[99] Ottawa asked to use Corb Denneny of Toronto, but the Canadiens turned down the request. Ottawa won the league title, led by Alex Connell in goal, who recorded 15 shutouts in 36 games, and Cy Denneny, who scored 24 goals. After the season Ottawa played two challenges, against Galt, winning 7–4, and against Port Arthur, winning 13–4. [173] Under the agreement, the NHL paid for the players and took back possession of the franchise. [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. Many fans ask common questions about their teams as … Montreal Canadiens' owner George Kennedy was leading an effort to get rid of Toronto Blueshirts' owner Eddie Livingstone, and he needed the Senators in his corner. [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. The next year, the Wanderers played only four games in the NHL, winning only one before folding the franchise after their home arena burned down. No, the Ottawa Senators have been known by that name since 1993. Montreal won the first game in Montreal by a score of 9–1. 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. [1] Frank Jenkins was the first captain of the team; he later became the president of the hockey club in 1891 and of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHA or AHAC) in 1892.[8]. [124] The first work of the partnership was a new arena, the Ottawa Auditorium, which was a 7,500 seat (10,000 capacity with standing room) arena with artificial ice. Have the Ottawa Senators gone by any other names? 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. Together with the Wanderers, O'Brien instead decided to form the NHA, and founded the Montreal Canadiens. In a 1957 interview, Harry Westwick recalled that at the presentation "One of the players said 'We ought to call ourselves the Silver Seven.' 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. [61] Taylor was hired away from the IPHL for the 1908 season for a $1000 salary and a guaranteed federal civil service job. The Ottawa Senators have played a total of 15 seasons. Winning the Allan Cup in 1949, the senior Senators continued until December 1954, finally ending the Senators' storied 71-year history. [12] It was composed of several clubs from Montreal plus a Quebec City club and the Ottawa club. In total, the club won the Stanley Cup 11 times, including challenges during two years it did not win the Cup for the season. On October 15, 1935, the NHL bought back the franchise and players' contracts for $40,000 and suspended its operations again. Ottawa newspapers referred to that club as the Senators, and the Ottawa HC as 'Ottawa', 'Ottawas' or the 'Ottawa Pro Hockey Club'. "[148] The final game of the season was a 2–2 tie with the Maroons at the Montreal Forum on March 18, 1934.[149]. For the 1906 season Ottawa, along with the Wanderers and several of the CAHL teams, formed the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA), unifying the top teams into one league.[37]. 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. [134] See the article 1927 Stanley Cup Finals. However, they balked when Smythe wanted a $100,000 guarantee, with a 40%/60% split of revenues. [80] The Senators finished fifth in 1912–13 and fourth in 1913–14. A look at all of the jerseys worn by the Ottawa Senators in franchise history as they prepare to unveil a new jersey for the 2021-22 season. Dawson City had won no championships and did not belong to any recognized senior league. At the same time, millionaire businessman J. Ambrose O'Brien, who wanted his Renfrew Creamery Kings to challenge for the Stanley Cup, saw his Renfrew application to join the CHA rejected. In the fifth and deciding game, Ottawa won 6–1 on Jack Darragh's three goal performance and won their first Stanley Cup as a member of the NHL. Having lost an eye in local amateur hockey, he was persuaded, despite the threat of permanent blindness, to join the Senators. In the second half, the play became violent. [127] Ottawa hockey fans got to see a Stanley Cup final game played in Ottawa as the Auditorium hosted the final match of the Stanley Cup finals between the Canadiens and the Calgary Tigers, moved because of poor natural ice at the Canadiens' arena. The first reference to the nickname of Senators was in a game report ("The Ottawas Made a Good Start") of the Ottawa Journal on January 7, 1901, [155][156] and used in other newspapers around that time. As the Auditorium did not meet its payments, Ahearn resumed a share of the club in 1931. This Ottawa Senators is the second NHL franchise to use same name. [36] The next season, Ottawa joined the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL), winning the league championship. He was an immediate sensation and earned a new nickname of 'Cyclone' for his fast skating and end-to-end rushes,[62] the nickname attributed to the Canadian governor-general Earl Grey. There were also higher travel costs for away games, although the American arenas were larger. Young did not arrive in time to play for Dawson. The two clubs faced off in a two-game total goals series to decide the league championship and Stanley Cup. Team Names: St. Louis Eagles, Ottawa Senators Seasons: 17 (1917-18 to 1934-35) NHL Playoff Appearances: 9 NHL Championships: 4 (4 Stanley Cups) Playoff Record: 7-12 Record (W-L-T-OTL): 269-252-69-0 (607 points) All-time Goals Leader: Cy Denneny, 246. The original Ottawa Senators played from 1883 until 1934 and won eleven Stanley Cups during that period. [59] The tactics did not work on the Wanderers; they won the return match in Ottawa in March and went undefeated for the season, leaving Ottawa in second place. The senior club was sold in 1937 to James MacCaffery, the owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders football team. [82] Benedict led the league as the top goaltender for the first time. The Ottawa Senators trade Alexei Yashin to the New York Islanders for Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt and the Islanders first round pick in 2001 (Jason Spezza). [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. However, team owners controlled the rinks and the players accepted the new conditions. The Senators ended their play in the NHA by losing a two-game total goals playoff series to the Canadiens, who eventually lost to Seattle in the Stanley Cup final. [137] Also for cash, the team sent long-time member Cy Denneny to the Bruins. [93], In 1918, Rosenthal was forced out by Dey in a complex scheme. In 1914–15, both Ottawa and the Wanderers bounced back to the top of the league, tying each other for the NHA season title. 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. The club finished no worse than second during the wartime seasons of 1914–15 to 1917–18.[88]. Hockey Hall of Fame. 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. [90], After struggling through the war years, the Ottawa Hockey Association put the club up for sale for $5,000 in the fall of 1917. [90], In January 1910, Ottawa defeated Galt, champions of the OPHL, during the CHA regular season, as well as Edmonton of the AAHA during the NHA regular season (the Senators switched leagues in-between). 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]. [91] This changed in March 2003, when the team raised banners for the 1906 and 1910 years to join the other nine banners hanging at the Corel Centre. For the 1896–97 season, the Ottawa club unveiled the first use of the 'barber-pole' style sweaters of horizontal bars of black, red and white. [86] As second-half winners, the Senators played off in a series with the Canadiens, the first-half winners. The Eagles played only one season, finishing last again. The NHL team was unsuccessful in St. Louis and planned to return to Ottawa, but the NHL decided instead to suspend the franchise and transf… 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). The 1906 hockey season ended with the Wanderers as the Stanley Cup champions. The club is also referred to as the Capitals, although there was a competing Capital Athletic Association hockey team using that name. [135] The league's expansion to the United States did not benefit the Senators. In the Cup semi-finals, Ottawa again faced Vancouver (now known as the Maroons) in Vancouver. Ottawa and the Montreal Wanderers tied for the ECAHA league lead in 1906, forcing a playoff series for the league championship and the Cup. This enabled Ottawa to continue the rivalry with the Wanderers and take in the gate revenues those games provided. [52] It was then that Lester Patrick of the Wanderers took it upon himself, scoring two goals to win the series 12–10. In 1898, the AHAC dissolved over the admission of the intermediate-level team Ottawa Capitals of the rival Capital Amateur Association to the AHAC by a vote of the league executive. The Senators won two Stanley Cup challenges in 1910 as well, and are considered to be eleven-time Stanley Cup champions b… Organized by Joe Boyle, a Toronto-born prospector, who had struck it rich in the Yukon gold rush of 1898,[42] The Dawson City Nuggets had Lorne Hanna, who had played for Brandon against Ottawa in a 1904 challenge and two former elite hockey players: Weldy Young, who had played for Ottawa in the 1890s, and D. R. McLennan, who had played for Queen's College against the Montreal Victorias in an 1895 challenge. The league granted both requests on September 26, 1931. [178], One custom of the Ottawa fans towards opposition teams was to throw lemons. The CHA was formed to 'freeze out' the Wanderers, whose ownership change led the team to move to a smaller arena. [57] However, it may have affected the Wanderers in another way: they lost the Stanley Cup a week after the donnybrook in a Stanley Cup challenge series to the Kenora Thistles. The city of Ottawa did not have an NHL franchise again until the new Ottawa Senators franchise was awarded for the 1992–93 season. "[38] The next team to challenge the Ottawas, the Toronto Marlboroughs, were similar treated. Foran had agreed to the challenge and ordered the NHL to comply, but the NHL refused to play the challenge. [74] This was the final game of the season, and Ottawa had no chance at the league title and did not appear to have put in an effort in a 17–2 loss, considered "the worst trimming ever handed to a team wearing the Ottawa colors".[75]. Senators was originally chosen because Ottawa is … The Club building would also be the Hockey Club's headquarters. [61] In 1911, the club incorporated itself and the organization took on the name of the "Ottawa Hockey Association". After the series, the Senators players received a parade in Ottawa, a civic banquet and an 18–carat gold ring with 14 small diamonds in the shape of an 'O'. The "Senior Senators" would win three Allan Cup titles. The 1911–12 through 1913–14 seasons saw a decline for both Ottawa and the Wanderers. The club agreed to play only if the game mattered in the standings. It was also the debut season of Frank Finnigan. The Ottawa Hockey Club (Ottawa HC) was founded by a small group of like-minded hockey enthusiasts. The other NHA owners refused to suspend the league. Harry Smith then scored to put Ottawa ahead, only to have the goal ruled offside. The history of Ottawa, capital of Canada, was shaped by events such as the construction of the Rideau Canal, the lumber industry, the choice of Ottawa as the location of Canada's capital, as well as American and European influences and interactions. In media guides published by the club, they listed the original Senators as nine-time winners. An Army team, the Toronto 228th Battalion, composed of enlisted professional players, joined the league before leaving for war after the first half-season. [87], While World War I affected all NHA teams, Ottawa was able to retain players and be competitive. Notable players of this time period include future Hall of Famers Percy LeSueur in goal, Dubby Kerr, Tommy Phillips, Harvey Pulford, Alf Smith, Bruce Stuart, Fred 'Cyclone' Taylor and Marty Walsh. No, the Ottawa Senators have been known by that name since 1918. Clint Benedict had the top goalkeeper average, and Cy Denneny and Frank Nighbor placed third and fourth in scoring with 18 and 17 goals in 18 games, respectively. 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. Ottawa HC played in the first season during which the Stanley Cup was challenged in 1893, and first won the Cup in 1903, holding the championship until 1906 (the Silver Seven years). In January 1925, during the season, Gorman sold his share of the Senators to Ahearn and left the Senators organization, later joining the expansion New York Americans.[126]. In 1910–11, the NHA contracted and imposed a salary cap, leading many of the Ottawa players to threaten to form a competing league. Benedict again led league in goalkeeper average and Cy Denneny came second in scoring with 34 goals in 24 games. Reports of the club in early play in the 1890s sometimes refer to the club as the Generals. Mr. Farrell states that "It is the oldest club in Ontario, and was in existence in the days of the challenge system, having played in Montreal during the carnivals." 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. [85], In 1916–17, the last season of the NHA, Ottawa won the second half of the split schedule. Karlsson, 24, … Led by the dominant line of Alfredsson, left winger Dany Heatley, and centre Jason Spezza, the Senators notched their 10th consecutive play-off berth after the 2006–07 season. The game left a poor taste in the mouth for the Yukoners, who complained that several goals were offside. He was traded away, along with Harry Broadbent, to the new Montreal Maroons before the next season, for cash. The Senators lost the replay and it was the difference in the league championship, as the defending champion Senators placed second by one game behind Quebec. The Globe newspaper of Toronto first refers to the Ottawa Hockey Club as the Senators in an article entitled 'Quebec defeated Ottawa' on December 30, 1912. [128], The 1924–25 season, the first year of NHL expansion to the United States, saw major changes in Ottawa's lineup. The Senators lost their previous top rival, the Wanderers, after five games. [126] Off the ice, Gorman and Ahearn squabbled over ownership. [133] The brightest note from the campaign was goaltender Alex Connell's play, in which he set a NHL record (unsurpassed as of 2021) of six consecutive shutouts, a shutout run of 460 minutes and 49 seconds. In another two seasons, 1905–06 and 1909–10, the Senators won Stanley Cup challenges but were not champions at the end of the season. [135] Frank Finnigan recalled that they frequently played home games before small crowds of 3,500 to 4,000. For that Stanley Cup win, each of the team's players was given a silver nugget by team executive Bob Shillington, an Ottawa druggist and mining investor. While the Ottawa Auditorium owned the hockey club, it was heavily indebted to Frank Ahearn and his father, and tried to clear its debt. Senior Senators: (amateur/semi-pro), The Ottawa Senators were an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, which existed from 1883[1] to 1954. This season saw the final decline of Ottawa's old rivals, the Wanderers, who finished at the bottom of the standings. 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