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36-621: Frank Finnigan was born in 1901 in Clarendon, Quebec , but grew up in Shawville, Quebec , a primarily anglophone town in the province of Quebec , located northwest of Ottawa along the Ottawa River . He retained a home in Shawville after becoming a professional hockey player. He married Maye Horner (1901–1992) and the couple had four children, Joan (1925–2007), Frank Jr., Norma and Ross. Finnigan suffered

72-517: A National Hockey League franchise for Ottawa, Terrace Corporation unveiled the original proposal for the arena development at a press conference in September 1989. The proposal included a hotel and 20,500-seat arena, named the Palladium, on 100 acres (0.40 km ) surrounded by a 500-acre (2.0 km ) mini-city, named "West Terrace". The site itself, 600 acres (2.4 km ) of farmland, then located on

108-491: A $ 6 million grant from the federal government, but needed to borrow to pay for the rest of the costs of construction. On August 17, 1993, Bruce Firestone , the Senators owner, was replaced by Rod Bryden , a former high tech tycoon, who assumed control of Terrace Corporation. Bryden managed to borrow enough to pay for the $ 188 million project through a consortium of U.S. banks and Ogden Entertainment, but could not find financing for

144-684: A benefit for Toronto player Ace Bailey . The first official NHL All-Star Game was held in 1947. Clarendon, Quebec Clarendon is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec , Canada . It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River across from Horton Township in Ontario . Its settlements include Clarendon, North Clarendon, Charteris, Lawn, Murrell, Radford, Sand Bay, Starks Corners, and Yarm. The town of Shawville

180-450: A dispute with the Senators' partner on the proposal and were revived again after the passing of Senators' owner Eugene Melnyk and continue under the Senators' current ownership. The arena has facilities for ice hockey and basketball games, which are held regularly. The arena has also hosted indoor lacrosse. The arena has different configurations for concerts, with full and half arena seating arrangements. The building has six restaurants and

216-432: A fitness club. Most of the restaurants are only open on game days. There are also several concession stands. The Ottawa Senators operate a merchandise store next to the east entrance. Arena seating is in three levels, 100, 200 and 300, which are fixed sections surrounding the arena floor. The levels start with the 100 or 'club' level closest to the ice surface rising further up and away to the 300 level. There are suites in

252-657: A heart attack on December 18, 1991, and he died on Christmas Day in 1991 in Shawville Hospital. Finnigan learned at an early age that there was money to be made in hockey. He received his first fee for playing hockey when he was 13, playing for Quyon against Fitzroy Harbour, for which he received $ 10. Finnigan first played senior-level hockey for the University of Ottawa in the Ottawa City Hockey League (OCHL) in nearby Ottawa in 1921–22. According to Finnigan, he

288-430: A retired British Army Officer, was commissioned by the government to lead this task. From that year until 1827, free land was granted, resulting in a wave of settlers, starting with 15 settlers near the township's centre (now Shawville). But Prendergast, originally from religiously-divided Ireland , stipulated that settlers only be Protestants in order to avoid similar religious strife. As a result, Clarendon (and Shawville)

324-776: A temporary home for the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League during renovations at their arena. It will also be the home arena of the Ottawa Black Bears of the National Lacrosse League starting with the 2024–25 NLL season. The arena is also used regularly for music concerts and has hosted events such as the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's basketball championship and the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships . As part of its bid to land

360-682: Is a multi-purpose arena in the suburb of Kanata in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . It opened in January 1996 as the Palladium and was also known as Corel Centre ( French : Centre Corel ) from 1996 to 2006 and Scotiabank Place ( French : Place Banque Scotia ) from 2006 to 2013. The arena is primarily used for ice hockey , serving as the home arena of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) since its opening in 1996, and as

396-636: Is donated by Scotiabank Place. In 2011, it was announced that the Hall of Fame exhibit will be moving to a permanent space at the Heritage Building of the Ottawa City Hall . On January 19, 2006, the arena became known as Scotiabank Place ( Place Banque Scotia in French) after reaching a new 15-year naming rights agreement with Canadian bank Scotiabank on January 11, 2006. In 2012, Scotiabank Place hosted

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432-647: Is known as the heartland of Anglo-Saxon Protestantism in western Quebec. Between 1827 and 1835, Prendergast was responsible for establishing the first four schools and bringing in its teachers. He also built a water-driven sawmill and grist mill at his home along the Ottawa River. In 1833, the Township of Clarendon was officially established. It was named after Clarendon Park , near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England (where Henry II had convened peers and bishops to formulate

468-468: Is surrounded by, but not part of, Clarendon. Largely cleared of forests, Clarendon is a predominantly agricultural municipality, with an elevation of 167 meters (548 ft) above sea level. The only notable lake is Green Lake, which is surrounded by cottages. The township was first surveyed in 1792 and appears on the Gale and Duberger map of 1795. Settlement did not occur until 1825 when James Prendergast,

504-427: The 2012 NHL All-Star Game and installed a new high-definition scoreboard. From 2012 through 2014, the arena was also a temporary home for the Ottawa 67's due to renovations occurring at TD Place Arena . Following the 2012–13 season, Melnyk sought to end the arena's relationship with Scotiabank as the bank was not a financial backer of his team, and Scotiabank agreed not to contest the deal's termination provided

540-702: The Constitutions of Clarendon in 1164). In 1837, the post office opened. From then on and into the 1840s, when the timber industry started to prosper, a second wave of settlement occurred, doubling the population of Clarendon between 1840 and 1850. In 1855, the Township Municipality of Clarendon was created. This status was reformed to Municipality of Clarendon on October 11, 2003. Mother tongue: [REDACTED] Media related to Clarendon, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons Canadian Tire Centre Canadian Tire Centre (French: Centre Canadian Tire )

576-846: The St. Louis Eagles in the 1934–35 season. He was sold by the Eagles to the Maple Leafs before the season's end in February 1935 and he finished his career with several seasons with the Maple Leafs as a "defensive specialist." In 1937, Finnigan retired from the NHL. He returned to Ottawa and played ice hockey for various amateur teams, including the Ottawa RCAF Flyers while he was in the Air Force. After retiring from professional hockey, Finnigan went into private business in

612-419: The $ 15 million renovation. The arena is located in the west end of Ottawa, south of Huntmar Drive and Ontario Highway 417 . It is accessible from the two highway interchanges of Palladium Drive and Terry Fox Drive. It is located approximately 22 km (14 mi) west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa . Ottawa's public transit provider OC Transpo provides special shuttle buses to the arena for all events under

648-460: The 'Bring Back The Senators' campaign team. Finnigan along with his son Frank Jr., made public appearances on behalf of the campaign. Finnigan was also part of the presentation team to the NHL expansion committee in December 1990. The group was successful and the new Ottawa Senators team began play in the 1992–93 NHL season . Finnigan died before the new team played its first game in 1992, for which he

684-442: The 100 level, 200 level and at the mezzanine level which is above the 300 level. The 100 level has its own concourse while levels 200 and 300 share a concourse. The Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame exhibit is on the 200/300 level concourse. The mezzanine level is only reachable by elevator. In late 2014, the Senators announced major renovations throughout the whole facility. Remodeled food outlets and 4K Video displays are only some parts of

720-674: The Canadian Air Force, and was a member for seven years. Finnigan then owned and managed the Merrickville Hotel in Merrickville, Ontario . Finnigan moved to Shawville and bought the Clarendon Hotel. Finnigan eventually overcame his problems with alcohol and sold the hotel and retired, remaining in the Shawville area. When the NHL planned to expand in 1989, the consortium to obtain a franchise for Ottawa signed Finnigan to be part of

756-622: The Ottawa area. He managed the Olde Colonial Hotel at the corner of O'Connor and Queen Streets in Ottawa. Finnigan sold his shares of the hotel and became head of sales for Brading's Brewery. It was while working at Brading's that Finnigan developed alcoholism and lost his job. He found a job in the Government of Canada through Frank Ahearn , former owner of the Senators, and later Member of Parliament in Ottawa. During World War II, Finnigan joined

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792-519: The Senators Stanley Cup -winning team from the 1926–27 season , the final season of the original Ottawa Senators (1919–1927) dynasty and one of only a handful of players still alive from the NHL Senators' days. He was also the oldest living NHL player and appeared at various NHL functions. 1927 Stanley Cup Champion 1932 Stanley Cup Champion This was the NHL's first all-star game, held as

828-471: The Stanley Cup for a second time, returning to the Senators the following season. Finnigan scored the final Senators goal in the final season that the NHL Senators played in Ottawa. He scored an unassisted goal at the 1 minute, 7 second mark of the second period on March 15, 1934. The following season, he moved with the other Senators players to play for the transferred franchise in St. Louis, Missouri known as

864-480: The arena to 18,500 seats, a moratorium on development outside the initial 100-acre (0.40 km ) arena site, and that the cost of the highway interchange Ontario Highway 417 be paid by Terrace. A ground-breaking ceremony was held in June 1992 but actual construction did not start until July 7, 1994. The two-year period was used seeking financing for the site and interchange by Terrace Corporation. The corporation received

900-551: The club would not sell naming rights to another financial institution. On June 18, 2013, the Ottawa Senators announced that it had sold naming rights to the arena to the Canadian Tire Corporation : the arena was officially renamed Canadian Tire Centre on July 1, 2013. On September 7, 2017, it was announced that the capacity of Canadian Tire Centre had been decreased to 17,373. Team president Tom Anselmi argued that

936-547: The highway interchange. Only after the provincial government provided a loan guarantee for the highway interchange financing did construction proceed. Actual construction took 18 months, finishing in January 1996. The Palladium opened on January 15, 1996, with a concert by Canadian rocker Bryan Adams . The first NHL game took place two days later, with the Montreal Canadiens defeating the Senators 3–0. On February 17, 1996,

972-424: The longest wait for a player to have his number retired. The street in front of the main entrance to the Ottawa Senators' arena, Canadian Tire Centre , is named Frank Finnigan Way in his honour. A banner honouring his retired number hangs from the rafters with Daniel Alfredsson 's number 11, Chris Phillips ' number 4 and Chris Neil 's number 25. At the time of his death, Finnigan was the last surviving member of

1008-566: The name 'Palladium' was changed to the Corel Centre (or Centre Corel in French), when Corel Corporation, an Ottawa software company , signed a ten-year deal for the naming rights. In 2001, Kanata was merged into the City of Ottawa, thus bringing the arena officially into the Canadian capital. When mortgage holder Covanta Energy (the former Ogden Entertainment) went into receivership that year, Terrace

1044-549: The venue was "probably a little bit too big for the market" and that reducing the capacity would lead to more sell-outs. After one season of the reduction, the Senators decided to again open up the covered seats, increasing the capacity to 18,655 for hockey. The Senators have been in discussions with the National Capital Commission to replace Canadian Tire Centre with a new arena located on federal land in downtown Ottawa since 2016. Talks initially broke down with

1080-548: The venue was allowed to increase its seating capacity to 19,153 and total attendance to 20,500 when including standing room. Also in 2005, the arena became home to the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame , with a display on the second-floor concourse. Information regarding over 200 inductees is detailed on individual plaques. The exhibits display had previously been located at the Ottawa Civic Centre since 1967. The space

1116-706: The western border of Kanata , had been acquired in May 1989 by Terrace. The large site had previously been a possible location for a new home for the Central Canada Exhibition , but the Exhibition's option on the property had expired. The arena's architectural design and seating bowl were closely inspired by The Palace of Auburn Hills which opened a few years prior in 1988 in Auburn Hills, Michigan . Both arenas were designed by Detroit based Rossetti Architects. The site

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1152-491: Was CA$ 3,400 (equivalent to $ 58,697 in 2023). Finnigan was an integral member of the 1927 Stanley Cup champion Senators team, playing on a line with Hec Kilrea and Frank Nighbor . He later served as the Senators captain from 1930 to 1933, and scored a high of 21 goals in the 1929–30 season . When the Senators suspended operations for the 1931–32 NHL season , Finnigan played for the Toronto Maple Leafs , winning

1188-500: Was expected to pay off the whole debt. The ownership was not able to refinance the arena, eventually leading to Terrace filing for bankruptcy in 2003. However, on August 26, 2003, billionaire businessman Eugene Melnyk finalized the purchase of the Senators and the arena. The arena and club became solely owned by Melnyk through a new company, Capital Sports Properties. In 2004, the ownership applied to expand its seating. The City of Ottawa amended its bylaws in December 2004, and in 2005,

1224-523: Was farmland and required a rezoning to proceed with construction. The then-City of Kanata supported the rezoning, but the provincial government and some local residents opposed the rezoning, forcing public hearings into the proposal by the Ontario Municipal Board . Rezoning approval was granted by the Board on August 28, 1991, with conditions. The conditions imposed by the board included a scaling down of

1260-519: Was paid to play for the university and did not have to submit any assignments. As he had to take the train from Shawville to Ottawa, he picked up the nickname "Shawville Express." He played two more seasons for teams in the OCHL, with Ottawa Collegiate and Ottawa Montagnards before joining the Ottawa Senators in the 1923–24 season for two games. He signed his first contract with the Senators in 1924 for CA$ 1,800 (equivalent to $ 31,420 in 2023), and with bonuses

1296-400: Was scheduled to drop the puck for the ceremonial face-off. Instead, on opening night the honour went to his son, Frank Jr. to drop the puck. On that night, the team honoured him by retiring his #8 jersey, making him one of three players in NHL history to have his uniform retired by a team for which he never actually played. Finnigan's number was retired 55 years after he finished his NHL career -

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