The 1914–15 Ottawa Senators season was the Ottawa Hockey Club's 30th season of play since its founding in 1883 (with some inactive years in the 1880s). After placing fourth in 1913–14, the Senators improved to win the NHA title, but lost the Stanley Cup 'World Series' playoff to the Vancouver Millionaires, played in Vancouver.

Team business The Senators traded Percy LeSueur to the Ontarios for Fred Lake.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Record Dec.26 Ottawa 4 Quebec 1 1–0 30 Ontarios 1 Ottawa 4 2–0 Jan. 2 Ottawa 6 Wanderers 15 2–1 6 Ottawa 4 Canadiens 2 3–1 9 Toronto 1 Ottawa 2 (18' OT) 4–1 13 Ottawa 3 Ontarios 5 4–2 16 Wanderers 3 Ottawa 4 5–2 20 Canadiens 1 Ottawa 3 6–2 23 Ottawa 2 Toronto 4 6–3 27 Quebec 2 Ottawa 7 7–3 30 Ottawa 3 Quebec 1 8–3 Feb. 3 Toronto 2 Ottawa 7 9–3 6 Ottawa 1 Wanderers 8 9–4 10 Ottawa 6 Ontarios 2 10–4 13 Canadiens 3 Ottawa 5 11–4 17 Ottawa 3 Toronto 1 12–4 20 Wanderers 5 Ottawa 1 12–5 24 Ottawa 2 Canadiens 3 12–6 27 Ontarios 2 Ottawa 3 13–6 Mar. 3 Quebec 3 Ottawa 4 (25" OT) 14–6

Source: Coleman, pp. 272–273.

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIMHarry Broadbent 20 24 3 27 115Eddie Gerard 20 9 10 19 39Jack Darragh 18 11 2 13 32Leth Graham 17 9 3 12 34Angus Duford 12 7 1 8 8

Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg.Benedict, ClintOttawa 20 65 3.3

Playoffs

League championship Montreal and Ottawa played a two-game total-goals series to determine the league championship and the O'Brien Cup.

Game-by-GameWinning teamScoreLosing teamLocation1March 10Ottawa Senators4–0Montreal WanderersOttawa2March 13Montreal Wanderers1–0Ottawa SenatorsMontrealSenators win series 4–1

Stanley Cup Final

As the 1914 Final was held in Toronto, all three games in this series were played at the arena of the PCHA's champion in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Millionaires swept the best-of-five series in three games. Game-by-GameWinning TeamScoreLosing TeamRules UsedLocation1March 22Vancouver Millionaires6–2Ottawa SenatorsPCHADenman Arena, Vancouver2March 24Vancouver Millionaires8–3Ottawa SenatorsNHA3March 26Vancouver Millionaires12–3Ottawa SenatorsPCHAMillionaires win best-of-five series 3 games to 0

See also 1914–15 NHA season

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