1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1920–21
Year:	1920
Team:	Toronto St. Patricks
Record:	15–9–0
Leaguerank:	2nd (1st half), 1st (2nd half)
Goalsleader:	Babe Dye (33)
Assistsleader:	Harry Cameron (9)
Pointsleader:	Babe Dye (38)
Pimleader:	Ken Randall (74)
Winsleader:	Jake Forbes (13)
Gaaleader:	Jake Forbes (3.83)

The 1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks season was the Toronto National Hockey League (NHL) franchise's fourth season, second as the St. Patricks. The club won the regular season schedule, but lost in the playoffs and did not play for the Stanley Cup.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	December 22, 1920	3–6	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	0–1–0
2	W	December 25, 1920	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	1–1–0
3	L	December 29, 1920	1–8	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	1–2–0
4	W	January 3, 1921	5–4	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	2–2–0
5	L	January 8, 1921	2–3 OT	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	2–3–0
6	W	January 12, 1921	4–2	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	3–3–0
7	L	January 15, 1921	2–5	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	3–4–0
8	L	January 17, 1921	5–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	3–5–0
9	W	January 19, 1921	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	4–5–0
10	W	January 22, 1921	5–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	5–5–0
Second half
11	W	January 26, 1921	10–3	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	1–0–0
12	L	January 29, 1921	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	1–1–0
13	L	February 2, 1921	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	1–2–0
14	W	February 5, 1921	10–6	Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	2–2–0
15	W	February 9, 1921	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	3–2–0
16	W	February 12, 1921	6–4	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	4–2–0
17	W	February 16, 1921	4–3	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	5–2–0
18	W	February 19, 1921	5–4	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	6–2–0
19	L	February 23, 1921	4–7	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	6–3–0
20	W	February 26, 1921	4–2	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	7–3–0
21	L	February 28, 1921	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	7–4–0
22	W	March 2, 1921	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	8–4–0
23	W	March 5, 1921	4–3 OT	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	9–4–0
24	W	March 7, 1921	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	10–4–0

Playoffs

The St. Patricks qualified first in the second half and played the Senators for the league championship. The Senators defeated the St. Patricks (5–0 and 2–0) to progress to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Vancouver Millionaires, who they also defeated three games to two.

Player statistics

Scorers

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	23	33	5	38	32
	24	19	8	27	54
	24	18	9	27	35
	20	19	7	26	29
	22	6	5	11	74
	13	3	5	8	31
	8	2	3	5	22
	23	2	1	3	2
	19	2	1	3	4
	9	1	1	2	2
	20	0	0	0	0
	6	0	0	0	2
	4	0	0	0	0

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Transactions

• December 4, 1920: Loaned Babe Dye to the Hamilton Tigers
• December 15, 1920: Signed Free Agent Rod Smylie
• December 16, 1920: Traded Howard Lockhart to the Hamilton Tigers for cash
• December 24, 1920: Babe Dye returned to Toronto from Hamilton Tigers
• January 25, 1921: Acquired Sprague Cleghorn from Hamilton Tigers for future considerations
• March 15, 1921: Released Sprague Cleghorn

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-26 . 1920-21 Toronto St. Patricks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.