1920–21 Hamilton Tigers season



The 1920–21 Hamilton Tigers season was the 1st season of play for the new Hamilton Tigers team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Tigers finished in last place in both halves of the season and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season
The NHL transferred the Quebec Bulldogs franchise to Hamilton, where it was named the Tigers, after the amateur team.

Regular Season
The Tigers would change their jerseys four times in the five seasons they spent in the NHL. For their debut season, their jerseys were gold and black vertical stripes with a tiger head logo. Striped socks and white pants rounded out the uniform.

Noting that the Bulldogs finished in last place in 1919–20, the league encouraged the other teams to provide players to Hamilton to improve the team's competitiveness. Toronto provided Babe Dye but recalled Dye after the first game and loaned Mickey Roach. Montreal provided Billy Coutu in exchange for keeping Harry Mummery. Ottawa did not provide any players willingly. Sprague Cleghorn and Harry Broadbent were eventually ordered by the league to report to Hamilton, but neither did. Cleghorn played some games with Toronto before returning to Ottawa.

After four games, Joe Malone, formerly of Quebec, arrived. He scored 28 goals in 20 games for the Tigers to place fourth in the league in goal-scoring. However, the team won only three games in each half of the schedule to finish last.

Playoffs
The Tigers did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

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