1914–15 NHA season

National Hockey Association season March 2026 1914–15 NHA season National Hockey Association Ice hockey December 26, 1914 – March 13, 1915 Regular season 20 6 Tommy Smith (40) O'Brien Cup O'Brien Cup Ottawa Senators Montreal Wanderers 1915–16 NHA season 1913–14 NHA season 1915–16 1913–14 NHA thumb|Portrait of the Ottawa Senators The 1914–15 NHA season was the sixth season of the National Hockey Association and played from December 26, 1914, until March 3, 1915. Each team played 20 games. The Ottawa Senators won the NHA championship in a two-game, total goal playoff against the Montreal Wanderers. The Senators, however fell to the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in the Stanley Cup championship. It was the second 'World's Series' between the NHA and the PCHA for the Stanley Cup. League business Directors Emmett Quinn, president Frank Calder, secretary-treasurer Rule changes At a meeting on March 30, 1914, held with the PCHA executives, the league decided: adopt the lines separating the three zones for off-side purposes to continue in six-man hockey, while the PCHA will continue in seven-man hockey to drop fines in general for infractions and use minutes off no player to come within five feet of players facing off no face-offs closer than 10 feet from the goaltender puck played after rebounding from goalkeeper no longer is offside Source: Toronto GlobeThe Globe Toronto April 1, 1914 Pro Hockey Leagues Do Away With Fines 12 At the November meeting of the league, the NHA decided: charging a player into the boards is a major foul, match foul penalized by 10 minutes off and $15 fine. Pre-season Along with Montreal Nationals president A. L. Caron, player Art Ross attempted to organize a new hockey league with teams in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Boston. The arena owners in all of the cities turned down the new league and killed the idea. Ross was suspended by the NHA, but by January 7, Mr. Ross was reinstated. He signed with Ottawa. Regular season The Ontarios changed their team name to Shamrocks from the February 3 game forward. Ottawa traded Percy LeSueur to the Ontarios for Fred Lake. Highlights A record long overtime game was played in Quebec on January 13 between Quebec and the Canadiens. Quebec defeated Montreal 3–2 after 50 minutes and 28 seconds of overtime, on a goal by Jack McDonald. Coach Jack Laviolette had to take over for Georges Vezina after Vezina was penalized.Coleman(1966), pg. 271 The Ontarios had to forfeit their February 3 game with the Wanderers after the McNamara brothers took a personal leave to attend their fathers' funeral. Owner Eddie Livingstone of the Ontarios asked for a postponement but the Wanderers refused. A game on February 17 between Toronto and Ottawa turned into a brawl before Toronto police arrested Art Ross and Roy McGiffen to calm the proceedings. Final standings Results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Dec. 26 Ottawa 4 Quebec 1 26 Wanderers 11 Ontarios 6 26 Toronto 4 Canadiens 3 30 Ontarios 1 Ottawa 4 30 Wanderers 5 Toronto 2 30 Quebec 8 Canadiens 7 Jan. 2 Ottawa 6 Wanderers 15 2 Canadiens 1 Ontarios 4 2 Toronto 2 Quebec 6 6 Ottawa 4 Canadiens 2 6 Ontarios 3 Toronto 4 6 Wanderers 5 Quebec 6 9 Toronto 1 Ottawa 2 (OT 18") 9 Quebec 2 Ontarios 3 (OT 5') 9 Canadiens 4 Wanderers 5 (OT 6'45") 13 Ottawa 3 Ontarios 5 13 Toronto 3 Wanderers 11 13 Canadiens 3 Quebec 4 (OT 50'20") 16 Wanderers 3 Ottawa 4 16 Quebec 1 Toronto 3 16 Ontarios 7 Canadiens 1 20 Canadiens 1 Ottawa 3 20 Toronto 4 Ontarios 3 20 Quebec 2 Wanderers 5 23 Canadiens 7 Wanderers 2 23 Ontarios 1 Quebec 4 23 Ottawa 2 Toronto 4 27 Quebec 2 Ottawa 7 27 Canadiens 1 Toronto 2 27 Ontari 4 Wanderers 14 30 Ottawa 3 Quebec 1 30 Wanderers 2 Toronto 8 30 Ontarios 3 Canadiens 4 Feb. 3 Toronto 2 Ottawa 7 3 Wanderers Ontarios † 3 Quebec 2 Canadiens 5 6 Ottawa 1 Wanderers 8 6 Ontarios 5 Quebec 9 6 Canadiens 4 Toronto 3 10 Ottawa 6 Ontarios 2 10 Toronto 5 Quebec 7 10 Canadiens 3 Wanderers 6 13 Canadiens 3 Ottawa 5 13 Quebec 6 Wanderers 4 13 Toronto 3 Ontarios 6 17 Ottawa 3 Toronto 1 17 Ontarios 7 Wanderers 10 17 Canadiens 2 Quebec 6 20 Wanderers 5 Ottawa 1 20 Toronto 2 Canadiens 7 20 Quebec 6 Ontarios 10 24 Ottawa 2 Canadiens 3 24 Wanderers 4 Quebec 5 (OT 2') 24 Ontarios 1 Toronto 5 27 Ontarios 2 Ottawa 3 27 Quebec 5 Toronto 4 27 Wanderers 7 Canadiens 3 Mar. 3 Quebec 3 Ottawa 4 (OT 25") 3 Toronto 4 Wanderers 5 3 Canadiens 2 Ontarios 3 † Defaulted to Wanderers. Source: Coleman, pp. 272–273. Player statistics Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals scored, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes Name Club GP G A Pts PIM Tommy Smith Tommy Smith (ice hockey) Toronto ShamrocksQuebec Bulldogs 19 40 4 44 43 Didier Pitre Montreal Canadiens 20 30 4 34 15 Gordon Roberts Gordon Roberts (ice hockey) Montreal Wanderers 19 29 5 34 74 Sprague Cleghorn Montreal Wanderers 19 21 12 33 51 Harry Hyland Montreal Wanderers 19 23 6 29 49 Punch Broadbent Ottawa Senators 20 24 3 27 115 Cully Wilson Toronto Blueshirts 20 22 5 27 138 Odie Cleghorn Montreal Wanderers 15 21 5 26 39 Rusty Crawford Quebec Bulldogs 20 18 8 26 30 Skene Ronan Toronto Shamrocks 18 21 4 25 55 Goaltending averages Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAA Clint Benedict Ottawa 20 65 3.3 Georges Vezina Canadiens 20 81 4.1 Harry Holmes Toronto 20 84 4.2 Paddy Moran Quebec 20 85 4.3 Charlie McCarthy Wanderers 19 82 4.3 Percy LeSueur Ontarios-Shamrocks 19 96 5.1 Art Boyce Wanderers 2 6 7.20 Playoffs League championship Montreal and Ottawa played a two-game total-goals series to determine the league championship. In the first game, Ottawa's Art Ross scored in the first period to give the Senators the lead which they would not relinquish. In the second, Angus Duford scored to push the lead to 2–0 after two periods, and Horace Merrill and Jack Darragh scored to make it 4–0.Montreal Gazette March 11, 1915 Ottawas Win Four Goal Lead Over Wanderers 12 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tYcjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OYEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1455%2C1003457 In the second game, the Wanderers' Donald Smith scored in the second period, but the Senators held the Wanderers off with tight checking to win the series 4–1 on goals.Montreal Gazette Ottawa On Defensive To Win Championship https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uIcjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OYEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1271%2C1312041 March 14, 1915 14 Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location March 10 Ottawa Senators 4–0 Montreal Wanderers The Arena, Ottawa March 13 Montreal Wanderers 1–0 Ottawa Senators Montreal Arena, MontrealSenators win series 4–1. For the win, Ottawa was awarded the O'Brien Cup. Since the NHA champion of 1914 was the defending champion of the Stanley Cup, Ottawa now took possession and defence of the Stanley Cup as well.Montreal Gazette Play Was Rough https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uIcjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OYEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2128%2C1313066 March 14, 1915 14 The Senators engraved their series win over the Wanderers on the Stanley Cup and travelled to Vancouver for the world championship series against the Vancouver Millionaires. Exhibition series The Wanderers, Canadiens and Bulldogs played an exhibition series in New York and Boston. The Ontarios and Torontos played an exhibitions series in Cleveland, Ohio.The Globe March 19, 1915 Wanderers Win First on New York Series 9 Stanley Cup Final 1915 Stanley Cup Final As the 1914 Final was held in Toronto, all three games in this series were played at the arena of the PCHA's champion in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Millionaires swept the best-of-five series in three games. Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Rules Used Location March 22 Vancouver Millionaires 6–2 Ottawa Senators PCHA Denman Arena, Vancouver March 24 Vancouver Millionaires 8–3 Ottawa Senators NHA March 26 Vancouver Millionaires 12–3 Ottawa Senators PCHAMillionaires win best-of-five series 3 games to 0 Awards O'Brien Cup - Ottawa Senators See also 1914–15 PCHA season National Hockey Association List of pre-NHL seasons List of Stanley Cup champions References Bibliography Coleman Charles The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. 1966 NHL Notes 1913–14 NHA season 1915–16 NHA season NHA seasons 1914–15 Category:1914–15 in Canadian ice hockey by league Category:National Hockey Association seasons