1913–14 NHA season

The 1913–14 NHA season was the sixth season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). At the end of the regular season, a tie for first place necessitated a playoff to determine the championship and the Stanley Cup. The Toronto Blueshirts defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6–2 in a two-game, total-goals playoff. The Blueshirts then defeated the challenging Victoria Aristocrats of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association to retain the Cup.
==League Business==
===Board of Directors===
* T. Emmett Quinn ( president)
* Percy J. Quinn, Toronto
* C. Irvin, Ottawa
* Sam E. Lichtenhein, Wanderers
===Rule Changes===
The referees now would drop the puck, instead of placing it on the ice.
A goalkeeper lying down to stop a puck would receive a minor penalty and $2 fine.
Penalties were set at $2 fine for minor fouls. Major fouls would cost more per incident,
starting at $3 and 5 minutes off, increasing to $5 and 10 minutes, and to $10 and a match penalty.
Deliberate injury was a $15 fine and banishment until the injured player returned to play.
Goalkeeper sticks now had a limit on their width of 3 1/2 inches.
Assists were now to be recorded.
A dark line between the goal posts was now mandatory.
Referees for the season were named:
*Leo Dandurand,
*Russell Bowie,
*Harvey Pulford,
*Bob Melville,
*Tom Melville, and
*Reg Percival.
==Regular Season==
===Highlights===
On January 21, Tommy Smith would score nine goals for Quebec against the Wanderers. He would score 4 against the Canadiens on January 4.
Newsy Lalonde would score six against Wanderers on January 10, and haunt the Wanderers with another five on February 11.
Harry Hyland would score five in a game for the Wanderers against Toronto on March 4.
Allan Davidson would score five against the Ontarios on January 21.
Sprague Cleghorn would score five against Ontarios on December 27.
In the game of February 28 between Canadiens and Wanderers, the referee Leo Dandurand was assaulted by Canadiens manager George Kennedy.
The new arena at Quebec opened on December 30 with a game between Canadiens and Quebec, marred by a match penalty to Newsy Lalonde for hitting Joe Hall in the head, opening a cut requiring eight stitches. On the return match at Montreal on January 14, Mr. Hall would charge Lalonde into the boards for a ten stich wound.
The longest team winning streak was seven by Ottawa.
===Final standings===
Teams in bold made the playoffs.
League Standings 	GP	W 	L 	Pts	GF 	GA
Toronto Blueshirts	20	13	7 	26 	93 	65
Montreal Canadiens	20	13	7 	26 	85 	65
Quebec Bulldogs 	20	12	8 	24 	111	73
Ottawa Senators 	20	11	9 	22 	65 	71
Montreal Wanderers	20	7 	13	14 	102	125
Toronto Ontarios 	20	4 	16	8 	61 	118
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec. 	27 	Quebec 	3 	Ottawa 	2
Dec. 	27 	Ontarios 	3 	Wanderers	10
Dec. 	27 	Canadiens	0 	Toronto 	3
Dec. 	30 	Ottawa 	2 	Ontarios 	3
Dec. 	30 	Canadiens	4 	Quebec 	3
Dec. 	30 	Toronto 	3 	Wanderers	7
Jan. 	3 	Wanderers	3 	Ottawa 	8
Jan. 	3 	Quebec 	3 	Toronto 	6
Jan. 	3 	Ontarios 	3 	Canadiens	4
Jan. 	7 	Canadiens	0 	Ottawa 	6
Jan. 	7 	Quebec 	4 	Wanderers	3 (18' overtime)
Jan. 	7 	Toronto 	9 	Ontarios 	3
Jan. 	10 	Ottawa 	3 	Toronto 	2 (20' overtime)
Jan. 	10 	Ontarios 	1 	Quebec 	6
Jan. 	10 	Wanderers	2 	Canadiens	8
Jan. 	14 	Ontarios 	5 	Ottawa 	6
Jan. 	14 	Quebec 	3 	Canadiens	4
Jan. 	14 	Wanderers	2 	Toronto 	10
Jan. 	17 	Ottawa 	7 	Wanderers	1
Jan. 	17 	Canadiens	9 	Ontarios 	3
Jan. 	17 	Toronto 	9 	Quebec 	4
Jan. 	21 	Ottawa 	3 	Canadiens	2
Jan. 	21 	Wanderers	6 	Quebec 	12
Jan. 	21 	Ontarios 	2 	Toronto 	9
Jan. 	24 	Toronto 	1 	Ottawa 	4
Jan. 	24 	Quebec 	1 	Ontarios 	4
Jan. 	24 	Canadiens	9 	Wanderers	1
Jan. 	28 	Ottawa 	1 	Quebec 	7
Jan. 	28 	Toronto 	3 	Canadiens	4
Jan. 	28 	Wanderers	8 	Ontarios 	9
Jan. 	31 	Quebec 	3 	Ottawa 	4
Jan. 	31 	Canadiens	4 	Ontarios 	6
Jan. 	31 	Toronto 	5 	Wanderers	3
Feb. 	4 	Ottawa 	1 	Toronto 	2
Feb. 	4 	Canadiens	1 	Quebec 	6
Feb. 	4 	Ontarios 	1 	Wanderers	3
Feb. 	7 	Wanderers	4 	Ottawa 	2
Feb. 	7 	Toronto 	3 	Canadiens	9
Feb. 	7 	Quebec 	6 	Ontarios 	4
Feb. 	11 	Quebec 	3 	Toronto 	4
Feb. 	11 	Ontarios 	1 	Ottawa 	3
Feb. 	11 	Canadiens	6 	Wanderers	2
Feb. 	14 	Ontarios 	1 	Toronto 	3
Feb. 	14 	Ottawa 	0 	Canadiens	1 (6'40" overtime)
Feb. 	14 	Wanderers	6 	Quebec 	7 (7'15" overtime)
Feb. 	18 	Toronto 	4 	Ottawa 	1
Feb. 	18 	Quebec 	1 	Canadiens	2
Feb. 	18 	Wanderers	11 	Ontarios 	3
Feb. 	21 	Ottawa 	3 	Wanderers	12
Feb. 	21 	Canadiens	2 	Toronto 	3
Feb. 	21 	Ontarios 	3 	Quebec 	10
Feb. 	25 	Quebec 	14 	Wanderers	6
Feb. 	25 	Canadiens	5 	Ottawa 	6 (30' overtime)
Feb. 	25 	Toronto 	6 	Ontarios 	1
Feb. 	28 	Ottawa 	3 	Ontarios 	2
Feb. 	28 	Toronto 	3 	Quebec 	5
Feb. 	28 	Wanderers	5 	Canadiens	6 (2'20" overtime)
Mar. 	4 	Ottawa 	0 	Quebec 	10
Mar. 	4 	Wanderers	7 	Toronto 	5
Mar. 	4 	Ontarios 	3 	Canadiens	5
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA 	SO	Avg.
Holmes, Harry 	Toronto 	20	65 	1 	3.3
Vezina, Georges 	Canadiens	20	65 	1 	3.3
Benedict, Clint 	Ottawa 	7 	23 	 	3.3
Moran, Paddy 	Quebec 	20	73 	1 	3.7
LeSueur, Percy 	Ottawa 	13	48 	1 	3.7
Rankin, Reg 	Ontarios 	1 	4 	 	4.0
Nicholson, Billy	Wanderers	10	52 	 	5.2
Hebert, Sammy 	Ontarios 	19	108	 	5.7
Cross, Jack 	Ontarios 	1 	6 	 	6.0
Leblanc, Alex 	Wanderers	4 	26 	 	6.5
Warwick, 	Wanderers	3 	23 	 	7.6
Boyce, Art 	Wanderers	3 	24 	 	8.0
===Scoring Leaders===
Name 	Club 	GP	G
Smith, Tommy 	Quebec 	20	39
Hyland, Harry 	Wanderers	18	31
Roberts, Gordon	Wanderers	20	30
McDonald, Jack 	Ontarios 	20	26
Malone, Joe 	Quebec 	17	24
Darragh, Jack 	Ottawa 	20	23
Davidson, Allan	Toronto 	20	23
Lalonde, Newsy 	Canadiens	14	22
Walker, Jack 	Toronto 	20	20
Smith, Donald 	Canadiens	20	18
==Playoffs==
Tied at the top of the standings, the Blueshirts and Canadiens faced off in a two game, total goals series to determine a league champion. The Blueshirts won the series 6–2.
===Toronto vs. Montreal===
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
March 7, 1914 	Montreal Canadiens 	2–0 	Toronto Blueshirts 	Montreal Arena
March 11, 1914 	Toronto Blueshirts 	6–0 	Montreal Canadiens 	Arena Gardens
Toronto wins total goals series 6 goals to 2. Toronto wins the O'Brien Cup and the Stanley Cup.	Toronto wins total goals series 6 goals to 2. Toronto wins the O'Brien Cup and the Stanley Cup.	Toronto wins total goals series 6 goals to 2. Toronto wins the O'Brien Cup and the Stanley Cup.	Toronto wins total goals series 6 goals to 2. Toronto wins the O'Brien Cup and the Stanley Cup.	Toronto wins total goals series 6 goals to 2. Toronto wins the O'Brien Cup and the Stanley Cup.
==Toronto-Victoria series==
The 1913–14 season marked the last year 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. The series would be controversial, as the Aristocrats never formally applied with the Cup trustees to challenge for the cup. As a result, the trustees would negotiate an agreement to have the champions of the NHA and the PCHA meet each year to determine a champion, beginning in 1915.
===Victoria vs. Toronto===
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Rules 	Notes
March 14, 1914 	Toronto Blueshirts 	5–2 	Victoria Aristocrats 	NHA 	
March 17, 1914 	Toronto Blueshirts 	6–5 	Victoria Aristocrats 	PCHA 	15:00, OT
March 19, 1914 	Toronto Blueshirts 	2–1 	Victoria Aristocrats 	NHA 	
Toronto wins best-of-five series 3 games to 0	Toronto wins best-of-five series 3 games to 0	Toronto wins best-of-five series 3 games to 0	Toronto wins best-of-five series 3 games to 0	Toronto wins best-of-five series 3 games to 0	Toronto wins best-of-five series 3 games to 0
All games played at Arena Gardens.
==Toronto Blueshirts 1914 Stanley Cup Champions==
==Game Ads==
13-14NHAMonCanGameAd.jpg|Montreal Canadiens
13-14NHAMonWanGameAd.jpg|Montreal Wanderers
13-14NHAOttawaGameAd.jpg|Ottawa
13-14NHAQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
13-14NHATorOntariosGameAd.jpg|Toronto Ontarios
13-14NHAFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Final @ Montreal
13-14NHAFTorontoGameAd.jpg|Final @ Toronto
13-14SCupTorontoGameAd.jpg|Stanley Cup @ Toronto
==See Also==
*National Hockey Association
*List of pre-NHL seasons
*List of Stanley Cup champions
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