[97], Prior to the 1918–19 season, ownership of the Senators changed. The Senators have qualified for the playoffs every year since. Due to financial difficulties, the NHL franchise relocated to St. Louis, Missouri to become the St. Louis Eagles. Ottawa newspapers referred to that club as the Senators, and the Ottawa HC as 'Ottawa', 'Ottawas' or the 'Ottawa Pro Hockey Club'. Shore's last career game was in the third-last game of the season and he was sat out for the last two games. Norman Watt of Dawson tripped Ottawa's Art Moore, who retaliated with a stick to the mouth of Watt. [167], In 1931, a dispute arose between Foran, in his role as Stanley Cup trustee, and the NHL. In 1998-99, the Senators jumped from 14th in the previous season to 3rd, with 103 points--the first 100-point season in club history. [85], In 1916–17, the last season of the NHA, Ottawa won the second half of the split schedule. The team then adopted the colours of the OAAA organization: red, white and black. [76] Ottawa gained revenge for the previous loss to Renfrew by defeating Renfrew 19–5. The 1890–91 season saw the club play 14 games, playing in three leagues. Salary squabbles delayed the home opener (on the league's first night, December 19, 1917[94]) as players protested that their contracts were for 20 games, while the season schedule was for 24. The following season the Senators earned the lowest seed in the Eastern Conference play-offs, in which they upset the top-seeded New Jersey Devils in six games to garner the first postseason series win in franchise history. However, by the end of both hockey seasons, they were no longer holders of the Stanley Cup. "[148] The final game of the season was a 2–2 tie with the Maroons at the Montreal Forum on March 18, 1934.[149]. The club is also referred to as the Capitals, although there was a competing Capital Athletic Association hockey team using that name. Anthony LeBlanc is coming home. In 1910–11, the NHA contracted and imposed a salary cap, leading many of the Ottawa players to threaten to form a competing league. The top scorers were the Victorias' Russell Bowie, who scored seven goals in one game and six in another, and McGee, whose top performance saw him score five goals in a game. The "Senior Senators" renewed the rivalry with Montreal-area senior amateur teams such as the Montreal Victorias that the old Senators had played in the years prior to turning openly professional. The breakout was restricted to just one season, however, as the team won 16 fewer games in 2017–18 and finished well outside of play-off contention. The Hockey Hall of Fame and the National Hockey League agree that the Senators of 1906 were champions but disagree on whether the Senators were champions in 1910. In the 1980s, Ottawa developer Bruce Firestone began a “Bring Back the Senators” campaign that eventually led to a new expansion franchise taking the old name. [169] The best local bid was $100,000,[170] while a bid to move the club to Chicago was made for $300,000, ultimately denied by the Chicago Blackhawks ownership. The club picked up Bruce Stuart from the Wanderers, Fred Lake from Winnipeg and Dubby Kerr from Toronto. [107], In the 1919–20 season, the NHL reactivated the Quebec Bulldogs NHA franchise; with this addition, the NHL played with four teams again. [73] Ottawa won 8–5 (scoring 3 goals in overtime) and kept Taylor off the scoresheet. The Senators then played in the first inter-league Stanley Cup final playoff series with the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast (PCHA) league. The later 1931 census listed only 110,000 people in the city of Ottawa—roughly one-fifth the size of Toronto, which was the league's second-smallest market. Attendance was poor, the club only drawing well when the league's other three Canadian teams came to town. Dawson City had won no championships and did not belong to any recognized senior league. Dey was negotiating, as owner of The Arena, with both Rosenthal on behalf of the Senators and Percy Quinn (who held an option to purchase the Quebec NHA club) on behalf of a proposed new professional league over exclusive rights to the Arena for professional hockey. [61] In 1911, the club incorporated itself and the organization took on the name of the "Ottawa Hockey Association". [159] The club then changed to sweaters of gold and blue[11] until it later affiliated with the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association in 1889. [46], After the game, Watt was quoted as saying "[Frank] McGee doesn't look like too much", as he had only scored once in the first game. During the first half of the 2010s, the team posted a string of fair-to-middling records with occasional play-off qualifications, never advancing past the second round of the postseason. The Senators had lent Alex Connell to the Americans when the Americans' goalie Worters was hurt, and he turned in a "sensational performance" for the visitors. [126] Nighbor won the trophy in 1925–26 and 1926–27 as well. These games would be the first Stanley Cup playoff games ever played. Dey cut player salaries and let players go, including Art Ross to the Wanderers. When the steamer reached Vancouver, the area was too fogged in to dock, and the steamer docked in Seattle. In 1896, the club first adopted the "barber-pole" design, with which the team became synonymous. Having lost an eye in local amateur hockey, he was persuaded, despite the threat of permanent blindness, to join the Senators. This was Frank McGee's last game and he scored two goals.[53]. The 1926–27 season saw the NHL divided for the first time into two divisions, and they made the playoffs, winning the Canadian Division title. "A great day for hockey", he was quoted as saying, "Without [Livingstone] we can get down to the business of making money. The team was the OHA champion for that league's first three years. The Senators shut out Toronto 7–0 in a two-game total goals playoff and went west to play off against Vancouver for the Stanley Cup. [15] It was during this period of affiliation with the OAAC, that the club would become known by the nickname "Generals", attributed to the club's insignia. [133] Alex Connell led the way in goal, allowing only three goals in the four games. The team went 13–3 to win the NHA and inherit the Stanley Cup; Marty Walsh and Dubby Kerr led the goal scoring with 37 and 32 goals in 16 games. [69] The NHA became the fore-runner of today's National Hockey League. The Senators next had to play Edmonton in a best-of-three series and won it in two games with scores of 2–1 and 1–0, with Broadbent scoring the winning goal. Clint Benedict again led the league in goalkeeper goals-against average and Frank Nighbor came third in the league scoring race with 25 goals in 23 games.[108]. Ottawa HC won the Ottawa and Ontario championships, and two games against AHAC opponents, but lost to the AHAC champion Montreal HC in its one challenge for the championship.[18]. [36] The next season, Ottawa joined the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL), winning the league championship. Ted Dey then sold his share of the club and retired. Due to the 'challenge' format of Stanley Cup play before 1915, there is often confusion about how many Stanley Cups the Senators should be given credit for: nine, ten or eleven. For Ottawa players, conditions did not deteriorate much as the club provided bonuses after the season. In the 1929–30 season, the club added the "O" logo to the chest of the sweater. The remaining players were selected from other Dawson City clubs. The official 2020 roster of the Ottawa Senators, including position, height, weight, date of birth, age, and birth place. [90], In October 1992, at the first game of the current Ottawa Senators NHL club, banners were raised to commemorate Stanley Cups in nine seasons, excluding 1906 and 1910. [163] Quinn filed a lawsuit against Dey for his deception but it was dismissed. The 1886 Montreal tournament was cancelled due to an outbreak of smallpox and the club would not play an outside match again until 1887. The American Hockey League had asked for a Stanley Cup challenge against the champions of the NHL. Gorman also attended the following year's meeting of the NHA owners in which the final vote to suspend the league was made. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. No, the Ottawa Senators have been known by that name since 1918. Nighbor had been signed away from Vancouver for the salary of $1,500, making him the highest-paid player on the club, ahead of Art Ross and Eddie Gerard. [79] Quebec's Bulldogs won the only two Stanley Cup championships in the club's history that season and the next, and the Toronto Blueshirts won in 1914. Cy Denneny continued his scoring ways, placing fourth in league scoring with 28 goals in 28 games. One of these wins provided the weirdest piece of hockey history when one player kicked Lord Stanley's Cup into a canal while under the influence of crystal meth. This Ottawa Senators is the second NHL franchise to use same name. [72] A bet of $100 was placed at the King Edward Hotel against him scoring at all. When Ottawa received a new NHL franchise in 1990, starting play in 1992, ownership decided to revive the Senators moniker for the new club. [86] As second-half winners, the Senators played off in a series with the Canadiens, the first-half winners. Montreal won the first game in Montreal by a score of 9–1. [137] Also for cash, the team sent long-time member Cy Denneny to the Bruins. The conditions did not hinder Ottawa, as they won 8–0, with McGee scoring three goals and the other five shared among the three Gilmour brothers, Dave (3), Suddy (1) and Bill (1), to win their first Cup. An Army team, the Toronto 228th Battalion, composed of enlisted professional players, joined the league before leaving for war after the first half-season. [102], The "Super Six"[103] Senators of the 1920s are considered by the NHL to be its first dynasty. [164] Quinn would get further action from the NHL, as the NHL suspended Quinn's franchise and took over its players' contracts. It wished to challenge the Stanley Cup champion Winnipeg Victorias at first but chose not to after deliberating for a week after the season, although it also had the option to challenge in the 1902 season. After they were outvoted by the intermediate-level teams of AHAC which wanted to promote the Capitals to the senior-level, the senior-level Ottawa, Montreal HC, Montreal Victorias and Quebec clubs left the AHAC and formed the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), shutting out the Capitals. The logo of the team was a simplified version of the 'triskelion' or 'winged legs' logo of the OAAA, which can be described as a "running wheel". In 1950, Canadian sports editors selected the Ottawa HC/Senators as Canada's greatest team in the first half of the 20th century.[7]. Other nicknames included the Silver Seven, a name the players gave themselves after receiving silver nuggets from manager Bob … [84], In the off-season, Ottawa's president Llewellyn Bate proposed to suspend the team's operations until the end of the war. This lineup had a successful season, winning 10 out of 12 games. "[92] Within a year, Gorman and partner Ted Dey had made enough money to pay back Kennedy. In media guides published by the club, they listed the original Senators as nine-time winners. Jack Darragh retired and had died from appendicitis months after his final game. The city of Ottawa did not have an NHL franchise again until the new Ottawa Senators franchise was awarded for the 1992–93 season. The new Ottawa Auditorium's first regular season game came on December 26, 1923. The series had the Boucher brothers play for Ottawa, while Cy Denneny played for Ottawa and his brother Corbett played for Toronto. Updates? [106] Benedict and Broadbent led the Montreal Maroons to a playoff defeat of the Senators on the way to a Stanley Cup win in 1926. In response to this, the ECAHA, while still having several purely amateur teams, started to allow professional players. The organization continued the Senators as an amateur, and later semi-professional, team in Quebec senior men's leagues until 1954. They would be given out to divisional winners in the following season. Frank Finnigan, the last surviving member of the original Senators' last Stanley Cup winner, played a key role in the drive to win an expansion franchise for Ottawa. [153] One player, Eddie Finnigan, played for both the Senators and the Eagles in the 1934–35 season. The Senators lost their previous top rival, the Wanderers, after five games. Reports of the club in early play in the 1890s sometimes refer to the club as the Generals. Frank Nighbor was the first winner of the Hart Trophy as 'most valuable player' for his play in the regular season. The 1909–10 hockey season saw major changes in the hockey world, as the ECHA organization split and created two organizations, the Canadian Hockey Association (CHA) and the National Hockey Association (NHA). In 1998–99 Ottawa won its first division title, but the Sabres eliminated the team in the opening round of the play-offs. There were also higher travel costs for away games, although the American arenas were larger. [118], In 1922–23, the Senators were led by the league's top goalie Clint Benedict, the goal scoring of Cy Denneny and the return from retirement of Jack Darragh. New attendance records were set during this series, with 9,000 for the first game and 10,000 for the second. [6], Generally acknowledged by hockey historians as one of the greatest teams of the early days of the sport, the club won numerous championships, starting with the 1891 to 1893 Ontario championships. and a train from there to Ottawa. The top teams could, therefore, compete for the top players and the gate attractions that they were. [30] The Ottawa Journal openly supported the idea, stating that the players were 'racked' and would be at a serious disadvantage to travel to Winnipeg.[31]. This led to the retirement of several stars, including Ottawa's Harvey Pulford and Montreal's Russell Bowie, who insisted on keeping their amateur status. [100] Nighbor returned for the fourth game in Ottawa, which Ottawa won 6–3. [177] On another occasion, in the 1906 Stanley Cup Final against the Wanderers, the Governor-General's top hat was knocked off by the stick of Ernie "Moose" Johnson. On January 12, 1907, a full-scale "donnybrook" took place between the two teams at a game in Montreal. Even with the increased gate, they barely survived the season. The club was able to continue the streak despite the death of one of its members. The 1906 hockey season ended with the Wanderers as the Stanley Cup champions. [160] The "barber-pole" uniform was later adopted by the Ottawa 67's junior ice hockey team. [48] Eight of those 14 goals were scored consecutively in a span of less than nine minutes. In the 1927–28 season, the Senators played two "home" games in Detroit, collecting the bulk of the gate receipts (thus allowing them to actually turn a profit for that season), while Jack Adams retired to become the coach and general manager of the Detroit Cougars. The team from there caught a train to Vancouver, from which it left on January 6, 1905, arriving in Ottawa on January 11. Ottawa HC was a founding member of two new leagues, the Ottawa City Hockey League (OCHL) and the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and also rejoined the AHAC. In 1914–15, both Ottawa and the Wanderers bounced back to the top of the league, tying each other for the NHA season title. However, after a few poorly attended games showed that fans had no interest in the league, Ottawa and the Montreal Shamrocks abandoned the CHA to join the NHA. After each Stanley Cup win, the club affixed a badge or logo stating "World Champions". The stunt was unsuccessful, as the Cup landed on the frozen ice and had to be retrieved the next day. In the last NHL playoff game in Ottawa until 1996, the Senators tied the Rangers 1–1 on March 28, 1930, but lost game two in New York 5–1 to lose the series 6–2. In the return match in Ottawa, Ottawa overcame the eight-goal deficit, getting a 9–1 lead to tie the series by the midway point of the second half. The Maroons went on to win the Stanley Cup against Victoria. The club began in 1883 as the Ottawa Hockey Club and was known by that name officially, even after joining the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association (OAAA). [50], Future Ottawa Senators owner Frank Ahearn later stated that Weldy Young had asked Ahearn to ask the Ottawa players to "not rub it in" as Dawson City did not expect to win. Jump to navigation Jump to search. The fans became quite wet in the times when the temperature was warm. [144], In December 1933, rumours surfaced that the Senators would merge with the equally strapped New York Americans; however, this was denied by Ottawa club president Frank Ahearn, who had sought financial help from the league. The only restriction was that the status of each and every player had to be publicized.[57]. The youngest player on the team and standing 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall, he went on to score 135 goals in 45 games. Together with the Wanderers, O'Brien instead decided to form the NHA, and founded the Montreal Canadiens. Senators won challenges in 1906, tied for season title, lost playoff. [141] In 1931, a potential deal arose with the owners of Chicago Stadium, including grain magnate James E. Norris, who wanted to move the team to Chicago, but the deal was vetoed by Chicago Black Hawks owner Frederic McLaughlin who did not want another team in his territory. The NHL expanded further into the United States in the 1925–26 season with the new New York Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates. Split in 1934: [70] On Taylor's first return in February 1910, he made a promise to score a goal while making a rush backwards against Ottawa. The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, … [77] 1910–11 was the debut season of right wing Jack Darragh who scored 18 goals in 16 games. Ottawa arranged hospitable accommodations for the Dawson City team. [61] Taylor was hired away from the IPHL for the 1908 season for a $1000 salary and a guaranteed federal civil service job. [20] The dispute caused a permanent schism between Ottawa area teams competing in the Ottawa City Hockey League (OCHL) and the Ontario Hockey Association. "[154][176], When the Ottawa Hockey Club began play, there was no division between the ice surface and the stands like today. The new Senators honoured Finnigan by retiring his #8 jersey. The team fell into last place for the first time since 1898. Dey purchased Rosenthal's share of the club on October 28, 1918, and Rosenthal resigned from the club. [16] The club is also referred to as the "Capitals" in literature, although there was a rival Ottawa Capitals club organized by the Capital Amateur Athletics Association active at the time. It was during this period that the nickname Senators was first used; however, from 1903 to 1906, the team is better known as the Silver Seven. For the 1885 season, the club adopted gold and blue as its colours[11] and returned to the Montreal tournament. [166] Instead, Ahearn bought Gorman's interest in the club for $35,000 and a share of the Connaught Park Racetrack[126] and Gorman moved on to New York to manage the New York Americans. The club finished no worse than second during the wartime seasons of 1914–15 to 1917–18.[88]. Rosenthal, a prominent local jeweller, had been involved with the club since 1903. In the second half, the play became violent. The club was one of the first organized clubs in the early days of the sport of ice hockey, playing in the Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournaments in the early 1880s and founding the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada and the Ontario Hockey Association. Yashin was the pride of Ottawa for seven years. The original Ottawa Senators, founded in 1883, had a famed history, winning 11 Stanley Cups and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. If the franchise was resold, the proceeds would go to the Ottawa Hockey Association. In 1934, the club's NHL franchise was transferred to St. Louis, although the Association continued its ownership of the franchise and player contracts as well as the senior club. Original Ottawa Senators was founded 1883 and had a famed history, with … [174], In July 1936, the Auditorium bond-holders foreclosed on the arena and it was put under the control of the Royal Securities Corporation. The Senators play their home games at the 18,694 seat (20,041 capacity) Canadian Tire Centre which opened in 1996. [173] Under the agreement, the NHL paid for the players and took back possession of the franchise. It was another season of player turn-over for Ottawa. The former president of the Arizona Coyotes was named as the president of business operations by Ottawa Senators’ owner Eugene Melnyk Monday afternoon. [96] In the end, the team placed second in the second half and missed the playoffs. The Senators won three trophies as NHL champions, along with the Stanley Cup, the club also won two other trophies, the O'Brien Cup and the Prince of Wales Trophy, the last time the trophies were given to winners of the NHL championship. After the season Ottawa played two challenges, against Galt, winning 7–4, and against Port Arthur, winning 13–4. [65] With the free-agent signings and the new arena, Ottawa started selling season-tickets, the first of their kind, $3.75 for five games, eventually selling 2,400. In 1909, a separate Ottawa Senators pro team existed in the Federal League. The CHA was formed to 'freeze out' the Wanderers, whose ownership change led the team to move to a smaller arena. Future Hall of Famer Cy had been picked up in a trade with Toronto earlier that season and he would be a member of the Senators until 1928. In the 1903 Stanley Cup Final against the Montreal Victorias, the Governor-General (who had a private box seat at the ice's edge) is recorded as getting wet from the play. [152], After the NHL franchise relocated, the Senators were continued as a senior amateur club in the Montreal Group of the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association (QAHA), beginning in the 1934–35 season. [165], In 1923, Dey retired after selling his ownership interest to Gorman and new investor Frank Ahearn. [161], From the start, the club was owned and operated by its members and known as the Ottawa Hockey Club, becoming an affiliate of the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association in 1889. [24] The key match-up in that season for Ottawa was a loss in the opening game of the season against the Montreal Victorias on January 7, 1893, as Ottawa split its season series with eventual winner Montreal HC, both teams otherwise winning all of their games. He was traded away, along with Harry Broadbent, to the new Montreal Maroons before the next season, for cash. The Senators made their debut as an expansion team in 1992, taking their nickname from Ottawa’s status as the seat of the Canadian national government and from an earlier hockey team based in the city that won the Stanley Cup 11 times between 1903 and 1927. [139] The Senators rallied, however, to make the playoffs for a final time, finishing third in the Canadian Division. Jim McGee, Frank McGee's brother, died after the 1904 season in a horseback riding accident. On December 8, 1886, the first championship league, the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada was founded in Montreal. An unsurpassed iron man record was set when Frank Nighbor played in six consecutive games without substitution, averaging a goal a game during the stretch. Team Name: Ottawa Senators Seasons: 28 (1992-93 to 2020-21) NHL Playoff Appearances: 16 NHL Championships: 0 (0 Stanley Cup) Playoff Record: 72-79 Record (W-L-T-OTL): 969-939-115-169 (2222 points) All-time Goals Leader: Daniel Alfredsson, 426. The Ottawa Senators have played a total of 27 seasons. After that season, Ottawa HC became inactive. Gate receipts had declined 17 percent. In a plan to derail the proposed new league, Dey maintained publicly that he had reserved the Arena for Quinn's proposed league when, in fact, he had not cashed a cheque received from Quinn to reserve an option on the Arena. 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