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The 1913–14 NHA season was the sixth season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). At the end of the regular season, a tie for first place necessitated a playoff to determine the championship and the Stanley Cup. The Toronto Blueshirts defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6–2 in a two-game, total-goals playoff. The Blueshirts then defeated the challenging Victoria Aristocrats of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association to retain the Cup.

League Business[]

Board of Directors[]

Rule Changes[]

The referees now would drop the puck, instead of placing it on the ice.

A goalkeeper lying down to stop a puck would receive a minor penalty and $2 fine.

Penalties were set at $2 fine for minor fouls. Major fouls would cost more per incident, starting at $3 and 5 minutes off, increasing to $5 and 10 minutes, and to $10 and a match penalty.

Deliberate injury was a $15 fine and banishment until the injured player returned to play.

Goalkeeper sticks now had a limit on their width of 3 1/2 inches.

Assists were now to be recorded.

A dark line between the goal posts was now mandatory.

Referees for the season were named:


Regular Season[]

Highlights[]

On January 21, Tommy Smith would score nine goals for Quebec against the Wanderers. He would score 4 against the Canadiens on January 4.

Newsy Lalonde would score six against Wanderers on January 10, and haunt the Wanderers with another five on February 11.

Harry Hyland would score five in a game for the Wanderers against Toronto on March 4.

Allan Davidson would score five against the Ontarios on January 21.

Sprague Cleghorn would score five against Ontarios on December 27.

In the game of February 28 between Canadiens and Wanderers, the referee Leo Dandurand was assaulted by Canadiens manager George Kennedy.

The new arena at Quebec opened on December 30 with a game between Canadiens and Quebec, marred by a match penalty to Newsy Lalonde for hitting Joe Hall in the head, opening a cut requiring eight stitches. On the return match at Montreal on January 14, Mr. Hall would charge Lalonde into the boards for a ten stich wound.

The longest team winning streak was seven by Ottawa.

Final standings[]

Teams in bold made the playoffs.

League Standings GP W L Pts GF GA
Toronto Blueshirts 20 13 7 26 93 65
Montreal Canadiens 20 13 7 26 85 65
Quebec Bulldogs 20 12 8 24 111 73
Ottawa Senators 20 11 9 22 65 71
Montreal Wanderers 20 7 13 14 102 125
Toronto Ontarios 20 4 16 8 61 118

Results[]

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Dec. 27 Quebec 3 Ottawa 2
27 Ontarios 3 Wanderers 10
27 Canadiens 0 Toronto 3
30 Ottawa 2 Ontarios 3
30 Canadiens 4 Quebec 3
30 Toronto 3 Wanderers 7
Jan. 3 Wanderers 3 Ottawa 8
3 Quebec 3 Toronto 6
3 Ontarios 3 Canadiens 4
7 Canadiens 0 Ottawa 6
7 Quebec 4 Wanderers 3 (18' overtime)
7 Toronto 9 Ontarios 3
10 Ottawa 3 Toronto 2 (20' overtime)
10 Ontarios 1 Quebec 6
10 Wanderers 2 Canadiens 8
14 Ontarios 5 Ottawa 6
14 Quebec 3 Canadiens 4
14 Wanderers 2 Toronto 10
17 Ottawa 7 Wanderers 1
17 Canadiens 9 Ontarios 3
17 Toronto 9 Quebec 4
21 Ottawa 3 Canadiens 2
21 Wanderers 6 Quebec 12
21 Ontarios 2 Toronto 9
24 Toronto 1 Ottawa 4
24 Quebec 1 Ontarios 4
24 Canadiens 9 Wanderers 1
28 Ottawa 1 Quebec 7
28 Toronto 3 Canadiens 4
28 Wanderers 8 Ontarios 9
31 Quebec 3 Ottawa 4
31 Canadiens 4 Ontarios 6
31 Toronto 5 Wanderers 3
Feb. 4 Ottawa 1 Toronto 2
4 Canadiens 1 Quebec 6
4 Ontarios 1 Wanderers 3
7 Wanderers 4 Ottawa 2
7 Toronto 3 Canadiens 9
7 Quebec 6 Ontarios 4
11 Quebec 3 Toronto 4
11 Ontarios 1 Ottawa 3
11 Canadiens 6 Wanderers 2
14 Ontarios 1 Toronto 3
14 Ottawa 0 Canadiens 1 (6'40" overtime)
14 Wanderers 6 Quebec 7 (7'15" overtime)
18 Toronto 4 Ottawa 1
18 Quebec 1 Canadiens 2
18 Wanderers 11 Ontarios 3
21 Ottawa 3 Wanderers 12
21 Canadiens 2 Toronto 3
21 Ontarios 3 Quebec 10
25 Quebec 14 Wanderers 6
25 Canadiens 5 Ottawa 6 (30' overtime)
25 Toronto 6 Ontarios 1
28 Ottawa 3 Ontarios 2
28 Toronto 3 Quebec 5
28 Wanderers 5 Canadiens 6 (2'20" overtime)
Mar. 4 Ottawa 0 Quebec 10
4 Wanderers 7 Toronto 5
4 Ontarios 3 Canadiens 5

Goalkeeper Averages[]

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Holmes, Harry Toronto 20 65 1 3.3
Vezina, Georges Canadiens 20 65 1 3.3
Benedict, Clint Ottawa 7 23 3.3
Moran, Paddy Quebec 20 73 1 3.7
LeSueur, Percy Ottawa 13 48 1 3.7
Rankin, Reg Ontarios 1 4 4.0
Nicholson, Billy Wanderers 10 52 5.2
Hebert, Sammy Ontarios 19 108 5.7
Cross, Jack Ontarios 1 6 6.0
Leblanc, Alex Wanderers 4 26 6.5
Warwick, Wanderers 3 23 7.6
Boyce, Art Wanderers 3 24 8.0

Scoring Leaders[]

Name Club GP G
Smith, Tommy Quebec 20 39
Hyland, Harry Wanderers 18 31
Roberts, Gordon Wanderers 20 30
McDonald, Jack Ontarios 20 26
Malone, Joe Quebec 17 24
Darragh, Jack Ottawa 20 23
Davidson, Allan Toronto 20 23
Lalonde, Newsy Canadiens 14 22
Walker, Jack Toronto 20 20
Smith, Donald Canadiens 20 18

Playoffs[]

Tied at the top of the standings, the Blueshirts and Canadiens faced off in a two game, total goals series to determine a league champion. The Blueshirts won the series 6–2.

Toronto vs. Montreal[]

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
March 7, 1914 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 Toronto Blueshirts Montreal Arena
March 11, 1914 Toronto Blueshirts 6–0 Montreal Canadiens Arena Gardens
Toronto wins total goals series 6 goals to 2. Toronto wins the O'Brien Cup and the Stanley Cup.

Toronto-Victoria series[]

The 1913–14 season marked the last year of the challenge era in Stanley Cup history. After dispatching the Canadiens, the Blueshirts faced off against the Victoria Aristocrats of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. The series would be controversial, as the Aristocrats never formally applied with the Cup trustees to challenge for the cup. As a result, the trustees would negotiate an agreement to have the champions of the NHA and the PCHA meet each year to determine a champion, beginning in 1915.

Victoria vs. Toronto[]

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Rules Notes
March 14, 1914 Toronto Blueshirts 5–2 Victoria Aristocrats NHA
March 17, 1914 Toronto Blueshirts 6–5 Victoria Aristocrats PCHA 15:00, OT
March 19, 1914 Toronto Blueshirts 2–1 Victoria Aristocrats NHA
Toronto wins best-of-five series 3 games to 0

All games played at Arena Gardens.

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1914 Toronto Blueshirts

Toronto Blueshirts 1914 Stanley Cup Champions[]

Roster

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  Defensemen
  Goaltenders


† missing from team picture ‡ also played rover in the Stanley Cup Finals

  Non-players



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Preceded by
Quebec Bulldogs
1913
Toronto Blueshirts
Stanley Cup Champions

1914
Succeeded by
Vancouver Millionaires
1915
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