1884 Ottawa Hockey Club season

1884 Ottawa Hockey Club
1884 record	2-2-0
Road record	2-2-0
Team information
Coach	None
Arena	Royal Rink

The 1884 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's first season of play. The club had formed the previous March and now was playing a season against other clubs. They played in red and black striped sweaters. The team played in the 1884 Montreal Winter Carnival tournament, placing second.

Team business

The president of the club is recorded as Mr. M. M. Pyke.^[1]

Season

First photo of Ottawa Hockey Club, 1883–84 (L to R).
Back row: Green, Gallagher, Porter.
Middle row: Kirby, Kerr, Jenkins.
Front row: Young, Low, Taylor

The club played in the Montreal Winter Carnival Tournament.^[2] The team players were impressed with the cheering by the McGill students during their games against the Victorias.^[3] After the tournament, the team was feted by team president Pyke.^[4]

#	Date	Series	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
1	February 7, 1884	Carnival	McGill College	0–1	L	0–1–0
2	February 8, 1884	Carnival	Montreal Victorias	9–1	W	1–1–0
3	February 10, 1884	Carnival	McGill College	3–0	W	2–1–0
4	February 11, 1884	Carnival	Montreal Victorias	0–1	L	2–2–0

Championship final

The final game against the Victorias was tied after regulation play. The Ottawas wanted to claim the championship as they had beaten the Victorias in the first game, and had now tied in the other. The organizers instead ordered another 30 minutes of play to decide the championship. In overtime, the Victorias' Myers scored on a "splendidly directed shot" to score the game-winner.^[5][6]

Roster

Thomas D. Green, Thomas Gallagher, F.M.S. (Frank) Jenkins, Jack Kerr, Halder Kirby, Albert Peter Low, Nelson Porter, Ernest Taylor, George Young^[7]

References

1. "Our Hockey Boys". Ottawa Daily Citizen. February 9, 1884. p. 1.
2. Kitchen 2008, pp. 24–27.
3. "As It Should Be". Ottawa Daily Citizen. February 12, 1884. p. 4.
4. "To Be Entertained". Ottawa Daily Citizen. February 12, 1884. p. 4.
5. Kitchen 2008, p. 26.
6. "The Hockey Tournament". Ottawa Daily Citizen. February 12, 1884. p. 1.
7. Fischer, Doug (March 2, 2008). "When hockey came to the capital; 125 years ago this week, the Ottawa Hockey Club – the team that became the original Senators – took to the ice for the first time. A new book tells their fascinating story". The Ottawa Citizen. pp. D4.

Sources

• "Hockey Match". The Globe. February 9, 1884. p. 13.
• "The Montreal Carnival". The Globe. February 11, 1884. p. 2.
• Fischer, Doug (March 2, 2008). "When hockey came to the capital; 125 years ago this week, the Ottawa Hockey Club – the team that became the original Senators – took to the ice for the first time. A new book tells their fascinating story". The Ottawa Citizen. pp. D4.
• Montreal Gazette, Feb. 8, 1884
• Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-46-5.