The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators, 1883-1935
Adapted from Chapter 14 They were the NHL’s powerhouse team of the 1920s. From the 1919-20 season through to 1926-27, the Ottawa Senators finished first in league standings six times and won four Stanley Cups. Such was their dominance, they were sometimes called the “Super Six”, an obvious play on their Silver Seven sobriquet from…
Adapted from Chapter 11 Real war in Europe was on as was a salary war in hockey and by the end of the 1914-15 season, the Ottawa Senators were engaged in their own war – hockey style. The National Hockey Association (N.H.A.) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (P.C.H.A.) had recently entered into an agreement…
Adapted from Chapter 10 As the Silver Seven era was ending so too was the sham of amateurism. It was an open secret that many of the better players were receiving pay in order to play. Newspapers ridiculed the deception. “Hockey and football players in Ottawa,” quipped the Toronto Telegram in 1906, “are to remain…