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1912–13 Toronto Hockey Club
1912–13 Toronto Hockey Club
1912–13 record	9–11–0
Home record	7–3–0
Road record	2–8–0
Goals for	86
Goals against	95
Team information
General manager	Bruce Ridpath
Coach	Bruce Ridpath; Jack Marshall (Jan-);
Arena	Arena Gardens
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The 1912–13 Toronto Hockey Club season was the first season of the Toronto franchise in the National Hockey Association (NHA). The team was also known as the Blueshirts.

Operation of the ice-making equipment at the new Arena Gardens was delayed a week when the pipes had to be relaid. Local pipefitters, unfamiliar with ice-making equipment, had installed the pipes improperly, and W. H. Magee of New York, advisor to the Arena, ordered the pipes removed and reinstalled.^[1]^[2]

The Torontos' manager Bruce Ridpath built the team from new prospects, rather than signing established professionals, like the Tecumsehs, the other Toronto NHA club. Ridpath signed Scotty Davidson, who had been playing in Calgary; Frank Foyston of the Toronto Eatons, Roy McGiffin of the Simcoes, Cully Wilson of Winnipeg, and Harry Cameron and Frank Nighbor of Port Arthur. Only Archie McLean from the PCHA had previous big-league experience.^[3]

Cully Wilson scored the first-ever goal for the Torontos, in their opening night 9–5 loss to the Canadiens.^[4] The team started the season poorly under the coaching of Ridpath, but Ridpath signed Jack Marshall, the former star of the Montreal Wanderers as coach. The team continued to struggle until Marshall decided to become a playing coach with the team. His veteran presence helped the Blueshirts to win some games, eventually finishing third in the standings.

Nighbor was the scoring star for the Blueshirts, scoring 23 goals.

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	December 25	Montreal Canadiens	9–5	Toronto	0–1–0	0
2	December 28	Toronto	5–8	Montreal Canadiens	0–2–0	0
3	January 1	Toronto	1–7	Ottawa Senators	0–3–0	0
4	January 4	Montreal Wanderers	3–5	Toronto	1–3–0	2
5	January 8	Toronto	5–10	Quebec Bulldogs	1–4–0	2
6	January 11	Toronto	2–5	Toronto Tecumsehs	1–5–0	2
7	January 15	Toronto Tecumsehs	1–6	Toronto	2–5–0	4
8	January 18	Toronto	1–3	Montreal Wanderers	2–6–0	4
9	January 22	Quebec Bulldogs	3–6	Toronto	3–6–0	6
10	January 25	Ottawa Senators	9–5	Toronto	3–7–0	6
11	February 1	Toronto	2–3	Montreal Wanderers	3–8–0	6
12	February 5	Ottawa Senators	0–2	Toronto	4–8–0	8
13	February 8	Montreal Canadiens	3–5	Toronto	5–8–0	10
14	February 12	Quebec Bulldogs	11–2	Toronto	5–9–0	10
15	February 15	Montreal Wanderers	3–10	Toronto	6–9–0	12
16	February 19	Toronto	7–3	Toronto Tecumsehs	7–9–0	14
17	February 22	Toronto Tecumsehs	3–5	Toronto	8–9–0	16
18	February 26	Toronto	4–6	Quebec Bulldogs	8–10–0	16
19	March 1	Toronto	2–3	Ottawa Senators	8–11–0	16
20	March 5	Toronto	6–2	Montreal Canadiens	9–11–0	18

Source: Coleman 1966^[6]

Player	Pos.	No.	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Nighbor	C	9	19	23	2	25	13
Scotty Davidson	RW	3	20	20	2	22	69
Cully Wilson	RW	5	19	12	3	15	45
Harry Cameron	D	2	20	10	2	12	20
Frank Foyston	C	4	16	8	3	11	8
Roy McGiffin	LW	11	15	7	1	8	83
Jack Marshall	C		13	3	1	4	8
Archie McLean	D	10	9	2	0	2	4
Steve Gunnlaugson	F		3	1	0	1	0
Fred Doherty	RW	6	1	0	0	0	0
Victor Jopp	F	8	1	0	0	0	0
Mickey O'Leary	C		1	0	0	0	0
Ken Randall	RW	12	2	0	0	0	0
Jack Walker	F	7	1	0	0	0	0

Source: Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR)

Quebec Bulldogs

Montreal Wanderers

Toronto Hockey Club

Montreal Canadiens

Ottawa Senators

Toronto Tecumsehs

Harper, Stephen J. (2013). A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey. Simon & Schuster Canada. ISBN 978-1-4767-1653-4.

Notes

^ "Rowing Club are to join junior hockey ranks". Toronto World. December 3, 1912. p. 5.
^ "Arena to be ready Monday". Toronto World. December 8, 1912. p. Sports p. 1.
^ Harper 2013, pp. 239–240.
^ "Torontos Beaten By Canadiens". Toronto World. December 26, 1912. p. 4.
^ Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 239.
^ Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL.