1926–27 Ottawa Senators season

1926–27 Ottawa Senators
Division	1st Canadian
1926–27 record	30–10–4
Home record	16–5–1
Road record	14–5–3
Goals for	86
Goals against	69
Team information
General manager	Dave Gill
Coach	Dave Gill
Captain	Buck Boucher
Arena	Ottawa Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals	Cy Denneny (17)
Assists	King Clancy (10)
Points	Cy Denneny (23)
Penalty minutes	Hooley Smith (125)
Wins	Alec Connell (30)
Goals against average	Alec Connell (1.49)

The 1926–27 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 10th season of play in the NHL, 42nd overall. The Senators finished 1st in the Canadian Division and defeated the Boston Bruins in the 1927 Stanley Cup Finals 2 games to 1 (with 2 ties) to win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in seven years, and 11th overall, including the pre-NHL years.

Regular Season

The league expanded by 3 teams, as the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers would all join the league to make it a 10 team league. The NHL also divided the 10 teams into 2 divisions, and the Senators found themselves in the Canadian Division. This was also the first season that the Stanley Cup was awarded to the champion of the NHL.

Prior to the start of the season, the Senators relieved head coach Alex Currie from his duties as General Manager Dave Gill would step behind the bench and become the head coach. The Senators would then go on to win 30 games and earn 64 points, both the highest in the NHL and capture the Prince of Wales Trophy, win the Canadian Division title, and earn a bye in the opening round of the playoffs. Also, Buck Boucher would take over the team captaincy from Cy Denneny.

Denneny would go on to lead the club once again offensively, scoring 17 goals and 23 points, while Hooley Smith would have a team record 125 penalty minutes. Alec Connell would lead the NHL in wins (30) and be among the league leaders in GAA (1.49) and shutouts (13).

Final Standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Ottawa Senators	44	30	10	4	86	69	64
Montreal Canadiens	44	28	14	2	99	67	58
Montreal Maroons	44	20	20	4	71	68	44
New York Americans	44	17	25	2	82	91	36
Toronto St. Patricks	44	15	24	5	79	94	35

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
2	W	November 20, 1926	2–1 OT	New York Americans (1926–27)	2–0–0
3	T	November 25, 1926	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	2–0–1
4	W	November 27, 1926	1–0 OT	Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	3–0–1
5	W	November 30, 1926	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	4–0–1
6	W	December 4, 1926	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	5–0–1
7	W	December 7, 1926	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	6–0–1
8	W	December 9, 1926	3–1	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	7–0–1
9	W	December 11, 1926	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	8–0–1
10	W	December 14, 1926	2–0	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	9–0–1
11	L	December 16, 1926	0–5	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	9–1–1
12	T	December 18, 1926	0–0 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	9–1–2
13	W	December 23, 1926	1–0	New York Rangers (1926–27)	10–1–2
14	W	December 28, 1926	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	11–1–2
15	W	January 1, 1927	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	12–1–2
16	L	January 4, 1927	1–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	12–2–2
17	W	January 8, 1927	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	13–2–2
18	W	January 11, 1927	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	14–2–2
19	W	January 13, 1927	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	15–2–2
20	W	January 15, 1927	5–4	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	16–2–2
21	L	January 18, 1927	1–6	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	16–3–2
22	W	January 22, 1927	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	17–3–2
23	L	January 25, 1927	1–6	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	17–4–2
24	W	January 27, 1927	3–1	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	18–4–2
25	T	January 29, 1927	0–0 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	18–4–3
26	L	February 1, 1927	2–4	New York Americans (1926–27)	18–5–3
27	W	February 5, 1927	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	19–5–3
28	L	February 9, 1927	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	19–6–3
29	W	February 12, 1927	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	20–6–3
30	T	February 15, 1927	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1926–27)	20–6–4
31	W	February 17, 1927	2–1	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	21–6–4
32	W	February 19, 1927	1–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	22–6–4
33	W	February 22, 1927	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	23–6–4
34	W	February 24, 1927	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	24–6–4
35	L	February 26, 1927	2–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	24–7–4
36	W	March 3, 1927	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	25–7–4
37	L	March 5, 1927	1–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	25–8–4
38	L	March 10, 1927	0–1	Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	25–9–4
39	W	March 12, 1927	4–3	New York Americans (1926–27)	26–9–4
40	L	March 15, 1927	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	26–10–4
41	W	March 17, 1927	1–0	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	27–10–4
42	W	March 19, 1927	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	28–10–4
43	W	March 24, 1927	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	29–10–4
44	W	March 26, 1927	3–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	30–10–4

Playoffs

The Montreal Canadiens defeated their cross town rivals, the Montreal Maroons and faced the Senators in a 2 game total goal series. Ottawa won it by a score of 5–1, and matched up against the Boston Bruins in the 1927 Stanley Cup Finals.

Ottawa Senators 5 Goals, Montreal Canadiens 1 Goal

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 2	Ottawa Senators	4–0	Montreal Canadiens	1–0
2	April 4	Montreal Canadiens	1–1	Ottawa Senators	1–0–1

For more details on this topic, see 1927 Stanley Cup Finals.

Ottawa Senators 2, Boston Bruins 0 (2 ties)

Led by Cy Denneny and Alec Connell, the Senators won a tough 4 game series over the Bruins, winning the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 7 years.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 7	Ottawa Senators	0–0	Boston Bruins	0–0–1
2	April 9	Ottawa Senators	3–1	Boston Bruins	1–0–1
3	April 11	Boston Bruins	1–1	Ottawa Senators	1–0–2
4	April 13	Boston Bruins	1–3	Ottawa Senators	2–0–2

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cy Denneny	42	17	6	23	16
King Clancy	43	9	10	19	78
Hec Kilrea	42	11	7	18	48
Frank Finnigan	36	15	1	16	52
Hooley Smith	43	9	6	15	125
Frank Nighbor	38	6	6	12	26
Georges Boucher	40	8	3	11	115
Jack Adams	40	5	1	6	66
Alex Smith	42	4	1	5	58
Milt Halliday	38	1	0	1	2
Ed Gorman	41	1	0	1	17
Stan Jackson	8	0	0	0	2
Alec Connell	44	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Alec Connell	2782	44	30	10	4	69	1.49	13
Team:	2782	44	30	10	4	69	1.49	13

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cy Denneny	6	5	0	5	0
Frank Finnigan	6	3	0	3	0
King Clancy	6	1	1	2	14
Hec Kilrea	6	1	1	2	4
Frank Nighbor	6	1	1	2	0
Hooley Smith	6	1	0	1	16
Jack Adams	6	0	0	0	0
Georges Boucher	6	0	0	0	43
Ed Gorman	6	0	0	0	0
Milt Halliday	6	0	0	0	0
Alex Smith	6	0	0	0	8
Alec Connell	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Alec Connell	400	6	3	0	3	4	0.60	2
Team:	400	6	3	0	3	4	0.60	2

Awards and Records

• O'Brien Cup (NHL Playoff Champions): Ottawa Senators
• Prince of Wales Trophy (NHL Regular Season Champions): Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators 1927 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

  Centers

• Frank Nighbor
• Jack Adams

  Wingers

• Cy Denneny
• Frank Finnigan
• Hec Kilrea
• Reg Hooley Smith

  Defensemen

• George Boucher (Captain)
• Frank King Clancy
• Edwin Gorman
• Milt Halliday
• Alex Smith

  Goaltenders

• Alex Connell

  Non-players

• Frank Ahearn (President)
• Major T.W. McDonald (Vice President)
• Dave Gill (Manager-Coach/Secretary-Treasurer)
• Ed Gleeson (Trainer), Don Hughes (Ass't Trainer)

Stanley Cup Engraving

Eddie Gerard's name was misspelled when the ring was engraved as F. GERAD (MGR) instead of E. GERARD (MGR) on the 2nd version of the ring created in 1969. The mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.

Gallery

Team photograph. Trophies won: Stanley Cup, O'Brien Cup, Prince of Wales Trophy.

See Also

• 1926–27 NHL season
• List of Stanley Cup champions

References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007