1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season
# 1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season

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

Source: "Sports of all sorts". The Globe. November 25, 1895. p. 6.

## 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 24 |
| Ottawa HC | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 16 |
| Quebec | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Montreal HC | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 33 |
| Montreal Shamrocks | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 30 |

## 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 | G |
| - | - | - | - |
| Harry Westwick | Ottawa | 8 | 8 |
| Alf Smith | Ottawa | 8 | 7 |
| Bert Russel | Ottawa | 6 | 4 |
| Chauncey 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)

