1885 Ottawa Hockey Club season

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1885 Ottawa Hockey Club
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Arena Dey's Skating Rink
  1884
1887  

The 1885 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's second of play. The club played in the Montreal tournament.

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Team business

The team held its annual meeting on November 18, 1884 at the Metropolitan Athletic Club. Frank Jenkins was named captain, John Kerr treasurer, E. L. Taylor secretary, and William Kerr, president. [1]

The club moved its practices to the new Dey's Skating Rink, which was electrically lit. The club adopted the colours of gold and blue for their uniforms. [2]

Season

The club played in the Montreal Winter Carnival Tournament. Games were held at the Crystal Rink. William O'Dell was goaltender, replacing Albert Low, who was on a survey expedition. Ottawa placed second to the Montreal Hockey Club.

#DateSeriesOpponentScoreDecisionRecord
1January 28, 1885Carnival Montreal Victorias 2–1W1–0–0
2January 30, 1885Carnival Montreal Hockey Club 2–2T1–0–1
3January 31, 1885CarnivalMontreal Hockey Club0–1L1–1–1

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Roster

G. Currier, Thomas D. Green, Thomas Gallagher, Frank Jenkins(captain), Jack Kerr, Halder Kirby, William O'Dell(goal) [4]

References

  1. "The Hockey Club". Ottawa Daily Citizen. November 19, 1884. p. 4.
  2. Kitchen 2008, p. 28.
  3. Kitchen 2008, pp. 28–29.
  4. "The Montreal Hockey Tournament". The Ottawa Citizen. February 3, 1885. p. 2.