1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks season

1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks
1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks
League	2nd (1st half), 1st (2nd half) NHL
1920–21 record	15–9–0
Team information
General manager	Charles Querrie
Coach	Frank Carroll
Captain	Reg Noble
Arena	Arena Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Babe Dye (33)
Assists	Harry Cameron (9)
Points	Babe Dye (38)
Penalty minutes	Ken Randall (74)
Wins	Jake Forbes (13)
Goals against average	Jake Forbes (3.83)
	← 1919–20 1921–22 →

The 1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks season was the Toronto National Hockey League (NHL) franchise's fourth season, second as the St. Patricks. The club won the regular season schedule, but lost in the playoffs and did not play for the Stanley Cup.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

First half
	GP	W	L	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	10	8	2	16	49	23
Toronto St. Patricks	10	5	5	10	39	47
Montreal Canadiens	10	4	6	8	37	51
Hamilton Tigers	10	3	7	6	34	38

Second half
	GP	W	L	Pts	GF	GA
Toronto St. Patricks	14	10	4	20	66	53
Montreal Canadiens	14	9	5	18	75	48
Ottawa Senators	14	6	8	12	48	52
Hamilton Tigers	14	3	11	6	58	94

^[1] Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Note: Teams that qualified for playoffs highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1920–21 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	HAM	MTL	OTT	TOR
Hamilton	—	3–5	1–7	2–6
Montreal	5–3	—	5–3	3–5
Ottawa	7–1	3–5	—	4–4
Toronto	6–2	5–3	4–4	—

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	December 22, 1920	3–6	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	0–1–0
2	W	December 25, 1920	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	1–1–0
3	L	December 29, 1920	1–8	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	1–2–0
4	W	January 3, 1921	5–4	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	2–2–0
5	L	January 8, 1921	2–3 OT	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	2–3–0
6	W	January 12, 1921	4–2	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	3–3–0
7	L	January 15, 1921	2–5	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	3–4–0
8	L	January 17, 1921	5–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	3–5–0
9	W	January 19, 1921	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	4–5–0
10	W	January 22, 1921	5–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	5–5–0
Second half
11	W	January 26, 1921	10–3	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	1–0–0
12	L	January 29, 1921	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	1–1–0
13	L	February 2, 1921	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	1–2–0
14	W	February 5, 1921	10–6	Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	2–2–0
15	W	February 9, 1921	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	3–2–0
16	W	February 12, 1921	6–4	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	4–2–0
17	W	February 16, 1921	4–3	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	5–2–0
18	W	February 19, 1921	5–4	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	6–2–0
19	L	February 23, 1921	4–7	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	6–3–0
20	W	February 26, 1921	4–2	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	7–3–0
21	L	February 28, 1921	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	7–4–0
22	W	March 2, 1921	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	8–4–0
23	W	March 5, 1921	4–3 OT	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	9–4–0
24	W	March 7, 1921	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1920–21)	10–4–0

Playoffs

The St. Patricks qualified first in the second half and played the Senators for the league championship. The Senators defeated the St. Patricks (5–0 and 2–0) to progress to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Vancouver Millionaires, who they also defeated three games to two.

Player statistics

Scorers

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Babe Dye	23	33	5	38	32
Reg Noble	24	19	8	27	54
Harry Cameron	24	18	9	27	35
Corb Denneny	20	19	7	26	29
Ken Randall	22	6	5	11	74
Sprague Cleghorn	13	3	5	8	31
Cully Wilson	8	2	3	5	22
Rod Smylie	23	2	1	3	2
Billy Stuart	19	2	1	3	4
Mickey Roach	9	1	1	2	2
Jake Forbes	20	0	0	0	0
Jack McDonald	6	0	0	0	2
Ivan Mitchell	4	0	0	0	0

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

December 4, 1920: Loaned Babe Dye to the Hamilton Tigers
December 15, 1920: Signed Free Agent Rod Smylie
December 16, 1920: Traded Howard Lockhart to the Hamilton Tigers for cash
December 24, 1920: Babe Dye returned to Toronto from Hamilton Tigers
January 25, 1921: Acquired Sprague Cleghorn from Hamilton Tigers for future considerations
March 15, 1921: Released Sprague Cleghorn

References

^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1920-21 Toronto St. Patricks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.