John Proctor "Jack" Darragh (December 4, 1890 in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Ontario

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 – June 25, 1924 in Ottawa

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, Ontario

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) was a Canadian

Canada

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 professional

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 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 forward

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 who played for the 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...

 in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 and its predecessor the National Hockey Association

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.

Playing career

Darragh played his entire professional career with the Ottawa Senators. He was a big part of their success, winning four Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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s; in 1911, 1920, 1921 and 1923. In the 1921 Final against Vancouver

Vancouver Millionaires

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, he scored both goals in a 2–1 deciding game victory.

He retired after that Cup win, but returned after one season to play for the Cup-winning team of 1922–23, the third in four seasons, all with Darragh in the lineup.

He retired after the 1923–24 season and died a few months later due to peritonitis

Peritonitis

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, which was the result of a ruptured appendix.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1910–11†	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...	NHA 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...		16	18	0	18	—		2	0	—	0	—
1911–12	Ottawa Senators	NHA		16	15	0	15	—		—	—	—	—	—
1912–13	Ottawa Senators	NHA		20	15	0	15	—		—	—	—	—	—
1913–14 1913–14 NHA season The 1913–14 NHA season was the fifth season of the National Hockey Association . At the end of the regular season, a tie for first place necessitated a playoff to determine the championship. The Toronto Hockey Club defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6–2 in a two-game, total-goals playoff...	Ottawa Senators	NHA		20	23	0	23	—		—	—	—	—	—
1914–15 1914–15 NHA season The 1914–15 NHA season was the sixth season of the National Hockey Association and played from December 26, 1914 until March 3, 1915. Each team played 20 games. The Ottawa Senators won the NHA championship in a two game, total goal playoff against the Montreal Wanderers...	Ottawa Senators	NHA		17	13	0	13	—		5	3	—	3	—
1915–16	Ottawa Senators	NHA		21	16	0	16	—		—	—	—	—	—
1916–17	Ottawa Senators	NHA		20	26	0	26	—		2	2	—	2	—
1917–18	Ottawa Senators	NHL		18	14	0	14	3		—	—	—	—	—
1918–19	Ottawa Senators	NHL		14	12	1	13	27		5	2	0	2	3
1919–20†	Ottawa Senators	NHL		22	22	5	27	22		5	5	2	7	3
1920–21†	Ottawa Senators	NHL		24	11	8	19	20		5	5	0	5	12
1921–22	Did not play
1922–23†	Ottawa Senators	NHL	24	7	7	14	13	2	1	0	1	2
1923–24	Ottawa Senators	NHL	18	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2
NHL totals			120	68	21	89	87	—	—	—	—	—

†Won Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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