Ernie Butterworth



Ernie Butterworth (April 8, 1878-October 6, 1958) was a member of the Ottawa Senators (original) for the 1902 Canadian Amateur Hockey League season. He played one game with the Senators and two games with their second team, the Ottawa Seconds. Previously, Butterworth was with the Ottawa Aberdeens from 1898-1901. In 1903-04, he played for the Ottawa Capitals.

He was also a referee and worked some of the Senators games during some of their Stanley Cup wins later that decade; particularly mentioned during the series against the Dawson City Nuggets.

For more detail on the historical confusion involving Butterworth in the Stanley Cup years please see 1904–05_Ottawa_Hockey_Club_season.