1912–13 NHA season explained

1912–13 NHA season
League:	National Hockey Association
Sport:	Ice hockey
Duration:	December 25, 1912 – March 5, 1913
Season:	Regular season
No Of Games:	20
No Of Teams:	6
Top Scorer:	Joe Malone (43)
Finals:	O'Brien Cup
Finals Link:	O'Brien Cup
Finals Champ:	Quebec Bulldogs
Finals Runner-Up:	Montreal Wanderers
Nextseason Link:	1913–14 NHA season
Prevseason Link:	1911–12 NHA season
Nextseason Year:	1913–14
Prevseason Year:	1911–12
Seasonslistnames:	NHA

The 1912–13 NHA season was the fourth season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). Six teams played 20 games each. The Quebec Bulldogs won the league championship to retain the Stanley Cup. They played and defeated the Sydney Millionaires in a challenge after the regular season.

League business

The Arena Gardens was completed in Toronto and the two dormant NHA franchises started play as the Toronto Hockey Club ('Torontos' or 'Blue Shirts') and the Toronto Tecumsehs ('Indians'). The Arena Gardens hosted a pre-season exhibition match between the Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Wanderers, at which a brawl broke out and Sprague Cleghorn would be charged with assault.^[1]

For this season the NHA teams played again with six skaters, abandoning the position of rover. It was agreed that from February onwards, the teams would play with seven. However, after several games at the start of February played with the rover, the decision was made to abandon the rover position permanently.

The Stanley Cup trustees decided prior to this season that all future Stanley Cup challenges would take place after the end of the regular season.

The Montreal Canadiens adopted a 'barber pole' style of jersey similar to the Ottawas with a CAC logo, prompting complaints from the Ottawas. The Ottawas' complaints were resolved with the Canadiens introducing a second jersey of solid red, with a wide blue stripe around the chest and the letter 'C' as a logo, used only when playing Ottawa.^[2] The solid red jersey with a wide blue stripe would be adopted full-time the following season and is the basis for the Canadiens jersey design to this day.^[2]

Regular season

Final standings

Stanley Cup challenges

Sydney vs. Quebec

Joe Malone scored 9 goals in the first game. He was not in the lineup for the second game.^[3]

March 8, 1913

Sydney	3	at	Quebec	14
		G
	1	P
Alfred McDonald Capt.		CP		1
	1	C		9
		RW		3
		LW	Tommy Smith
	1	sub		1

March 10, 1913

Sydney	2	at	Quebec	6
Toby McDonald		G	Paddy Moran
George Trenouth	1	P	Joe Hall	3
Alfred McDonald	Capt.	CP	Harry Mummery
Ken Randall		C	Tommy Smith	1
Bill Dunphy		RW	Billy Creighton	2
Jim Fraser		LW
	1	sub

Quebec wins series 20–5

Post-season exhibition series

After the season a series was arranged between Ottawa and Montreal Wanderers and Quebec to play in New York. Ottawa and Montreal played first, with the winner to play-off against Quebec. After the Wanderers defeated Ottawa 10–8 (3–2, 7–6), the Wanderers won the two-game series against Quebec 12–10 (9–5, 3–5).

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
March 8, 1913	Montreal Wanderers	3–2	Ottawa	St. Nicholas Rink, New York
March 10, 1913	Montreal Wanderers	7–6	Ottawa
March 13, 1913	Montreal Wanderers	9–5	Quebec
March 15, 1913	Quebec	5–3	Montreal Wanderers

Sources:

• News: New York Times . WANDERERS TAKE GAME FROM OTTAWA; Canadian Hockey Teams Make Thrilling Spectacle on Ice in St. Nicholas Rink. . 9 . March 11, 1913.
• News: New York Times . CANADIAN HOCKEY THRILLS AT RINK; Wanderers of Montreal Defeat Quebec Team in Brilliant Match, 9 to 5 . 10 . March 14, 1913.
• News: New York Times . WANDERERS WIN HOCKEY SERIES; St. Nicholas Rink Packed for Final Canadian Game Won by Quebec. . S2 . March 16, 1913.

Quebec series in Victoria, B.C.

Quebec travelled to Victoria, British Columbia to play an exhibition series with the Victoria Senators. The Senators had requested a challenge series with Quebec, but would not travel to Quebec City, but would play a series in Toronto. Bulldogs would not agree to defend the Cup on any other ice than their home rink. The Senators would win the best-of-three series.

• March 24, 7-5 for Victoria; March 27, 6-3 for Quebec; March 29, for 6-1 Victoria to win exhibition Series 2-1

March 24, 1913 - Game One

Quebec	5	at	Victoria	7
		G
		P
		CP	Lester Patrick playing-Manager-Coach	1
Rusty Crawford Capt.	1	R		2
Joe Malone Capt.	2	C	Tommy Dunderdale Capt.	1
	1	RW	Bobby Rowe	1
	1	LW		2
Jeff Malone -C		spare	Jack Ulrich -RW
Billy Creighton -P/RW		spare	Walter Smaill LW

Game one was played with 7 players on a side including the Rover position and PCHL rules.

March 27, 1913 - Game Two

Quebec	6	at	Victoria	3
		G
	1	P		1
		CP	Lester Patrick playing-Manager-Coach	1
Joe Malone Capt.	2	C	Tommy Dunderdale Capt.
Rusty Crawford	2	RW
	1	LW	Skinner Poulin
Tommy Smith -LW	2	Sub	Walter Smaill -LW	1
Jeff Malone -C		spare	Jack Ulrich -RW
Billy Creighton -P/RW		spare	Bobby Rowe -RW

Game two was played with 6 players on a side without a Rover position under NHA rules.

March 29, 1913 - Game Three

Quebec	1	at	Victoria	6
		G
		P
		CP	Lester Patrick playing-Manager-Coach	2
		R		2
Joe Malone Capt.		C	Tommy Dunderdale Capt.	2
		RW
	1	LW	Skinner Poulin
			Walter Smaill LW-sub
Jeff Malone -C		spare	Jack Ulrich -RW
Billy Creighton -P/RW		spare

Game three was played with seven players on a side including the Rover position and PCHL rules. Victoria won the series two games to one.

Tecumsehs in Boston

The Tecumsehs travelled to Boston to play an exhibition series against New Glasgow of Nova Scotia.^[4]

Schedule and results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Dec.	25	Canadiens	9	Toronto	5
28	Ottawa	3	Quebec	7
28	Toronto	5	Canadiens	8
28	Wanderers	7	Tecumsehs	4
31	Quebec	3	Wanderers	1
Jan.	1	Toronto	1	Ottawa	7
1	Canadiens	4	Tecumsehs	3
4	Ottawa	7	Canadiens	3
4	Tecumsehs	5	Quebec	3
4	Wanderers	3	Toronto	5
8	Ottawa	1	Tecumsehs	4
8	Toronto	5	Quebec	10
8	Canadiens	4	Wanderers	3
11	Ottawa	5	Wanderers	11
11	Canadiens	3	Quebec	4
11	Toronto	2	Tecumsehs	5
15	Wanderers	1	Ottawa	9
15	Tecumsehs	1	Toronto	6
15	Quebec	4	Canadiens	5
18	Canadiens	6	Ottawa	0
18	Quebec	4	Tecumsehs	2
18	Toronto	1	Wanderers	3
22	Tecumsehs	4	Ottawa	3 (7' overtime)
22	Quebec	3	Toronto	6
22	Wanderers	4	Canadiens	3
25	Ottawa	9	Toronto	5
25	Wanderers	10	Quebec	6
25	Tecumsehs	4	Canadiens	5 (17' overtime)
29	Tecumsehs	2	Wanderers	6
29	Quebec	5	Ottawa	3
Feb.	1‡	Toronto	2	Wanderers	3
1‡	Quebec	5	Tecumsehs	4 (4' overtime)
1‡	Canadiens	1	Ottawa	2
5‡	Ottawa	0	Toronto	2
5‡	Wanderers	3	Quebec	4
5‡	Tecumsehs	5	Canadiens	4
8‡	Quebec	4	Ottawa	1
8	Tecumsehs	2	Wanderers	1
8‡	Canadiens	3	Toronto	5
12	Tecumsehs	0	Ottawa	11
12	Quebec	11	Toronto	2
12	Wanderers	4	Canadiens	6
15	Ottawa	3	Canadiens	2
15	Wanderers	3	Toronto	10
15	Tecumsehs	0	Quebec	8
19	Ottawa	2	Wanderers	8
19	Canadiens	2	Quebec	4
19	Toronto	7	Tecumsehs	3
22	Wanderers	3	Ottawa	9
22	Tecumsehs	3	Toronto	5
22	Quebec	7	Canadiens	6
26	Ottawa	3	Tecumsehs	4
26	Toronto	4	Quebec	6
26	Canadiens	4	Wanderers	5
Mar.	1	Canadiens	3	Tecumsehs	1
1	Toronto	2	Ottawa	3
1	Quebec	6	Wanderers	4
5	Ottawa	6	Quebec	8
5	Wanderers	10	Tecumsehs	3
5	Toronto	6	Canadiens	2

‡ Played with rover (7 man hockey)

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Name	Club								GAA
Benedict, Clint	Ottawa	10	2	1	0	275	16	1	3.49^D
Moran, Paddy	Quebec	20	16	4	0	1204	75	1	3.73^A
Vezina, Georges	Canadiens	20	9	11	0	1217	81	1	3.99^B
	Wanderers	18	9	8	0	966	67		4.16
LeSueur, Percy	Ottawa	18	7	10	0	934	65	0	4.18^D
Holmes, Harry	Toronto	15	6	7	0	779	58	1	4.47^E
Nicholson, Billy	Tecumsehs	20	7	13	0	1228	98	0	4.79^C
Marchand, Ray	Toronto	8	3	4	0	421	37	0	5.27^E
Cadotte, Bert	Wanderers	6	1	2	0	234	23	0	5.90

• A – Moran's record includes 4 minutes of overtime.
• B – Vezina's record includes 17 minutes of overtime.
• C – Nicholson's record includes 28 minutes of overtime.
• D – Benedict and LeSueur shared duties in eight games.
• E – Holmes and Marchand shared duties in three games.

Scoring leaders

Player	Team
		20	43	34
	Quebec Bulldogs	18	39	30
		20	27	38
		19	25	9
		18	25	61
	Montreal Canadiens	17	24	80
		20	20	15
	Toronto Blueshirts	20	19	69
	Montreal Canadiens	20	19	52
	Ottawa Senators	20	18	39

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1913 Stanley Cup was presented by the trophy's trustee William Foran.

The following Bulldogs players and staff were members of the Stanley Cup winning team.

1912–13 Quebec Bulldogs

See also

• National Hockey Association
• List of pre-NHL seasons
• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 1912 in sports
• 1913 in sports

References

Bibliography

• Book: Coleman , Charles . The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.. 1966. NHL.
• Book: Zweig . Eric . 2012 . Stanley Cup: 120 years of hockey supremacy . Firefly Books . 978-1-77085-104-7 .

Notes

Notes and References

1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56368522/cleghorn-fined-50/ "Cleghorn fined $50"
2. Web site: Jerseys and Logos 1909-1946 . ourhistory.canadiens.com . October 30, 2022.
3. Coleman, pg. 125
4. News: The Montreal Gazette . March 24, 1913 . Tecumsehs Were Beaten.