1912–13 Toronto Hockey Club season
Introduction 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.
Team business 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.
Off-season 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.
Regular season Members of the 1912–13 Toronto Blueshirts Cully Wilson, Harry Cameron, Frank Foyston, Bruce Ridpath (manager), Frank Nighbor, Archie McLean, Hap HolmesCully Wilson scored the first-ever goal for the Torontos, in their opening night 9–5 loss to the Canadiens. 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.===Final standings===
Schedule and results  '''#'''  '''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
Player stats  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)
See also * 1912–13 NHA season
References * ;Notes