Ottawa Auditorium The Ottawa Auditorium , was a 7 , 500 seat arena located in Ottawa , Ontario . It was located in Downtown Ottawa at the corner of O ' Connor and Argyle Streets , today the site of the Ottawa YMCA . Built primarily for ice hockey , the arena was also used for sports events , assemblies and musical concerts . History . It was built in 1923 with a 10 , 000 - person capacity ( seated and standing ) to be the home arena of the NHL ' s Ottawa Senators by the Ottawa Auditorium Limited , a consortium controlled by T . Franklin Ahearn and Senators ' owners Edgar Dey and Tommy Gorman . It replaced The Arena , built in 1907 . The first NHL game held there was played on December 26 , 1923 between Ottawa and the Montreal Canadiens , before 8300 fans , in which Howie Morenz scored his first NHL goal . At the time of construction , the consortium took over the ownership of the hockey club as well . In 1924 , Dey sold his share of the consortium and exited the rink business ending the Dey family ' s ownership of ice rinks in Ottawa dating back to the 1870s . In 1925 , Gorman exited hockey in Ottawa , moving to New York City to manage the New York Americans . Gorman sold his share to Ahearn , picking up ownership of the Connaught race track in Aylmer , Quebec . By 1930 , the Auditorium was losing money as the Ottawa Senators losses increased . The Auditorium Limited debts to the Ahearn family would lead to the Senators NHL team suspending operations , then starting up again when capital was raised in 1932 . By 1934 , the Senators NHL franchise was moved to St . Louis , Missouri , becoming the St . Louis Eagles . The Senators were continued as a senior amateur hockey team playing out of the Auditorium . The move to St . Louis was not a success . The franchise was still a drain on the Auditorium and was folded by the NHL in 1935 . In 1936 , the Auditorium went into receivership and was controlled by the Royal Securities Corporation until 1945 , when Gorman returned and purchased the building and the Senators . Gorman would remain an owner until he died in 1962 . The arena was demolished in 1967 and replaced at that location by the YMCA - YWCA building ( 180 Argyle Avenue ) . Its replacement , the Ottawa Civic Centre ( arena ) opened in 1967 . It is located on Bank Street in The Glebe at Lansdowne Park . Ice hockey . It was the home arena of the original NHL Senators from 1923 to 1934 . In 1923 , the Senators were the defending Stanley Cup champions and they opened the Auditorium on December 1 , 1923 with an exhibition game against the Edmonton Eskimos , the team Ottawa had defeated to win the Stanley Cup . The game was attended by the Governor General Lord Byng and Lady Byng . The Senators won the 1927 Stanley Cup in the Auditorium , the decisive game on April 13 , 1927 against the Boston Bruins . The April 13 game at the Auditorium was the last Stanley Cup finals game in Ottawa until the June 2 , 2007 , game played at Scotiabank Place between the modern Senators and the Anaheim Ducks . It is known that one fan , Russell Williams , attended both games , both won by Ottawa . It also held the final game of the 1924 Stanley Cup Finals between Montreal and Calgary because of its then state - of - the - art artificial ice , and the Montreal Forum had not yet been built . After 1934 , the NHL franchise relocated to St . Louis , Missouri , and the Ottawa Senators became a senior amateur team , first playing in the Montreal Senior Group . The club won the Allan Cup in 1949 . After the Senators folded in 1954 , attributed to the rise of televised ice hockey matches , the junior Ottawa - Hull Canadiens played in the Auditorium . The arena hosted games of the 1930 - 31 Memorial Cup Final and 1957 - 58 Memorial Cup Final . The Ottawa - Hull Canadiens were the victors of the 1958 series against the Regina Pats .