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This documents the records and playoff results of seasons completed by the original-era Ottawa Senators ice hockey club, officially known as the Ottawa Hockey Club from the period of 1883 until 1934. The first reference to the name 'Senators' is in 1901, although the nickname only apparently came into common use in the 1910s. For the period 1903–1906, the club is best known as the 'Silver Seven', although this may be a later invention.
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History
The club began as a community-based sports club, founded in 1883. In 1889, the club joined the Ottawa Amateur Athletics Club, an offshoot of the Ottawa Amateur Athletics Association. Until the latter 1890s, the association's logo was on the club's jerseys. Prior to 1893, most play was either exhibition, tournament or challenge series. Regular season round-robin play began in the 1893 season, partly due to the influence of Governor General Lord Stanley who donated his Stanley Cup at this time also.
Over its history, the Ottawa club changed leagues regularly as leagues were disbanded over disputes and the progression from amateur community sporting club to professional hockey business. In the early 1890s, the club played in its own Ottawa City League, the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), and the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) simultaneously. The club left the OHA in 1894 over a dispute over the OHA championship. The club kept a 'seconds' team in the City League, while the first team played in the AHAC. The AHAC league met its end in 1898 partly due to the Ottawa Hockey Club wanting to keep out the rival Ottawa Capitals hockey club. In 1905, the Ottawa Hockey Club left the AHAC's successor, the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) over a dispute regarding replaying games, joining the Federal Amateur Hockey League for a season before forming the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA).
In the period of 1906–1909, the club changed from a purely non-paid amateur club to one with a mix of amateurs and paid players, and finally fully professional. From the period of 1910 onwards, the club held a franchise in the fully professional National Hockey Association (NHA) and its descendent the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1934, the NHL franchise and players moved to St. Louis, Missouri and the organization started operating a Senators club in senior amateur and semi-professional hockey. The end of all descendants of the original Ottawa Hockey Club came in 1954 when Tommy Gorman folded the Senators organization due to declining attendance in competition with televised hockey.
Amateur era
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Stanley Cup Champions League Champion Independent
- 1883–84 - Montreal Tournament and exhibitions
- 1884–85 - Montreal Tournament and exhibitions
- 1885–86 - Montreal Tournament was cancelled and no exhibitions were held. The club planned to play in the February 1886 Winter Carnival at Burlington, Vermont, but withdrew after the dates of the carnival were changed.
Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) 1887–1898
Ottawa HC played AHAC challenges in the league in 1887, 1891 and 1892, however regular seasons were not played until 1893.
In the 1889 and 1890 seasons, after the opening of the new Rideau Skating Rink, Ottawa played only exhibitions games against AHAC opponents.
Season Team name GP W L T PTS GF GA Finish Playoffs 1886–87 Ottawa HC 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 -- Played in one challenge 1890–91 Ottawa HC 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 -- Won two exhibitions, lost one challenge. 1891–92 Ottawa HC 6 5 1 0 10 23 9 -- Won Canadian championship
Lost in Final AHAC Challenge1892–9 Ottawa HC 8 6 2 0 12 49 22 2nd -- 1893–94 Ottawa HC 8 5 3 0 10 24 16 2nd Lost in Final 1894–95 Ottawa HC 8 4 4 0 8 25 24 3rd -- 1895–96 Ottawa HC 8 6 2 0 12 22 26 2nd -- 1896–97 Ottawa HC 8 5 3 0 10 25 18 2nd -- 1897–98 Ottawa HC 8 2 6 0 4 28 44 5th -- Ontario Hockey Association 1890–1893
Season Team name GP W L T GF GA Playoffs 1890–91 Ottawa HC 4A 4 0 0 15 2 Won Ontario Championship 1891–92 Ottawa HC 2 2 0 0 15 4 Won Ontario Championship 1892–93 Ottawa HC 2B 2 0 0 6 4 Won Ontario Championship - A - two games were 'friendlies'.
- B - Only one game played (semi-final against Queen's). Toronto Granite defaulted in championship.
Canadian Amateur Hockey League 1899–1904
Season Team name GP W L T PTS GF GA Finish Playoffs 1898–99 Ottawa HC 8 4 4 0 8 21 43 3rd -- 1899–1900 Ottawa HC 8 4 4 0 8 28 19 3rd -- 1900–01 Ottawa HC 8 7 0 1 15 33 20 1st Won league title 1901–02 Ottawa Senators 8 5 3 0 10 35 15 2nd -- 1902–03 Ottawa Senators 8 6 2 0 12 47 26 1st Won Stanley Cup 1903–04 Ottawa Senators 4 4 0 0 8 32 15 incomplete;C Won Stanley Cup - C Ottawa resigned February 8, 1904, playing friendlies and Cup challenges only for the balance of the hockey season.
Federal Amateur Hockey League 1904–05
Season GP W L T PTS GF GA Finish Playoffs 1904–05 8 7 1 0 14 60 19 1st Won Stanley Cup Professional era
Stanley Cup Champions League Champion Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association 1906–1909
Year GP W L T PTS GF GA Finish Playoffs 1905–06 10 9 1 0 18 90 42 1st (tie) Won two Stanley Cup challenges;
tied for league title;
Lost playoff against Montreal Wanderers for Stanley Cup.1906–07 10 7 3 0 76 54 14 2nd -- 1907–08 10 7 3 0 86 51 14 2nd -- 1908–09 12 10 2 0 117 63 20 1st Won Stanley Cup Canadian Hockey Association 1910
Season GP W L T Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs 1909–10 2 2 0 0 4 29 9 -- Defeated Galt in Stanley Cup challenge League was abandoned after two games.
National Hockey Association 1910–1917
Season GP W L T Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs 1909–10 12 9 3 0 18 89 66 2nd Defeated Edmonton for Stanley Cup 1910–11 16 13 3 -- 26 122 69 1st Won Stanley Cup 1911–12 18 9 9 -- 18 99 93 2nd -- 1912–13 20 9 11 -- 18 87 81 3rd -- 1913–14 20 11 9 -- 22 65 71 4th -- 1914–15 20 14 6 -- 28 74 65 1st Won league title, 4-1 (TG), Wanderers
Lost Stanley Cup final, 0-3, Millionaires1915–16 24 13 11 0 26 78 72 2nd -- 1916–17 10 7 3 -- 14 56 41 2nd Lost league final, 6-7 (TG), Canadiens National Hockey League 1917–1934
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM= Penalties in minutes
Stanley Cup Champions Division Champions/Reg. Season Leader League Leader Season GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs 1917–18 22 9 13 0 24 102 114 -- 3rd in NHL Out of playoffs 1918–19 18 12 6 0 24 71 54 192 1st in NHL Lost in NHL Championship, 1–4 (Montreal Canadiens) 1919–20 24 19 5 0 38 121 64 237 1st in NHL,
Won O'Brien CupDefeated Seattle Metropolitans (3–2),
Won Stanley Cup1920–21 24 14 10 0 28 97 75 151 1st in NHL Defeated Toronto St. Patricks (7–0 TG),
Won O'Brien Cup
Defeated Vancouver Millionaires (3–2),
Won Stanley Cup1921–22 24 14 8 2 30 106 84 99 1st in NHL Lost to Toronto St. Patricks (4–5 TG) 1922–23 24 14 9 1 29 77 54 188 1st in NHL Defeated Montreal Canadiens (3–2 TG),
Won O'Brien Cup
Defeated Vancouver(PCHA) (3–1),
Defeated Edmonton(WCHL) (2–0),
Won Stanley Cup1923–24 24 16 8 0 32 74 54 154 1st in NHL Lost to Montreal Canadiens (2–5 TG) 1924–25 30 17 12 1 35 83 66 331 4th in NHL Out of playoffs 1925–26 36 24 8 4 52 77 42 341 1st in NHL Lost to Montreal Maroons (1–2 TG) 1926–27 44 30 10 4 64 86 69 607 1st in Canadian Division,
Won Prince of Wales TrophyDefeated Montreal Canadiens (5–1) TG in NHL semi-final,
Defeated Boston Bruins 2–0–2 (best-of-five)
Won O'Brien Cup
Won Stanley Cup1927–28 44 20 14 10 50 78 57 483 1st in Canadian Division Lost in quarter-final (Montreal Maroons) 1928–29 44 14 17 13 41 54 67 461 4th in Canadian Division Out of playoffs 1929–30 44 21 15 8 50 138 118 536 5th in Canadian Division Lost in quarter-final (3–6)TG (New York Rangers) 1930–31 44 10 30 4 24 91 142 486 5th in Canadian Division Out of playoffs 1931–32 Team on hiatus 1932–33 48 11 27 10 32 88 131 398 5th in Canadian Division Out of playoffs 1933–34 48 13 29 6 32 115 143 344 5th in Canadian Division Out of playoffs Totals 542 258 221 63 ' ' ' ' — Series record: 8–6 NHL Records as of June 11, 2007. [1]
See also
- Ottawa Senators (FHL), rival team in 1908–09 featuring Silver Seven members.
- Ottawa Senators (senior hockey), amateur / minor pro era 1934–1955
- St. Louis Eagles, relocated NHL franchise, 1934–35
- Ottawa Senators, 1992–present
References
- ^ Hockeydb.com, Ottawa Senators season statistics and records.
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