- Ottawa Senators (FHL)
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Ottawa Senators City Ottawa League FHL Founded 1908 Operated 1909 Home arena The Arena, Ottawa Colours green & white Head coach Alf Smith The Ottawa Senators were a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which played one season in the Federal Hockey League in 1909 before the formation of the National Hockey Association. The club was formed to help boost the rivalry between the Federal League and the Eastern Canada Hockey Association so as to foster a Stanley Cup challenge. However, both the FHL and the ECHA folded after the season, leading to the eventual formation of the National Hockey Association (NHA), predecessor of today's National Hockey League (NHL). The team was composed mainly of ex-Ottawa Silver Seven players.
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History
The club was organized on December 23, 1908. Led by Alf Smith, the club featured Bouse Hutton in goal, Rat Westwick at rover, and Arthur Moore on defense, all former Silver Seven players.[1]
The team played against teams from Cornwall, Ontario, Renfrew, Smiths Falls. The team compiled a 3–3 record to place second to Renfrew. While the team drew crowds in the thousands for their first matches against Edmonton and Renfrew, attendance declined to the point where only a few hundred attended the final game against Cornwall.[2]
Roster
- Bouse Hutton - goal
- Arthur Moore - defense (played goal for one game)
- Bob O'Leary - defense
- Rat Westwick - rover
- Billy Smith - defense
- Joe Dennison - centre (would later play for the NHA Senators)
- Robert Harrison - centre
- Harry Smith - centre
- Alf Smith - right wing
- Alfred Young - left wing
- Ed Roberts - left wing
- Source
- The Globe, Ottawa Citizen, December 1908-February 1909.
See also
References
Categories:- Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada
- Ottawa Senators
- Ottawa Senators (original)
- Ice hockey teams in Ottawa
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