The 1917–18 Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators (original)

The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...

 season was the team's first season in the newly formed National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 (NHL) and 33rd season of play overall. The Senators, along with the Montreal and Quebec franchises of the National Hockey Association

National Hockey Association

The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...

 (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.

Team business

The ownership of the Ottawa Hockey Club was severed from the Ottawa Hockey Association. The Senators became a partnership of various directors of the club, including Martin Rosenthal, T. P. Gorman and Ted Dey.

Regular season

The Senators began their membership in the new NHL with a 7–4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 at The Arena

The Arena, Ottawa

The Arena, also known as Dey's Arena was an arena for ice hockey located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was the home of the Ottawa Hockey Club from 1908 to 1923. It was the third in a series of ice hockey venues built by the Dey family of Ottawa...

 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

Montreal Wanderers

The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...

. 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

Toronto Arenas

The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...

. Ottawa picked up Dave Ritchie and Harry Hyland

Harry Hyland

Harold Macarius Hyland was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa Senators...

 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

Cy Denneny

Cyril Joseph Denneny was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association. His brother Corbett Denneny also played in the NHL.-Early life:Cy Denneny was born...

 would lead the team in scoring with 36 goals, behind only Joe Malone of the Canadiens in league scoring. Goaltender Clint Benedict

Clint Benedict

Clinton Stevenson "Praying Bennie" Benedict was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads. He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to wear a face mask...

 would win all 9 games for the team, and post a 5.12 GAA.

Schedule and results

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	December 17	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	7–4	Ottawa Senators	0–1–0	0
2	December 22	Ottawa Senators	4–11	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	0–2–0	0
3	December 26	Ottawa Senators	6–3	Montreal Wanderers Montreal Wanderers The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...	1–2–0	2
4	December 29	Montreal Wanderers Montreal Wanderers The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...	2–9	Ottawa Senators	2–2–0	4
5	January 2	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	6–5	Ottawa Senators	2–3–0	4
6	January 5	Ottawa Senators	5–6	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	2–4–0	4
7	January 12	Ottawa Senators	4–9	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	2–5–0	4
8	January 14	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	6–9	Ottawa Senators	3–5–0	6
9	January 16	Ottawa Senators	4–5	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	3–6–0	6
10	January 21	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	5–3	Ottawa Senators	3–7–0	6
11	January 23	Ottawa Senators	4–3	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	4–7–0	8
12	January 26	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	3–6	Ottawa Senators	5–7–0	10
13	January 30	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	5–2	Ottawa Senators	5–8–0	10
14	February 4	Ottawa Senators	2–8	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	5–9–0	10
15	February 6	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	3–6	Ottawa Senators	6–9–0	12
16	February 11	Ottawa Senators	1–3	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	6–10–0	12
17	February 13	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	6–1	Ottawa Senators	6–11–0	12
18	February 16	Ottawa Senators	4–10	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	6–12–0	12
19	February 23	Ottawa Senators	3–9	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	6–13–0	12
20	February 25	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	0–8	Ottawa Senators	7–13–0	14
21	February 27	Ottawa Senators	3–1	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	8–13–0	16
22	March 6	Toronto Toronto Arenas The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...	3–9	Ottawa Senators	9–13–0	18

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cy Denneny Cy Denneny Cyril Joseph Denneny was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association. His brother Corbett Denneny also played in the NHL.-Early life:Cy Denneny was born...	22	36	0	36	34
Jack Darragh Jack Darragh John Proctor "Jack" Darragh was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League and its predecessor the National Hockey Association.-Playing career:Darragh played his entire professional career with the Ottawa Senators...	18	14	0	14	3
Eddie Gerard Eddie Gerard Edward George Gerard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada he played professionally for 10 seasons for the hometown Ottawa Senators and was member of several Stanley Cup-winning teams before retiring as a player in 1923...	21	13	0	13	12
Frank Nighbor Frank Nighbor Julius Francis "Pembroke Peach" Nighbor was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League and National Hockey Association and Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL, Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA and Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific...	9	11	0	11	3
Buck Boucher Buck Boucher Georges "Buck" Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Buck was one of six brothers. His brothers Frank, Bobby and Billy all played in the NHL...	22	9	0	9	27
Harry Hyland Harry Hyland Harold Macarius Hyland was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa Senators...	12	8	0	8	3
Dave Ritchie	13	5	0	5	9
Hamby Shore Hamby Shore Samuel Hamilton Shore was a Canadian professional hockey player who played several seasons for the Ottawa Senators, notably during the "Silver Seven" era when the club was champion from 1903 until 1906...	18	3	0	3	0
Eddie Lowrey Eddie Lowrey Edwin James "Ed" Lowrey, was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. Lowrey played for Ottawa Senators, Toronto Ontarios, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Blueshirts, Hamilton Tigers and the Regina Capitals...	11	2	0	2	3
Rusty Crawford Rusty Crawford Samuel Russell Crawford was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Quebec Bulldogs of the National Hockey Association , Ottawa Senators and Toronto Arenas of the National Hockey League and Saskatoon Crescents, Calgary Tigers and Vancouver Maroons of the Western Canada...	11	1	0	1	9
Sammy Hebert Sammy Hebert Samuel James Hebert was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played professionally from 1913 until 1924 in the National Hockey Association , National Hockey League and Western Canada Hockey League .-Playing career:Hebert played for several amateur teams in Ottawa before turning...	1	0	0	0	0
Horace Merrill Horace Merrill Horace Jefferson Merrill was a Canadian professional hockey player who played two seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators. He won a Stanley Cup Championship in 1920. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, but lived most of his life in Ottawa, Ontario...	4	0	0	0	0
Morley Bruce Morley Bruce Morley Callendar Bruce was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for four seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators...	7	0	0	0	0
Clint Benedict Clint Benedict Clinton Stevenson "Praying Bennie" Benedict was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads. He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to wear a face mask...	22	0	0	0	0

Source: hockeydb.com

Goaltending

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Sammy Hebert Sammy Hebert Samuel James Hebert was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played professionally from 1913 until 1924 in the National Hockey Association , National Hockey League and Western Canada Hockey League .-Playing career:Hebert played for several amateur teams in Ottawa before turning...	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Clint Benedict Clint Benedict Clinton Stevenson "Praying Bennie" Benedict was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads. He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to wear a face mask...	22	1337	9	13	0	114	1	5.12

Roster

1917-18 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders		Defencemen		Wingers - C Captain (ice hockey) In ice hockey, each team can designate an official captain for each game. The player serving as captain during the game wears a "C" on his or her jersey...		Centres GM:   Tommy Gorman Tommy Gorman Thomas Patrick "T. P." Gorman was a founder of the National Hockey League , a winner of seven Stanley Cups as a general manager with four teams, and an Olympic gold medal-winning lacrosse player for Canada.... Coach:   Eddie Gerard Eddie Gerard Edward George Gerard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada he played professionally for 10 seasons for the hometown Ottawa Senators and was member of several Stanley Cup-winning teams before retiring as a player in 1923... Coach:   Harry Hyland Harry Hyland Harold Macarius Hyland was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa Senators...

External links

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database