1910–11 Ottawa Hockey Club season
# 1910–11 Ottawa Hockey Club season

The 1910–11 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's 26th season, second in the National Hockey Association. Ottawa won the league championship for the O'Brien Cup and took over the Stanley Cup from the Montreal Wanderers.

## Regular season

The team opened the season with ten consecutive wins, not losing until February in Renfrew. This matched the club record of ten consecutive wins set in 1909–10. Marty Walsh and "Dubbie" Kerr led the league in goals with 37 and 32.

### Final standings

National Hockey Association :

| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ottawa Hockey Club | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 69 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 62 |
| Renfrew Creamery Kings | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 101 |
| Montreal Wanderers | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 88 |
| Quebec Bulldogs | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 65 | 97 |

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

## Schedule and results

| No. | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | December | December | December | December | December | December |
| 1 | 31 | Ottawa | 5 | Canadiens | 3 | 1–0 |
| | January | January | January | January | January | January |
| 2 | 7 | Wanderers | 5 | Ottawa | 10 | 2–0 |
| 3 | 10 | Ottawa | 5 | Renfrew | 4 | 3–0 |
| 4 | 14 | Quebec | 5 | Ottawa | 13 | 4–0 |
| 5 | 21 | Canadiens | 4 | Ottawa | 5 (overtime) | 5–0 |
| 6 | 24 | Renfrew | 5 | Ottawa | 19 | 6–0 |
| 7 | 28 | Ottawa | 8 | Wanderers | 2 | 7–0 |
| | February | February | February | February | February | February |
| 8 | 4 | Ottawa | 6 | Quebec | 4 | 8–0 |
| 9 | 11 | Wanderers | 4 | Ottawa | 9 | 9–0 |
| 10 | 18 | Ottawa | 7 | Quebec | 2 | 10–0 |
| 11 | 24 | Ottawa | 7 | Renfrew | 8 | 10–1 |
| 12 | 28 | Quebec | 2 | Ottawa | 6 | 11–1 |
| | March | March | March | March | March | March |
| 13 | 2 | Ottawa | 7 | Wanderers | 11 | 11–2 |
| 14 | 4 | Renfrew | 7 | Ottawa | 6 | 11–3 |
| 15 | 8 | Ottawa | 4 | Canadiens | 3 | 12–3 |
| 16 | 10 | Canadiens | 0 | Ottawa | 5 | 13–3 |

## Player statistics

### Goaltending averages

| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Percy LeSueur | Ottawa | 16 | 69 | 1 | 4.3 |

### Leading scorers

| Name | Club | GP | G |
| - | - | - | - |
| Marty Walsh | Ottawa | 16 | 37 |
| "Dubbie" Kerr | Ottawa | 16 | 32 |
| Bruce Ridpath | Ottawa | 16 | 22 |
| Jack Darragh | Ottawa | 16 | 18 |

## Stanley Cup challenges

Ottawa played two challenges after the season at The Arena in Ottawa.

### Galt vs. Ottawa

Five members of the Galt team were from the Ottawa area or had played for Ottawa: Hague, Baird, Murphy, Smith and Berlinguette. Odds given before the game had Ottawa as 3–1 favourites. Bruce Ridpath who had been knocked out in the final game of the season played in the challenge game. Only 2,500 attended the game, which was described as a 'poor exhibition' with 'water covering the ice in several places.' Ottawa led 5–0 before Galt scored two. The teams traded goals to the finish to make the final 7–4.

March 13, 1911 :

| Galt | 4 | at | Ottawa | 7 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Billy Hague | | G | Percy LeSueur | |
| Billy Baird | | P | Fred Lake | 1 |
| Mike Murphy | | CP | Hamby Shore | |
| Tommy Smith | 1 | F | Jack Darragh | |
| Ken Mallen | | F | Marty Walsh | 3 |
| Louis Berlinguette | 2 | F | Bruce Ridpath | 2 |
| Fred Doherty | 1 | F | "Dubbie" Kerr | 1 |

Referee: Russell Bowie Umpire: Duncan Campbell

### Port Arthur vs. Ottawa

Marty Walsh was a "one-man wrecking crew", scoring ten goals against Port Arthur.

March 16, 1911 :

| Port Arthur | 4 | at | Ottawa | 13 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| H. Zeigler | | G | Percy LeSueur | |
| McDonough | | P | Fred Lake | |
| Eddie Carpenter | 1 | CP | Hamby Shore | |
| Jack Walker | 1 | F | Jack Darragh | |
| O'Leary | | F | Marty Walsh | 10 |
| W. McGregor | 1 | F | Bruce Ridpath | 2 |
| Wellington | 1 | F | "Dubbie" Kerr | 1 |
