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. They played in red and black striped sweaters.

Season

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

• "Hockey Match". The Globe. February 9, 1884. p. 13.
• "The Montreal Carnival". The Globe. February 11, 1884. p. 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.
• Montreal Gazette, Feb. 8, 1884
• Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-46-5.

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.