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 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the New York Rangers 6 goals to 3. It would be the original Senators last playoff appearance.
==Off-season==
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.
==Regular Season==
The Senators would continue to have some financial difficulties, and due to poor attendance against US-based teams, the Senators moved 2 home games to Atlantic City against the New York Americans and New York Rangers, along with two to Detroit, and a game to Boston.
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===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	November 14, 1929 	3–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	0–0–1
2 	W 	November 16, 1929 	4–3 	New York Americans (1929–30) 	1–0–1
3 	W 	November 19, 1929 	6–4 	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	2–0–1
4 	W 	November 21, 1929 	6–5 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	3–0–1
5 	W 	November 23, 1929 	6–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	4–0–1
6 	W 	November 26, 1929 	4–3 OT 	Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	5–0–1
7 	L 	November 28, 1929 	3–4 OT 	@ New York Americans (1929–30) 	5–1–1
8 	L 	November 30, 1929 	2–3 	Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	5–2–1
9 	W 	December 5, 1929 	9–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 	6–2–1
10 	T 	December 7, 1929 	3–3 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	6–2–2
11 	L 	December 12, 1929 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	6–3–2
12 	L 	December 14, 1929 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	6–4–2
13 	L 	December 17, 1929 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	6–5–2
14 	T 	December 21, 1929 	1–1 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	6–5–3
15 	L 	December 24, 1929 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 	6–6–3
16A 	L 	December 28, 1929 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1929–30) 	6–7–3
17 	T 	December 31, 1929 	1–1 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1929–30) 	6–7–4
18 	L 	January 2, 1930 	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 	6–8–4
19 	W 	January 4, 1930 	4–1 	New York Americans (1929–30) 	7–8–4
20 	L 	January 9, 1930 	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	7–9–4
21 	W 	January 11, 1930 	2–1 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	8–9–4
22 	L 	January 14, 1930 	1–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	8–10–4
23 	W 	January 16, 1930 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 	9–10–4
24 	L 	January 18, 1930 	1–2 	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	9–11–4
25 	W 	January 21, 1930 	7–4 	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 	10–11–4
26 	L 	January 23, 1930 	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (1929–30) 	10–12–4
27 	W 	January 25, 1930 	4–0 	Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	11–12–4
28 	L 	January 28, 1930 	1–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 	11–13–4
29 	W 	February 1, 1930 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	12–13–4
30 	W 	February 4, 1930 	5–1 	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 	13–13–4
31 	T 	February 8, 1930 	2–2 OT 	New York Rangers (1929–30) 	13–13–5
32 	T 	February 13, 1930 	4–4 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	13–13–6
33 	T 	February 16, 1930 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Americans (1929–30) 	13–13–7
34 	W 	February 18, 1930 	3–2 	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 	14–13–7
35 	W 	February 20, 1930 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	15–13–7
36 	W 	February 22, 1930 	1–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	16–13–7
37 	W 	February 25, 1930 	2–0 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 	17–13–7
38 	T 	February 27, 1930 	3–3 OT 	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	17–13–8
39 	L 	March 1, 1930 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	17–14–8
40 	W 	March 4, 1930 	6–2 	Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	18–14–8
41 	W 	March 8, 1930 	3–2 	Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	19–14–8
42 	W 	March 11, 1930 	4–2 	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	20–14–8
43 	L 	March 13, 1930 	1–2 OT 	@ New York Americans (1929–30) 	20–15–8
44A 	W 	March 15, 1930 	8–7 	New York Americans (1929–30) 	21–15–8
A - Played in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
==Playoffs==
The Senators finished in third place in the Canadian Division, and faced the third place team from the American Division, the New York Rangers in a two-game most-goals series. The Rangers defeated the Senators by a combined score of 6–3 to end the Ottawa's season.
===New York Rangers 6 Goals, Ottawa Senators 3 Goals===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	March 20	New York Rangers	1–1 	Ottawa Senators 	0–0–1
2	March 23	Ottawa Senators 	2–5 	New York Rangers	0–1–1
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
10	 	LW 	44	36	22	58 	72
3 	 	RW 	44	29	20	49 	119
9 	 	D 	44	17	23	40 	83
8 	 	RW 	43	21	15	36 	46
7 	 	LW 	44	10	3 	13 	24
5 	 	RW 	33	6 	4 	10 	32
2 	 	D 	44	6 	3 	9 	32
4 	 	D 	43	2 	6 	8 	91
12	 	RW/C	38	4 	2 	6 	4
6 	 	LW 	24	3 	2 	5 	20
11	 	D 	28	2 	1 	3 	12
14	 	LW 	25	1 	2 	3 	22
11	 	C/RW	15	0 	3 	3 	19
15	 	C/LW	12	1 	1 	2 	0
14	 	D/RW	18	0 	1 	1 	0
6 	 	C 	19	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	44	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	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
 	RW 	2 	1	0	1 	4
 	D 	2 	1	0	1 	0
 	LW 	2 	1	0	1 	0
 	D 	2 	0	1	1 	2
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	4
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	C/LW	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	D/RW	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	4
 	RW/C	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	11
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	4
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA 	SO
 	120	2 	0	1	1	6 	3.00	0
Team: 	120	2 	0	1	1	6 	3.00	0
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Senators did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
===Trades===
Date 	From Senators 	To Senators
November 1, 1929 	To Buffalo (IHL) Sammy Godin 	cash
November 7, 1929 	To Hamilton (IHL) Jack Duggan 	cash
November 7, 1929 	To Hamilton (IHL) Milt Halliday 	cash
November 27, 1929	To Detroit Cougars Bill Beveridge (loan)	cash
December 21, 1929	To Boston Bruins cash 	Art Gagne
December 26, 1929	To London (IHL)Len Grosvenor (loan) 	cash
January 30, 1930 	To Boston BruinsHarry Connor 	Bill Hutton
January 31, 1930 	To Toronto Maple LeafsFrank Nighbor 	Danny Cox,cash
===Waivers===
November 18, 1929	To Ottawa SenatorsHarry Connor	From New York Americans
Source: 
==Trivia==
*Senators who recorded a hat trick this season include:
**Hec Kilrea during the 6-5 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on November 21, 1929.
**Joe Lamb during the 7-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on January 21, 1930.
**Wally Kilrea during the 5-1 win over Pittsburgh on February 4, 1930.
==Game Ads==
29-30NHLOttawaGameAd.jpg|Regular Season
29-30NHLPOOttawaGameAd.jpg|Playoffs
29-30NHLOttawaSeasonTickets.jpg|Season Tickets
==See Also==
* 1929–30 NHL season
==References==
* 
*SHRP Sports
*The Internet Hockey Database
*National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
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