The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators, 1883-1935
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…
Adapted from Chapter 4 Thomas Ahearn and Warren Soper were local entrepreneurs who made their mark installing electric street lighting throughout Ottawa, and by extension to Ottawa’s hockey rinks, in 1885. By 1891, they were on to something new; a plan to bring spectators to hockey games. The two entrepreneurs had introduced the Ottawa Electric…