Alex Currie

Alex Currie
Currie with the Ottawa Senators.
Born December 11, 1891
Ottawa, ON, CAN
Died October 4, 1951 (aged 59)
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Ottawa Primroses
Ottawa Emmetts
Haileybury Comets
Ottawa Senators
Quebec Bulldogs
Montreal Wanderers
Playing career 19071915
Currie, top left, with the Ottawa Senators and Stanley Cup in 1911.

Alexander John Currie (December 11, 1891 – October 4, 1951), was head coach of the original Ottawa Senators for the 1925–26 NHL season. As a player for the Senators, he won the Stanley Cup in the 1910–11 NHA season.

Playing career

Born in Ottawa, Currie graduated to senior hockey with the Ottawa Primroses of the Ottawa City Hockey League in 1907, joining the Ottawa Emmetts in 1908. Currie joined the professional Haileybury Comets for their season in the National Hockey Association in 1909–10, before returning to Ottawa to play for the Senators in their 1910–11 Stanley Cup championship season. He was loaned to the Quebec Bulldogs for one game that season. The following season, he did not play hockey. He returned to the NHA in 1913 with the Montreal Wanderers for one season, and played one final season with Senators in 1914–15.

Coaching career

Starting in 1914, Currie became coach of various teams in the Ottawa area. He coached in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators in the 1925–26 season.

Personal life

Currie died from drowning on October 4, 1951.[1][2]

NHL coaching record

Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
Ottawa Senators1925–26 362484521st in NHLLost in Semi-Finals
Preceded by
Pete Green
Head Coach of the Ottawa Senators (Original)
1925–1926
Succeeded by
Dave Gill

References

Notes

  1. "N.H.L. Veteran Drowns" The Montreal Gazette October 19, 1951
  2. "Currie's Body Found" Toledo Blade October 19, 1951