1913–14 Toronto Hockey Club season

The 1913–14 Toronto Hockey Club season was the second season of the Toronto franchise in the National Hockey Association (NHA). The Blue Shirts would win the NHA championship in a playoff to take over the Stanley Cup. The club then played and defeated the Victoria Aristocrats in the first hockey "World Series" against the champion of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA).

1913–14 Toronto Hockey Club
Stanley Cup champions
1913–14 record13–7–0
Home record8–2–0
Road record5–5–0
Goals for93
Goals against65
Team information
General managerPercy Quinn
CoachJack Marshall
CaptainScotty Davidson
ArenaArena Gardens

Off-season

Bruce Ridpath resigned as general manager of the club prior to the season, replaced by Jack Marshall. Ridpath himself tried out as a player but gave up his comeback before the season started. Of the previous season's squad, Archie McLean was dropped and Frank Nighbor moved to British Columbia. Jack Walker, who had played one game with Toronto in the previous season before playing in the Maritime league was added. Con Corbeau was acquired from the Toronto Ontarios just before the start of the season.[1]

Regular season
The 1913–14 Torontos

Harry Cameron suffered a separated shoulder and the Torontos acquired George McNamara from the Ontarios for cash in mid-season. The Torontos had a two-game lead in the standings with two games to go, but lost both to drop into a tie with the Montreal Canadiens. It was rumoured that the Torontos had thrown the last two games to get an extra home game from a final with Montreal.[2]

Final standings
National Hockey Association
GP W L T P GF GA
Toronto Hockey Club201370269365
Montreal Canadiens201370268565
Quebec Bulldogs2012802411173
Ottawa Senators201190226571
Montreal Wanderers20713014102125
Toronto Ontarios204160861118

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, P = Points, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Schedule and results
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1December 27Montreal Canadiens0–3Toronto1–0–02
2December 30Toronto3–7Montreal Wanderers1–1–02
3January 3Quebec Bulldogs3–6Toronto2–1–04
4January 7Toronto9–3Toronto Ontarios3–1–06
5January 10Ottawa Senators3–2Toronto3–2–06
6January 14Montreal Wanderers2–10Toronto4–2–08
7January 17Toronto9–4Quebec Bulldogs5–2–010
8January 21Toronto Ontarios2–9Toronto6–2–012
9January 24Toronto1–4Ottawa Senators6–3–012
10January 28Toronto3–4Montreal Canadiens6–4–012
11January 31Toronto5–3Montreal Wanderers7–4–014
12February 4Ottawa Senators1–2Toronto8–4–016
13February 7Toronto3–9Montreal Canadiens8–5–016
14February 11Quebec Bulldogs3–4Toronto9–5–018
15February 14Toronto Ontarios1–3Toronto10–5–020
16February 18Toronto4–1Ottawa Senators11–5–022
17February 21Montreal Canadiens2–3Toronto12–5–024
18February 25Toronto6–1Toronto Ontarios13–5–026
19February 28Toronto3–5Quebec Bulldogs13–6–026
20March 4Montreal Wanderers7–5Toronto13–7–026

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NHA playoffs

Tied at the top of the standings, the Blueshirts and Canadiens faced off in a two-game, total goals series for the league championship and Stanley Cup. The Blueshirts won the series 6–2.

Toronto 6, Montreal Canadiens 2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 7Toronto0–2Montreal Canadiens0–1
2March 11Montreal Canadiens0–6Toronto1–1

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Stanley Cup playoffs

The 1913–14 season marked the end 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 (PCHA) in a best-of-five series, with all games played at the Arena Gardens. As one of the duties of the hockey commission for the NHA, PCHA and Maritime leagues, the playoff with the PCHA had been arranged prior to the season, but it had not been cleared with the Stanley Cup trustees. A controversy erupted when a letter arrived from the Stanley Cup trustees on March 17, that the trustees would not let the Stanley Cup travel west, as they did not consider Victoria a proper challenger because they had not formally notified the trustees.[5] However, on March 18, Trustee William Foran stated that it was a misunderstanding. PCHA president Frank Patrick had not filed a challenge, because he had expected Emmett Quinn of the NHA to make all of the arrangements in his role as hockey commissioner, whereas the trustees thought they were being deliberately ignored. In any case, all arrangements had been ironed out and the Victoria challenge was accepted.[6][7] The trustees later sent a letter to league executives that Stanley Cup playoff arrangements would be handled by the leagues themselves henceforth.

Total attendance for the series was 14,260, out of a possible 22,500 (including standing room) capacity at the Arena. At the time, professional hockey was less of a draw than Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) senior hockey. Two games between local OHA senior teams had drawn over 14,000.[8] The Torontos players and staff received $297 each as their share of the gate receipts.[9]

Toronto 3, Victoria 0
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 14Victoria Aristocrats2–5Toronto1–0
2March 17Victoria Aristocrats5–6Toronto2–0
3March 19Victoria Aristocrats1–2Toronto3–0

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Toronto Hockey Club 1914 Stanley Cup Champions
1914 Worlds Champions Medal
Issued to Claude Wilson

When the Stanley Cup arrived in Toronto, it was put on public display in the window of the Eaton's department store.[10]

Players

  Defencemen

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

Coaching and administrative staff

Stanley Cup engraving

"1914 Toronto H.C." is engraved on the 1947 ring connecting the upper trophy to the barrel

See also

References
  • Harper, Stephen J. (2013). A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey. Simon & Schuster Canada. ISBN 978-1-4767-1653-4.
  • Zweig, Eric (2012). Stanley Cup: 120 years of hockey supremacy. Firefly Books. ISBN 978-1-77085-104-7.
Notes
  1. Harper 2013, pp. 248–249.
  2. Harper 2013, pp. 251–252.
  3. Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 255.
  4. Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL.
  5. "Stanley Cup Contest May Not Be for the Mug, After All is Said". Saskatoon Phoenix. March 18, 1914. p. 8.
  6. "A Tempest In a Teapot". Montreal Daily Mail. March 19, 1914. p. 9.
  7. "Stanley Cup Muddle Cleared Up". Toronto Globe and Mail. March 19, 1914.
  8. "Puckerings". Toronto Globe. March 21, 1914. p. 22.
  9. "Toronto Players Receive $297 Each". Toronto Globe. March 21, 1914. p. 22.
  10. Zweig 2012, p. 280.
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