1884 Ottawa Hockey Club season

The 1884 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's first season of play. The club had formed the previous March and now was playing a season against other clubs.

Season

Men wearing hockey sweaters assembled in three rows in front of a painting of a forest scene. Several are holding hockey sticks — First photo of Ottawa Hockey Club, 1883–84.
Back row: L to R: T.D. Green, T. Gallagher, N. Porter.
Middle row, L to R: H. Kirby, J.Kerr, F. Jenkins.
Front row: L to R: G. Young, A. Low, E. Taylor

The club played in the Montreal Winter Carnival Tournament.

#	Date	Series	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
1	February 7, 1884	Carnival	McGill College	0–1	L	0–1–0
2	February 8, 1884	Carnival	Montreal Victorias	1–0	W	1–1–0
3	February 9, 1884	Carnival	McGill College	3–0	W	2–1–0
4	February 9, 1884	Carnival	Montreal Victorias	0–1	L	2–2–0

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Roster

Thomas D. Green, Thomas Gallagher, F.M.S. (Frank) Jenkins, Jack Kerr, Halder Kirby, Albert Peter Low, Nelson Porter, Ernest Taylor, George Young^[2]

References

"Hockey Match". The Globe. February 9, 1884. p. 13.
"The Montreal Carnival". The Globe. February 11, 1884. p. 2.
Fischer, Doug (March 2, 2008). "When hockey came to the capital; 125 years ago this week, the Ottawa Hockey Club -- the team that became the original Senators -- took to the ice for the first time. A new book tells their fascinating story". The Ottawa Citizen. pp. D4.
Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 9781897323465.

^ Kitchen, pp. 24-27
^ Fischer, Doug (March 2, 2008). "When hockey came to the capital; 125 years ago this week, the Ottawa Hockey Club -- the team that became the original Senators -- took to the ice for the first time. A new book tells their fascinating story". The Ottawa Citizen. pp. D4.

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[1] Kitchen, pp. 24-27

[2] Fischer, Doug (March 2, 2008). "When hockey came to the capital; 125 years ago this week, the Ottawa Hockey Club -- the team that became the original Senators -- took to the ice for the first time. A new book tells their fascinating story". The Ottawa Citizen. pp. D4.

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