That breath of fresh air coming from the
north about the middle of February, 2000
was not just another Canadian cold front
moving to the United States. It was, instead,
more like a collective sigh of relief
coming from fans of the Ottawa Senators,
overjoyed now with ownership's plan to
keep the historic franchise in the Canadian
capital.
Now in the ninth year of their re-birth
as a franchise, the Senators are actually
the heirs to the memories of two of the
greatest hockey teams of all time - the
"original" Ottawa Senators and
the Ottawa Silver Seven, winners of nine
Stanley Cups between them in the years
1893 to 1934.
Ottawa was a charter member of the modern-day
National Hockey League when it was formed
in 1917. The Stanley Cup itself was born
in Ottawa, the creation of Frederick Arthur
Lord Stanley of Preston, Canada's Governor
General at the time, who purchased the
Cup in England and brought it to Ottawa
in 1893. Today, over 100 years later,
it is the most famous trophy in the sporting
world.
The original Senators quickly became
one of the first "dynasty" teams
in the National Hockey League, winning
four Stanley Cups between 1920 and 1927.
They featured some of the greatest players
in NHL history such as Punch Broadbent,
Cy Denneny, King Clancy, Frank Nighbor,
Jack Darragh, George Boucher, Hec Kilrea,
Jack Adams, Alex Connell, Clint Benedict
and Sprague Cleghorn. Buy
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