1914–15 Ottawa Senators season explained

The 1914–15 Ottawa Senators season was the Ottawa Hockey Club's 30th season of play since its founding in 1883 (with some inactive years in the 1880s). After placing fourth in 1913–14, the Senators improved to win the NHA title, but lost the Stanley Cup 'World Series' playoff to the Vancouver Millionaires, played in Vancouver.

Team business

The Senators traded Percy LeSueur to the Ontarios for Fred Lake.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

MonthDayVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord
Dec.26 Ottawa 4 Quebec 1 1–0
30 Ontarios 1 Ottawa 4 2–0
Jan.2 Ottawa 6 Wanderers 15 2–1
6 Ottawa 4 Canadiens 2 3–1
9 Toronto 1 Ottawa 2 (18' OT) 4–1
13 Ottawa 3 Ontarios 5 4–2
16 Wanderers 3 Ottawa 4 5–2
20 Canadiens 1 Ottawa 3 6–2
23 Ottawa 2 Toronto 4 6–3
27 Quebec 2 Ottawa 7 7–3
30 Ottawa 3 Quebec 1 8–3
Feb.3 Toronto 2 Ottawa 7 9–3
6 Ottawa 1 Wanderers 8 9–4
10 Ottawa 6 Ontarios 2 10–4
13 Canadiens 3 Ottawa 5 11–4
17 Ottawa 3 Toronto 1 12–4
20 Wanderers 5 Ottawa 1 12–5
24 Ottawa 2 Canadiens 3 12–6
27 Ontarios 2 Ottawa 3 13–6
valign=top bgcolor="#fff"Mar.3 Quebec 3 Ottawa 4 (25" OT) 14–6

Source: Coleman, pp. 272–273.

Scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
20 24 3 27 115
20 9 10 19 39
18 11 2 13 32
17 9 3 12 34
12 7 1 8 8

Goaltending averages

width=150 Namewidth=75 ClubGPGASOAvg.
Benedict, ClintOttawa 20 65 3.3

Playoffs

League championship

Montreal and Ottawa played a two-game total-goals series to determine the league championship and the O'Brien Cup.

Game-by-GameWinning TeamScoreLosing TeamLocation
1March 10Ottawa Senators4–0Montreal WanderersOttawa
2March 13Montreal Wanderers1–0Ottawa SenatorsMontreal
Senators win series 4–1

Stanley Cup Finals

See main article: 1915 Stanley Cup Finals. As the 1914 Final was held in Toronto, all three games in this series were played at the arena of the PCHA's champion in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Millionaires swept the best-of-five series in three games.

Game-by-GameWinning TeamScoreLosing TeamRules UsedLocation
1March 22Vancouver Millionaires6–2Ottawa SenatorsPCHADenman Arena, Vancouver
2March 24Vancouver Millionaires8–3Ottawa SenatorsNHA
3March 26Vancouver Millionaires12–3Ottawa SenatorsPCHA
Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 games to 0

See also

References