1929–30 Ottawa Senators season

The 1929–30 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 13th season in the NHL, 45th overall. The Senators finished third in the Canadian Division, making the playoffs, losing in the first round to the New York Rangers. It would be the original Senators last playoff appearance.

1929–30 Ottawa Senators
Division	3rd Canadian
1929–30 record	21–15–8
Home record	13–6–3
Road record	8–9–5
Goals for	138
Goals against	118
Team information
General manager	Dave Gill
Coach	Newsy Lalonde
Captain	King Clancy
Arena	Ottawa Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals	Hec Kilrea (36)
Assists	King Clancy (23)
Points	Hec Kilrea (58)
Penalty minutes	Joe Lamb (119)
Wins	Alec Connell (21)
Goals against average	Alec Connell (2.55)
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Team business

The Senators made a modification to their jerseys, adding an "O" logo to the chest of their jerseys. The club had last wore an "O" back in 1901 when they shared jerseys with the Ottawa Football Club.

According to Frank Ahearn, the Senators lost $CDN 32,000 ($552,440 in 2023 dollars)^[1] on the season. As told to King Clancy, this was the prime reason for the trade of Clancy before the next season.^[2] It was part of a pattern of Ottawa selling players off to cover losses.

Regular season

The Senators would continue to have some financial difficulties, and due to poor attendance against US-based teams, the Senators moved two home games to Atlantic City against the New York Americans and New York Rangers, along with two to Detroit, and a game to Boston.

Newsy Lalonde was unable to finish the season as coach due to illness. Manager Dave Gill took over as coach, and guided the Senators to a playoff position.

Hec Kilrea would lead the club with 36 goals and 58 points, while King Clancy would add 40 points (17 goals and 23 assists) from the blue line. Joe Lamb would provide toughness, leading the NHL with 119 penalty minutes, and would have a very good offensive season, finishing with 29 goals and 49 points. Alec Connell would once again be steady in the Senators net, winning 21 games, earning three shutouts and be among the league leaders in GAA at 2.55.

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Maroons	44	23	16	5	141	114	51
Montreal Canadiens	44	21	14	9	142	114	51
Ottawa Senators	44	21	15	8	138	118	50
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	17	21	6	116	124	40
New York Americans	44	14	25	5	113	161	33

^[3]

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.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division 1929–30 NHL records[4] Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total M. Canadiens — 1–4–1 5–1 1–2–3 4–1–1 11–8–5 M. Maroons 4–1–1 — 5–0–1 2–3–1 3–2–1 14–6–4 N.Y. Americans 1–5 0–5–1 — 2–3–1 1–3–2 4–16–4 Ottawa 2–1–3 3–2–1 3–2–1 — 5–1 13–6–5 Toronto 1–4–1 2–3–1 3–1–2 1–5 — 7–13–4

Vs. American Division 1929–30 NHL records Team BOS CHI DET NYR PIT Total M. Canadiens 0–4 3–0–1 3–1 2–1–1 2–0–2 10–6–4 M. Maroons 1–3 0–4 2–1–1 2–2 4–0 9–10–1 N.Y. Americans 1–3 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–1–1 10–9–1 Ottawa 0–4 2–2 3–0–1 0–2–2 3–1 8–9–3 Toronto 0–4 2–1–1 2–2 3–0–1 3–1 10–8–2

Schedule and results

1929–30 regular season[5]
November: 5–2–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 3–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 1 November 14 Canadiens 3–3 Ottawa OT Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 0–0–1 1 2 November 16 Rangers 3–4 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 1–0–1 3 3 November 19 Ottawa 6–4 Detroit Connell N/A Detroit Olympia 2–0–1 5 4 November 21 Ottawa 6–5 Chicago OT Connell N/A Chicago Coliseum 3–0–1 7 5 November 23 Ottawa 6–2 Toronto Connell N/A Mutual Street Arena 4–0–1 9 6 November 26 Detroit 3–4 Ottawa OT Connell N/A Detroit Olympia 5–0–1 11 7 November 28 Ottawa 3–4 Americans Connell N/A Madison Square Garden 5–1–1 11 8 November 26 Maroons 3–2 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 5–2–1 11
December: 1–5–3 (home: 1–3–1; road: 0–2–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 9 December 5 Toronto 2–9 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 6–2–1 13 10 December 7 Ottawa 3–3 Maroons OT Connell N/A Montreal Forum 6–2–2 14 11 December 12 Boston 3–2 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 6–3–2 14 12 December 14 Ottawa 4–6 Canadiens Connell N/A Montreal Forum 6–4–2 14 13 December 17 Ottawa 2–6 Boston Connell N/A Boston Garden 6–5–2 14 14 December 21 Canadiens 1–1 Ottawa OT Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 6–5–3 15 15 December 24 Chicago 3–1 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 6–6–3 15 16 December 28 Rangers 3–1 Ottawa Connell N/A Boardwalk Hall 6–7–3 15 17 December 31 Ottawa 1–1 Rangers Connell N/A Madison Square Garden 6–7–4 16
January: 5–6–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–5–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 18 January 2 Ottawa 1–3 Pittsburgh Connell N/A Duquesne Garden 6–8–4 16 19 January 4 Americans 1–4 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 7–8–4 17 20 January 9 Ottawa 0–4 Toronto Connell N/A Mutual Street Arena 7–9–4 18 21 January 11 Ottawa 2–1 Canadiens OT Connell N/A Montreal Forum 8–9–4 20 22 January 14 Ottawa 1–5 Boston Connell N/A Boston Garden 8–10–4 20 23 January 16 Toronto 1–2 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 9–10–4 22 24 January 18 Ottawa 1–2 Maroons Connell N/A Montreal Forum 9–11–4 22 25 January 21 Pittsburgh 4–7 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 10–11–4 24 26 January 23 Ottawa 3–6 Rangers Connell N/A Madison Square Garden 10–12–4 24 27 January 25 Maroons 0–4 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 11–12–4 26 28 January 28 Chicago 2–1 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 11–13–4 26
February: 6–0–4 (home: 3–0–1; road: 3–0–3) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 29 February 1 Canadiens 1–4 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 12–13–4 28 30 February 4 Ottawa 5–1 Pittsburgh Connell N/A Duquesne Garden 13–13–4 30 31 February 8 Rangers 2–2 Ottawa OT Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 13–13–5 31 32 February 13 Ottawa 4–4 Canadiens OT Connell N/A Montreal Forum 13–13–6 32 33 February 16 Ottawa 2–2 Americans OT Connell N/A Madison Square Garden 13–13–7 33 34 February 18 Pittsburgh 2–3 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 14–13–7 35 35 February 20 Ottawa 5–2 Chicago Connell N/A Chicago Stadium 15–13–7 37 36 February 22 Ottawa 1–0 Toronto Connell N/A Mutual Street Arena 16–13–7 39 37 February 25 Toronto 0–2 Ottawa OT Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 17–13–7 41 38 February 27 Ottawa 3–3 Detroit OT Connell N/A Detroit Olympia 17–13–8 42
March: 4–2–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 39 March 1 Boston 2–1 Ottawa Connell N/A Boston Garden 17–14–8 42 40 March 4 Maroons 2–6 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 18–14–8 44 41 March 8 Detroit 2–3 Ottawa Connell N/A Detroit Olympia 19–14–8 46 42 March 11 Ottawa 4–2 Maroons Connell N/A Montreal Forum 20–14–8 48 43 March 13 Ottawa 1–2 Americans OT Connell N/A Madison Square Garden 20–15–8 48 44 March 15 Americans 7–8 Ottawa Connell N/A Boardwalk Hall 21–15–8 50
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

New York Rangers 6, Ottawa Senators 3

The Senators went against the Rangers and lost 6 goals to 3.

1930 Stanley Cup playoffs[5]
Quarterfinals vs. (A3) New York Rangers – Rangers win 6 goals to 3 goals Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Series 1 March 20 Rangers 1–1 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 1–1 2 March 23 Ottawa 2–5 Rangers Connell N/A Madison Square Garden 3–6
Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hec Kilrea	LW	44	36	22	58	72
Joe Lamb	RW	44	29	20	49	119
King Clancy	D	44	17	23	40	83
Frank Finnigan	RW	43	21	15	36	46
Bill Touhey	LW	44	10	3	13	24
Art Gagne	RW	33	6	4	10	32
Al Shields	D	44	6	3	9	32
Alex Smith	D	43	2	6	8	91
Wally Kilrea	RW/C	38	4	2	6	4
Danny Cox	LW	24	3	2	5	20
Harold Starr	D	28	2	1	3	12
Harry Connor	LW	25	1	2	3	22
Len Grosvenor	C/RW	15	0	3	3	19
Syd Howe	C/LW	12	1	1	2	0
Bill Hutton	D/RW	18	0	1	1	0
Alec Connell	G	44	0	0	0	0
Frank Nighbor	C	19	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Alec Connell	2780	44	21	15	8	118	2.55	3
Team:	2780	44	21	15	8	118	2.55	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Art Gagne	RW	2	1	0	1	4
Harold Starr	D	2	1	0	1	0
Bill Touhey	LW	2	1	0	1	0
King Clancy	D	2	0	1	1	2
Alec Connell	G	2	0	0	0	0
Danny Cox	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Frank Finnigan	RW	1	0	0	0	4
Syd Howe	C/LW	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Hutton	D/RW	2	0	0	0	0
Hec Kilrea	LW	2	0	0	0	4
Wally Kilrea	RW/C	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Lamb	RW	2	0	0	0	11
Al Shields	D	2	0	0	0	0
Alex Smith	D	2	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Alec Connell	120	2	0	1	1	6	3.00	0
Team:	120	2	0	1	1	6	3.00	0

^[6]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1929–30 season.^[7]

Trades

November 1, 1929	To Ottawa Senators Cash	To Buffalo Bisons (IHL) Sammy Godin
November 7, 1929	To Ottawa Senators Cash	To Hamilton Tigers (IHL) Jack Duggan Milt Halliday
November 27, 1929	To Ottawa Senators Cash	To Detroit Cougars Loan of Bill Beveridge
December 21, 1929	To Ottawa Senators Art Gagne	To Boston Bruins Cash
December 26, 1929	To Ottawa Senators Cash	To London Panthers (IHL) Loan of Len Grosvenor
January 30, 1930	To Ottawa Senators Bill Hutton	To Boston Bruins Harry Connor
January 31, 1930	To Ottawa Senators Danny Cox Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Frank Nighbor

Free agents signed

January 16, 1930

From London Panthers (IHL) Syd Howe

Waivers claimed

November 18, 1929

From New York Americans Harry Connor

See also

• 1929–30 NHL season