Senior Senators: (amateur/semi-pro), Generally acknowledged by hockey historians as one of the greatest teams of the early days of the sport, the club won numerous championships, starting with the 1891 to 1893 Ontario championships. Montreal Canadiens' owner George Kennedy was leading an effort to get rid of Toronto Blueshirts' owner Eddie Livingstone, and he needed the Senators in his corner. [RELATED: Complete list of NHL Awards and Trophies winners], Video: FLA@VGK, Gm5: Watch as the players lift the Cup, *The NHL assumed control of Stanley Cup competition after the 1925-26 season. A sweep to the New York Islanders in 1981-82 followed by consecutive game-seven series losses to the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in 1993-94 and 2010-11, respectively, have left an entire city longing for more. [15], In November 1889, the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Club (OAAC) was opened at the corner of today's Elgin and Laurier Streets on the site of today's Lord Elgin Hotel. Conn Smythe: Bernie Parent, G, Flyers, 1974: Philadelphia Flyers He loaned Ottawa Citizen sports editor Tommy Gorman (who also doubled as a press representative for the Canadiens) $2,500 to help buy into the Senators. [66] With the free-agent signings and the new arena, Ottawa started selling season-tickets, the first of their kind, $3.75 for five games, eventually selling 2,400. The Senators were looking to work past Anaheim's defence with their speed and higher-scoring offence, although both teams played a similar style of responsible team defence. Ottawa Senators. In the return match, Ottawa replaced their goaltender Billy Hague and used goaltender Percy LeSueur, formerly of Smiths Falls. Benedict again led league in goalkeeper average and Cy Denneny came second in scoring with 34 goals in 24 games. The next year, the Wanderers played only four games in the NHL, winning only one before folding the franchise after their home arena burned down. [128] Ottawa hockey fans got to see a Stanley Cup final game played in Ottawa as the Auditorium hosted the final match of the Stanley Cup finals between the Canadiens and the Calgary Tigers, moved because of poor natural ice at the Canadiens' arena. Henry and Susan Samueli last name was listed once for both owners. Enough players were appeased that the game started, 15 minutes late, while two players Hamby Shore and Jack Darragh, stayed in the dressing room while negotiations went on. Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results. The first game, played in Montreal on slushy ice that made it a desperate struggle to score, ended 11. He gave them nuggets instead of money since the players were still technically amateurs and to give them money would have meant disqualification from the league. Losing team: Ottawa Senators Organized by Joe Boyle, a Toronto-born prospector, who had struck it rich in the Yukon gold rush of 1898,[43] The Dawson City Nuggets had Lorne Hanna, who had played for Brandon against Ottawa in a 1904 challenge and two former elite hockey players: Weldy Young, who had played for Ottawa in the 1890s, and D. R. McLennan, who had played for Queen's College against the Montreal Victorias in an 1895 challenge. Attendance was poor, the club only drawing well when the league's other three Canadian teams came to town. [154], The club began in 1883 as the Ottawa Hockey Club and was known by that name officially, even after joining the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association (OAAA). Heatley would continue to play for the rest of the series and the injury was kept secret. Stanley Cup winners: Complete list of every NHL champion including the Avalanche, Lightning, Leafs & Canadiens. After they were outvoted by the intermediate-level teams of AHAC which wanted to promote the Capitals to the senior-level, the senior-level Ottawa, Montreal HC, Montreal Victorias and Quebec clubs left the AHAC and formed the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), shutting out the Capitals. The Silver Seven moved between three leagues during this time, and for a time were independent of any league. In what was one of the most improbable runs in NHL history, the Panthers would beat the Bruins in the First Round following their historic regular season, the Toronto Maple Leafs in five games in the Second Round and sweep the Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference Finals before losing to the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final. Later, Tommy Gorman bought the team and helped to found the Quebec Senior Hockey League. [50] Despite this high score, the newspapers claimed that Albert Forrest, the Dawson City goalie, had played a "really fine game", otherwise the score "might have been doubled". Nevertheless, the quest for the trophy he donated has become one of the world's most prestigious sporting competitions. In 1906, Ottawa defeated OHA champions Queen's University and FAHL champions Smiths Falls in Stanley Cup challenges. The NHL . Conn Smythe: Reggie Leach, RW, Flyers, 1975: Philadelphia Flyers Ottawa's Thomas D. Green was named the first president of the league. 2023: Vegas Golden Knights '[113] See the article 1920 Stanley Cup Finals. The later 1931 census listed only 110,000 people in the city of Ottawaroughly one-fifth the size of Toronto, which was the league's second-smallest market. [86], In 191617, the last season of the NHA, Ottawa won the second half of the split schedule. For the first two years of their existence, Ottawa used red and black horizontally-striped sweaters. In the 1903 CAHL season, Ottawa and the Montreal Victorias both finished in first place with 62 records. [91], After struggling through the war years, the Ottawa Hockey Association put the club up for sale for $5,000 in the fall of 1917. In 1950, Canadian sports editors selected the Ottawa HC/Senators as Canada's greatest team in the first half of the 20th century. History Pre-launch logo used in the "Bring Back the Senators" campaign Ottawa had been home to the original Senators, a founding NHL franchise and 11-time Stanley Cup champions. [31] The Ottawa Journal openly supported the idea, stating that the players were 'racked' and would be at a serious disadvantage to travel to Winnipeg.[32]. [111] Seattle won 52 to tie the series, cheered on by the Toronto fans. history. [161], From the start, the club was owned and operated by its members and known as the Ottawa Hockey Club, becoming an affiliate of the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association in 1889. There were semi-finals against the PCHA champion, followed by the final against the WCHL champion. How many times have the Ottawa Senators won the Stanley Cup? The Ducks were captained by a Canadian (Scott Niedermayer) and had more Canadian players than the Senators. [84] With the wartime shortage of players, Rat Westwick and Billy Gilmour of 'Silver Seven' days attempted comebacks with the club but both played only two games before retiring for good. Winning in the NHL is anything but easy. At the time, Versus was only available to 50 percent of cable-equipped homes in the Los Angeles area, which hurt the buzz around the Ducks' playoff run in a traditionally crowded sports and entertainment market. [110] The first three games were held in Ottawa (the first Stanley Cup games played in Ottawa since 1911) and ended with scores of 32 and 30 for Ottawa and 31 for Seattle. @media(min-width:0px){#div-gpt-ad-thehockeywriters_com-leader-4-0-asloaded{max-width:320px!important;max-height:50px!important}}if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[320,50],'thehockeywriters_com-leader-4','ezslot_19',834,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-thehockeywriters_com-leader-4-0');@media(min-width:0px){#div-gpt-ad-thehockeywriters_com-leader-4-0_1-asloaded{max-width:320px!important;max-height:50px!important}}if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[320,50],'thehockeywriters_com-leader-4','ezslot_20',834,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-thehockeywriters_com-leader-4-0_1');.leader-4-multi-834{border:none!important;display:block!important;float:none!important;line-height:0;margin-bottom:7px!important;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-top:7px!important;max-width:100%!important;min-height:50px;padding:0;text-align:center!important}. With the Golden Knights' win in 2023, the list of teams never to win the Stanley Cup has been cut down to 11. . The 1886 Montreal tournament was cancelled due to an outbreak of smallpox and the club would not play an outside match again until 1887. Losing team: Boston Bruins Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournaments, Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association, 190405 FAHL season Ottawa vs. Dawson City, List of Ottawa Senators (original) seasons, "Sports and Pastimes, hockey, Formation of a Dominion Hockey Association", "Stars on the Ice. Though the goal may or may not have been a good one, the history books will forever read that the Dallas Stars won the Stanley Cup that night; Lindy Ruff, then the coach of the Sabres, will likely forever feel the same way about the play. For the rest of that winter, the club played only in Cup challenge series. They suspended operations after the season, never to return. Watt promptly knocked Moore out, hitting him on the head with his stick. The Wanderers won the championship in 1910, and Ottawa won in 1911 and 1915.[72]. The logo of the team was a simplified version of the 'triskelion' or 'winged legs' logo of the OAAA, which can be described as a "running wheel". Conn Smythe: Cale Makar, D, Avalanche, 2021: Tampa Bay Lightning Although Ottawa scored first, Anaheim took over play during the course of the period. The Canucks have missed the playoffs in each of the last three seasons. Its been a rough ride for the Coyotes, who in their 27 seasons, have failed to qualify for the playoffs 17 times and lost in the First Round eight times. Senators won challenges in 1910, lost season title. [60] The police arrested Spittal, Alf and Harry Smith on their next visit to Montreal,[61] leading to $20 fines for Spittal and Alf Smith and an acquittal for Harry Smith. When the Senators beat the Sabres in game five of the Eastern Conference Final, people flocked to Elgin Street in celebration. For the first time ever, the Golden Knights are Stanley Cup champions. The return match in Ottawa, witnessed by 3,000 fans, was on ice coated with an inch of water. Read Edit The Ottawa Senators were an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, which existed from 1883 [1] to 1954. In their third trip, they fell short in the First Round to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Blues. [29], The club won the CAHL 1901 season title, its first league championship since winning the OHA in 1893. It was donated by Governor General Lord Stanley in 1892 for presentation to the top hockey team in Canada, and was first awarded to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (1892-93). In 1929, Ahearn sold the club to the Ottawa Auditorium corporation for $150,000, financed by a share issue. The senior club was sold in 1937 to James MacCaffery, the owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders football team. Making history with a conference finals appearance is a nice goal to have achieved, but the end game for every franchise is winning a Stanley Cup. Conn Smythe: Patrick Kane, RW, Blackhawks, 2012: Los Angeles Kings Who has won the Stanley Cup the most? The Stanley Cup has been awarded to the NHL's champion every year since 1927 (with one exception). Foran had agreed to the challenge and ordered the NHL to comply, but the NHL refused to play the challenge. Any other third party trademarks or copyrights are the property of their respective owners. From Adin Hill's emergence in the crease and Jonathan Marchessault's goal spree, to Jack Eichel and Mark Stone's stellar two-way play, there was plenty of praise to go around. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario,[5] a founding member of the National Hockey League (NHL) and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. In a 1905 challenge against the Dawson City, he scored 14 goals in a 232 win. [80] Quebec's Bulldogs won the only two Stanley Cup championships in the club's history that season and the next, and the Toronto Blueshirts won in 1914. Put another way: There is a lot of history behind the Stanley Cup. The Senators faced off against the New York Rangers in a two-game total-goals series. Cy Denneny continued his scoring ways, placing fourth in league scoring with 28 goals in 28 games. Beauchemin's goal deflected off the shin pad of Ottawa defenceman Anton Volchenkov, the NHL's leading shot blocker, who was attempting to block the shot, behind Emery. 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[143] In October 1933, Kilrea was sold for $10,000 to Toronto. For Ottawa players, conditions did not deteriorate much as the club provided bonuses after the season. That first year, team owner Bill Foley famously predicted the Golden Knights would make the playoffs in three years and win the Stanley Cup in six years. Losing team: Montreal Canadiens, 1946: Montreal Canadiens Ottawa HC did not win a game in its return to AHAC challenge play in 189091, but in the next season of AHAC play in 189192 the club won the league championship, and held it for most of the season, from January 10 until March 7, 1892. Jack Darragh retired and had died from appendicitis months after his final game. The Nashville Predators were one of the final two teams competing in the 2017 NHL Playoffs. Ottawa came back with two minutes left in the period to tie the game 22 on a goal from Dany Heatley, his only goal of the series. The 1906 hockey season ended with the Wanderers as the Stanley Cup champions. The Coyotes best season came in 2011-12 when the team finished first in the Pacific Division and third in the Western Conference. This is a list of Stanley Cup Final appearances, which lists those teams that have played in the Stanley Cup Final series since the current play-off format was adopted in 1915. Conn Smythe: Dave Keon, C, Maple Leafs, 1966: Montreal Canadiens Losing team: Montreal Canadiens, 1953: Montreal Canadiens In January 1925, during the season, Gorman sold his share of the Senators to Ahearn and left the Senators organization, later joining the expansion New York Americans.[127]. George Parros only played in 32 regular-season games and five playoff games. Conn Smythe: Evgeni Malkin, C, Penguins, 2008: Detroit Red Wings The Senators then played in the first inter-league Stanley Cup final playoff series with the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast (PCHA) league. [115] Ottawa won the series with scores of 12, 43, 32, 23 and 21, with Jack Darragh scoring the winning goal. The period saw the rivalry between the Senators and the Wanderers continue, and at times it was brutally contested. It was the first finals since 1999 where neither finalist had won the Stanley Cup previously (the NHL does not recognize the championships of the original Ottawa Senators as part of the current franchise's history). While theyve made the playoffs and competed in competitive hockey more often than not since their debut in the 1970-71 season, that success may have also caused even more heartbreak to the fans in Vancouver. [158] Eventually this became the official nickname and was the only name used in descriptions of the club in NHL play. The "Senior Senators" renewed the rivalry with Montreal-area senior amateur teams such as the Montreal Victorias that the old Senators had played in the years prior to turning openly professional. In the third period, Travis Moen scored to give Anaheim a commanding 52 lead. Toronto and New Jersey are the early favorites to touch (or not touch) the Prince of Wales Trophy and play in the Stanley Cup Final. In the 192728 season, the Senators played two "home" games in Detroit, collecting the bulk of the gate receipts (thus allowing them to actually turn a profit for that season), while Jack Adams retired to become the coach and general manager of the Detroit Cougars. Games one and two were carried by cable channel Versus, then a new and little known player on the sports television scene. Young did not arrive in time to play for Dawson. Conn Smythe: Serge Savard, D, Canadiens, 1968: Montreal Canadiens [81] The Senators finished fifth in 191213 and fourth in 191314. [10], The club first participated competitively at the 1884 Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournament (considered the Canadian championship at the time)[11] wearing red and black uniforms. However, by the end of both hockey seasons, they were no longer holders of the Stanley Cup. Losing team: Toronto Maple Leafs, 1934: Chicago Black Hawks The Royal Rink, which had been their primary facility, had been converted to a roller skating rink, and ice rink facilities were at a shortage. This led to incredible interest, with over 7,000 in attendance. and a train from there to Ottawa. Starting the 2016-17 postseason off in decisive fashion with a sweep of the first-place Chicago Blackhawks, the Predators have proven that they can compete with the best in the league. 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Conn Smythe: Sidney Crosby, C, Penguins, 2015: Chicago Blackhawks Despite the return of players such as Cooney Weiland, Finnigan, Howe and Kilrea, the Senators finished with the worst record in the league in the two seasons that followed. The Silver Seven were well known for the number of injuries that they inflicted on other teams. [68] The Montreal Victorias and Montreal HC founded the Interprovincial Amateur Hockey Union, leaving only Ottawa, Quebec, Montreal Wanderers and Montreal Shamrocks in the ECHA. "[39] The next team to challenge the Ottawas, the Toronto Marlboroughs, were treated similarly. Beginning with the 1926-27 season, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the NHL's playoff champion. Cy Denneny led the way in scoring with four goals, including the Cup winner. This hasnt always been the case, however, as the original Ottawa Senatorsfounded in 1883 won 11 Stanley Cups and played in the NHL for 17 years from 1917 until 1934. Rank Franchise PS Appearances Wins No rows found Date Founded: 1883; 1990 (began playing in 1992) Venue: Canadian Tire Centre Team Colours: Red, black, gold, white Stanley Cup . Only two teams would finish with a worse record than the Kraken in the 2021-22 season, with the Coyotes and the Montreal Canadiens finishing 31st and 32nd, respectively. McDonald's goal came on the power play on a penalty to Ottawa for obstruction; the call that the Senators had claimed was not being called against the Ducks.
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