1912–13 NHA season

The 1912–13 NHA season was the fourth season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). Six teams played 20 games each. The Quebec Bulldogs won the league championship to retain the Stanley Cup. They played and defeated the Sydney Millionaires in a challenge after the regular season.
==League business==
The Arena Gardens was completed in Toronto and the two dormant NHA franchises started play as the Toronto Hockey Club ('Torontos' or 'Blue Shirts') and the Toronto Tecumsehs ('Indians'). The Arena Gardens hosted a pre-season exhibition match between the Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Wanderers, at which a brawl broke out and Sprague Cleghorn would be charged with assault.
===Major rule changes===
For this season the NHA teams played again with six skaters, abandoning the position of rover] It was agreed that from February onwards, the teams would play with seven. However, after several games at the start of February played with the rover, the decision was made to abandon the rover position permanently.
The Stanley Cup trustees decided prior to this season that all future Stanley Cup challenges would take place after the end of the regular season.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
National Hockey Association
 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA
Quebec Bulldogs 	20	16	4 	0	112	75
Montreal Wanderers 	20	10	10	0	93 	90
Toronto Hockey Club	20	9 	11	0	86 	95
Montreal Canadiens 	20	9 	11	0	83 	81
Ottawa Senators 	20	9 	11	0	87 	81
Toronto Tecumsehs 	20	7 	13	0	59 	98
Standings: 
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against
==Stanley Cup challenges==
===Sydney vs. Quebec===
Joe Malone made a try for Frank McGee's record, but fell short at 9 goals. He was not in the lineup for the second game.Coleman, pg. 125
 March 8, 1913
Sydney 	3	at 	Quebec 	14	
Toby McDonald 	 	G 	Paddy Moran 	 	
George Trenouth 	1	P 	Joe Hall 	 	
Alfred McDonald Capt.	 	CP 	Harry Mummery 	1 	
Ken Randall 	1	F 	Joe Malone Capt.	9 	
Bill Dumphy 	 	F 	Tommy Smith 	3 	
Jim Fraser 	 	F 	Rusty Crawford 	 	
Joe Tetreault 	1	sub	Billy Creighton 	1 	
 March 10, 1913
Sydney 	2 	at 	Quebec 	6	
Toby McDonald 	 	G 	Paddy Moran 	 	
George Trenouth	1 	P 	Joe Hall 	3	
Alfred McDonald	Capt.	CP 	Harry Mummery 	 	
Ken Randall 	 	F 	Tommy Smith 	1	
Bill Dumphy 	 	F 	Jack Marks 	2	
Jim Fraser 	 	F 	Billy Creighton	 	
Jim Wilkie 	1 	sub	 	 	
Quebec wins series 20–5
==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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Quebec travelled to Victoria, British Columbia to play an exhibition series with the Victoria Aristocrats. The Aristocrats had requested a challenge series with Quebec, but would not travel to Quebec City, and the Bulldogs would not agree to defend the Cup on any other ice than their home rink. The Aristocrats would win the best-of-three series.
==Schedule and results==
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec. 	25 	Canadiens	9 	Toronto 	5
Dec. 	28 	Ottawa 	3 	Quebec 	7
Dec. 	28 	Toronto 	5 	Canadiens	8
Dec. 	28 	Wanderers	7 	Tecumsehs	4
Dec. 	31 	Quebec 	3 	Wanderers	1
Jan. 	1 	Toronto 	1 	Ottawa 	7
Jan. 	1 	Canadiens	4 	Tecumsehs	3
Jan. 	4 	Ottawa 	7 	Canadiens	3
Jan. 	4 	Tecumsehs	5 	Quebec 	3
Jan. 	4 	Wanderers	3 	Toronto 	5
Jan. 	8 	Ottawa 	1 	Tecumsehs	4
Jan. 	8 	Toronto 	5 	Quebec 	10
Jan. 	8 	Canadiens	4 	Wanderers	3
Jan. 	11 	Ottawa 	5 	Wanderers	11
Jan. 	11 	Canadiens	3 	Quebec 	4
Jan. 	11 	Toronto 	2 	Tecumsehs	5
Jan. 	15 	Wanderers	1 	Ottawa 	9
Jan. 	15 	Tecumsehs	1 	Toronto 	6
Jan. 	15 	Quebec 	4 	Canadiens	5
Jan. 	18 	Canadiens	6 	Ottawa 	0
Jan. 	18 	Quebec 	4 	Tecumsehs	2
Jan. 	18 	Toronto 	1 	Wanderers	3
Jan. 	22 	Tecumsehs	4 	Ottawa 	3 (7' overtime)
Jan. 	22 	Quebec 	3 	Toronto 	6
Jan. 	22 	Wanderers	4 	Canadiens	3
Jan. 	25 	Ottawa 	9 	Toronto 	5
Jan. 	25 	Wanderers	10 	Quebec 	6
Jan. 	25 	Tecumsehs	4 	Canadiens	5 (17' overtime)
Jan. 	29 	Tecumsehs	2 	Wanderers	6
Jan. 	29 	Quebec 	5 	Ottawa 	3
Feb. 	1‡ 	Toronto 	2 	Wanderers	3
Feb. 	1‡ 	Quebec 	5 	Tecumsehs	4 (4' overtime)
Feb. 	1‡ 	Canadiens	1 	Ottawa 	2
Feb. 	5‡ 	Ottawa 	0 	Toronto 	2
Feb. 	5‡ 	Wanderers	3 	Quebec 	4
Feb. 	5‡ 	Tecumsehs	5 	Canadiens	4
Feb. 	8‡ 	Quebec 	4 	Ottawa 	1
Feb. 	8 	Tecumsehs	2 	Wanderers	1
Feb. 	8‡ 	Canadiens	3 	Toronto 	5
Feb. 	12 	Tecumsehs	0 	Ottawa 	11
Feb. 	12 	Quebec 	11 	Toronto 	2
Feb. 	12 	Wanderers	4 	Canadiens	6
Feb. 	15 	Ottawa 	3 	Canadiens	2
Feb. 	15 	Wanderers	3 	Toronto 	10
Feb. 	15 	Tecumsehs	0 	Quebec 	8
Feb. 	19 	Ottawa 	2 	Wanderers	8
Feb. 	19 	Canadiens	2 	Quebec 	4
Feb. 	19 	Toronto 	7 	Tecumsehs	3
Feb. 	22 	Wanderers	3 	Ottawa 	9
Feb. 	22 	Tecumsehs	3 	Toronto 	5
Feb. 	22 	Quebec 	7 	Canadiens	6
Feb. 	26 	Ottawa 	3 	Tecumsehs	4
Feb. 	26 	Toronto 	4 	Quebec 	6
Feb. 	26 	Canadiens	4 	Wanderers	5
Mar. 	1 	Canadiens	3 	Tecumsehs	1
Mar. 	1 	Toronto 	2 	Ottawa 	3
Mar. 	1 	Quebec 	6 	Wanderers	4
Mar. 	5 	Ottawa 	6 	Quebec 	8
Mar. 	5 	Wanderers	10 	Tecumsehs	3
Mar. 	5 	Toronto 	6 	Canadiens	2
‡ Played with rover (7 man hockey)
==Player statistics==
===Goaltending averages===
Name 	Club 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	GAA
Benedict, Clint 	Ottawa 	10	2 	1 	0	275 	16	1	3.49D
Moran, Paddy 	Quebec 	20	16	4 	0	1204	75	1	3.73A
Vezina, Georges 	Canadiens	20	9 	11	0	1217	81	1	3.99B
Boyce, Art 	Wanderers	18	9 	8 	0	966 	67	 	4.16
LeSueur, Percy 	Ottawa 	18	7 	10	0	934 	65	0	4.18D
Holmes, Harry 	Toronto 	15	6 	7 	0	779 	58	1	4.47E
Nicholson, Billy	Tecumsehs	20	7 	13	0	1228	98	0	4.79C
Marchand, Ray 	Toronto 	8 	3 	4 	0	421 	37	0	5.27E
Cadotte, Bert 	Wanderers	6 	1 	2 	0	234 	23	0	5.90
* A – Moran's record includes 4 minutes of overtime.
* B – Vezina's record includes 17 minutes of overtime.
* C – Nicholson's record includes 28 minutes of overtime.
* D – Benedict and LeSueur shared duties in eight games.
* E – Holmes and Marchand shared duties in three games.
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Team 	 	 	
Joe Malone 	Quebec Bulldogs 	20	43	34
Tommy Smith 	Quebec Bulldogs 	18	39	30
Harry Hyland 	Montreal Wanderers	20	27	38
Frank Nighbor 	Toronto Blueshirts	19	25	9
Newsy Lalonde 	Montreal Canadiens	18	25	61
Didier Pitre 	Montreal Canadiens	17	24	80
Punch Broadbent	Ottawa Senators 	20	20	15
Scotty Davidson	Toronto Blueshirts	20	19	69
Don Smith 	Montreal Canadiens	20	19	52
Skane Ronan 	Ottawa Senators 	20	18	39
==References==
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