Ottawa Senators

Following the National Hockey League's debut in 1917, the Ottawa Senators emerged as the fledgling league's first dynasty, collecting the Stanley Cup four times in the eight seasons from 1919‐20 to 1926‐27. In 1920, the Senators defeated the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. They beat the PCHA's Vancouver Millionaires in 1921 and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League in 1923. By the championship of 1927, the Stanley Cup was the sole property of the NHL, and the Senators defeated the Boston Bruins.

Tommy Gorman, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a Builder in 1963, was the architect of the Ottawa Senators and enjoyed three Stanley Cup championships with the team. Honoured Members who played for Ottawa during this dynasty include Jack Adams (inducted in 1959), Clint Benedict (1965), Buck Boucher (1960), Punch Broadbent (1962), King Clancy (1958), Sprague Cleghorn (1958), Alex Connell (1958), Jack Darragh (1963), Cy Denenny (1959), Eddie Gerrard (1945), Frank Nighbor (1947) and Hooley Smith (1972).

The Ottawa Senators were sold to St. Louis and became the Eagles in 1935, although the Senators' name was revived in 1992 with Ottawa's current NHL team. The last surviving member of the original Ottawa Senators was Frank Finnigan, who lobbied diligently to convince the NHL to return to Ottawa, but he passed away in 1991 at the age of 90 before his dream could come to fruition.