1920 Stanley Cup Finals
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The 1920 Stanley Cup Finals took place between March 22 and April 1. The National Hockey League (NHL) champion Ottawa Senators defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Seattle Metropolitans 3 games to 2 in the best-of-five game series. Although all of the games for the series was scheduled to be played at Dey's Arena in Ottawa, unseasonably warm weather and poor ice conditions forced the last two contests to be played on the artificial ice at Toronto's Arena Gardens (also known as the Mutual Street Arena).
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[edit] Path to the Final
The Senators captured the 1919–20 NHL title after they won both halves of the regular season, thus eliminating the need for a league championship playoff. Meanwhile, Seattle finished the 1919–20 PCHA regular season in first place with a 12–10 record, but had to defeat the second place Vancouver Millionaires in a two game total goals championship series, 7–3, to win the PCHA title.
Before the finals began, a problem arose as Seattle's green, red, and white uniforms looked almost alike to Ottawa's black, red, and white uniforms. The Senators agreed to play in white sweaters.
[edit] The series
Ottawa won the first 2 games of the series. After Jack Darragh scored the game-winning goal in their 3–2 victory in game one, goaltender Clint Benedict led the Senators to a 3–0 shutout win in game two. Seattle won game three, 3–1, before the series was shifted to Toronto because of Ottawa's slushy ice conditions (Ottawa did not have artificial ice). Frank Foyston then scored twice to lead the Mets to a 5–2 victory in game four to even the series. In the fifth game, Darragh recorded a hat-trick to lead the Senators to a 6–1 win to clinch the Cup.
For the series, Frank Nighbor led Ottawa in goals with six, while Darragh scored five. Benedict recorded a 2.20 goals-against average during the series
| Game-by-Game | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location | ||
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| 1 | March 22 | Ottawa Senators | 3–2 | Seattle Metropolitans | Dey's Arena, Ottawa | |
| 2 | March 24 | Ottawa Senators | 3–0 | Seattle Metropolitans | ||
| 3 | March 27 | Seattle Metropolitans | 3–1 | Ottawa Senators | ||
| 4 | March 30 | Seattle Metropolitans | 5–2 | Ottawa Senators | Arena Gardens, Toronto | |
| 5 | April 1 | Ottawa Senators | 6–1 | Seattle Metropolitans | ||
| Senators win best-of-five series 3 games to 2 | ||||||
[edit] Ottawa Senators 1920 Stanley Cup champions
Roster
- Centers
- Goaltenders
- Non-players
- Edgar Dey Sr. (President),
- Frank Ahearn (Hon. President),
- Tommy Gorman (Manager/Secretary)
- Pete Green(coach)
- Frank Dolan (Trainer)
Stanley Cup engraving
The Senators did not engrave their name on the Cup for the 1920 championship. When the trophy was redesigned in 1948 the words "1920 Ottawa Senators" were engraved onto a new collar.
[edit] References
- 1919–20 Stanley Cup Winner: Ottawa Senators. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
- hockeyleaguehistory.com - Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 52. ISBN 1551682613.
- (1992) in Dan Diamond (ed.): The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book. Firefly Books, 52–53. ISBN 1895565154.
[edit] See also
| Preceded by (No 1919 Champion) |
Ottawa Senators Stanley Cup Champions 1920 |
Succeeded by Ottawa Senators 1921 |
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