1910–11 NHA season
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The 1910–11 NHA season was the second season of the now defunct National Hockey Association. Five teams played 16 games each, starting on December 31, 1910 and ending on March 10, 1911. The Ottawa Senators won the league championship and took over the Stanley Cup from the Montreal Wanderers.
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[edit] League Business
The annual meeting was held November 12, 1910 electing the following executive:
- Emmett Quinn (president and secretary)
Directors:
- Eddie McCafferty, Wanderers
- John Ambrose O'Brien, Renfrew
- W. P. Humphrey, Shamrocks
- George Kennedy, Canadiens
- Joe Power, Quebec
The Shamrocks resigned from the league and were not replaced. The Club Athletique-Canadien and the Quebec Hockey Club were granted franchises. The Canadiens to take over the Haileybury franchise and any assets. Quebec to take over the Cobalt franchise and any assets. The former Canadiens franchise was suspended and its players signed with George Kennedy.
The NHA decided to impose a $5,000 per team salary cap.
A second meeting, on November 26, 1910 updated the Board of Directors to:
- D'Arcy McGee, Ottawa
- James A. Barnett, Renfrew
- Adolphe Lecours, Canadiens
- Joe Power, Quebec
- Eddie McCafferty, Wanderers
The salary cap, while opposed by the players was upheld at the meeting.
[edit] Salary Cap
The salary cap of $5000 per club caused a situation where Bruce Stuart of the Senators threatened a mass defection to a new league.[1] However, the players found that the Arena Company, owners of the Montreal Arena would not rent to the players.[2] There was no other suitable arena in Montreal available for a new league and the players had no choice but to abandon the effort.[3] Some players took a large cut in salary: Marty Walsh, Fred Lake and Dubby Kerr were paid $600 each where they had been paid $1200 each in 1910. The dispute caused the cancellation of a pre-season exhibition series in New York for the Ottawas and Wanderers.[4]
[edit] Rule Changes
Games were changed from two periods of 30 minutes, to three periods of twenty minutes, with ten minute rest periods.
The Spalding hockey puck was adopted as the standard puck.
[edit] Regular season
[edit] Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against
| National Hockey Association | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Senators | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 69 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 62 |
| Renfrew Creamery Kings | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 101 |
| Montreal Wanderers | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 88 |
| Quebec Bulldogs | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 65 | 97 |
[edit] Results
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. | 31 | Ottawa | 5 | Canadiens | 3 |
| Jan. | 2 | Renfrew | 2 | Quebec | 3 |
| 5† | Wanderers | 4 | Renfrew | 2 | |
| 7 | Canadiens | 4 | Quebec | 1 | |
| 7 | Wanderers | 5 | Ottawa | 10 | |
| 10 | Quebec | 4 | Wanderers | 5 (overtime) | |
| 10 | Ottawa | 5 | Renfrew | 4 | |
| 14 | Renfrew | 1 | Canadiens | 4 | |
| 14 | Quebec | 5 | Ottawa | 13 | |
| 16 | Quebec | 5 | Renfrew | 10 | |
| 18 | Canadiens | 4 | Wanderers | 5 | |
| 21 | Canadiens | 4 | Ottawa | 5 (overtime) | |
| 21 | Wanderers | 5 | Quebec | 3 | |
| 24 | Renfrew | 5 | Ottawa | 19 | |
| 24 | Quebec | 5 | Canadiens | 9 | |
| 27 | Canadiens | 6 | Renfrew | 5 | |
| 28 | Ottawa | 8 | Wanderers | 2 | |
| Feb. | 1 | Renfrew | 8 | Quebec | 7 |
| 1 | Wanderers | 6 | Canadiens | 3 | |
| 3 | Wanderers | 5 | Renfrew | 8 | |
| 4 | Ottawa | 6 | Quebec | 4 | |
| 7 | Canadiens | 9 | Wanderers | 2 | |
| 11 | Quebec | 2 | Canadiens | 3 | |
| 11 | Wanderers | 4 | Ottawa | 9 | |
| 15‡ | Wanderers | 4 | Renfrew | 5 (at Ottawa) | |
| 15 | Canadiens | 4 | Quebec | 7 | |
| 18 | Renfrew | 4 | Wanderers | 6 | |
| 18 | Ottawa | 7 | Quebec | 2 | |
| 21 | Renfrew | 2 | Canadiens | 4 | |
| 22 | Wanderers | 3 | Quebec | 1 | |
| 24 | Ottawa | 7 | Renfrew | 8 | |
| 25 | Quebec | 3 | Wanderers | 2 | |
| 27 | Quebec | 11 | Renfrew | 10 | |
| 28 | Wanderers | 2 | Canadiens | 3 | |
| 28 | Quebec | 2 | Ottawa | 6 | |
| Mar. | 2 | Ottawa | 7 | Wanderers | 11 |
| 2 | Canadiens | 3 | Renfrew | 5 | |
| 4 | Renfrew | 7 | Ottawa | 6 | |
| 7 | Wanderers | 6 | Renfrew | 7 | |
| 8 | Ottawa | 4 | Canadiens | 3 | |
| 10 | Canadiens | 0 | Ottawa | 5 |
† Protested by Renfrew.
‡ Replay of protested game.
[edit] Goalkeeper Averages
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vezina, Georges | Canadiens | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | |
| LeSueur, Percy | Ottawa | 16 | 69 | 1 | 4.3 |
| Hern, Riley | Wanderers | 16 | 88 | 5.5 | |
| Moran, Paddy | Quebec | 16 | 97 | 6.1 | |
| Lindsay, Bert | Renfrew | 16 | 101 | 6.3 |
[edit] Leading scorers
| Name | Club | GP | G |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walsh, Marty | Ottawa | 16 | 37 |
| Kerr, Dubby | Ottawa | 16 | 32 |
| Smith, Don | Renfrew | 16 | 28 |
| Ridpath, Bruce | Ottawa | 16 | 22 |
| Cleghorn, Odie | Renfrew | 16 | 20 |
| Lalonde, Newsy | Canadiens | 16 | 19 |
| Pitre, Didier | Canadiens | 16 | 19 |
| Russell, Ernie | Wanderers | 10 | 18 |
| Darragh, Jack | Ottawa | 16 | 18 |
| Glass, Pud | Wanderers | 16 | 17 |
[edit] Stanley Cup Challenges
Ottawa played two challenges after the season.
[edit] Galt vs. Ottawa
| Galt | 4 | at | Ottawa | 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hague | G | Percy LeSueur | |||
| Billy Baird | P | Fred Lake | 1 | ||
| Mike Murphy | CP | Hamby Shore | |||
| Tommy Smith | 1 | F | Jack Darragh | ||
| Ken Mallen | F | Marty Walsh | 3 | ||
| Louis Berlinquette | 2 | F | Bruce Ridpath | 2 | |
| Fred Doherty | 1 | F | Albert Kerr | 1 |
[edit] Port Arthur vs. Ottawa
Marty Walsh was a "one-man wrecking crew", scoring ten goals against Port Arthur.
| Port Arthur | 4 | at | Ottawa | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. Zeigler | G | Percy LeSueur | |||
| McDonough | P | Fred Lake | |||
| Eddie Carpenter | 1 | CP | Hamby Shore | ||
| Jack Walker | 1 | F | Jack Darragh | ||
| O'Leary | F | Marty Walsh | 10 | ||
| W. McGregor | 1 | F | Bruce Ridpath | 2 | |
| Wellington | 1 | F | Albert Kerr | 1 |
[edit] Ottawa Senators 1911 Stanley Cup Champions
Roster
- Centers
- Jack Darragh(rover)
- Bruce Stuart(rover-Captain)
- Marty Walsh(center-Captain)
- Wingers
- Bruce Ridpath
- Albert Kerr
- Horace Gaul†
- Defensemen
- Goaltenders
- Non-players
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee† (President)
- Llewellyn Bates† (Vice President)
- Pete Green† (Coach)
- Patrick Baskerville† (Treasurer)
- Martin Rosenthal† (Secretary)
- George Bryson† (Director), Fred Carling† (Director), Charles Irvin† (Director), Dave Mulligan† (Director), Charles Sparks† (Director),
- Mac McGilton† (Trainer).
Source: "Salaries Cut From $1,200 to $500", The Globe, 1910-11-19, p. 29.
† Missing from the team picture. The only team picture found of the Ottawa Senators in 1911 includes 9 of the 10 players. This is not a complete list of all non-playing members of 1911 Ottawa Senators.
Stanley Cup engraving
Ottawa put their names on the cup in 1909 and 1910 but did not in 1911. It was not until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1911 Ottawa Senators" was put onto its then-new collar.
[edit] See also
- National Hockey Association
- List of pre-NHL seasons
- List of Stanley Cup champions
- 1910 in sports
- 1911 in sports
[edit] References
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
- Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.. NHL.
[edit] See also
| Preceded by Montreal Wanderers March 1910 |
Ottawa Senators Stanley Cup Champions 1911 |
Succeeded by Quebec Bulldogs 1912 |
| Preceded by 1910 NHA season |
NHA seasons 1910–11 |
Succeeded by 1911–12 NHA season |
