- 1912–13 NHA season
The 1912–13 NHA season was the fourth season of the now defunct
National Hockey Association . Six teams played 20 games each. TheQuebec Bulldogs won the league championship to retain theStanley Cup . They played and defeated theSydney Miners in a challenge after the regular season.League business
The
Arena Gardens was completed in Toronto and the two dormant NHA franchises started play as theToronto Blueshirts and theToronto Tecumsehs . The Arena Gardens hosted a pre-season exhibition match between theMontreal Canadiens andMontreal Wanderers , at which a brawl broke out andSprague Cleghorn would be charged with assault.Major Rule Changes
For this season the NHA teams played for the first time with six skaters, abandoning the position of
rover . It was agreed that from February onwards, the teams would play with seven. However, after several games at the start of February played with the rover, the decision was made to abandon the rover position permanently.The Stanley Cup trustees decided prior to this season that all future Stanley Cup challenges would take place after the end of the regular season.
Regular season
Final standings
"Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against"
coring Leaders
Quebec wins series 20–5
Quebec Bulldogs 1913 Stanley Cup Champions
Stanley Cup champion
goaltenders=*PatrickPaddy Moran
*Joe Savard (spare-did not play)
centers=*Joe Malone (Captain)
*Jeff Malone
*Tommy Smith
*Walter Rooney (Spare-did not play)
wingers=*Rusty Crawford
*Billy Creighton (point/left wing)
*Jack Marks
defence=*Joe Hall (Point)
*Harry Mummery (Cover Point)
*James "Rocket" Power (Cover Point)&
non-players=
*Mike J. Quinn (Vice President/Manager-Coach), Dave Beland (Trainer)
*P.A. Croquette (President/Owner)&, J.E. Matte (Treasurer)&
*Barney Kaine (Secretary)&
*Louis Caqueux&, C. Fremont&, T.B. O'Neil* (Directors)&
*C. Lockwell&, Fred Hill&, A. Dermore& (Directors)& - Missing from the team picture.
ee also
*
National Hockey Association
*List of pre-NHL seasons
*List of Stanley Cup champions
*1912 in sports
*1913 in sports References
* cite book
last=Coleman
first=Charles
title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.
year=1966
publisher=NHL
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