1922–23 NHL season

The 1922–23 NHL season was the sixth season of the National Hockey League. Four teams played 24 games each. The Ottawa Senators defeated the Montreal Canadiens for the NHL championship, and then defeated Vancouver and Edmonton to win the Stanley Cup.

1922–23 NHL season
LeagueNational Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationDecember 16, 1922 – March 9, 1923
Number of games24
Number of teams4
Regular season
Season championsOttawa Senators
Top scorerBabe Dye (St. Patricks)
O'Brien Cup
ChampionsOttawa Senators
  Runners-upMontreal Canadiens

Regular season

At the start of the season, Newsy Lalonde found himself moving west as the Montreal Canadiens traded him to the Saskatoon Sheiks of the Western Canada Hockey League for a rising young star named Aurel Joliat.[1] Joliat would help the Canadiens win the second playoff spot over the St. Patricks. Joliat scored two goals in his first game with the Canadiens, but Babe Dye had five goals in the Toronto St. Patricks' 7–2 win. Joliat finished with 12 goals and 21 points in 24 games.[2]

On January 31, 1923, the Montreal Canadiens and Hamilton Tigers played the first penalty-free game in NHL history, a 5–4 Montreal victory.

On February 14, 1923, CFCA, the radio station of the Toronto Daily Star, broadcast the third period of the Senators-St. Patricks game in Toronto. This was the first radio broadcast of an NHL game. The broadcaster has not been identified, but it may have been Norman Albert who broadcast the Midland-North Toronto game February 8 from the Toronto Arena.[3]

On February 17, 1923, Cy Denneny of Ottawa scored his 143rd goal, surpassing Joe Malone as the all-time goal-scoring leader as the Ottawa Senators shut out the Montreal Canadiens 2–0.

Standings
National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Ottawa Senators241491297754
Montreal Canadiens241392287361
Toronto St. Patricks2413101278288
Hamilton Tigers2461801281110

[4][5] Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Playoffs

This was the second year in which the Stanley Cup playoffs involved three leagues. The previous year saw all three second place teams win their respective leagues. This year, it was all the first place teams. The NHL total goals playoffs for the O'Brien Cup were won by the Ottawa Senators 3 goals to 2, despite the dirty play of several Montreal Canadiens players. (citation needed) The Pacific Coast Hockey Association abandoned its seven-man hockey in favour of the six-man rules used in the NHL and the Western Canada Hockey League. This allowed the PCHA and the WCHL to play interleague games. Despite playing interleague games, the two separate leagues kept their own standings. The newly renamed Vancouver Maroons won the PCHA championship and the Edmonton Eskimos won the WCHL championship.[6]

NHL Championship
Ottawa won the series on total goals 3-2

Stanley Cup playoffs
Main article: 1923 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Stanley Cup playoffs were played in Vancouver. There, the WCHL champions received the privilege of battling the winner between Ottawa and Vancouver. In the end, Ottawa prevailed over both Western opponents to win their eighth Stanley Cup (third as a member of the NHL). Injuries had thinned the Senators line-up, and after seeing the gritty show put on by the undermanned Senators, Vancouver head coach Frank Patrick called them the greatest team he had ever seen.

Ottawa won the series 3-1

Stanley Cup Finals
Main article: 1923 Stanley Cup Finals
Ottawa won the series 2-0

NHL Playoff scoring leader

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player Team GP G A Pts
Punch BroadbentOttawa Senators8617

Awards

O'Brien Cup — Ottawa Senators

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points

Name Team GP G A PIM Pts
Babe DyeToronto St. Patricks2226111937
Cy DennenyOttawa Senators2423112834
Billy BoucherMontreal Canadiens242475531
Jack AdamsToronto St. Patricks231994228
Mickey RoachHamilton Tigers241710827
Odie CleghornMontreal Canadiens241961825
George BoucherOttawa Senators241495823
Reg NobleToronto St. Patricks2412114723
Cully WilsonHamilton Tigers231654621
Aurel JoliatMontreal Canadiens241293721

Source: NHL[2]

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games Played, GA = Goals Against, Mins = Minutes played, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals Against Average

Name Team GP Mins W L T GA SO GAA
Clint BenedictOttawa Senators24148614915442.18
Georges VezinaMontreal Canadiens24148813926122.46
John Ross RoachToronto St. Patricks241469131018813.59
Jake ForbesHamilton Tigers241470618011004.49

Source: NHL[7]

Coaches

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1922–23 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1922–23 (listed with their last team):

Free agency
DatePlayersTeam
January 30, 1923Billy BurchHamilton Tigers
February 23, 1923Lionel HitchmanOttawa Senators

Transactions
May 27, 1922 To Hamilton Tigers
Jake Forbes		 To Toronto St. Patricks
Cash
September 18, 1922 To Saskatoon Crescents (WCHL)
Newsy Lalonde		 To Montreal Canadiens
Aurel Joliat
cash ($3,500)
October 1, 1922 To Hamilton Tigers
Bert Corbeau		 To Montreal Canadiens
cash
December 22, 1922 To Montreal Canadiens
Joe Malone		 To Hamilton Tigers
Edmond Bouchard

See also

References
  • Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.
  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X.
  • Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
  • Dryden, Steve, ed. (2000). Century of hockey. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. ISBN 0-7710-4179-9.
  • Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley; Hughes, Morgan; Romain, Joseph; Duplacey, James (2003). The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League. Publications International Inc. ISBN 0-7853-9624-1.
  • Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Lose or Wrangle: The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators – 1883–1935. Manotick Ontario: Penumbra Press.
  • McFarlane, Brian (1973). The Story of the National Hockey League. New York, NY: Pagurian Press. ISBN 0-684-13424-1.
Notes
  1. Dryden 2000, p. 25.
  2. Dinger 2011, p. 146.
  3. Kitchen 2008, p. 246.
  4. http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/hockey/nhlrecords/nhl1923.htm
  5. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  6. McFarlane 1973, p. 33.
  7. "1922–23 Regular Season – Goalie Season Stats Leaders". NHL. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
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