Alex Currie
Encyclopedia
Alex John Currie was head coach
of the original Ottawa Senators
for the 1925/26 NHL season and, as a player for the Senators, he won the Stanley Cup
in the 1910/11 NHA season.
in 1909/10, before returning to Ottawa to play for the Senators in their 1910/11 Stanley Cup championship season. He was loaned to Quebec for one game that season. The following season, he did not play hockey. He returned to the NHA in 1913 with the Montreal Wanderers for one season, and played one final season with Senators in 1914/15.
(NHL) for the Ottawa Senators in the 1925/26 season.
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
of the original Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators (original)
The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...
for the 1925/26 NHL season and, as a player for the Senators, he won the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
in the 1910/11 NHA season.
Playing career
Born in Ottawa, Currie graduated to senior hockey with the Ottawa Primroses of the Ottawa City Hockey League in 1907, joining the Ottawa Emmetts in 1908. Currie joined the professional Haileybury Comets for their season in the National Hockey AssociationNational Hockey Association
The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...
in 1909/10, before returning to Ottawa to play for the Senators in their 1910/11 Stanley Cup championship season. He was loaned to Quebec for one game that season. The following season, he did not play hockey. He returned to the NHA in 1913 with the Montreal Wanderers for one season, and played one final season with Senators in 1914/15.
Coaching career
Starting in 1914, Currie became coach of various teams in the Ottawa area. He coached in the National Hockey LeagueNational Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL) for the Ottawa Senators in the 1925/26 season.