WHO WAS EDWIN PETER DEY?
Edwin Day was the most important person that was behind the Dey's arena and was the one who promoted it to the status that it held at that time. He was born in Hull, Quebec on April 21st 1862. Along with his pastime of Hockey, his official bussiness was to follow in his father's footsteps operating one of Canada's leading boatworks. His boat manufacturing plant was located at the Canal Basin, which specialized mostly in racing canoes that competed in various racing competitions. Even with such a successful venture, Edwin Dey was best widely known as the arena and hockey team owner. Edwin, along with his brother William, consistently managed and built the three Dey's arena that were existing at the time. Edwin Dey held a financial and corporate interest in the Ottawa Senators for several years and was the team's president from 1918 to 1923 when he decided to leave the hockey and rink business. With his wife, he moved to New York City and later relocated back to Canada, in British Columbia. The person who brought hockey full force into Ottawa, and could be deemed as Ottawa's first hockey magistrate, died in Port Coquitlam, B.C. on April 15, 1943.