▁Found ers ▁Club ▁an ▁ult imat um – come ▁up ▁with ▁$ 1 . 2 ▁million ▁within ▁ 1 0 ▁days , ▁or ▁he ▁would ▁fol d ▁the ▁team . ▁When ▁it ▁was ▁apparent ▁that ▁the ▁money ▁was ▁not ▁forth coming , ▁the ▁C iv ics ▁fol ded ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁after ▁only ▁playing ▁ 7 ▁games ▁as ▁Ott awa . ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁r ushed ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁move , ▁the ▁C iv ics ▁did ▁not ▁adopt ▁a ▁logo ▁or ▁colours , ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁wear ▁the ▁Sp urs ' ▁orange ▁road ▁uniform s ▁for ▁all ▁ 7 ▁of ▁their ▁games ▁including ▁their ▁two ▁home ▁games . ▁ ▁Major ▁league ▁hockey ▁would ▁not ▁return ▁to ▁Ott awa ▁until ▁the ▁re born ▁Sen ators ▁joined ▁the ▁N HL ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 - 9 3 ▁season . ▁The ▁last ▁active ▁Sp urs / C iv ics ▁player ▁in ▁the ▁N HL ▁was ▁Ron ▁Del orm e , ▁who ▁retired ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 - 8 5 ▁season . ▁ ▁The ▁C iv ics ' ▁ 7 - game , ▁two - week ▁existence ▁made ▁them ▁easily ▁the ▁short est - l ived ▁team ▁in ▁the ▁WH A ' s ▁seven - year ▁history , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁short est - l ived ▁teams ▁to ▁have ▁ever ▁played ▁a ▁major ▁professional ▁sport . ▁Only ▁the ▁Ton aw anda ▁Kar dex ▁L umber men , ▁whose ▁one ▁week ▁in