1930–31 Ottawa Senators season

1930–31 Ottawa Senators
1930–31 Ottawa Senators
Division	5th Canadian
1930–31 record	10–30–4
Home record	6–14–2
Road record	4–16–2
Goals for	91
Goals against	142
Team information
General manager	Dave Gill
Coach	Newsy Lalonde & Dave Gill
Captain	Frank Finnigan
Arena	Ottawa Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals	Art Gagne (19)
Assists	Bill Touhey (15)
Points	Art Gagne & Bill Touhey (30)
Penalty minutes	Joe Lamb (91)
Wins	Alec Connell (10)
Goals against average	Alec Connell (3.01)
	← 1929–30 1932–33 →

The 1930–31 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 14th season in the NHL, 46th overall. The club failed to make the playoffs, attendance continued to fall, and the team was losing money.

Off-season

Prior to the season beginning, the Senators sent future Hall of Fame defenceman King Clancy to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for $35,000($604,231 in 2023 dollars)^[1] and two players.

Regular season

Art Gagne led the team offensively, scoring a team high 19 goals, while tying with Bill Touhey for the lead in points at 30.

Alec Connell would get the majority of action in the Senators net, winning all ten games the Senators won and posting a 3.01 GAA. Bill Beveridge would also get some time in goal, however he finished 0–8–0 with a GAA of 3.69.

The Senators would finish in last place for the first time in team history, and with the Great Depression taking its toll on the team, the NHL allowed the Senators and the Philadelphia Quakers to suspend operations for the 1931–32 NHL season, renting the players for $25,000.

Final standings

Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	44	26	10	8	129	89	60
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	22	13	9	118	99	53
Montreal Maroons	44	20	18	6	105	106	46
New York Americans	44	18	16	10	76	74	46
Ottawa Senators	44	10	30	4	91	142	24

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

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division

1930–31 NHL records^[3]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	3–1–2	5–0–1	5–0–1	3–2–1	16–3–5
M. Maroons	1–3–2	—	1–5	4–1–1	2–3–1	8–13–4
N.Y. Americans	0–5–1	5–1	—	4–2	1–2–3	10–10–4
Ottawa	0–5–1	1–4–1	2–4	—	1–4–1	4–17–3
Toronto	2–3–1	3–2–1	2–1–3	4–1–1	—	11–7–6

Vs. American Division

1930–31 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PHI	Total
M. Canadiens	2–1–1	3–0–1	2–2	2–2	3–0–1	12–5–3
M. Maroons	1–3	4–0	3–0–1	1–2–1	3–1	12–6–2
N.Y. Americans	2–2	1–3	2–0–2	0–1–3	3–0–1	8–6–6
Ottawa	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–3	3–0–1	6–13–1
Toronto	1–2–1	4–0	1–2–1	2–1–1	3–1	11–6–3

Schedule and results

1930–31 Ottawa Senators (10–30–4)

November: 3–4–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Arena	Record	Pts
1	November 11	Maroons	0–2	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	1–0–0	2
2	November 15	Ottawa	1–5	Canadiens		Connell	N/A	Montreal Forum	1–1–0	2
3	November 18	Ottawa	2–2	Philadelphia	OT	Connell	N/A	Philadelphia Arena	1–1–1	3
4	November 20	Detroit	0–1	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	2–1–1	5
5	November 22	Ottawa	0–2	Toronto		Connell	N/A	Mutual Street Arena	2–2–1	5
6	November 25	Ottawa	1–0	Americans		Connell	N/A	Madison Square Garden	3–2–1	7
7	November 27	Boston	2–1	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	3–3–1	7
8	November 30	Chicago	3–0	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	3–4–1	7

December: 1–8–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 0–6–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Arena	Record	Pts
9	December 4	Philadelphia	2–5	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	4–4–1	9
10	December 6	Ottawa	0–1	Maroons		Connell	N/A	Montreal Forum	4–5–1	9
11	December 9	Ottawa	2–3	Rangers		Connell	N/A	Madison Square Garden	4–6–1	9
12	December 11	Canadiens	5–4	Ottawa	OT	Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	4–7–1	9
13	December 16	Ottawa	2–4	Chicago		Connell	N/A	Chicago Stadium	4–8–1	9
14	December 18	Ottawa	0–3	Detroit		Connell	N/A	Detroit Olympia	4–9–1	9
15	December 25	Rangers	4–1	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	4–10–1	9
16	December 27	Ottawa	5–8	Canadiens		Beveridge	N/A	Montreal Forum	4–11–1	9
17	December 30	Ottawa	3–7	Boston		Beveridge	N/A	Boston Garden	4–12–1	9

January: 1–8–1 (home: 0–5–1; road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Arena	Record	Pts
18	January 1	Maroons	3–2	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	4–13–1	9
19	January 3	Ottawa	5–4	Philadelphia	OT	Connell	N/A	Philadelphia Arena	5–13–1	11
20	January 6	Toronto	2–2	Ottawa	OT	Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	5–13–2	12
21	January 8	Boston	3–1	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	5–14–2	12
22	January 15	Americans	2–1	Ottawa		Beveridge	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	5–15–2	12
23	January 17	Ottawa	2–3	Maroons		Connell	N/A	Montreal Forum	5–16–2	12
24	January 20	Ottawa	2–4	Boston		Connell	N/A	Boston Garden	5–17–2	12
25	January 22	Canadiens	3–0	Ottawa		Beveridge	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	5–18–2	12
26	January 24	Ottawa	2–5	Toronto		Connell	N/A	Mutual Street Arena	5–19–2	12
27	January 29	Toronto	3–2	Ottawa		Beveridge	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	5–20–2	12

February: 4–4–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Arena	Record	Pts
28	February 1	Ottawa	2–4	Americans		Connell	N/A	Madison Square Garden	5–21–2	12
29	February 3	Americans	4–2	Ottawa		Beveridge	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	5–22–2	12
30	February 5	Detroit	4–5	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Detroit Olympia	6–22–2	14
31	February 8	Ottawa	0–2	Detroit		Beveridge	N/A	Detroit Olympia	6–23–2	14
32	February 12	Chicago	3–2	Ottawa		Beveridge	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	6–24–2	14
33	February 17	Ottawa	5–4	Rangers		Connell	N/A	Madison Square Garden	7–24–2	16
34	February 19	Ottawa	2–1	Toronto		Connell	N/A	Madison Square Garden	8–24–2	18
35	February 21	Maroons	3–3	Ottawa	OT	Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	8–24–3	19
36	February 26	Americans	2–4	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	9–24–3	21

March: 1–6–1 (home: 1–3–0; road: 0–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Arena	Record	Pts
37	March 1	Ottawa	0–5	Chicago		Connell	N/A	Chicago Stadium	9–25–3	21
38	March 3	Canadiens	1–0	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	9–26–3	21
39	March 7	Ottawa	2–6	Maroons		Connell	N/A	Montreal Forum	9–27–3	21
40	March 10	Philadelphia	3–5	Ottawa	OT	Connell	N/A	Ottawa Auditorium	10–27–3	23
41	March 12	Ottawa	0–2	Americans		Connell	N/A	Madison Square Garden	10–28–3	23
42	March 14	Ottawa	3–3	Canadiens		Connell	N/A	Montreal Forum	10–28–4	24
43	March 17	Rangers	3–1	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Madison Square Garden	10–29–4	24
44	March 21	Toronto	9–6	Ottawa		Connell	N/A	Galt Arena Gardens	10–30–4	24

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Art Gagne	RW	44	19	11	30	50
Bill Touhey	LW	44	15	15	30	8
Joe Lamb	RW	44	11	14	25	91
Hec Kilrea	LW	44	14	8	22	44
Danny Cox	LW	44	9	12	21	12
Frank Finnigan	RW	44	9	8	17	40
Alex Smith	D	37	5	6	11	73
Len Grosvenor	C/RW	33	5	4	9	25
Art Smith	D	43	2	4	6	61
Leo Bourgeault	D	28	0	4	4	28
Harold Starr	D	35	2	1	3	48
Bill Beveridge	G	9	0	0	0	0
Alec Connell	G	36	0	0	0	0
Harry Connor	LW	11	0	0	0	4
Ray Kinsella	LW	14	0	0	0	0
Eric Pettinger	LW/C	13	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Alec Connell	2190	36	10	22	4	110	3.01	3
Bill Beveridge	520	9	0	8	0	32	3.69	0
Team:	2710	44	10	30	4	142	3.14	3

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

The Senators did not qualify for the playoffs

Transactions

The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1930–31 season.^[5]

Trades

September 1, 1930	To Ottawa Senators Cash	To Philadelphia Quakers Loan of Wally Kilrea
October 10, 1930	To Ottawa Senators Art Smith Eric Pettinger $35,000	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jack Duggan King Clancy
October 16, 1930	To Ottawa Senators Harry Connor	To Boston Bruins Bill Hutton
October 24, 1930	To Ottawa Senators Cash	To London Tecumsehs (IHL Len Grosvenor
November 6, 1930	To Ottawa Senators $35,000	To Philadelphia Quakers Loan of Syd Howe Wally Kilrea Al Shields
December 1, 1930	To Ottawa Senators Len Grosvenor	To London Tecumsehs (IHL Harry Connor
December 7, 1930	To Ottawa Senators Leo Bourgeault	To New York Rangers Cash

Free agents signed

February 3, 1931	From Ottawa Rideaus (OCHL) Ray Kinsella

References

^ 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1930-31 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".

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National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

[inflation-CA-1] 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 8, 2024.

[2] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

[3] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[4] "1930-31 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

[5] "Hockey Transactions Search Results".

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1930–31 Ottawa Senators season

Contents

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division

Vs. American Division

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Free agents signed

See also

References