1919–20 Quebec Athletics season

The 1919–20 Quebec Athletics season was the Athletics' first and last season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Quebec franchise, dating from the National Hockey Association (NHA), was re-activated after two seasons of dormancy. The team placed fourth and last in the league in both halves of the season to not qualify for the playoffs. The Quebec franchise would be transferred to Hamilton, Ontario, before the next season.

1919–20 Quebec Athletics
League	4th (1st half) 4th (2nd half) NHL
1919–20 record	2–10–0 (1st half) 2–10–0 (2nd half)
Goals for	91
Goals against	177
Team information
Coach	Mike Quinn
Arena	Quebec Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Malone (39)
Assists	Joe Malone (10)
Points	Joe Malone (49)
Penalty minutes	Harry Mummery (38)
Wins	Frank Brophy (3)
Goals against average	Frank Brophy (7.11)

Off-season

The Quebec NHL franchise had been dormant for two seasons. In the first season, long-time manager Mike Quinn had retired due to ill health and the club's directors voted to suspend the team. Before the second season, the team had been sold to Percy Quinn (no relation), but Quinn was only using the franchise in an ill-fated attempt to resurrect the National Hockey Association (NHA). The NHL owners then cancelled the Quebec NHL franchise, leaving Quebec out of the league for a second season. In May 1919, Calder and Mike Quinn made efforts to return Quebec to the league. This led to the NHL approving a new franchise in December 1919, to be operated by the Quebec Athletic Club and the club's official name in the NHL was the Quebec Athletic Club, leaving the old 'Bulldogs' nickname behind. Mike Quinn returned to manage the team for the season.

Regular season

Joe Malone and Jack McDonald from the Quebec NHA team were 'returned' to the new Quebec NHL team. Malone would lead the league in scoring with 39 goals. Malone would score seven goals in a game against Toronto on January 31, 1920, and six goals in a game against Ottawa on March 10, 1920.

On March 3, the Montreal Canadiens pummeled the Athletics 16–3, setting an all-time NHL record for goals by one team.

Final standings

First half

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	12	9	3	0	18	59	23
Montreal Canadiens	12	8	4	0	16	62	51
Toronto St. Patricks	12	5	7	0	10	52	62
Quebec Athletics	12	2	10	0	4	44	81

Second half

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	12	10	2	0	20	62	41
Toronto St. Patricks	12	7	5	0	14	67	44
Montreal Canadiens	12	5	7	0	10	67	62
Quebec Athletics	12	2	10	0	4	47	96

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1919–20 NHL Records
Team	MTL	OTT	QUE	TOR
Montreal	—	1–7	7–1	5–3
Ottawa	7–1	—	7–1	5–3
Quebec	1–7	1–7	—	2–6
Toronto	3–5	3–5	6–2	—

Playoffs

The Athletics did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Joe Malone C/LW 24 39 10 49 12 George Carey RW 20 11 9 20 6 Tommy McCarthy RW 12 12 6 18 0 Harry Mummery D 24 9 9 18 42 Jack McDonald C 24 6 7 13 4 Eddie Carpenter D 24 8 4 12 24 Dave Ritchie D 23 6 3 9 18 Tommy Smith C 10 0 1 1 11 Frank Brophy G 21 0 0 0 0 Jack Coughlin F 9 0 0 0 0 Howie Lockhart G 1 0 0 0 0 Jack Marks F 1 0 0 0 4 Fred McLean F 7 0 0 0 2 George McNaughton F 1 0 0 0 0 Alex Wellington D 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Frank Brophy 1454 21 3 18 0 148 7.11 0 Harry Mummery 142 3 1 1 0 18 7.61 0 Howie Lockhart 60 1 0 1 0 11 11.00 0 Team: 1451 24 4 20 0 177 7.32 0

Awards and records

• Joe Malone - NHL scoring champion

Transactions

• Howie Lockhart - Loaned to Quebec by Toronto, March 6, 1920. (Toronto 11, Quebec 2).

References

• Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1 1893–1926 inc. National Hockey League.
• Wong, John Chi-Kit (2005). Lords of the Rinks. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-8520-2.

Notes

See also

• 1919–20 NHL season