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.

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]

# Date Series Opponent Score Decision Record
1 February 7, 1884 Carnival McGill College 0–1 L 0–1–0
2 February 8, 1884 Carnival Montreal Victorias 1–0 W 1–1–0
3 February 10, 1884 Carnival McGill College 3–0 W 2–1–0
4 February 11, 1884 Carnival Montreal Victorias 0–1 L 2–2–0

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

  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.