1920–21 Hamilton Tigers season

Offseason

The NHL transferred the Quebec franchise to Hamilton, where it was named the Tigers, a nickname used by a multitude of sports teams in the city. Contemporary newspaper coverage often referred to the senior team of the same name in the OHA as the "Tigers", while the NHL team would either be nameless or simply referred to as "professionals".

Regular season

Noting that the Quebec Athletics finished in last place in 1919–20, the league encouraged the other teams to provide players to Hamilton to improve the team's competitiveness. Toronto provided Babe Dye but recalled Dye after the first game and loaned Mickey Roach. Montreal provided Billy Coutu in exchange for keeping Harry Mummery. Ottawa did not provide any players willingly. Sprague Cleghorn and Harry Broadbent were eventually ordered by the league to report to Hamilton, but neither did. Cleghorn played some games with Toronto before returning to Ottawa.

Joe Malone missed the start of the season due to business commitments keeping him in Quebec. He joined the team in January 1921, having missed four games. He scored 28 goals in 20 games for the Tigers to place fourth in the league in goal-scoring. However, the team won only three games in each half of the schedule to finish last, with a record of 6 wins and 18 losses.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||December 22, 1920||5–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||December 27, 1920||1–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||December 29, 1920||6–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) ||2–1–0 |- |4||L||January 3, 1921||4–5 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||January 6, 1921||1–5 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||January 8, 1921||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||3–3–0 |- |7||L||January 12, 1921||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||3–4–0 |- |8||L||January 15, 1921||4–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) ||3–5–0 |- |9||L||January 19, 1921||3–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||3–6–0 |- |10||L||January 22, 1921||5–7 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) ||3–7–0

| Legend:

Player statistics

|

|- |}

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Transactions

Trades

Source:

References

Bibliography

References

1. {{harvnb. Wesley. Wesley. 2005
2. {{harvnb. Wesley. Wesley. 2005
3. Coleman, pp. 378–379
4. {{harvnb. Wesley. Wesley. 2005
5. {{harvnb. Wesley. Wesley. 2005
6. Coleman, p.381
7. {{harvnb. Wesley. Wesley. 2005
8. "1920-21 Hamilton Tigers Schedule".
9. "1920-21 Hamilton Tigers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.