Alex Currie

Alexander John Currie (December 12, 1891 – October 4, 1951), was head coach of the original Ottawa Senators for the 1925–26 NHL season.

After playing briefly with the Ottawa Cliffsides in the IPAHU, Currie joined the professional Haileybury Comets for their season in the National Hockey Association in 1909–10, for a sum of CA$600 ($16,369 in 2023 dollars)[1],[2] before returning to Ottawa to play for the Senators in their 1910–11 Stanley Cup championship season.

He coached in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators in the 1925–26 season.

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

Currie had been gravely ill for some months prior to his disappearance, and he was last seen alive after he dismissed a taxi cab on Booth Street in Ottawa on the afternoon of October 4.

Currie, top left, with the Ottawa Senators and Stanley Cup in 1911.