1932–33 Ottawa Senators season

1932–33 Ottawa Senators
Division	5th Canadian
1932–33 record	11–27–10
Home record	8–11–4
Road record	3–16–6
Goals for	88
Goals against	131
Team information
General manager	Dave Gill
Coach	Cy Denneny
Captain	Frank Finnigan
Arena	Ottawa Auditorium
Team leaders
Goals	Cooney Weiland (16)
Assists	Frank Finnigan (14)
Points	Cooney Weiland (27)
Penalty minutes	Allan Shields (119)
Wins	Bill Beveridge (7)
Goals against average	Alec Connell (2.56)
← 1930–31 1933–34 →

The 1932–33 Ottawa Senators season was the team's 15th season in the NHL and 47th season of play overall. After a one-year hiatus, as the Senators had suspended operations for the 1931–32 NHL season, the team rejoined the NHL, and announced former Senators star player Cy Denneny as head coach of the club.

Regular season

Players on loan to other clubs were returned to the Senators, including Syd Howe and captain Frank Finnigan. Former Boston Bruins star player Cooney Weiland joined the team and led the Senators in goals (16) and points (27), while Howe would chip in with 12 goals and 24 points. Rookie right-wing Gus Forslund played the season for the Senators, becoming the first Swedish-born player in the NHL. The Senators blueline was led by Allan Shields, who led all defensemen with 11 points, while leading the team and being among the NHL leaders in penalty minutes at 119.

In goal, Alec Connell would start the season for the Senators, however, he would miss some games due to injury, and would eventually lose his starters job to Bill Beveridge, who emerged as the teams number 1 goaltender. Beveridge would lead the team with 7 victories, while Connell would post a team best 2.56 GAA.

The Senators would start off the season with a respectable 7–7–3 record through their first 17 games, however, they would slump to a 4–20–7 record the rest of the way, and owner Frank Ahearn had Denneny fine some players who displayed indifferent hockey. The Sens would finish in last place in the NHL for the second straight time.

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	18	6	119	111	54
Montreal Maroons	48	22	20	6	135	119	50
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	25	5	92	115	41
New York Americans	48	15	22	11	91	118	41
Ottawa Senators	48	11	27	10	88	131	32

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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

Schedule and results

1932–33 Ottawa Senators (11–27–10)
November: 3–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 1 November 12 Maroons 2–1 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 0–1–0 0 2 November 19 Detroit 0–2 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 1–1–0 2 3 November 24 Ottawa 6–3 Maroons Connell N/A Montreal Forum 2–1–0 4 4 November 26 Ottawa 4–6 Boston Connell N/A Boston Garden 2–2–0 4 5 November 29 Chicago 1–3 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 3–2–0 6
December: 4–6–3 (home: 3–0–2; road: 1–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 6 December 1 Americans 3–4 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 4–2–0 8 7 December 3 Ottawa 1–4 Toronto Connell N/A Maple Leaf Gardens 4–3–0 8 8 December 4 Ottawa 0–2 Detroit Connell N/A Detroit Olympia 4–4–0 8 9 December 6 Ottawa 1–1 Chicago OT Connell N/A Chicago Stadium 4–4–1 9 10 December 8 Canadiens 0–2 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 5–4–1 11 11 December 10 Ottawa 2–3 Canadiens OT Beveridge N/A Montreal Forum 5–5–1 11 12 December 13 Ottawa 2–0 Americans Beveridge N/A Madison Square Garden 6–5–1 13 13 December 15 Ottawa 1–4 Toronto Connell N/A Maple Leaf Gardens 6–6–1 13 14 December 17 Rangers 2–2 Ottawa OT Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 6–6–2 14 15 December 20 Ottawa 1–2 Boston Beveridge N/A Boston Garden 6–7–2 14 16 December 24 Boston 1–1 Ottawa OT Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 6–7–3 15 17 December 27 Maroons 0–3 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 7–7–3 17 18 December 29 Ottawa 2–4 Rangers Beveridge N/A Madison Square Garden 7–8–3 17
January: 1–10–2 (home: 1–5–0; road: 0–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 19 January 3 Detroit 1–0 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 7–9–3 17 20 January 5 Ottawa 1–1 Americans OT Beveridge N/A Madison Square Garden 7–9–4 18 21 January 7 Ottawa 0–1 Canadiens Beveridge N/A Montreal Forum 7–10–4 18 22 January 10 Ottawa 2–3 Boston OT Beveridge N/A Boston Garden 7–11–4 18 23 January 12 Americans 5–2 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 7–12–4 18 24 January 14 Toronto 5–3 Ottawa OT Beveridge N/A Maple Leaf Gardens 7–13–4 18 25 January 17 Canadiens 2–3 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 8–13–4 20 26 January 19 Ottawa 3–7 Maroons Beveridge N/A Montreal Forum 8–14–4 20 27 January 22 Ottawa 1–2 Chicago Connell N/A Chicago Stadium 8–15–4 20 28 January 24 Toronto 4–2 Ottawa Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 8–16–4 20 29 January 26 Ottawa 1–1 Detroit OT Connell N/A Detroit Olympia 8–16–5 21 30 January 28 Rangers 9–2 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 8–17–5 21 31 January 31 Ottawa 1–3 Montreal OT Connell N/A Montreal Forum 8–18–5 21
February: 1–4–3 (home: 1–3–1; road: 0–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 32 February 2 Chicago 1–1 Ottawa OT Connell N/A Ottawa Auditorium 8–18–6 22 33 February 4 Boston 2–3 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 9–18–6 24 34 February 9 Ottawa 3–3 Rangers OT Beveridge N/A Madison Square Garden 9–18–7 25 35 February 14 Rangers 3–1 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 9–19–7 25 36 February 16 Canadiens 6–0 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 9–20–7 25 37 February 19 Ottawa 1–3 Americans Beveridge N/A Madison Square Garden 9–21–7 25 38 February 23 Toronto 3–0 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 9–22–7 25 39 February 28 Ottawa 0–0 Boston OT Beveridge N/A Boston Garden 9–22–8 26
March: 2–5–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Arena Record Pts 40 March 2 Detroit 3–2 Ottawa Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 9–23–8 26 41 March 5 Ottawa 0–2 Detroit Beveridge N/A Detroit Olympia 9–24–8 26 42 March 7 Ottawa 1–5 Chicago Beveridge N/A Chicago Stadium 9–25–8 26 43 March 9 Chicago 3–3 Ottawa OT Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 9–25–9 27 44 March 11 Americans 1–2 Ottawa OT Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 10–25–9 29 45 March 14 Ottawa 3–3 Rangers OT Beveridge N/A Madison Square Garden 10–25–10 30 46 March 16 Maroons 5–4 Ottawa OT Beveridge N/A Ottawa Auditorium 10–26–10 30 47 March 18 Ottawa 2–6 Toronto Beveridge N/A Maple Leaf Gardens 10–27–10 30 48 March 21 Ottawa 3–0 Maroons Beveridge N/A Montreal Forum 11–27–10 32
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cooney Weiland	C	48	16	11	27	4
Syd Howe	C/LW	48	12	12	24	17
Hec Kilrea	LW	47	14	8	22	26
Bill Touhey	LW	47	12	7	19	12
Frank Finnigan	RW	45	4	14	18	37
Gus Forslund	RW	48	4	9	13	2
Al Shields	D	48	7	4	11	119
Danny Cox	LW	47	4	7	11	8
Wally Kilrea	RW/C	32	4	5	9	14
Earl Roche	LW	20	4	5	9	6
Des Roche	RW	16	3	6	9	6
Bert McInenly	LW/D	30	2	2	4	8
Hib Milks	LW/C	16	0	3	3	0
Alex Smith	D	34	2	0	2	42
Leo Bourgeault	D	35	1	1	2	18
Harvey Rockburn	D	16	0	1	1	39
Bill Beveridge	G	35	0	0	0	0
Marty Burke	D	16	0	0	0	10
Bert Burry	D	4	0	0	0	0
Alec Connell	G	15	0	0	0	0
Dutch Gainor	C	2	0	0	0	0
Gerry Lowrey	LW	7	0	0	0	0
Harold Starr	D	31	0	0	0	30

Goaltending

Player	Min	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bill Beveridge	2195	35	7	19	8	95	2.60	5
Alec Connell	845	15	4	8	2	36	2.56	1
Team:	3040	48	11	27	10	131	2.59	6

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Transactions

The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1932–33 season.^[4]

Trades

July 25, 1932	To Ottawa Senators Cooney Weiland	To Boston Bruins Joe Lamb $7,000
October 19, 1932	To Ottawa Senators Bert McInenly	To New York Americans Cash
October 31, 1932	To Ottawa Senators Cash	To London Tecumsehs (IHL) Eric Pettinger
December 18, 1932	To Ottawa Senators Dutch Gainor	To New York Rangers Cash
January 25, 1933	To Ottawa Senators Earl Roche	To Boston Bruins Alex Smith
February 2, 1933	To Ottawa Senators Harvey Rockburn	To Montreal Maroons Cash
February 3, 1933	To Ottawa Senators Des Roche	To Montreal Maroons Wally Kilrea
February 14, 1933	To Ottawa Senators Marty Burke Future considerations	To Montreal Canadiens Leo Bourgeault Harold Starr
March 23, 1933	To Ottawa Senators Nick Wasnie	To Montreal Canadiens Marty Burke

Free agents signed

October 2, 1932	From New York Rangers Hib Milks
January 4, 1933	From St. Paul Greyhounds/Tulsa Oilers Gerry Lowrey

See also

• 1932–33 NHL season

References,Playoffs

They didn't qualify for the playoffs