1920 Stanley Cup Finals

Infobox Stanley Cup Final
team2=Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA)
team1=Ottawa Senators (NHL)
year=1920
format=best-of-five
team2_1=2
team1_1=3
team2_2=0
team1_2=3
team2_3=3
team1_3=1
team2_4=5
team1_4=2
team2_5=1
team1_5=6
team2_tot=2
team1_tot=3
dates=March 22 – April 1
location1=Ottawa (The Arena) (1–3)
location2=Toronto (Arena Gardens) (4–5)
team1_winner=1
series_winner=Jack Darragh (5:00, 3rd)
coaches=Ottawa: Pete Green Seattle: Pete MuldoonThe 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 The 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).

Paths 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.

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

Ottawa Senators 1920 Stanley Cup champions

Stanley Cup champion|team=Ottawa Senators |year=1920
goaltenders=
*Clint Benedict
defence=
*Eddie Gerard - Captain
*Morley Bruce
*Jack MacKell
*Horace Merrill
*Sprague Cleghorn
wingers=
*Harry Punch Broadbent
*George Boucher‡
*Cy Denneny
*Jack Darragh
centers=
*Frank Nighbor
non-players=
*Edgar Dey Sr. (President)
*Frank Ahearn (Hon. President)
*Tommy Gorman (Manager/Secretary)
*Pete Green (Coach)
* Frank Dolan (Trainer)‡ Played Rover a position in the Stanley Cup Finals
engraving-notes=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.

References

*cite web | url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1919–20 | title=1919–20 Stanley Cup Winner: Ottawa Senators | publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame | accessdate=2006-07-04
*cite web | url=http://www.hockeyleaguehistory.com/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association%20_1911.htm | title=hockeyleaguehistory.com - Pacific Coast Hockey Association | accessdate=2006-07-04
*cite book | last=Podnieks | first=Andrew | coauthors=Hockey Hall of Fame | title=Lord Stanley's Cup | year=2004 | publisher=Triumph Books| isbn=1551682613 | pages=12, 52
*cite book | editor=Dan Diamond (ed.) | title=The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book | year=1992 | publisher=Firefly Books| isbn=1895565154 | pages=52–53

ee also

* 1919–20 NHL season
* 1919–20 PCHA season
* List of Stanley Cup champions