1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season

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	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Victorias	8	7	1	41	24
Ottawa HC	8	6	2	22	16
Quebec	8	4	4	23	23
Montreal HC	8	2	6	24	33
Montreal Shamrocks	8	1	7	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
Herbert Russell	Ottawa	6	4
Chauncy Kirby	Ottawa	8	3

Roster

Fred Chittick (goal)
Chauncy Kirby
Harvey Pulford
Herbert Russell
Alf Smith
Harry Westwick
Fred White
Weldy Young

Source: Kitchen(2008), p. 341

References

Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. pp. 27–29.
Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-46-5.

Ottawa Hockey Club / Ottawa Senators (original) seasons

1880s	1880–81 . 1881–82 . 1882–83 . 1883–84 1884–85 . 1885–86 . 1886–87 . 1887–88 . 1888–89 1889–90

1890s	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00

1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

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

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup or other championship

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1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season

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