Buy Players 18 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wIguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PIEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2780%2C1146042 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 OTT Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Record Dec.27 Quebec 3 Ottawa 2 0–1 30 Ottawa 2 Ontarios 3 0–2 Jan. 3 Wanderers 3 Ottawa 8 1–2 7 Canadiens 0 Ottawa 6 2–2 10 Ottawa 3 Toronto 2 (20' overtime) 3–2 14 Ontarios 5 Ottawa 6 4–2 17 Ottawa 7 Wanderers 1 5–2 21 Ottawa 3 Canadiens 2 6–2 24 Toronto 1 Ottawa 4 7–2 28 Ottawa 1 Quebec 7 7–3 31 Quebec 3 Ottawa 4 8–3 Feb. 4 Ottawa 1 Toronto 2 8–4 7 Wanderers 4 Ottawa 2 8–5 11 Ontarios 1 Ottawa 3 9–5 14 Ottawa 0 Canadiens 1 (6'40" overtime) 9–6 18 Toronto 4 Ottawa 1 9–7 21 Ottawa 3 Wanderers 12 9–8 25 Canadiens 5 Ottawa 6 (30' overtime) 9–9 28 Ottawa 3 Ontarios 2 10–9 Mar. 4 Ottawa 0 Quebec 10 10–10 Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg.Benedict, ClintOttawa 7 23 3.3LeSueur, PercyOttawa 13 48 1 3.7 Scoring leaders NameGP GJack Darragh 20 23Skene Ronan 18 18Harry Broadbent 17 6Jack Darragh 11 6Hamby Shore 17 6 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.The Globe March 9, 1914 11 "Cyclone" Fred Taylor Toyed with Ottawa See also 1913–14 NHA season References Coleman Charles The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. 1966 NHL Kitchen, Paul Win, Tie or Wrangle: The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators – 1883–1935 2008 Penumbra Press Manotick, Ontario 978-1-897323-46-5 Ottawa Senators season Category:Ottawa Senators (original) seasons Category:1910s in Ottawa