Alex Currie

Alexander John Currie (December 12, 1891 – October 1951), was head coach of the original Ottawa Senators for the 1925–26 NHL season. As a player for the Senators, he won the Stanley Cup in the 1910–11 NHA season.

Alex Currie
Currie with the Ottawa Senators.
Born (1891-12-12)December 12, 1891
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died October 1951 (aged 59)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Ottawa Primroses
Ottawa Emmetts
Haileybury Comets
Ottawa Senators
Quebec Bulldogs
Montreal Wanderers
Playing career 1907–1915
Currie, top left, with the Ottawa Senators and Stanley Cup in 1911.

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 Association in 1909–10, before returning to Ottawa to play for the Senators in their 1910–11 Stanley Cup championship season. He was loaned to the Quebec Bulldogs 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 League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators in the 1925–26 season.

Personal life

Currie was found drowned in the Ottawa River on October 18, 1951 after he had been missing for two weeks.[1][2]

NHL coaching record
TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWLTPtsDivision rankResult
Ottawa Senators1925–26 362484521st in NHLLost in Semi-Finals
Preceded by
Pete Green		 Head Coach of the Ottawa Senators (Original)
1925–1926		 Succeeded by
Dave Gill

References
  1. "N.H.L. Veteran Drowns" Montreal Gazette. October 19, 1951.
  2. "Currie's Body Found" Toledo Blade. October 19, 1951.


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