Career
He was an owner or part-owner with Montreal, Canada teams, the Montreal Wanderers and Montreal Maroons. In 1908-1909, he also served as their head coach. He sold the club to P. J. Doran in 1909.
The sale eventually triggered the formation of the National Hockey Association (NHA) when Doran moved the Wanderers to the Jubilee Rink.
The Rink was smaller than the Wanderers" previous rink, the Montreal Arena, and the other Eastern Canada Hockey League members formed a new ice hockey league to remove the Wanderers. The ECHA"s new league failed and some of the teams joined the NHA. Strachan later served as first president of the Montreal Maroons ice hockey club
Strachan intended for the Maroons to be a revival of the Wanderers but he could not secure clear title to the name. The original Wanderers had folded in 1918 after a fire at the Montreal Arena.
Lacking a name, the club was dubbed the "Maroons" after the colour of their jerseys.
Strachan served as Maroons" president from their founding in 1924 until June 1934, when he resigned to take care of his businesses.