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Generally acknowledged by hockey historians as the greatest team of the early days of hockey, the original Ottawa Senators franchise were based in Ottawa from 1901 to 1934. They competed in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League, the National Hockey Association, and the National Hockey League and won a total of nine Stanley Cups, starting back in the days where the Cup was still a challenge trophy. The team had several nicknames -- most famously, the Silver Seven of early hockey legend -- but was generally known throughout its history as the Senators. The names of the team's players resound through hockey legend -- Frank McGee, King Clancy, Harry Westwick, Bruce Ridpath, Clint Benedict, Alex Connell, Frank Nighbor, Cy Denneny, and many others. A full thirty of the team's players have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, and through to their final Stanley Cup in 1927, had won more Cups, more games, more league championships and had more Hall of Famers than any team to date in organised hockey.

The Senators were a founding team of both the NHA and the NHL, and won four more Cups in their NHL days, three against western league teams. The last in 1927 against the Boston Bruins was after the NHL had secured sole ownership of the trophy. However, the term "small-market franchise" is by no means a new one, and as the NHL's smallest market by far, even as early as 1927, Ottawa sought financial relief from the league. The team slowly sold its stars to other clubs, and with the Great Depression striking, peddled superstar defenseman King Clancy for an unprecedented $35,000 in 1930. Even that was not enough, and the franchise suspended operations for the 1932 season.

The Senators returned the season thereafter, but depleted of talent, finished with poor records its two remaining seasons in Ottawa. The once-proud franchise relocated to St. Louis and played its final season 1934-35 as the St. Louis Eagles.

This franchise has no relation to the modern-day Senators franchise, except for a certificate that was issued by the NHL with the new Senators franchise, proclaiming re-instatement to the league.

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