Ottawa Senators (original) seasons

This documents the records and playoff results of seasons completed by the original-era Ottawa Senators ice hockey club, officially known as the Ottawa Hockey Club from the period of 1883 until 1934. The first reference to the name 'Senators' is in 1901, although the nickname only apparently came into common use in the 1910s. For the period 1903–1906, the club is best known as the 'Silver Seven', although this may be a later invention.
==History==
The club began as a community-based sports club, founded in 1883. In 1889, the club joined the Ottawa Amateur Athletics Club, an offshoot of the Ottawa Amateur Athletics Association. Until the latter 1890s, the association's logo was on the club's jerseys. Prior to 1893, most play was either exhibition, tournament or challenge series. Regular season round-robin play began in the 1893 season, partly due to the influence of Governor General Lord Stanley who donated his Stanley Cup at this time also. 
Over its history, the Ottawa club changed leagues regularly as leagues were disbanded over disputes and the progression from amateur community sporting club to professional hockey business. In the early 1890s, the club played in its own Ottawa City League, the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), and the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) simultaneously. The club left the OHA in 1894 over a dispute over the OHA championship. The club kept a 'seconds' team in the City League, while the first team played in the AHAC. The AHAC league met its end in 1898 partly due to the Ottawa Hockey Club wanting to keep out the rival Ottawa Capitals hockey club. In 1905, the Ottawa Hockey Club left the AHAC's successor, the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) over a dispute regarding replaying games, joining the Federal Amateur Hockey League for a season before forming the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA).
In the period of 1906–1909, the club changed from a purely non-paid amateur club to one with a mix of amateurs and paid players, and finally fully professional. From the period of 1910 onwards, the club held a franchise in the fully professional National Hockey Association (NHA) and its descendent the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1934, the NHL franchise and players moved to St. Louis, Missouri and the Senators name was carried on in senior amateur and semi-professional hockey. The end of all descendants of the original Ottawa Hockey Club came in 1954 when Tommy Gorman folded the Senators organization due to declining attendance in competition with televised hockey.
==Amateur era==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Stanley Cup Champions	League Champion
===Independent===
* 1883–84 - Montreal Tournament and exhibitions
* 1884–85 - Montreal Tournament and exhibitions
* 1885–86 - Montreal Tournament was cancelled and no exhibitions were held.
===Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) 1887–1898===
Ottawa HC played AHAC challenges in the league in 1887, 1891 and 1892, however regular seasons were not played until 1893.
In the 1889 and 1890 seasons, after the opening of the new Rideau Skating Rink, Ottawa played only exhibitions games against AHAC opponents.
Season 	Team name	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish 	Playoffs
1886–87	Ottawa HC	1 	0	1	0	0 	1 	5 	-- 	-- 	Played in one challenge
1890–91	Ottawa HC	2 	1	1	0	2 	1 	3 	- 	-- 	Won first challenge, lost second.
1891–92	Ottawa HC	6 	5	1	0	10 	23	9 	-- 	-- 	Won Canadian championshipLost in Final AHAC Challenge
1892–93	Ottawa HC	8 	6	2	0	12 	49	22	-- 	2nd in AHAC	--
1893–94	Ottawa HC	8 	5	3	0	10 	24	16	-- 	2nd in AHAC	Lost in Final
1894–95	Ottawa HC	8 	4	4	0	8 	25	24	-- 	3rd in AHAC	--
1895–96	Ottawa HC	8 	6	2	0	12 	22	26	-- 	2nd in AHAC	--
1896–97	Ottawa HC	8 	5	3	0	10 	25	18	-- 	2nd in AHAC	--
1897–98	Ottawa HC	8 	2	6	0	4 	28	44	-- 	5th in AHAC	--
===Ontario Hockey Association 1890–1893===
Season 	Team name	GP 	W 	L 	T 	PTS 	GF 	GA 	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
1890–91	Ottawa HC	14 	13 	1 	0 	12 	49 	22 	-- 	-- 	Won Ontario Championship
1891–92	Ottawa HC	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-- 	-- 	Won Ontario Championship
1892–93	Ottawa HC	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-- 	-- 	Won Ontario Championship
===Canadian Amateur Hockey League 1899–1904===
Season 	Team name 	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish 	Playoffs
1898–99 	Ottawa HC 	8 	4	4	0	8 	21	43	-- 	3rd in CAHL 	--
1899–1900	Ottawa HC 	8 	4	4	0	8 	28	19	-- 	3rd in CAHL 	--
1900–01 	Ottawa HC 	8 	7	0	1	15 	33	20	-- 	1st in CAHL 	Won league title
1901–02 	Ottawa Senators	8 	5	3	0	10 	35	15	-- 	2nd in CAHL 	--
1902–03 	Ottawa Senators	8 	6	2	0	12 	47	26	-- 	1st in CAHL 	Won Stanley Cup
1903–04 	Ottawa Senators	4 	4	0	0	8 	32	15	-- 	incomplete; resigned 02/08/04	Won Stanley Cup
===Federal Amateur Hockey League 1904–05===
Season 	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish 	Playoffs
1904–05	8 	7	1	0	14 	60	19	-- 	1st in FAHL	Won Stanley Cup
==Professional era==
Stanley Cup Champions	League Champion
===Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association 1906–1909===
Year 	GP	W 	L	T 	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish 	Playoffs
1905–06	10	9 	1	0 	18 	90	42	-- 	Tied for 1st in ECAHA	Won two Stanley Cup challenges;tied for league title;Lost playoff against Montreal Wanderers for Stanley Cup.
1906–07	10	7 	3	--	76 	54	14	-- 	2nd in ECAHA 	--
1907–08	10	7 	3	--	86 	51	14	-- 	2nd in ECAHA 	--
1908–09	12	10	2	--	117	63	20	-- 	1st in ECAHA 	Won Stanley Cup
===Canadian Hockey Association 1910===
Season 	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
'1909–10	2 	2	0	0	4 	29	9 	-- 	Defeated Galt in Stanley Cup challenge
League was abandoned after two games.
===National Hockey Association 1910–1917===
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA	Finish 	Playoffs
1909–10	12	9 	3 	0 	18 	89 	66	2nd in NHA	Defeated Edmonton in Stanley Cup challenge
1910–11	16	13	3 	--	26 	122	69	1st in NHA	Won Stanley Cup
1911–12	18	9 	9 	--	18 	99 	93	2nd in NHA	--
1912–13	20	9 	11	--	18 	87 	81	3rd in NHA	--
1913–14	20	11	9 	--	22 	65 	71	4th in NHA	--
1914–15	20	14	6 	--	28 	74 	65	1st in NHA	Won league title, 4-1 (TG), WanderersLost Stanley Cup final, 0-3, Millionaires
1915–16	24	13	11	0 	26 	78 	72	2nd in NHA	--
1916–17	10	7 	3 	--	14 	56 	41	2nd in NHA	Lost league final, 6-7 (TG), Canadiens
==National Hockey League 1917–1934==
Stanley Cup Champions	Division Champions/Reg. Season Leader	League Leader
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs 	
1917–18	22 	9 	13 	0 	24 	102 	114 	-- 	3rd in NHL 	Out of playoffs
1918–19	18 	12 	6 	0 	24 	71 	54 	192 	1st in NHL 	Lost in NHL Championship, 1–4 (Montreal Canadiens)
1919–20	24 	19 	5 	0 	38 	121 	64 	237 	1st in NHL, Won O'Brien Cup 	Defeated Seattle Metropolitans (3–2),Won Stanley Cup
1920–21	24 	14 	10 	0 	28 	97 	75 	151 	1st in NHL 	Defeated Toronto St. Patricks (7–0 TG),Won O'Brien CupDefeated Vancouver Millionaires (3–2),Won Stanley Cup
1921–22	24 	14 	8 	2 	30 	106 	84 	99 	1st in NHL 	Lost to Toronto St. Patricks (4–5 TG)
1922–23	24 	14 	9 	1 	29 	77 	54 	188 	1st in NHL 	Defeated Montreal Canadiens (3–2 TG),Won O'Brien CupDefeated Vancouver(PCHA) (3–1),Defeated Edmonton(WCHL) (2–0),Won Stanley Cup
1923–24	24 	16 	8 	0 	32 	74 	54 	154 	1st in NHL 	Lost to Montreal Canadiens (2–5 TG)
1924–25	30 	17 	12 	1 	35 	83 	66 	331 	4th in NHL 	Out of playoffs
1925–26	36 	24 	8 	4 	52 	77 	42 	341 	1st in NHL 	Lost to Montreal Maroons (1–2 TG)
1926–27	44 	30 	10 	4 	64 	86 	69 	607 	1st in Canadian Division,Won Prince of Wales Trophy	Defeated Montreal Canadiens (5–1) TG in NHL semi-final,Defeated Boston Bruins 2–0–2 (best-of-five)Won Stanley Cup
1927–28	44 	20 	14 	10 	50 	78 	57 	483 	1st in Canadian Division 	Lost in quarter-final (Montreal Maroons)
1928–29	44 	14 	17 	13 	41 	54 	67 	461 	4th in Canadian Division 	Out of playoffs
1929–30	44 	21 	15 	8 	50 	138 	118 	536 	5th in Canadian Division 	Lost in quarter-final (3–6)TG (New York Rangers)
1930–31	44 	10 	30 	4 	24 	91 	142 	486 	5th in Canadian Division 	Out of playoffs
1931–32	Team on hiatus	Team on hiatus	Team on hiatus	Team on hiatus	Team on hiatus	Team on hiatus	Team on hiatus	Team on hiatus	Team on hiatus 	Team on hiatus
1932–33	48 	11 	27 	10 	32 	88 	131 	398 	5th in Canadian Division 	Out of playoffs
1933–34	48 	13 	29 	6 	32 	115 	143 	344 	5th in Canadian Division 	Out of playoffs
Totals 	542 	258 	221 	63 	' 	' 	' 	' 	— 	Series record: 8–6
NHL Records as of June 11, 2007. Hockeydb.com, Ottawa Senators season statistics and records.
==See also==
* Ottawa Senators (senior), amateur / minor pro era 1934–1955
* St. Louis Eagles, relocated NHL franchise, 1934–35
* Ottawa Senators, 1992-present
==References==
 
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