1891–92 Ottawa Hockey Club season

The 1891–92 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's seventh season of play. The Club would play in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada, the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and inter-city play. Ottawa would win their second straight OHA championship. Ottawa would also win the AHAC championship on January 10, and hold it until March 7.
==AHAC series==
Play in the AHAC was by challenge. Ottawa won on January 10 to become champions. In all, Ottawa would win 6 challenges, but lose the final one to lose the AHAC championship.
#	Date 	Location 	Opponent 	Score 	Decision	Attendance	Record
1	January 10, 1892 	Montreal (Crystal Rink)	Montreal Hockey Club	4–3(OT)	W 	-- 	1–0–0
2	January 15, 1892 	Ottawa (Rideau Rink) 	Montreal Shamrocks 	8–3 	W 	-- 	2–0–0
3	January 21, 1892 	Ottawa (Rideau Rink) 	Montreal Hockey Club	10–2 	W 	-- 	3–0–0
4	January 28, 1892 	Ottawa (Rideau Rink) 	Quebec Hockey Club 	4–3(OT)	W 	-- 	4–0–0
5	February 11, 1892	Ottawa (Rideau Rink) 	Montreal Hockey Club	3–1 	W 	-- 	5–0–0
6	February 18, 1892	Ottawa (Rideau Rink) 	Quebec Hockey Club 	2–0 	W 	-- 	6–0–0
7	March 7, 1892 	Ottawa (Rideau Rink) 	Montreal Hockey Club	0–1 	L 	3,000 	6–1–0
==OHA series==
To reach the final, Ottawa had to defeat Queen's University.
Date 	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team 	Location
February 20, 1892	Ottawa HC 	5–0 	Queen's University 	Ottawa (Rideau Rink)
March 2, 1892 	Ottawa HC 	10–4 	Toronto Osgoode Hall	Toronto (Granite Curling Club)
Rosters
Ottawa 	G	P 	Toronto	G
Morel 	 	G 	Smith 	
Jenkins 	 	P 	Swabey 	
Young 	1	CP	Boys 	
Russell 	1	F 	Senkler	1
C. Kirby	3	F 	Kerr 	1
H. Kirby	4	F 	Smellie	2
Bradley 	1	F 	Mack 	
Referee: E. Littlejohn, Umpires: V. Chadwick and C. A. Bogert
Attendance: 2,500
Source: 
==Celebration dinner==
The Ottawa Hockey Club was feted at a party by the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association at Ottawa's Russell House hotel on 1892-03-18. The dinner is notable as Lord Stanley, the Governor-General would announce his new trophy, the "Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup", today known as the Stanley Cup. Lord Kilcoursie, Stanley's aide made the announcement:
“I have for some time been thinking that it would be a good thing if there were a challenge cup which would be held by the champion hockey team in the Dominion. There does not appear to be any such outward and visible sign of a championship at present, and considering the general interest which the matches now elicit, and in the importance of having the games played fairly and under rules generally recognized, I am willing to give a cup, which shall be held from year to year by the winning team.
I am not quite certain that the present regulations governing the arrangement of matches give entire satisfaction, and it would be worth considering whether they could not be arranged so that each team would play once at home and once at the play where their opponents hail from.”
The second paragraph is an obvious reference to the disappointment in the AHAC series. Ottawa had held the championship for most of the season, only to lose in the end. The AHAC would change its method of play from challenge to round-robin in the 1893 season.
Lord Kilcoursie composed a song for the occasion:
THE HOCKEY MEN
There is a game called hockeyThere is no finer gameFor though some call it 'knockey'Yet we love it all the same.
This played in His DominionWell played both near and farThere's only one opinionHow 'tis played in Ottawa.
Then give three cheers for RussellThe captain of the boys.However tough the tussleHis position he enjoys.
And then for all the othersLet's shout as loud we mayAn O, a T, a T, an AA W and A!
Now list' to me one minuteI'll tell you where they playAnd why it is that eagerlyWe welcome them today
They vanquished in their revelQuebec and MontrealThe gallant club, the Rebelsand the Queen's and Osgoode Hall
Well, first there's Chauncy KirbyHe's worth his weight in goldFor though he is not very bigHe's very very bold.
Supported by his brotherThey make a wondrous pairFor either one or t'otherIs invariably there.
And on the left there's BradleyAnd on the right there's KerrAnd when the centres pass itThere, on either side, they are.
And that's what won the battlesTheir fine unselfish playCool heads that nothing rattlesIn the thickest of the fray.
At coverpoint - important placeThere's Young, a bulwark strong.No dodging tricks or flying paceWill baffle him for long.
At point we have the captainAnd if he gets the puckWill very near the goal he'll shootAnd get it too, with luck.
There's yet another memberImpregnable Morel.He's had his share of work to doAnd done it very well.
And there is also JenkinsWho played in matches twainSo well that in TorontoThey don't wish for him again.
And now, my friends, forgive meThe moral of my songI'll soon explain in twenty wordsNor keep you very long.
We've here eight bright examplesOf fine unselfish playAnd that's the secret of successAnd why they're here today.
Just one word to the audienceAnd every player too(Forgive me, though a novice,In dictating this to you).
Don't question a decisionHowever wrong it be.And little boys, for manner's sakeDon't hoot the referee!Shea and Wilson(2006), pp. 350–353
==See also==
*Amateur Hockey Association of Canada
==References==
Category:Ottawa Senators (original) seasons
Category:1891–92 in ice hockey
Category:1891–92 in Canadian ice hockey by team