1919–20 NHL season

Professional ice hockey league season 1919–20 NHL season National Hockey League Ice hockey December 23, 1919 – March 13, 1920 Regular season 24 4 Joe Malone (Athletics) League 1919–20 NHL season#Playoffs Ottawa Senators Montreal Canadiens Toronto St. Patricks 1920–21 NHL season 1918–19 NHL season 1920–21 1918–19 NHL The 1919–20 NHL season was the third season of the National Hockey League (NHL). A Quebec team was activated by the NHL, increasing the number of teams to four. Following changes in its ownership, the Toronto NHL franchise adopted the Toronto St. Patricks name. The four teams played 24 games in a split-schedule format. The Ottawa Senators won the league championship by winning both halves of the split-season. The Senators went on to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since the Cup challenge era ended and their eighth time overall, by defeating the PCHA's Seattle Metropolitans three games to two in a best-of-five series in the Stanley Cup Final. 2 League business The NHL approved the name change of Toronto's franchise to Tecumsehs on December 6, 1919, a previous name of a Toronto franchise in the NHA.The Globe NHL Drafts Its Schedule 14 December 8, 1919 Several days later, the franchise was transferred from the Arena to private investors, which named the club the Toronto St. Patricks.The Globe 12 Defence Star Leads "Pros": Tecumseh Club Disposes of Franchise Secured From Arenas December 9, 1919 Frank Heffernan was named manager of the club.The group paid $5,000 to the NHL for the franchise. Since the NHL had cancelled the previous Quebec franchise after Percy Quinn tried to use the franchise to resurrect the NHA, Quebec was without a franchise. By agreement with the NHL franchise's previous owners, a new Quebec franchise was approved on December 16, 1919.Wong 2005 78 Quebec, which did not ice teams in the first two seasons of the NHL, finally iced a team, although they were not successful. Arena changes The Montreal Canadiens' home arena, Jubilee Rink, burned down during the off-season in April 1919, forcing the team to play on the road at the start of the 1919–20 season until Mount Royal Arena was completed in January 1920. The new Quebec Athletics team played their home games at Quebec Arena. Regular season Highlights The Montreal Canadiens had their home opener January 10 in brand new Mount Royal Arena and Newsy Lalonde used the occasion to celebrate with six goals in a 14–7 drubbing of the Toronto St. Patricks. The combined total of 21 goals by both teams set the NHL record.Dryden 2000 22 Jack Darragh of Ottawa had a chance to play in goal when Toronto defeated Ottawa 5–3 on January 24. He took over when Clint Benedict was penalized. He did not surrender any goals during the two minutes. Despite a dismal record of 2–10 in both halves of the season, the Quebec Athletics' Joe Malone scored seven goals in one game on January 31, 1920.McFarlane 1973 29 2020, it is still the NHL record for most goals in one game. An eighth goal was disallowed on an off-side call. Malone was later quoted "the thing I recall most vividly is that it was bitterly cold."Dryden 2000 22 He nearly equalled the record on March 10 when he scored six goals in a 10–4 win over the Ottawa Senators. Malone led the league in goals with 39. But by surrendering 7.18 goals against per game, a record that stands today, Quebec finished dead last. With the war now over, players came home and fans were now coming in larger numbers to see games. On February 21, 1920, a record crowd of 8,500 fans came to see Ottawa play Toronto at the Arena Gardens.McFarlane 1973 29 Final standings Playoffs Because the Ottawa Senators won both halves of the split regular season, there was no need for an NHL playoff. The Senators were named NHL champions and given a spot in the Stanley Cup championship series. Representing the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) was the Seattle Metropolitans, which battled in a tight PCHA, in which two wins separated its three teams. A problem arose as Seattle's green, red, and white uniforms looked similar to Ottawa's black, red, and white uniforms. The Senators agreed to play in white sweaters. The five-game series was scheduled to be played in Ottawa, but unseasonably warm weather forced the final two games to Toronto's Arena Gardens. In 1921, when the NHA's dormant O'Brien Cup was reinstated by the NHL as an award to its league playoff champions, this 1920 championship was engraved on the Cup. Stanley Cup Final 1920 Stanley Cup Final Games one, three and five were played under NHL rules (without a rover), while games two and four were played under PCHA rules (with a rover). Seattle Metropolitans Ottawa Senators The Arena Arena Gardens March 22 2–3 2 bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1920-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-OTT.pdf Frank Foyston (1) – 10:25 No scoring Frank Foyston (2) – 06:45 14:15 – Frank Nighbor (1) No scoring 10:00 – Frank Nighbor (2)16:00 – Jack Darragh (1) Hap Holmes Clint Benedict March 24 0–3 2 bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1920-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-OTT.pdf No scoring 14:00 – Jack Darragh (2) No scoring No scoring No scoring 06:00 – Eddie Gerard (1)19:00 – Frank Nighbor (3) Hap Holmes Clint Benedict March 27 1 3–1 1 bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1920-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-OTT.pdf Frank Foyston (3) – 09:00 06:00 – Buck Boucher (1) Frank Foyston (4) – 12:00 No scoring Roy Rickey (1) – 09:30 No scoring Hap Holmes Clint Benedict March 30 2–5 1 bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1920-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-OTT.pdf 03:00 – Frank Foyston (5)08:00 – Bobby Rowe (1) No scoring 08:00 – Jack Walker (1) Frank Nighbor (4) – 02:00Frank Nighbor (5) – 11:00 02:00 – Roy Rickey (2)05:00 – Frank Foyston (6) No scoring Hap Holmes Clint Benedict April 1 2 6–1 2 bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1920-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-OTT.pdf 10:00 – Bobby Rowe (2) Buck Boucher (2) – 14:00 No scoring No scoring No scoring Jack Darragh (3) – 05:00Eddie Gerard (2) – 10:00Jack Darragh (3) – 13:00Jack Darragh (4) – 14:00Frank Nighbor (6) – 14:30 Hap Holmes Clint Benedict Ottawa won series 3–2 Awards NHL champion – Ottawa Senators Note: The O'Brien Cup, still considered the championship of the NHA, was not awarded in 1920. It remained under the care of the Canadiens who had won it in 1917, until the death of their owner, George Kennedy in 1921, when the NHL made arrangements to re-use the trophy.The Morning Leader November 17, 1921 O'Brien Trophy To Be Given To Ottawa 14 Regina, Saskatchewan https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_AZTAAAAIBAJ&dq=o-brien-cup&pg=5106%2C2564939 July 27, 2011 The Hockey Hall of Fame lists Ottawa as the winner for 1919–20. Player statistics Scoring leaders GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Joe Malone Quebec Athletics 24 39 10 49 12 Newsy Lalonde Montreal Canadiens 23 37 9 46 34 Frank Nighbor Ottawa Senators 23 26 15 41 18 Corbett Denneny Toronto St. Patricks 24 24 12 36 20 Jack Darragh Ottawa Senators 23 22 14 36 22 Reg Noble Toronto St. Patricks 24 24 9 33 52 Amos Arbour Montreal Canadiens 22 21 5 26 13 Cully Wilson Toronto St. Patricks 23 20 6 26 86 Didier Pitre Montreal Canadiens 22 14 12 26 6 Punch Broadbent Ottawa Senators 21 19 6 25 40 Source: NHL.http://www.nhl.com/ice/historicalstats.htm?season=19191920&gameType=2&team=&position=S&country= 1919–1920 – Regular Season – Skater – Skater Season Stats Leaders – Points nhl.com June 26, 2012July 2026 medicmedic Leading goaltenders GP = Games Played, Mins = Minutes played, GA = Goals Against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals Against Average Name Team GP Games Played Mins Minutes played W Wins L Losses T Ties GA Goals Against SO Shutouts GAA Goals against average Clint Benedict Ottawa Senators 24 1443 19 5 0 64 5 2.66 Jake Forbes Toronto St. Patricks 5 300 2 3 0 21 0 4.20 Ivan Mitchell Toronto St. Patricks 16 830 6 7 0 60 0 4.34 Georges Vezina Montreal Canadiens 24 1456 13 11 0 113 0 4.66 Howard Lockhart Toronto, Quebec 8 370 4 3 0 36 0 5.84 Frank Brophy Quebec Athletics 21 1249 3 18 0 148 0 7.11 Source: NHLNHL http://www.nhl.com/ice/historicalstats.htm?season=19191920&gameType=2&team=&position=G&country= https://web.archive.org/web/20120302044048/http://www.nhl.com/ice/historicalstats.htm?season=19191920&gameType=2&team=&position=G&country= dead March 2, 2012 1919–20 Regular Season – Goalie Season Stats Leaders December 1, 2011 Coaches Montreal Canadiens: Newsy Lalonde Ottawa Senators: Pete Green Quebec Athletics: Mike Quinn Toronto St. Patricks: Frank Carroll Milestones and records January 31 – Quebec Athletics' Joe Malone scores seven goals in one game (record for most goals in one game by a player)McFarlane 1973 29 March 3 – Montreal Canadiens defeat Quebec Athletics 16–3 (record for most goals by one team)Dryden 2000 22 Debuts The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1919–20 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs): Player Team Notability Babe Dye Toronto St. Patricks Hockey Hall of Fame (1970) The last remaining active player to kick off their NHL career this season was Jake Forbes, who played his final NHL game in the 1932–33 season, although he missed the 1921–22 season. Last games The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1919–20 (listed with their last team): See also List of Stanley Cup champions 1919–20 NHL transactions List of pre-NHL seasons 1919–20 PCHA season References The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc Coleman, Charles 1966 Total Hockey Diamond, Dan Total Sports 2000 1-892129-85-X Dinger Ralph 2011 The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012 Dan Diamond & Associates 978-1-894801-22-5 registration https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse_u6g5 Dryden Steve Century of hockey McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Toronto, ON 2000 0-7710-4179-9 Fischler Stan Fischler Shirley Hughes Morgan Romain Joseph Duplacey James 2003 The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League Publications International Inc. 0-7853-9624-1 Fischler 2003 McFarlane Brian The Story of the National Hockey League Pagurian Press New York, NY 1973 0-684-13424-1 registration https://archive.org/details/storyofnationalh0000mcfa Lords of the Rinks https://books.google.com/books?id=8uKWKUOl5LkC&q=Lords%20of%20the%20Rinks&pg=PP1 University of Toronto Press Wong John Chi-Kit 2005 0-8020-8520-2 Notes 1918–19 NHL season 1920–21 NHL season 1919–20 NHL season 1919–20 1919 NHL