1919–20 Toronto St. Patricks season

1919–20 Toronto St. Patricks
League	3rd (1st half), 2nd (2nd half) NHL
1919–20 record	12–12–0 (5–7–0, 7–5–0)
Team information
General manager	Charles Querrie
Coach	Frank Heffernan Harvey Sproule
Arena	Arena Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Corb Denneny Reg Noble (24)
Assists	Corb Denneny (12)
Points	Corb Denneny (36)
Penalty minutes	Cully Wilson (86)
Wins	Ivan Mitchell (6)
Goals against average	Jake Forbes (4.20)

The 1919–20 Toronto St. Patricks season was the third season of the Toronto National Hockey League franchise. The franchise was sold to the owners of the Toronto St. Patricks amateur hockey association and renamed the St. Patricks. The club improved on its record from the previous season, but did not make the playoffs as the Ottawa Senators won both halves of the season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

First half

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	12	9	3	0	18	59	23
Montreal Canadiens	12	8	4	0	16	62	51
Toronto St. Patricks	12	5	7	0	10	52	62
Quebec Athletics	12	2	10	0	4	44	81

Second half

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	12	10	2	0	20	62	41
Toronto St. Patricks	12	7	5	0	14	67	44
Montreal Canadiens	12	5	7	0	10	67	62
Quebec Athletics	12	2	10	0	4	47	96

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

Record vs. opponents

1919–20 NHL Records [2]
Team	MTL	OTT	QUE	TOR
Montreal	—	1–7	7–1	5–3
Ottawa	7–1	—	7–1	5–3
Quebec	1–7	1–7	—	2–6
Toronto	3–5	3–5	6–2	—

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	December 23, 1919	0–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1919–20)	0–1–0
2	W	December 27, 1919	7–4	Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20)	1–1–0
3	W	December 31, 1919	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1919–20)	2–1–0
4	W	January 3, 1920	4–3	Ottawa Senators (1919–20)	3–1–0
5	L	January 7, 1920	5–7	@ Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20)	3–2–0
6	L	January 10, 1920	7–14	@ Montreal Canadiens (1919–20)	3–3–0
7	L	January 14, 1920	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1919–20)	3–4–0
8	W	January 17, 1920	8–3	Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20)	4–4–0
9	L	January 21, 1920	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1919–20)	4–5–0
10	W	January 24, 1920	5–3	Ottawa Senators (1919–20)	5–5–0
11	L	January 28, 1920	0–7	@ Ottawa Senators (1919–20)	5–6–0
12	L	January 31, 1920	6–10	@ Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20)	5–7–0
Second half
13	L	February 4, 1920	5–6	Montreal Canadiens (1919–20)	0–1–0
14	W	February 7, 1920	4–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1919–20)	1–1–0
15	W	February 11, 1920	7–2	Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20)	2–1–0
16	W	February 16, 1920	4–3	@ Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20)	3–1–0
17	W	February 18, 1920	8–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1919–20)	4–1–0
18	L	February 21, 1920	3–5	Ottawa Senators (1919–20)	4–2–0
19	W	February 25, 1920	8–2	@ Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20)	5–2–0
20	L	February 28, 1920	0–1	Ottawa Senators (1919–20)	5–3–0
21	L	March 3, 1920	4–7	@ Ottawa Senators (1919–20)	5–4–0
22	W	March 6, 1920	11–2	Quebec Bulldogs (1919–20)	6–4–0
23	L	March 10, 1920	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1919–20)	6–5–0
24	W	March 13, 1920	11–4	Montreal Canadiens (1919–20)	7–5–0

Player statistics

Scorers

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Corb Denneny	24	24	12	36	20
Reg Noble	24	24	9	33	52
Cully Wilson	23	20	6	26	86
Ken Randall	22	10	8	18	42
Babe Dye	23	11	3	14	10
Goldie Prodgers	16	8	6	14	4
Mickey Roach	21	11	2	13	4
Joe Matte	17	8	3	11	19
Harry Cameron	7	3	0	3	6
Frank Heffernan	19	0	1	1	10
Jake Forbes	5	0	0	0	0
Howie Lockhart	7	0	0	0	0
Ivan Mitchell	16	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;

Playoffs

The team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Transactions

• November 25, 1919: Rights of Dave Ritchie transferred to Quebec Bulldogs
• December 8, 1919: Signed Free Agent Frank Heffernan
• December 9, 1919: Signed Free Agent Duke Keats
• December 15, 1919: Signed Free Agents Babe Dye, Howard Lockhart and Ivan Mitchell
• January 5, 1920: Signed Free Agent Red Stuart
• February 28, 1920: Signed Free Agent Jake Forbes

References

1. 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.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1919-20 Toronto St. Patricks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.