1884 Ottawa Hockey Club season

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.

Season

Men wearing hockey sweaters assembled in three rows in front of a painting of a forest scene. Several are holding hockey sticks
First photo of Ottawa Hockey Club, 1883–84.
Back row: L to R: T.D. Green, T. Gallagher, N. Porter.
Middle row, L to R: H. Kirby, J.Kerr, F. Jenkins.
Front row: L to R: G. Young, A. Low, E. Taylor
An 1884 Carnival game at the McGill ice rink. Unknown teams

The club played in the Montreal Winter Carnival Tournament.[1]

#DateSeriesOpponentScoreDecisionRecord
1February 7, 1884CarnivalMcGill College0–1L0–1–0
2February 8, 1884CarnivalMontreal Victorias1–0W1–1–0
3February 10, 1884CarnivalMcGill College3–0W2–1–0
4February 11, 1884CarnivalMontreal Victorias0–1L2–2–0

Roster

Thomas D. Green, Thomas Gallagher, F.M.S. (Frank) Jenkins, Jack Kerr, Halder Kirby, Albert Peter Low, Nelson Porter, Ernest Taylor, George Young[2]

References

  • "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.
  1. Kitchen, pp. 24–27
  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.
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