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The 1912–13 NHA season was the fourth season of the now defunct National Hockey Association. 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 Blueshirts and the Toronto Tecumsehs. 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.

Major Rule Changes[]

For this season the NHA teams played for the first time 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.

Regular season[]

In this season, the Ottawa Hockey Club became more commonly known as the 'Ottawa Senators'. The organization remained known as the Ottawa Hockey Association.

Final standings[]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against

National Hockey Association GP W L T GF GA
Quebec Bulldogs 20 16 4 0 112 75
Montreal Wanderers 20 10 10 0 93 90
Toronto Blueshirts 20 9 11 0 86 95
Montreal Canadiens 20 9 11 0 83 81
Ottawa Senators 20 9 11 0 87 81
Toronto Tecumsehs 20 7 13 0 59 98

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)

Goalkeeper Averages[]

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Benedict, Clint Ottawa 4 11 1 2.8
Moran, Paddy Quebec 20 75 1 3.8
Marchand, Ray Toronto 6 24 4.0
Cadotte, Bert Wanderers 4 16 4.0
Vezina, Georges Canadiens 20 81 1 4.1
LeSueur, Percy Ottawa 16 70 4.4
Boyes, Art Wanderers 16 74 4.6
Nicholson, Billy Tecumsehs 20 98 4.9
Holmes, Harry Toronto 14 71 1 5.1

Scoring Leaders[]

Name Club GP G
Malone, Joe Quebec 20 43
Smith, Tommy Quebec 19 39
Hyland, Harry Wanderers 20 27
Nighbor, Frank Toronto 17 25
Lalonde, Newsy Canadiens 18 25
Pitre, Didier Canadiens 17 24
Broadbent, Harry Ottawa 20 20
Davidson, Allan Toronto 20 19
Smith, Don Canadiens 20 19
Ronan, Skene Ottawa 20 18

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 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

Later in March the Bulldogs went to Victoria to play a series against the Victoria Aristocrats. They lost the best-of-three series two wins to one.


Stanley Cup Challenges[]

Sydney vs. Quebec[]

Joe Malone made a try for Frank McGee's record, but fell short at 9 goals. He was not in the lineup for the second game.

March 8, 1913
Sydney 3 at Quebec 14
T. McDonald G Paddy Moran
Trenouth 1 P Joe Hall
Cap McDonald CP Harry Mummery 1
Ken Randall 1 F Joe Malone 9
Bill Dumphy F Tommy Smith 3
Fraser F Rusty Crawford
Joe Tetreault 1 sub Billy Creighton 1
March 10, 1913
Sydney 2 at Quebec 6
T. McDonald G Paddy Moran
Trenouth 1 P Joe Hall 3
Cap McDonald CP Harry Mummery
Ken Randall F Tommy Smith 1
Bill Dumphy F Jack Marks 2
Fraser F Billy Creighton
Wilkie 1 sub

Quebec wins series 20–5

Quebec Bulldogs 1913 Stanley Cup Champions[]

Roster

  Centers
  Wingers
  Defensemen
  Goaltenders


  Non-players
  • Mike J. Quinn (Vice President/Manager-Coach), Dave Beland (Trainer)
  • Philliips A. Croquette^ (President), J .Eugene Matte^ (Treasurer),
  • Barney J. Kaine^ (Secretary), Louis Caqueux^, Arthure Dermore^(Directors),
  • Charles Fremont^, Fred Hill^ (Directors),
  • J. Camelien Lockwell^, Thomas B. O'Neil^ (Directors),

^ - Missing from the team picture.



Team Photos[]

Game Ads[]


Stanley Cup Game Ads[]


See also[]


Preceded by
Quebec Bulldogs
1912
Quebec Bulldogs
Stanley Cup Champions

1913
Succeeded by
Toronto Blueshirts
1914


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