1897–98 Ottawa Hockey Club season

After not coming to satisfactory terms with the Dey brothers over the Dey Rink, the Ottawas returned to their first home, the Rideau Skating Rink for the season.

Season

Ottawa lost several players from the previous season to the rival intermediate Ottawa Capitals, including Alf Smith. The Capitals would win the AHAC championship with the Ottawa players and apply to join AHAC seniors in 1898.

Highlights

The game of February 12, 1898 between Ottawa and the Victorias was notable because Fred Chittick, the regular goal-keeper of Ottawa staged a one-man strike because he had not received his share of complimentary tickets. Ottawa played A. Cope instead and lost 9–5. The fans in attendance heckled the defence pair of Harvey Pulford and Weldy Young, and in response Mr. Young went into the crowd to attack a spectator.^[1]

Final Standing

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Victorias	8	8	0	53	33
Montreal	8	5	3	34	21
Montreal Shamrocks	8	3	5	25	36
Quebec	8	2	6	29	35
Ottawa	8	2	6	28	44

Schedule and results

Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record
January
4	Ottawa	1	Shamrocks	2	0–1
15	Ottawa	4	Quebec	3	1–1
29	Montreal	4	Ottawa	3	1–2
February
5	Ottawa	6	Victorias	12	1–3
12	Victorias	9	Ottawa	5	1–4
19	Ottawa	2	Montreal	6	1–5
26	Quebec	5	Ottawa	6	2–5
March
5	Shamrocks	3	Ottawa	1	2–6

Goalkeeper Averages

Name	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Chittick, Fred	4	21		5.3
Cope, A.	4	23		5.8

Scoring Leaders

Name	GP	G
Hutchison, H.	8	8
White, F.	6	7
Spittal, Charles	7	5
Living, Alf	5	3
Young, Weldy	8	2

Roster

Fred Chittick – goal
Patrick Baskerville
Dave Gilmour
H. Hutchison
A. Living
Harvey Pulford
H. Rosenthal
Charlie Spittal
Harry Westwick
Fred White
Weldy Young

References

↑ Coleman, p. 40

Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. pp. 40–43.

Ottawa Hockey Club / Ottawa Senators (original) seasons

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1930s	1930–31 . 1931–32 . 1932–33 1933–34 St. Louis

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