1891–92 Ottawa Hockey Club season

Ice hockey team season of play March 2026 Ottawa Hockey Club 1891–92 1891 Rideau Skating Rink 8–1–0 6–1–0 2–0–0 AHAC Bert Russel The 1891–92 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's seventh season of play. The Club would play in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada, the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and inter-city play. Ottawa would win their second straight OHA championship. Ottawa would also win the AHAC championship on January 10, and hold it until March 7. AHAC series Play in the AHAC was by challenge. Ottawa won on January 10 to become champions. In all, Ottawa would win six challenges, but lose the final one to lose the AHAC championship. # Date Location Opponent Score Decision Attendance Record 1 January 10, 1892 Montreal (Crystal Rink) Montreal Hockey Club 4–3(OT) W – 1–0–0 2 January 15, 1892 Ottawa (Rideau Rink) Montreal Shamrocks 8–3 W – 2–0–0 3 January 21, 1892 Montreal Hockey Club 10–2 W – 3–0–0 4 January 28, 1892 Quebec Hockey Club 4–3(OT) W – 4–0–0 5 February 11, 1892 Montreal Hockey Club 3–1 W – 5–0–0 6 February 18, 1892 Quebec Hockey Club 2–0 W – 6–0–0 7 March 7, 1892 Montreal Hockey Club 0–1 L 3,000 6–1–0 OHA series To reach the final, Ottawa had to defeat Queen's University. Date Winning Team Score Losing Team LocationFebruary 20, 1892 Ottawa HC 5–0 Queen's University Ottawa (Rideau Rink)March 2, 1892 Ottawa HC 10–4 Toronto Osgoode Hall Toronto (Granite Curling Club) Rosters Ottawa G Goals P Position TorontoG GoalsA. Morel G W. A. Smith F. Jenkins P C. Swabey W. Young 1 CP Boys H. Russel 1 F E. C. Senkler 1C. Kirby 3 F W. A. H. Kerr 1H. Kirby 4 F J. F. Smellie 2R. Bradley 1 F H. Mack Referee: E. Littlejohn, Umpires: V. Chadwick and C. A. Bogert Attendance: 2,500 Source: The Globe March 3, 1892 6 The Ottawas Are Champions Celebration dinner The Ottawa Hockey Club was feted at a party by the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association at Ottawa's Russell House hotel on March 18, 1892. The dinner is notable as Lord Stanley, the Governor-General would announce his new trophy, the "Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup", today known as the Stanley Cup. Lord Kilcoursie, Stanley's aide made the announcement: "I have for some time been thinking that it would be a good thing if there were a challenge cup which would be held by the champion hockey team in the Dominion. There does not appear to be any such outward and visible sign of a championship at present, and considering the general interest which the matches now elicit, and in the importance of having the games played fairly and under rules generally recognized, I am willing to give a cup, which shall be held from year to year by the winning team. I am not quite certain that the present regulations governing the arrangement of matches give entire satisfaction, and it would be worth considering whether they could not be arranged so that each team would play once at home and once at the play where their opponents hail from."The Ottawa Daily Journal Stars of the Ice-The Dinner to the Ottawa Hockey Team. Lord Stanley gives a Challenge Cup Open to the Dominion, to be Competed for Next Year-A successful Reunion March 19, 1892 1 According to Shea and Wilson, the second paragraph is a reference to the disappointment in the AHAC series.Shea Wilson 2006 350–353 Ottawa had held the championship for most of the season, only to lose in the end. The AHAC would change its method of play from challenge to round-robin in the 1893 season. thumb |right |200px |Ottawa's Russell House Hotel in 1907. Lord Kilcoursie composed a song for the occasion: THE HOCKEY MEN 30em There is a game called hockeyThere is no finer gameFor though some call it 'knockey'Yet we love it all the same. This played in His DominionWell played both near and farThere's only one opinionHow 'tis played in Ottawa. Then give three cheers for RussellThe captain of the boys.However tough the tussleHis position he enjoys. And then for all the othersLet's shout as loud we mayAn O, a T, a T, an AA W and A! Now list' to me one minuteI'll tell you where they playAnd why it is that eagerlyWe welcome them today They vanquished in their revelQuebec and MontrealThe gallant club, the Rebelsand the Queen's and Osgoode Hall Well, first there's Chauncy KirbyHe's worth his weight in goldFor though he is not very bigHe's very very bold. Supported by his brotherThey make a wondrous pairFor either one or t'otherIs invariably there. And on the left, there's BradleyAnd on the right, there's KerrAnd when the centres pass itThere, on either side, they are. And that's what won the battlesTheir fine unselfish playCool heads that nothing rattlesIn the thickest of the fray. At cover point – important placeThere's Young, a bulwark strong.No dodging tricks or flying paceWill baffle him for long. At point, we have the captainAnd if he gets the puckWill very near the goal he'll shootAnd get it too, with luck. There's yet another memberImpregnable Morel.He's had his share of work to doAnd done it very well. And there is also JenkinsWho played in matches twainSo well that in TorontoThey don't wish for him again. And now, my friends, forgive meThe moral of my songI'll soon explain in twenty wordsNor keep you very long. We've here eight bright examplesOf fine unselfish playAnd that's the secret of successAnd why they're here today. Just one word to the audienceAnd every player too(Forgive me, though a novice,In dictating this to you). Don't question a decisionHowever wrong it be.And little boys, for manner's sake,Don't hoot the referee!Shea Wilson 2006 350–353 thumb|right|Stanley Cup Monument Stanley Cup monument In October 2017, the "Lord Stanley's Gift Monument" to the donation of the Stanley Cup was erected in Ottawa at Sparks Street and Elgin Street, near the location of the Russell House hotel, which has since been demolished. Roster Reginald Bradley, William Dey, Frank Jenkins, Jack Kerr, E.C. Grant, Chauncey Kirby, Halder Kirby, Albert Morel, Bert Russel, Weldy YoungKitchen, p. 341 See also 1892 AHAC season Amateur Hockey Association of Canada Ice hockey in Ottawa Rideau Hall Rebels Stanley Cup References Bibliography Kitchen Paul Win, Tie or Wrangle 2008 Penumbra Press Manotick, Ontario 978-1-897323-46-5 Lord Stanley: the man behind the cup Shea Kevin Wilson J. Jason Bolton, Ontario, Canada 2006 Fenn Publishing 1-55168-281-8 Notes 30em Category:Ottawa Senators (original) seasons Ottawa Category:1890s in Ottawa