1902–03 Ottawa Hockey Club season

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.
==Regular season==
===Highlights===
This season was the first season for Frank McGee and Art Moore. McGee would place second in the league scoring race with 14 goals in six games.
The season would be a two team race between Montreal Victorias and Ottawa, splitting their matches between each other. The season ended in a tie, which necessitated a two-game playoff, won by Ottawa to win their first Stanley Cup.
===Final standing===
Team 	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
Ottawa Hockey Club 	8 	6 	2 	0 	47 	26
Montreal Victorias 	8 	6 	2 	0 	48 	33
Montreal Hockey Club	7 	4 	3 	0 	34 	19
Quebec Hockey Club 	7 	3 	4 	0 	30 	46
Montreal Shamrocks 	8 	0 	8 	0 	21 	56
===Game log===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan. 	3 	Victorias	4 	Ottawa 	3
Jan. 	10 	Ottawa 	6 	Shamrocks	1
Jan. 	17 	Montreal 	1 	Ottawa 	7
Jan. 	24 	Ottawa 	6 	Quebec 	8
Feb. 	4 	Shamrocks	2 	Ottawa 	5
Feb. 	7 	Ottawa 	9 	Victorias	3
Feb. 	14 	Quebec 	6 	Ottawa 	1
Feb. 	21 	Ottawa 	4 	Montreal 	5
† Postponed and not played.
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Hutton, John Bouse	Ottawa	8 	30	0 	3.80
===Scoring Leaders===
Name 	GP	G
McGee, Frank 	6 	14
Gilmour, Billy	7 	10
Gilmour, Dave 	4 	7
Gilmour, Suddy	7 	7
==Playoffs==
Ottawa and Victorias played a two-game total-goals series.
 March 7
Ottawa 	1 	at 	Victorias 	1 	
John Hutton 	 	G 	Archie Lockerby 	 	
Harvey Pulford 	 	P 	Billy Strachan 	 	
Arthur Moore 	 	CP 	George Fairbank 	1 	
Harry Westwick 	 	R 	Russell Bowie 	 	
Frank McGee 	 	C 	Bert Strachan 	1 	
Billy Gilmour 	 	RW 	Charles Allan 	 	
Suddy Gilmour 	1 	LW 	Blair Russell 	 	
Dave Gilmour 	 	C-Sub 	 	 	
Referee - Harry Trihey	Referee - Harry Trihey	Referee - Harry Trihey	Referee - Harry Trihey	Referee - Harry Trihey	
 March 10
Victorias 	0 	at 	Ottawa 	8 	
Archie Lockerby 	 	G 	John Hutton 	 	
Billy Strachan 	 	P 	Harvey Pulford 	 	
George Fairbank 	 	CP 	Arthur Moore 	 	
Bert Strachan 	 	R 	Frank McGee 	3 	
Russell Bowie 	 	C 	Dave Gilmour 	2 	
Blair Russell 	 	LW 	Billy Gilmour 	1 	
Charles Allan 	1 	RW 	Suddy Gilmour 	2 	
Referee - Percy Quinn	Referee - Percy Quinn	Referee - Percy Quinn	Referee - Percy Quinn	Referee - Percy Quinn	
==Stanley Cup challenges==
===Rat Portage vs. Ottawa===
Ottawa defeated the Rat Portage Thistles 6–2, 4–2 (10–4) in a two-game, total goals series in Ottawa, March 12–14, 1903.
As the new CAHL and Cup champions, the Ottawas accepted a challenge from the Rat Portage Thistles of the Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association (MNWHA). Entering the best-of-three challenge series, the Thistles were younger and quicker than Ottawa; only one player on the Thistles was over the age of 20. However, poor soft ice conditions in Ottawa played a major factor as Ottawa swept the series with scores of 6–2 and 4–2.
Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location
March 12, 1903 	Ottawa 	6 – 2 	Rat Portage Thistles 	Dey's Arena
March 14, 1903 	Ottawa 	4 – 2 	Rat Portage Thistles 	Dey's Arena
Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0	Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0
 March 12
Rat Portage 	2 	at 	Ottawa 	6 	
Rutherford 	 	G 	John Hutton 	 	
Mat Brown 	 	P 	Harvy Pulford 	 	
Tom Hooper 	 	CP 	Arthur Moore 	 	
Si Griffis 	 	R 	Dave Gilmour 	1 	
Billy McGimsie 	2 	C 	Frank McGee 	2 	
Bill Martin 	 	LW 	Billy Gilmour 	3 	
Roxy Beaudro 	 	RW 	Suddy Gilmour 	 	
Referee- Harry Trihey	Referee- Harry Trihey	Referee- Harry Trihey	Referee- Harry Trihey	Referee- Harry Trihey	
 March 14
Rat Portage 	2 	at 	Ottawa 	4 	
Rutherford 	 	G 	John Hutton 	 	
Mat Brown 	 	P 	Harvey Pulford 	 	
Tom Hooper 	 	CP 	Dave Gilmour 	1 	
Si Griffis 	 	R 	Frank McGee 	2 	
Billy McGimsie 	1 	C 	Percy Sims 	1 	
Bill Martin 	 	RW 	Billy Gilmour 	 	
Roxy Beaudro 	1 	LW 	Suddy Gilmour 	 	
Referee- Chauncy Kirby	Referee- Chauncy Kirby	Referee- Chauncy Kirby	Referee- Chauncy Kirby	Referee- Chauncy Kirby	
For their win, the Ottawa players would each receive a silver nugget. From that point on the team would also be known as the Silver Seven.
==Ottawa Hockey Club March 1903 Stanley Cup champions==
==See also==
* List of Stanley Cup champions
==References==
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