Harold Lawton "Harry" "Punch" Broadbent, MM was a Canadian ice hockey player. Broadbent played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons and the New York Americans in the National Hockey Association (NHA) and National Hockey League (NHL) between 1912 and 1929. Broadbent won the Stanley Cup four times during his career, three times with Ottawa and once with Montreal. He is regarded as one of the first true power forwards in NHL history. For this reason, he was known in his day as "Old Elbows".
Broadbent with the military.
Ottawa Senators (original)
The Ottawa Senators were an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League (NHL) and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. The club, which was officially the Ottawa Hockey Club, was known by several nicknames, including the Generals in the 1890s, the Silver Seven from 1903 to 1907 and the Senators dating from 1908.
First photo of Ottawa Hockey Club, 1883–84. Back row: L to R: T.D. Green, T. Gallagher, N. Porter. Middle row, L to R: H. Kirby, J.Kerr, F. Jenkins. Front row: L to R: G. Young, A. Low, E. Taylor
Ottawa Hockey Club, 1885
The 1891 Ottawa Hockey Club, Ottawa and Ontario champions. Back Row, L to R: H. Kirby, Chauncey Kirby, Albert Morel, H.Y. Russel, F. Jenkins, W.C. Young, ?, ? Front Row, L to R: R. Bradley, J. Kerr The team is posed with the Cosby Cup.
The 1895 Ottawa Hockey Club and executive. Standing: P. D. Ross, G. P. Murphy, Chauncey Kirby, Don Watters. Seated: Jim Smellie, Alf Smith, Harvey Pulford, Weldy Young, Joe McDougal. Bottom row: Harry Westwick, Fred Chittick, H. Russell
