The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators, 1883-1935
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…
Adapted from Chapter 9 On and off for about five years, the Ottawas had been hearing about hockey in the Yukon and the aspirations of hockey people there to one day challenge for the Stanley Cup. Finally, in a letter dated August 24, 1904, the president and secretary of the Klondike Hockey Club issued a…
Adapted from Chapter 8 Over their three-year reign as Stanley Cup champions (1903-1905), the Ottawas, or Silver Seven as they were sometimes nicknamed, attracted a large following among sports-page readers from Halifax to Vancouver. While they rolled to twenty wins against two losses in league play, it was their Stanley Cup prowess that took them…