Stanley Cup Dynasty (1903–1927)

Lore & Background

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. Ottawa HC played in the first season during which the Stanley Cup was challenged in 1894, and first won the Cup in 1903, holding the championship until January 1907 (the Silver Seven years). The club repeated its success in the 1920s, winning the Stanley Cup in 1920, 1921, 1923 and 1927 (the Super Six years). In total, the club won the Stanley Cup 9 or 10 times, depending on the counting of challenge victories. In 1950, Canadian sports editors selected the Ottawa HC/Senators as Canada's greatest team in the first half of the 20th century.

In Their Own Story

The air inside Dey's Arena was thick with cigarette smoke and anticipation. Cy Denneny skated the puck with effortless grace, dodging checks that would crumple lesser men. The crowd roared as he passed to Gerard, who buried the winner into the net. It was another chapter written in red and white ink.

Reader's Guide

The club was one of the first organized clubs in the early days of the sport of ice hockey, playing in the Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournaments in the early 1880s and founding the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada and the Ontario Hockey Association. Along with the rise of professionalism in ice hockey in the first decade of the 1900s, the club changed to a professional team and were founding members of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and its successor, the National Hockey League. The club competed in the NHL until the 1933–34 season. Due to financial difficulties, the NHL franchise relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, to become the St. Louis Eagles. The organization continued the Senators as an amateur, and later semi-professional, team in Quebec senior men's leagues until 1954. The 'Senior Senators' would win two Allan Cup titles: in 1943, and 1949.

Did You Know?

• The club was known by several nicknames, including the Generals in the 1890s, the Silver Seven from 1903 to 1907 and the Senators dating from 1901.
• The club first won the Stanley Cup in 1903, holding the championship until January 1907.
• When the current Ottawa Senators debuted in 1992, they adopted the original team's black, red and white color scheme and nickname.