Premise: The 1902–03 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's 18th season of play. The club would win the CAHL championship in a playoff with the Montreal Victorias to win the Club's first Stanley Cup. For their win, the players would each be given a silver nugget. From that day forward, the club was nicknamed the "Silver Seven."
Hypothesis: Winners of the Stanley Cup in in 1903 were give a nickname related to a metal.