| Season: | 1912–13 |
| Year: | 1912 |
| Team: | Toronto Hockey Club |
| League: | NHA |
| Record: | 9–11–0 |
| Homerecord: | 7–3–0 |
| Roadrecord: | 2–8–0 |
| Goalsfor: | 86 |
| Goalsagainst: | 95 |
The 1912–13 Toronto Hockey Club season was the first season of the Toronto franchise in the National Hockey Association (NHA). The team was also known as the Blueshirts.
Operation of the ice-making equipment at the new Arena Gardens was delayed a week when the pipes had to be relaid. Local pipefitters, unfamiliar with ice-making equipment, had installed the pipes improperly, and W. H. Magee of New York, advisor to the Arena, ordered the pipes removed and reinstalled.[1] [2]
The Torontos' manager Bruce Ridpath built the team from new prospects, rather than signing established professionals, like the Tecumsehs, the other Toronto NHA club. Ridpath signed Scotty Davidson, who had been playing in Calgary; Frank Foyston of the Toronto Eatons, Roy McGiffin of the Simcoes, Cully Wilson of Winnipeg, and Harry Cameron and Frank Nighbor of Port Arthur. Only Archie McLean from the PCHA had previous big-league experience.
Cully Wilson scored the first-ever goal for the Torontos, in their opening night 9–5 loss to the Canadiens.[3] The team started the season poorly under the coaching of Ridpath, but Ridpath signed Jack Marshall, the former star of the Montreal Wanderers as coach. The team continued to struggle until Marshall decided to become a playing coach with the team. His veteran presence helped the Blueshirts to win some games, eventually finishing third in the standings.
Nighbor was the scoring star for the Blueshirts, scoring 23 goals.
| Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record | Pts | ||
| 1 | December 25 | 9–5 | Toronto | 0–1–0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | December 28 | Toronto | 5–8 | 0–2–0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | January 1 | Toronto | 1–7 | Ottawa Senators | 0–3–0 | 0 | |
| 4 | January 4 | 3–5 | Toronto | 1–3–0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | January 8 | Toronto | 5–10 | 1–4–0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | January 11 | Toronto | 2–5 | 1–5–0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | January 15 | 1–6 | Toronto | 2–5–0 | 4 | ||
| 8 | January 18 | Toronto | 1–3 | 2–6–0 | 4 | ||
| 9 | January 22 | 3–6 | Toronto | 3–6–0 | 6 | ||
| 10 | January 25 | 9–5 | Toronto | 3–7–0 | 6 | ||
| 11 | February 1 | Toronto | 2–3 | 3–8–0 | 6 | ||
| 12 | February 5 | 0–2 | Toronto | 4–8–0 | 8 | ||
| 13 | February 8 | 3–5 | Toronto | 5–8–0 | 10 | ||
| 14 | February 12 | 11–2 | Toronto | 5–9–0 | 10 | ||
| 15 | February 15 | 3–10 | Toronto | 6–9–0 | 12 | ||
| 16 | February 19 | Toronto | 7–3 | 7–9–0 | 14 | ||
| 17 | February 22 | 3–5 | Toronto | 8–9–0 | 16 | ||
| 18 | February 26 | Toronto | 4–6 | 8–10–0 | 16 | ||
| 19 | March 1 | Toronto | 2–3 | Ottawa Senators | 8–11–0 | 16 | |
| 20 | March 5 | Toronto | 6–2 | 9–11–0 | 18 |
| Player | Pos. | No. | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 9 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 13 | ||
| RW | 3 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 69 | ||
| RW | 5 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 45 | ||
| D | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 20 | ||
| C | 4 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||
| LW | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 83 | ||
| C | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |||
| D | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Steve Gunnlaugson | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Doherty | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| F | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey O'Leary | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RW | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| F | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |