1927–28 Ottawa Senators season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1927–28 1927 Ottawa Senators (original)Ottawa Senators Canadian 3rd 20–14–10 13–4–5 7–10–5 78 57 Dave Gill Dave Gill Buck Boucher Ottawa Auditorium Frank Finnigan (20) King Clancy (7) Frank Finnigan (25) Alex Smith (90) Alec Connell (20) Alec Connell (1.24) 1926–27 1928–29 The 1927–28 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 11th season in the NHL, 43rd overall. Ottawa qualified for the playoffs to try to win their second-straight Stanley Cup; however, they were eliminated by the Montreal Maroons in a two-game total-goals series, losing by a combined score of 3–1. 2 Regular season The Senators were playing in by far the smallest market in the league, and were having problems financially due to escalating expenses. Part of the problem for the Senators was they had problems drawing fans against the expansion US teams, and as a result, they would play two "home" games in Detroit, collecting the bulk of the gate receipts. The Senators would be led offensively by Frank Finnigan, who scored 20 goals and 25 points, both team highs, while 20-year-old Hec Kilrea would have a 23-point season. King Clancy would be the anchor of the Ottawa defense, and put up 15 points, along with 73 PIM. Cy Denneny would struggle all year long though, collecting only three goals, while the return of Punch Broadbent proved to be disastrous, as he only collected five points. In goal, Alec Connell would have another strong season, earning 20 wins, having an NHL best 15 shutouts, and a 1.24 GAA. Connell would set an NHL record for longest shutout streak, as he did not allow a goal in 464 minutes and 29 seconds, recording six shutouts during the streak. Final standings OTT Record vs. opponents OTT Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1927–28 regular season1927-28 Ottawa Senators Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/OTS/1928_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 8, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#000000 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November: 3–4–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts |- | 1 || November 15 || Maroons || 2–1 || Ottawa || OT || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 0–1–0 || 0 |- | 2 || November 17 || Ottawa || 2–3 || Rangers || || Connell || N/A || Madison Square Garden || 0–2–0 || 0 |- | 3 || November 19 || Pittsburgh || 1–3 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 1–2–0 || 2 |- | 4 || November 22 || Ottawa || 2–1 || Detroit || || Connell || N/A || Detroit Olympia || 2–2–0 || 4 |- | 5 || November 23 || Ottawa || 2–0 || Chicago || || Connell || N/A || Chicago Coliseum || 3–2–0 || 6 |- | 6 || November 26 || Ottawa || 0–1 || Maroons || || Connell || N/A || Montreal Forum || 3–3–0 || 6 |- | 7 || November 29 || Rangers || 2–1 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 3–4–0 || 6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#000000 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December: 4–2–4 (home: 4–0–3; road: 0–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts |- | 8 || December 3 || Boston || 2–3 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 4–4–0 || 8 |- | 9 || December 6 || Toronto || 0–0 || Ottawa || OT || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 4–4–1 || 9 |- | 10 || December 10 || Ottawa || 0–0 || Toronto || OT || Connell || N/A || Mutual Street Arena || 4–4–2 || 10 |- | 11 || December 13 || Ottawa || 1–2 || Americans || OT || Connell || N/A || Madison Square Garden || 4–5–2 || 10 |- | 12 || December 15 || Americans || 1–4 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 5–5–2 || 12 |- | 13 || December 17 || Maroons || 0–1 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 6–5–2 || 14 |- | 14 || December 20 || Ottawa || 0–1 || Boston || || Connell || N/A || Boston Arena || 6–6–2 || 14 |- | 15 || December 24 || Toronto || 1–1 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 6–6–3 || 15 |- | 16 || December 27 || Canadiens || 0–0 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 6–6–4 || 16 |- | 17 || December 31 || Detroit || 2–6 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Detroit Olympia || 7–6–4 || 18 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#000000 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January: 5–4–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts |- | 18 || January 7 || Americans || 1–4 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 8–6–4 || 20 |- | 19 || January 10 || Ottawa || 0–3 || Canadiens || || Connell || N/A || Montreal Forum || 8–7–4 || 20 |- | 20 || January 14 || Boston || 4–2 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 8–8–4 || 20 |- | 21 || January 17 || Ottawa || 1–1 || Maroons || OT || Connell || N/A || Montreal Forum || 8–8–5 || 21 |- | 22 || January 19 || Ottawa || 1–3 || Pittsburgh || || Connell || N/A || Duquesne Garden || 8–9–5 || 21 |- | 23 || January 21 || Ottawa || 1–2 || Toronto || || Connell || N/A || Mutual Street Arena || 8–10–5 || 21 |- | 24 || January 24 || Ottawa || 2–0 || Americans || || Connell || N/A || Madison Square Garden || 9–10–5 || 23 |- | 25 || January 26 || Chicago || 6–9 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 10–10–5 || 25 |- | 26 || January 28 || Ottawa || 2–1 || Canadiens || || Connell || N/A || Montreal Forum || 11–10–5 || 27 |- | 27 || January 31 || Toronto || 0–4 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 12–10–5 || 29 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#000000 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February: 4–1–4 (home: 2–1–2; road: 2–0–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts |- | 28 || February 2 || Maroons || 0–1 || Ottawa || OT || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 13–10–5 || 31 |- | 29 || February 7 || Ottawa || 0–0 || Rangers || OT || Connell || N/A || Madison Square Garden || 13–10–6 || 32 |- | 30 || February 9 || Rangers || 0–0 || Ottawa || OT || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 13–10–7 || 33 |- | 31 || February 16 || Pittsburgh || 0–0 || Ottawa || OT || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 13–10–8 || 34 |- | 32 || February 18 || Canadiens || 0–1 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 14–10–8 || 36 |- | 33 || February 22 || Ottawa || 3–2 || Chicago || || Connell || N/A || Chicago Coliseum || 15–10–8 || 38 |- | 34 || February 23 || Ottawa || 0–0 || Detroit || OT || Connell || N/A || Detroit Olympia || 15–10–9 || 39 |- | 35 || February 25 || Ottawa || 2–0 || Pittsburgh || || Connell || N/A || Duquesne Garden || 16–10–9 || 41 |- | 36 || February 28 || Canadiens || 2–0 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 16–11–9 || 41 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#000000 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March: 4–3–1 (home: 3–0–0; road: 1–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts |- | 37 || March 3 || Chicago || 1–3 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 17–11–9 || 43 |- | 38 || March 6 || Ottawa || 2–0 || Boston || || Connell || N/A || Boston Arena || 17–12–9 || 43 |- | 39 || March 10 || Detroit || 1–3 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Detroit Olympia || 18–12–9 || 45 |- | 40 || March 13 || Ottawa || 1–1 || Toronto || || Connell || N/A || Mutual Street Arena || 18–12–10 || 46 |- | 41 || March 15 || Ottawa || 5–2 || Americans || || Connell || N/A || Madison Square Garden || 19–12–10 || 48 |- | 42 || March 17 || Ottawa || 1–3 || Maroons || || Connell || N/A || Montreal Forum || 19–13–10 || 48 |- | 43 || March 22 || Americans || 0–5 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 20–13–10 || 50 |- | 44 || March 24 || Ottawa || 0–4 || Canadiens || || Connell || N/A || Montreal Forum || 20–14–10 || 50 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Montreal Maroons 3, Ottawa Senators 1 The Senators played the Montreal Maroons in a first round two-game, total-goals series. The Maroons won the series by three goals to one. background:#fff; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1928 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#000000 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; Quarterfinals vs. (C2) Montreal Maroons – Maroons win 3 goals to 1 goals Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Series |- | 1 || March 27 || Maroons || 1–0 || Ottawa || || Connell || N/A || Ottawa Auditorium || 0–1 |- | 2 || March 29 || Ottawa || 1–2 || Maroons || || Connell || N/A || Montreal Forum || 1–3 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black #ffc Tie 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Frank Finnigan RW 38 20 5 25 34 Hec Kilrea LW 43 19 4 23 66 King Clancy D 39 8 7 15 73 Alex Smith ice hockey D 44 9 4 13 90 Frank Nighbor C 42 8 5 13 46 Georges Boucher D 43 7 5 12 78 Punch Broadbent RW 43 3 2 5 62 Cy Denneny LW 44 3 0 3 12 Len Grosvenor C/RW 43 1 2 3 18 Al Shields D 7 0 1 1 2 Gene Chouinard D 8 0 0 0 0 Alec Connell G 44 0 0 0 0 Sam Godin RW 24 0 0 0 0 Milt Halliday LW 13 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Alec Connell 2760 44 20 14 10 57 1.24 15 Team: 2760 44 20 14 10 57 1.24 15 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Hec Kilrea LW 2 1 0 1 0 Frank Finnigan RW 2 0 1 1 6 Georges Boucher D 2 0 0 0 4 Punch Broadbent RW 2 0 0 0 0 King Clancy D 2 0 0 0 6 Alec Connell G 2 0 0 0 0 Cy Denneny LW 2 0 0 0 0 Len Grosvenor C/RW 2 0 0 0 2 Frank Nighbor C 2 0 0 0 2 Al Shields D 2 0 0 0 0 Alex Smith ice hockey D 2 0 0 0 4 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Alec Connell 120 2 0 2 3 1.50 0 Team: 120 2 0 2 3 1.50 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1927-28 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/OTS/1928.html Transactions The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1927–28 season.https://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=Senators&BeginDate=1927-07-01&EndDate=1928-07-01&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&submit=Search Hockey Transactions Search Results Trades October 7, 1927To Ottawa SenatorsPunch Broadbent$22,500To Montreal MaroonsHooley Smith October 26, 1927To Ottawa SenatorsCashTo Toronto Maple LeafsEdwin Gorman February 1, 1927To Ottawa SenatorsCashTo London Panthers (Can-Pro)Stan Jackson Free agents signed October 24, 1927From Ottawa Rideaus (OCHL)Len Grosvenor December 19, 1927From Quebec Castors (Can-Am)Gene Chouinard January 24, 1928From Rockland Hockey Club (OVHL)Sammy Godin March 3, 1928From New Haven Eagles (Can-Am)Allan Shields See also 1927–28 NHL season References SHRP Sports The Internet Hockey Database National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007 Category:Ottawa Senators (original) seasons Ottawa Ottawa Category:1920s in Ottawa