1921-22 NHL season
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The 1921-22 NHL season was the 5th regular season of the National Hockey League. Each team played 24 games.
Prior to the start of this season, the NHL's first multiple-player trade in its history was made when Billy Coutu and Sprague Cleghorn of the Hamilton Tigers were traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Harry Mummery, Amos Arbour, and Cully Wilson.
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Regular Season
After a fairly impressive season for the Toronto St. Patricks, the St. Pats goaltender Jake Forbes refused to play after being denied a raise, and was suspended for the season. John Ross Roach took over in goal.
Canadiens owner George Kennedy never recovered from the influenza he contracted in 1919,and died on October 19, 1921 at age 39. His widow sold the Canadiens to a unit that would be known affectionately as the Three Musketeers of owners, Leo Dandurand, Louis Letourneau, and Joseph Cattarinich. Dandurand became manager and coach, and immediately there were problems between him and Newsy Lalonde. At one point, Dandurand accused Lalonde of not trying, and also the fans started to boo their old hero. Finally, Lalonde walked out on the team. NHL president Frank Calder mediated the dispute and Lalonde returned to the team. But his days in Montreal were numbered.
Punch Broadbent was the star this year, as he scored in 16 consecutive games en route to a 32 goal campaign, and led the league in scoring. His Ottawa team finished first, too. This was the first season away from the split season used in the first four NHL seasons. Under the old split system, the winner of each half of the season would face each other in the playoffs. If the same team won both halves, then there would be no league playoffs and that team would simply move on to the Stanley Cup finals. For the new system, the top two teams at the end of the season squared off against each other in a two-game total goals series for the chance to move on to the Stanley Cup finals.
On January 14th, Sprague Cleghorn and his brother Odie both scored four goals as Montreal defeated Hamilton 10-6.
On February 1st, Sprague Cleghorn almost wiped out the Ottawa team singlehandedly. He cut Eddie Gerard and Cy Denneny and charged Frank Nighbor. All three players missed two games because of injuries and Cleghorn drew a match penalty and a $15 fine. Ottawa police tried to arrest him in wake of his one man war.
Standings
| National Hockey League | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Senators | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 106 | 84 | 99 |
| Toronto St. Patricks | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 98 | 97 | 114 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 88 | 94 | 174 |
| Hamilton Tigers | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 88 | 105 | 76 |
League Leaders
Points
1 Harry Broadbent, Ottawa.......... 46 2 Cy Denneny, Ottawa............... 39 3 Babe Dye, Toronto............... 37 4 Joe Malone, Hamilton............. 32 5 Harry Cameron, Toronto........... 27 6 Corbett Denneny, Toronto......... 26 7 Reg Noble, Toronto............... 25 8 Sprague Cleghorn, Montreal....... 24 8 Odie Cleghorn, Montreal.......... 24 10 Leo Reise, Hamilton............. 23
Goals
1 Punch Broadbent, Ottawa.......... 32 2 Babe Dye, Toronto............... 30 3 Cy Denneny, Ottawa............... 27 4 Joe Malone, Hamilton............. 25 5 Odie Cleghorn, Montreal.......... 21 6 Corbett Denneny, Toronto......... 19 6 Harry Cameron, Toronto........... 19 8 Reg Noble, Toronto............... 17 8 Sprague Cleghorn, Montreal....... 17 8 Billy Boucher, Montreal........... 17
Assists
1 Punch Broadbent, Ottawa.......... 14* 1 Leo Reise, Hamilton.............. 14* 3 Cy Denneny, Ottawa............... 12 4 Cully Wilson, Hamilton........... 9 4 Eddie Gerard, Ottawa............. 9 6 Reg Noble, Toronto............... 8 6 Frank Nighbor, Ottawa............ 8 6 Buck Boucher, Ottawa........... 8 6 Harry Cameron, Toronto........... 8 10 Babe Dye, Toronto.............. 7 10 Corbett Denneny, Toronto........ 7 10 Sprague Cleghorn, Montreal...... 7 10 Bert Corbeau, Montreal.......... 7 10 Joe Malone, Hamilton............ 7
PIM
1 Sprague Cleghorn, Montreal....... 63 2 Corbett Denneny, Toronto......... 28 3 Bert Corbeau, Montreal........... 26 3 Odie Cleghorn, Montreal.......... 26 5 Punch Broadbent, Ottawa.......... 24 6 Cully Wilson, Hamilton........... 21 7 Ken Randall, Toronto............. 20 7 Harry Mummery, Hamilton.......... 20 9 Francis Clancy, Ottawa........... 19 10 Babe Dye, Toronto.............. 18 10 Cy Denneny, Ottawa.............. 18 10 Billy Boucher, Montreal.......... 18 10 Harry Cameron, Toronto.......... 18
Stanley Cup Playoffs (NHL)
- March 11: Ottawa 4 Toronto 5: Red Stuart starred on defence and
Babe Dye scored two goals as Toronto beat Ottawa. Cy Denneny and Frank Nighbor each had two goals for Ottawa in a losing cause.
- March 13: Toronto O* Ottawa 0 : John Ross Roach was superb in goal as the game ended in a scoreless tie, giving Toronto the NHL championship. At this time, there were no rules against icing the puck, which the St. Pats. did to preserve their lead in goals.
Toronto St. Patricks win the series 5 goals to 4
Stanley Cup Finals
The Stanley Cup Finals took place between the Vancouver Millionaires versus the Toronto St. Patricks at Mutual Street Arena in Toronto, alternating between PCHA and NHL rules.
All dates in 1922
Toronto (NHL) vs. Vancouver (PCHA) at Mutual Street Arena, Toronto
- March 17: Vancouver 4 Toronto 3 : Jack Adams had the hat trick as the Millionaires defeated the St. Pats. Babe Dye had two goals in a losing cause for Toronto.
- March 20: Vancouver 1 Toronto 2 : Babe Dye scored at 4:50 of overtime as
the St. Pats evened the series. Rod Smylie was another star for Toronto.
- March 23: Vancouver 3 Toronto 0 : Hugh Lehman picked up a shutout as the Millionaires won. Harry Cameron of Toronto injured his shoulder.
- As Harry Cameron was out, the St.Pats sought to use Ottawa's Eddie Gerard and
were granted permission by Frank Patrick of the PCHA.
- March 25: Vancouver 0 Toronto 6: John Ross Roach picked up a shutout and Babe Dye and Lloyd Andrews scored twice as Toronto won game four.
- As Eddie Gerard filled in well for Toronto, Frank Patrick refused to let him play again. Harry Cameron decided to play for Toronto.
- March 28: Vancouver 1 Toronto 5: Babe Dye fired home four goals for Toronto as the St. Pats won the Cup with a win.
Toronto wins the series 3 games to 2
Related topics
| Preceded by: 1920-21 NHL season | NHL seasons | Succeeded by: 1922-23 NHL season |
