William Ernest Dey was an early amateur ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player for the Ottawa Hockey Club. He was a member of the Dey family of Ottawa, Canada which was successful in boat-building, arenas and ice hockey businesses.

Playing career

William Dey first joined the senior Ottawa Hockey Club in 1892. He played six seasons with Ottawa HC, retiring after the 1897 season.