1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season

1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club
League	3rd AHAC
1895–96 record	6–2–0
Team information
Captain	Chauncey Kirby
Arena	Rideau Skating Rink
Team leaders
Goals	Harry Westwick (8)
Goals against average	Fred Chittick (2.0)

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)[1]

See also

• 1896 AHAC season

References

1. Kitchen 2008, p. 341.

• 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.