# 1919–20 Toronto St. Patricks season

The 1919–20 Toronto St. Patricks season was the third season of the Toronto National Hockey League franchise. The franchise was sold to the owners of the Toronto St. Patricks amateur hockey association and renamed the St. Patricks. The club improved on its record from the previous season, but did not make the playoffs as the Ottawa Senators won both halves of the season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

First half :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Ottawa Senators | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 59 | 23 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 51 |
| Toronto St. Patricks | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 52 | 62 |
| Quebec Athletics | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 81 |
Second half :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Ottawa Senators | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 62 | 41 |
| Toronto St. Patricks | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 67 | 44 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 67 | 62 |
| Quebec Athletics | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 96 |
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

1919–20 NHL Records :
| Team | MTL | OTT | QUE | TOR |
| Montreal | — | 1–7 | 7–1 | 5–3 |
| Ottawa | 7–1 | — | 7–1 | 5–3 |
| Quebec | 1–7 | 1–7 | — | 2–6 |
| Toronto | 3–5 | 3–5 | 6–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | December 23, 1919 | 0–3 | @ Ottawa Senators (1919–20) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | December 27, 1919 | 7–4 | Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | December 31, 1919 | 5–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1919–20) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | W | January 3, 1920 | 4–3 | Ottawa Senators (1919–20) | 3–1–0 |
| 5 | L | January 7, 1920 | 5–7 | @ Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20) | 3–2–0 |
| 6 | L | January 10, 1920 | 7–14 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1919–20) | 3–3–0 |
| 7 | L | January 14, 1920 | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1919–20) | 3–4–0 |
| 8 | W | January 17, 1920 | 8–3 | Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20) | 4–4–0 |
| 9 | L | January 21, 1920 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1919–20) | 4–5–0 |
| 10 | W | January 24, 1920 | 5–3 | Ottawa Senators (1919–20) | 5–5–0 |
| 11 | L | January 28, 1920 | 0–7 | @ Ottawa Senators (1919–20) | 5–6–0 |
| 12 | L | January 31, 1920 | 6–10 | @ Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20) | 5–7–0 |
| Second half ||||||
| 13 | L | February 4, 1920 | 5–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1919–20) | 0–1–0 |
| 14 | W | February 7, 1920 | 4–3 | @ Ottawa Senators (1919–20) | 1–1–0 |
| 15 | W | February 11, 1920 | 7–2 | Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20) | 2–1–0 |
| 16 | W | February 16, 1920 | 4–3 | @ Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20) | 3–1–0 |
| 17 | W | February 18, 1920 | 8–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1919–20) | 4–1–0 |
| 18 | L | February 21, 1920 | 3–5 | Ottawa Senators (1919–20) | 4–2–0 |
| 19 | W | February 25, 1920 | 8–2 | @ Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20) | 5–2–0 |
| 20 | L | February 28, 1920 | 0–1 | Ottawa Senators (1919–20) | 5–3–0 |
| 21 | L | March 3, 1920 | 4–7 | @ Ottawa Senators (1919–20) | 5–4–0 |
| 22 | W | March 6, 1920 | 11–2 | Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20) | 6–4–0 |
| 23 | L | March 10, 1920 | 2–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1919–20) | 6–5–0 |
| 24 | W | March 13, 1920 | 11–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1919–20) | 7–5–0 |

## Player statistics
### Scorers

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Corb Denneny | 24 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 20 |
| Reg Noble | 24 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 52 |
| Cully Wilson | 23 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 86 |
| Ken Randall | 22 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
| Babe Dye | 23 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 10 |
| Goldie Prodgers | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| Mickey Roach | 21 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| Joe Matte | 17 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| Harry Cameron | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Frank Heffernan | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Jake Forbes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Lockhart | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Mitchell | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    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;

## Transactions

* November 25, 1919: Rights of Dave Ritchie transferred to Quebec Bulldogs
* December 8, 1919: Signed Free Agent Frank Heffernan
* December 9, 1919: Signed Free Agent Duke Keats
* December 15, 1919: Signed Free Agents Babe Dye, Howard Lockhart and Ivan Mitchell
* January 5, 1920: Signed Free Agent Red Stuart
* February 28, 1920: Signed Free Agent Jake Forbes