1928–29 Ottawa Senators season – Wikipedia

The 1928–29 Ottawa Senators season was the club’s 12th season in the NHL, 44th overall. The Senators’ financial troubles continued, as the team sold Punch Broadbent to the New York Americans. There were numerous rumours that the team was going to be sold to a group from Chicago: Senators owner Frank Ahearn denied this, but admitted that the team was for sale to the highest bidder. Once again, for the second straight year, the Senators would play two “home” games in Detroit due to poor fan support when US-based teams would play games in Ottawa.

Regular season[edit]

On the ice, the Senators struggled to score goals, scoring only 54, the fourth fewest in the league. Frank Finnigan scored 15 of them to lead the team, and finish with a club high of 19 points. New captain King Clancy scored 13 goals to lead the defense. Midway through the season, the Sens traded longtime player Buck Boucher to the Montreal Maroons in exchange for youngster Joe Lamb.

Alec Connell was steady in the Senators’ net, winning 14 games, and having a GAA of 1.43, along with seven shutouts.

The Senators failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1925, as they finished in fourth place in the five-team Canadian Division.

Final standings[edit]

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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[edit]

1928-29 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	MTM	NYA	NYR	OTT	PIT	TOR
Boston	—	4–1–1	4–1–1	1–2–1	3–1	0–3–1	5–1	2–1–1	5–1	2–2
Chicago	1–4–1	—	1–4–1	0–4	1–2–1	1–3	0–4–2	1–2–1	2–3–1	0–3–1
Detroit	1–4–1	4–1–1	—	1–1–2	2–1–1	2–1–1	1–4–1	1–1–2	5–1	2–2
M. Canadiens	2–1–1	4–0	1–1–2	—	4–0–2	2–1–3	1–1–2	5–0–1	2–0–2	1–3–2
M. Maroons	1–3	2–1–1	1–2–1	0–4–2	—	2–3–1	3–0–1	2–2–2	2–1–1	2–4
N.Y. Americans	3–0–1	3–1	1–2–1	1–2–3	3–2–1	—	1–1–2	2–0–4	2–2	3–3
N.Y. Rangers	1–5	4–0–2	4–1–1	1–1–2	0–3–1	1–1–2	—	3–1	4–0–2	3–1
Ottawa	1–2–1	2–1–1	1–1–2	0–5–1	2–2–2	0–2–4	1–3	—	3–0–1	4–1–1
Pittsburgh	1–5	3–2–1	1–5	0–2–2	1–2–1	2–2	0–4–2	0–3–1	—	1–2–1
Toronto	2–2	3–0–1	2–2	3–1–2	4–2	3–3	1–3	1–4–1	2–1–1	—

Schedule and results[edit]

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 15, 1928	0–0 OT	New York Americans (1928–29)	0–0–1
2	T	November 17, 1928	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	0–0–2
3	W	November 20, 1928	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	1–0–2
4	W	November 22, 1928	1–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	2–0–2
5	T	November 24, 1928	1–1 OT	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	2–0–3
6	L	November 27, 1928	0–1	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	2–1–3
7	L	December 1, 1928	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	2–2–3
8	W	December 6, 1928	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	3–2–3
9	W	December 8, 1928	2–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	4–2–3
10	L	December 11, 1928	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	4–3–3
11	T	December 13, 1928	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	4–3–4
12	T	December 15, 1928	0–0 OT	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	4–3–5
13	L	December 18, 1928	1–2	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–4–5
14	L	December 20, 1928	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	4–5–5
15	L	December 22, 1928	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	4–6–5
16	T	December 29, 1928	2–2 OT	New York Americans (1928–29)	4–6–6
17	L	January 1, 1929	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	4–7–6
18	T	January 3, 1929	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	4–7–7
19	L	January 5, 1929	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	4–8–7
20	T	January 8, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–8–8
21	L	January 10, 1929	3–9	New York Rangers (1928–29)	4–9–8
22	W	January 12, 1929	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	5–9–8
23	T	January 15, 1929	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	5–9–9
24	T	January 19, 1929	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	5–9–10
25	T	January 22, 1929	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	5–9–11
26	L	January 26, 1929	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	5–10–11
27	W	January 29, 1929	4–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	6–10–11
28	L	February 2, 1929	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	6–11–11
29	W	February 7, 1929	2–1	New York Rangers (1928–29)	7–11–11
30	L	February 9, 1929	0–2	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	7–12–11
31	W	February 12, 1929	2–1	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	8–12–11
32	L	February 14, 1929	0–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	8–13–11
33	W	February 16, 1929	2–1 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	9–13–11
34	W	February 19, 1929	2–1	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	10–13–11
35D	W	February 21, 1929	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	11–13–11
36	W	February 23, 1929	3–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	12–13–11
37	L	February 26, 1929	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	12–14–11
38	L	February 28, 1929	0–4	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	12–15–11
39	T	March 2, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	12–15–12
40	T	March 5, 1929	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1928–29)	12–15–13
41	L	March 7, 1929	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	12–16–13
42	W	March 9, 1929	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	13–16–13
43	L	March 12, 1929	1–2	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	13–17–13
44	W	March 16, 1929	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	14–17–13

D – played in Detroit.

Transactions[edit]

The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1928–29 season. ^[2]

Trades[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Scoring

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Alec Connell	2820	44	14	17	13	67	1.43	7
Team:	2820	44	14	17	13	67	1.43	7

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Playoffs[edit]

The Senators did not qualify for the playoffs.

References[edit]

• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007