1912–13 Ottawa Senators season

The 1912–13 Ottawa Senators season was the 28th season of play of the Ottawa Hockey Club. Ottawa placed fifth and missed the playoffs.
==Team business==
In this season, the Ottawa Hockey Club became more commonly known as the 'Ottawa Senators'. The organization remained known as the Ottawa Hockey Association.
==Off-season==
The league added two new teams in Toronto, the Torontos and the Tecumsehs. Former Ottawa player Bruce Ridpath became Toronto's first manager. The new teams recruited their own players and no players moved from other NHA teams to Toronto. However, the PCHA went after NHA players and Ottawa's Cyclone Taylor and Dubby Kerr moved west to play in the PCHA. Taylor, who had been barred from joining the Senators by the Wanderers, became eligible to play for the Senators when the Wanderers dropped their interest in him, but he chose to move out west where he would remain for the rest of his life. Two new players joined the Senators lineup this season, Punch Broadbent and Clint Benedict, who would both play for Ottawa into the 1920s.Coleman p. 235 Defenceman Horace Merrill, who had previously been a spare for the Senators, joined them full-time this season.
==Regular season==
Broadbent led the team with 20 goals in 20 games in his first season. Benedict would post his first shutout in the NHA on February 12, 1913 against the Tecumsehs.
===Final standings===
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score 	Record
Dec. 	28 	Ottawa 	3 	Quebec 	7 	0–1
Jan. 	1 	Toronto 	1 	Ottawa 	7 	1–1
Jan. 	4 	Ottawa 	7 	Canadiens	3 	2–1
Jan. 	8 	Ottawa 	1 	Tecumsehs	4 	2–2
Jan. 	11 	Ottawa 	5 	Wanderers	11 	2–3
Jan. 	15 	Wanderers	1 	Ottawa 	9 	3–3
Jan. 	18 	Canadiens	6 	Ottawa 	0 	3–4
Jan. 	22 	Tecumsehs	4 	Ottawa 	3 (7' overtime)	3–5
Jan. 	25 	Ottawa 	9 	Toronto 	5 	4–5
Jan. 	29 	Quebec 	5 	Ottawa 	3 	4–6
Feb. 	1‡ 	Canadiens	1 	Ottawa 	2 	5–6
Feb. 	5‡ 	Ottawa 	0 	Toronto 	2 	5–7
Feb. 	8‡ 	Quebec 	4 	Ottawa 	1 	5–8
Feb. 	12 	Tecumsehs	0 	Ottawa 	11 	6–8
Feb. 	15 	Ottawa 	3 	Canadiens	2 	7–8
Feb. 	19 	Ottawa 	2 	Wanderers	8 	7–9
Feb. 	22 	Wanderers	3 	Ottawa 	9 	8–9
Feb. 	26 	Ottawa 	3 	Tecumsehs	4 	8–10
Mar. 	1 	Toronto 	2 	Ottawa 	3 	9–10
Mar. 	5 	Ottawa 	6 	Quebec 	8 	9–11
‡ Played with rover (7 man hockey)
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Benedict, Clint	Ottawa	4 	11	1 	2.8
LeSueur, Percy 	Ottawa	16	70	 	4.4
===Scorers===
Name 	GP	G
Harry Broadbent	20	20
Skene Ronan 	20	18
Jack Darragh 	20	15
Hamby Shore 	20	15
Horace Merrill 	10	5
Joe Dennison 	12	4
Eddie Lowrey 	13	4
Fred Lake 	13	4
Tom Westwick 	12	2
==Post-season Exhibition series==
After the season a series was arranged between Ottawa and Montreal Wanderers and Quebec to play in New York. Ottawa and Montreal played first, with the winner to play-off against Quebec. After the Wanderers defeated Ottawa 10–8 (3–2, 7–6), the Wanderers won the two-game series against Quebec 12–10 (9–5, 3–5).
Date 	Winning Team 	Score	Losing Team 	Location
March 8, 1913 	Montreal Wanderers	3–2 	Ottawa 	St. Nicholas Rink, New York
March 10, 1913	Montreal Wanderers	7–6 	Ottawa 	St. Nicholas Rink, New York
March 13, 1913	Montreal Wanderers	9–5 	Quebec 	St. Nicholas Rink, New York
March 15, 1913	Quebec 	5–3 	Montreal Wanderers	St. Nicholas Rink, New York
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==See also==
*1912–13 NHA season
==References==
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Category:Ottawa Senators (original) seasons
Category:1912–13 in ice hockey
Category:1912–13 in Canadian ice hockey by team