1914–15 Ottawa Senators season
{{OttawaHockeyClubSeason
|Season=1914–15
|year=1914
|League=NHA
|LeagueRank=1st
|Record=14–6–0
|HomeRecord=
|RoadRecord=
|GeneralManager=Frank Shaughnessy
|Arena=The Arena
|GAALeader=Clint Benedict (3.3)
|GoalsLeader=Harry Broadbent (26)
|GoalsFor=74
|GoalsAgainst=65
|Team=Ottawa Senators (original){{!}}Ottawa Senators
|Coach=Alf Smith
|ObrienTrophy=yes
|prev_season=1913–14
|next_season=1915–16
}}
The 1914–15 Ottawa Senators season was the Ottawa Hockey Club's 30th season of play since its founding in 1883 (with some inactive years in the 1880s). After placing fourth in 1913–14, the Senators improved to win the NHA title, but lost the Stanley Cup 'World Series' playoff to the Vancouver Millionaires, played in Vancouver.
Team business
The Senators traded Percy LeSueur to the Ontarios for Fred Lake.
Regular season
=Final standings=
{{1914–15 NHA standings|team=OTT}}
Schedule and results
| class="wikitable"
! Month ! Day ! Visitor ! Score ! Home ! Score ! Record | ||||||
| {{Game-won}}
|rowspan=2 valign=top bgcolor="#fff"| Dec. | 26 | Ottawa | align="center"| 4 | Quebec | 1 | align="center"|1–0 |
| {{Game-won}}
| 30 | Ontarios | align="center"| 1 | Ottawa | 4 | align="center"|2–0 | |
| {{Game-lost}}
|rowspan=9 valign=top bgcolor="#fff"| Jan. | 2 | Ottawa | align="center"| 6 | Wanderers | 15 | align="center"|2–1 |
| {{Game-won}}
| 6 | Ottawa | align="center"| 4 | Canadiens | 2 | align="center"|3–1 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| 9 | Toronto | align="center"| 1 | Ottawa | 2 (18' OT) | align="center"|4–1 | |
| {{Game-lost}}
| 13 | Ottawa | align="center"| 3 | Ontarios | 5 | align="center"|4–2 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| 16 | Wanderers | align="center"| 3 | Ottawa | 4 | align="center"|5–2 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| 20 | Canadiens | align="center"| 1 | Ottawa | 3 | align="center"|6–2 | |
| {{Game-lost}}
| 23 | Ottawa | align="center"| 2 | Toronto | 4 | align="center"|6–3 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| 27 | Quebec | align="center"| 2 | Ottawa | 7 | align="center"|7–3 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| 30 | Ottawa | align="center"| 3 | Quebec | 1 | align="center"|8–3 | |
| {{Game-won}}
|rowspan=8 valign=top bgcolor="#fff"| Feb. | 3 | Toronto | align="center"| 2 | Ottawa | 7 | align="center"|9–3 | |
| {{Game-lost}}
| 6 | Ottawa | align="center"| 1 | Wanderers | 8 | align="center"|9–4 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| 10 | Ottawa | align="center"| 6 | Ontarios | 2 | align="center"|10–4 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| 13 | Canadiens | align="center"| 3 | Ottawa | 5 | align="center"|11–4 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| 17 | Ottawa | align="center"| 3 | Toronto | 1 | align="center"|12–4 | |
| {{Game-lost}}
| 20 | Wanderers | align="center"| 5 | Ottawa | 1 | align="center"|12–5 | |
| {{Game-lost}}
| 24 | Ottawa | align="center"| 2 | Canadiens | 3 | align="center"|12–6 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| 27 | Ontarios | align="center"| 2 | Ottawa | 3 | align="center"|13–6 | |
| {{Game-won}}
| valign=top bgcolor="#fff"| Mar. | 3 | Quebec | align="center"| 3 | Ottawa | 4 (25" OT) | align="center"|14–6 |
Source: Coleman, pp. 272–273.
=Scoring leaders=
| class="wikitable"
! style="width:12em" | Player ! style="width:4em" | GP ! style="width:4em" | G ! style="width:4em" | A ! style="width:4em" | Pts ! style="width:5em" | PIM | |||||
| align="center"
| align="left" |Harry Broadbent | 20 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 115 |
| align="center"
| align="left" |Eddie Gerard | 20 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 39 |
| align="center"
| align="left" |Jack Darragh | 18 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| align="center"
| align="left" |Leth Graham | 17 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 34 |
| align="center"
| align="left" |Angus Duford | 12 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
=Goaltending averages=
| class="wikitable"
!width=150 | Name !width=75 | Club ! GP ! GA ! SO ! Avg. | |||||
| Benedict, Clint | Ottawa | 20 | 65 | 3.3 |
Playoffs
=League championship=
Montreal and Ottawa played a two-game total-goals series to determine the league championship and the O'Brien Cup.
| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Game-by-Game !Winning Team !Score !Losing Team !Location | |||||
| 1 | March 10 | Ottawa Senators | 4–0 | Montreal Wanderers | Ottawa |
| 2 | March 13 | Montreal Wanderers | 1–0 | Ottawa Senators | Montreal |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;"|Senators win series 4–1 |
|---|
=Stanley Cup Finals=
{{main|1915 Stanley Cup Finals}}
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.
| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2 style="width:9em" |Game-by-Game ! style="width:12em"|Winning Team ! style="width:5em"|Score ! style="width:12em"|Losing Team ! style="width:5em"|Rules Used !Location | ||||||
| style="width:3em" align="center"|1 | align="center"|March 22 | Vancouver Millionaires | align="center"|6–2 | Ottawa Senators | align="center"|PCHA | rowspan="3"|Denman Arena, Vancouver |
| align="center"|2 | align="center"|March 24 | Vancouver Millionaires | align="center"|8–3 | Ottawa Senators | align="center"|NHA | |
| align="center"|3 | align="center"|March 26 | Vancouver Millionaires | align="center"|12–3 | Ottawa Senators | align="center"|PCHA | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;"|Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 games to 0 |
|---|
See also
References
{{reflist}}
- {{cite book |
last=Coleman
|first=Charles
|title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.
|year=1966
|publisher=NHL
}}
- {{cite book |author=Kitchen, Paul |title=Win, Tie or Wrangle: The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators – 1883–1935 |year=2008 |publisher=Penumbra Press |location=Manotick, Ontario |isbn=978-1-897323-46-5}}
{{Ottawa Senators (original) seasons}}
{{1914–15 NHA season by team}}
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