1917–18 Ottawa Senators season

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1917–18 Ottawa Senators
1917–18 record 5–9–0 (1st half)
4–4–0 (2nd half)
Home record 6–4–0
Road record 3–9–0
Goals for 103
Goals against 114
 Team information
General Manager Tommy Gorman
Coach Eddie Gerard,
Harry Hyland
Captain Jack Darragh
Arena The Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cy Denneny (36)
Points Cy Denneny (36)
Penalties in minutes Cy Denneny (34)
Wins Clint Benedict (9)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (5.12)
<1916–17 1918–19>

The 1917–18 Ottawa Senators season was the team's first season in the newly formed National Hockey League (NHL) and 33rd season of play overall. The Senators, along with the Montreal and Quebec franchises of the National Hockey Association (NHA), voted to suspend the NHA and form the NHL. Ottawa would finish second and third in the first and second halves of the season, and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Playoffs

They did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

The Senators began their membership in the new NHL with a 7–4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at The Arena in Ottawa on December 19, 1917. The team would record their first NHL win a week later on the December 26 on the road against the Montreal Wanderers. The Senators would then record their first ever NHL home win 3 days later against the same Wanderers.

The Wanderers withdrew from the league 6 games into the season due to a fire burning down their arena, so that left the NHL with three teams, the Senators, Canadiens and the Torontos. Ottawa picked up Dave Ritchie and Harry Hyland in the dispersal of players. Hyland would become Ottawa's playing coach. Ottawa would finish third in the first half, and second in the second half to miss out on the playoffs.

Cy Denneny would lead the team in scoring with 36 goals, behind only Joe Malone of the Canadiens in league scoring. Goaltender Clint Benedict would win all 9 games for the team, and post a 5.12 GAA.

Final standings

First Half
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Montreal Canadiens 14 10 4 0 20 81 47
Toronto Hockey Club 14 8 6 0 16 71 75
Ottawa Senators 14 5 9 0 10 67 79
Montreal Wanderers 6 1 5 0 2 17 35
Second Half
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Toronto Hockey Club 8 5 3 0 10 37 34
Ottawa Senators 8 4 4 0 8 35 35
Montreal Canadiens 8 3 5 0 6 34 37

[1] Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
The Wanderers defaulted scheduled games against the Canadiens (Jan. 2, 1918) and Toronto (Jan. 5, 1918), when their arena burned down.
These appear as losses in the standings, but the games were not played.[2]

Schedule and results

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 December 19 Montreal Canadiens 7–4 Ottawa Senators 0–1–0 0
2 December 22 Ottawa Senators 4–11 Toronto 0–2–0 0
3 December 26 Ottawa Senators 6–3 Montreal Wanderers 1–2–0 2
4 December 29 Montreal Wanderers 2–9 Ottawa Senators 2–2–0 4
5 January 2 Toronto 6–5 Ottawa Senators 2–3–0 4
6 January 5 Ottawa Senators 5–6 Montreal Canadiens 2–4–0 4
7 January 12 Ottawa Senators 4–9 Montreal Canadiens 2–5–0 4
8 January 14 Toronto 6–9 Ottawa Senators 3–5–0 6
9 January 16 Ottawa Senators 4–5 Toronto 3–6–0 6
10 January 21 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 Ottawa Senators 3–7–0 6
11 January 23 Ottawa Senators 4–3 Montreal Canadiens 4–7–0 8
12 January 26 Toronto 3–6 Ottawa Senators 5–7–0 10
13 January 30 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Ottawa Senators 5–8–0 10
14 February 4 Ottawa Senators 2–8 Toronto 5–9–0 10
15 February 6 Montreal Canadiens 3–6 Ottawa Senators 6–9–0 12
16 February 11 Ottawa Senators 1–3 Toronto 6–10–0 12
17 February 13 Toronto 6–1 Ottawa Senators 6–11–0 12
18 February 16 Ottawa Senators 4–10 Montreal Canadiens 6–12–0 12
19 February 23 Ottawa Senators 3–9 Toronto 6–13–0 12
20 February 25 Montreal Canadiens 0–8 Ottawa Senators 7–13–0 14
21 February 27 Ottawa Senators 3–1 Montreal Canadiens 8–13–0 16
22 March 6 Toronto 3–9 Ottawa Senators 9–13–0 18

Player statistics

Scoring

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cy Denneny 22 36 0 36 34
Jack Darragh 18 14 0 14 3
Eddie Gerard 21 13 0 13 12
Frank Nighbor 9 11 0 11 3
Buck Boucher 22 9 0 9 27
Harry Hyland 12 8 0 8 3
Dave Ritchie 13 5 0 5 9
Hamby Shore 18 3 0 3 0
Eddie Lowrey 11 2 0 2 3
Rusty Crawford 11 1 0 1 9
Sammy Hebert 1 0 0 0 0
Horace Merrill 4 0 0 0 0
Morley Bruce 7 0 0 0 0
Clint Benedict 22 0 0 0 0

Source: hockeydb.com[3]

Goaltending

Player GP Min W L T GA SO GAA
Sammy Hebert 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Clint Benedict 22 1337 9 13 0 114 1 5.12

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

1917–18 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

See also

References

  • National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
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External links

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