The 1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's 11th season of play. Ottawa placed second in the league.
Team business At the team annual meeting, the following officers were elected: Hon. T. M. Daly – Honorary president P. D. Ross – Honorary vice-president A. Z. Palmer – President S. Maynard Rogers – Vice-president D'Arcy Scott – Secretary G. Patterson Murphy – Treasurer C. T. Kirby – Captain H. Y. Russel, H. Pulford, W. A. Cox – Executive committee
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Season
Highlights
After playing both goal and forward in the previous season, Harry Westwick played forward only and he responded with 8 goals. Alf Smith was close behind with 7 goals. Fred Chittick played all eight games for Ottawa.
Ottawa was the only team to defeat the Montreal Victorias, defeating them 3–2 in Montreal before 5000 fans. The Victorias won the return match in Ottawa by the same 3–2 score.
Final standing
Team Games Played Wins Losses Ties Goals For Goals Against Montreal Victorias Ottawa HC Quebec Montreal HC Montreal Shamrocks
Schedule and results Day Visitor Score Home Score Record Notes January 4 Ottawa 2 Shamrocks 1 1–0 18 Montreal 1 Ottawa 3 2–0 25 Ottawa 2 Quebec 5 2–1 February 1 Ottawa 3 Victorias 2 3–1 8 Victorias 3 Ottawa 2 3–2 6'00, overtime 15 Ottawa 3 Montreal 2 4–2 29 Shamrocks 2 Ottawa 3 5–2 March 7 Quebec 0 Ottawa 4 6–2
Player statistics
Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Chittick, Fred Ottawa 8 16 1 2.0
Scoring Leaders Name Club GP GHarry Westwick Ottawa 8 8Alf Smith Ottawa 8 7Bert Russel Ottawa 6 4Chauncey Kirby Ottawa 8 3
Roster Fred Chittick (goal) Chauncey Kirby Harvey Pulford Bert Russel Alf Smith Harry Westwick Fred White Weldy Young
Source: Kitchen(2008)
See also
1896 AHAC season
References