1910–11 NHA season
LeagueNational Hockey Association
SportIce hockey
DurationDecember 31, 1910 – March 10, 1911
Number of games16
Number of teams5
Regular season
Top scorerMarty Walsh (35)
O'Brien Cup
ChampionsOttawa Hockey Club
  Runners-upMontreal Canadiens

The 1910–11 NHA season was the second season of the now defunct National Hockey Association. The Ottawa Hockey Club won the league championship. Ottawa took over the Stanley Cup from the Montreal Wanderers and defended it against teams from Galt, Ontario, and Port Arthur, Ontario .

League business

The annual meeting was held November 12, 1910, electing the following executive:

Directors:

The Shamrocks resigned from the league and were not replaced. The Club Athletique-Canadien and the Quebec Hockey Club were granted franchises. Haileybury and Cobalt left the league. Club-Athletique-Canadien had made a claim on the Canadiens name and threatened a lawsuit if they were not granted a franchise. There are three written descriptions of this transaction. Coleman(1966) writes that George Kennedy, president of the CAC bought the Haileybury franchise. In Andy O'Brien's book, Ambrose O'Brien is quoted as saying that he sold the Canadiens to Kennedy. In Holzman's book, the franchise was given to Kennedy, but Kennedy had to pay O'Brien for the rights to Newsy Lalonde. In The Globe of March 7, 1911, it is claimed that Lalonde's sale was the first ever sale of a player.[1]

The NHA decided to impose a $5,000 per team salary cap.[2]

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.

Source: Coleman, p. 201–203.

Salary cap

The salary cap of $5,000 per club caused a situation where Bruce Stuart of Ottawa threatened a mass defection to a new league.[3] However, the players found that the Arena Company, owners of the Montreal Arena would not rent to the players.[4] There was no other suitable arena in Montreal available for a new league and the players had no choice but to abandon the effort.[5] Some players took a large cut in salary: Marty Walsh, Fred Lake and Dubbie Kerr were paid $600 each where they had been paid $1,200 each in 1910. The dispute caused the cancellation of a pre-season exhibition series in New York for the Ottawas and Wanderers.[6]

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.[7]

Regular season

The Ottawa team, 1911 Stanley Cup winners

Final standings

National Hockey Association
  GP W L T GF GA
Ottawa Hockey Club16133012269
Montreal Canadiens168806662
Renfrew Creamery Kings1688091101
Montreal Wanderers167907388
Quebec Bulldogs1641206597

[8]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Stanley Cup challenges

Ottawa played two challenges after the season at The Arena in Ottawa.

Galt vs. Ottawa

March 13, 1911[9]
Galt 4 at Ottawa 7
Billy HagueGPercy LeSueur
Billy BairdPFred Lake1
Ras MurphyCPHamby Shore
Tommy Smith1ROJack Darragh
Jim MallenCMarty Walsh3
Louis Berlinguette2RWBruce Ridpath2
Fred Doherty1LWAlbert Kerr1

Port Arthur vs. Ottawa

Marty Walsh was a "one-man wrecking crew", scoring ten goals against Port Arthur.

March 16, 1911[10]
Port Arthur 4 at Ottawa 13
Herman ZeiglerGPercy LeSueur
Paddy McDonoughPFred Lake
Eddie Carpenter1CPHamby Shore
Jack Walker1ROJack Darragh
Mickey O'LearyCMarty Walsh10
Willard McGregor1RWBruce Ridpath2
Wes Wellington1LWAlbert Kerr1

Post-season exhibition series

After the season a series was arranged between Renfrew and Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa to play in New York. Renfrew and Montreal played first, with the winner to play-off against Ottawa. After the Wanderers defeated Renfrew 18–5 (13–4, 4–1), Ottawa won a $2,500 prize for the two-game series winning 12–7 ( 7–2, 5–8 ).[11]

Ottawa and Montreal then played a two-game series in Boston on March 22 and March 25, 1911 (the first game being the first professional hockey game in Boston). Ottawa won a $2,500 purse by a total score of 13–11 (5–7, 8–4). Ottawa had picked up Cyclone Taylor from Renfrew to play in the Boston exhibition games.[12]

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
March 17, 1911Montreal Wanderers14–4RenfrewSt. Nicholas Rink, New York
March 18, 1911Montreal Wanderers4–1Renfrew
March 20, 1911Ottawa7–2Montreal Wanderers
March 21, 1911Montreal Wanderers8–5Ottawa
March 22, 1911Montreal Wanderers7–5OttawaBoston Arena, Massachusetts
March 25, 1911Ottawa8–4Montreal Wanderers
Sources
  • "WANDERERS AGAIN DOWN THE RENFREWS; Montreal Skaters Capture the Second Game of Canadian Hockey at Rink". New York Times. March 19, 1911. p. S2.
  • "OTTAWA HOCKEY CLUB DOWNS WANDERERS; Stanley Cup Winners Show High Class Team Work and Skating at Local Rink". New York Times. March 21, 1911. p. 12.
  • "OTTAWA TEAM WINS $2,500 HOCKEY PURSE; Wanderers of Montreal Beaten in Final Game of Four Nights' Carnival". New York Times. March 22, 1911. p. 12.

Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Dec. 31Ottawa5Canadiens3
Jan. 2Renfrew2Quebec3
5†Wanderers4Renfrew2
7Canadiens4Quebec1
7Wanderers5Ottawa10
10Quebec4Wanderers5 (overtime)
10Ottawa5Renfrew4
14Renfrew1Canadiens4
14Quebec5Ottawa13
16Quebec5Renfrew10
18Canadiens4Wanderers5
21Canadiens4Ottawa5 (overtime)
21Wanderers5Quebec3
24Renfrew5Ottawa19
24Quebec5Canadiens9
27Canadiens6Renfrew5
28Ottawa8Wanderers2
Feb. 1Renfrew8Quebec7
1Wanderers6Canadiens3
3Wanderers5Renfrew8
4Ottawa6Quebec4
7Canadiens9Wanderers2
11Quebec2Canadiens3
11Wanderers4Ottawa9
15‡Wanderers4Renfrew5 (at Ottawa)
15Canadiens4Quebec7
18Renfrew4Wanderers6
18Ottawa7Quebec2
21Renfrew2Canadiens4
22Wanderers3Quebec1
24Ottawa7Renfrew8
25Quebec3Wanderers2
27Quebec11Renfrew10
28Wanderers2Canadiens3
28Quebec2Ottawa6
Mar. 2Ottawa7Wanderers11
2Canadiens3Renfrew5
4Renfrew7Ottawa6
7Wanderers6Renfrew7
8Ottawa4Canadiens3
10Canadiens0Ottawa5

† Protested by Renfrew.

‡ Replay of protested game.

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Georges Vezina Canadiens166203.9
Percy LeSueur Ottawa166914.3
Riley Hern Wanderers168805.5
Paddy Moran Quebec169706.1
Bert Lindsay Renfrew1610106.3

Scoring leaders

Player Team GP G PIM
Marty WalshOttawa Senators163551
Dubbie KerrOttawa Senators163345
Don SmithRenfrew Creamery Kings162649
Bruce RidpathOttawa Senators162351
Odie CleghornRenfrew Creamery Kings162066
Newsy LalondeMontreal Canadiens161963
Didier PitreMontreal Canadiens161922
Ernie RussellMontreal Wanderers111826
Jack DarraghOttawa Senators161836
Frank GlassMontreal Wanderers161731

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1911 Stanley Cup was presented by the trophy's trustee William Foran. The Ottawa Hockey Club never did engrave their names on the Cup for their championship season.

The following Ottawa Hockey Club players and staff were members of the Stanley Cup winning team.

1910–11 Ottawa Hockey Club Senators

Players

  Centres

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Thomas D'Arcy McGee† (President), Llewellyn Bates† (Vice President)
  • Pete Green† (Coach), Patrick Baskerville† (Treasurer)
  • Martin Rosenthal† (Secretary), Mac McGilton† (Trainer)
  • George Bryson†, Fred Carling†, Charles Irvin† (Directors)
  • Dave Mulligan†, Charles Sparks† (Directors)

† Missing from the team picture.These are the known non-playing members of 1911 Ottawa Hockey Club. The only team picture found of the Ottawa Hockey Club in 1911 includes 9 of the 10 players, and no non-playing members.

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.

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL.
  • Holzman, Morey; Nieforth, Joseph (2002). Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHL conquered Hockey. Dundurn Press. ISBN 1-55002-413-2.
  • O'Brien, Andy (1971). Les Canadiens. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson. ISBN 0-07-092950-5.
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.

Notes

  1. "Puckerings". The Globe. March 7, 1911. p. 17.
  2. "Salaries Cut From $1,200 to $500". The Globe. 1910-11-19. p. 29.
  3. "Bomb in Ottawa Camp". The Globe. 1910-11-24. p. 10.
  4. "Still in the air". The Globe. 1910-12-13. p. 10.
  5. "Outlaws Hurrying to Cover". The Globe. 1910-12-14. p. 10.
  6. "No New York Trip". The Globe. 1910-12-05. p. 10.
  7. Coleman, p. 202
  8. Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 210.
  9. Galt beaten in a poor game
  10. Ottawa still holds the cup
  11. "OTTAWA TEAM WINS $2,500 HOCKEY PURSE; Wanderers of Montreal Beaten in Final Game of Four Nights' Carnival". New York Times. March 22, 1911. p. 12.
  12. "Wanderers lose the $2,500 purse". Montreal Gazette. March 27, 1911. p. 10.
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