1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season

Ice hockey club season of play

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)

<- 1894–95

1896–97 ->

The 1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's 11th season of play. Ottawa placed second in the league.

## Team business

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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

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### Highlights

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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

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Team  | Games Played  | Wins  | Losses  | Ties  | Goals For  | Goals Against

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Montreal Victorias |

Ottawa HC |

Quebec |

Montreal HC |

Montreal Shamrocks |

## Schedule and results

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Day  | Visitor  | Score  | Home  | Score  | Record  | Notes

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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

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### Goaltending averages

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Name  | Club  | GP  | GA  | SO  | Avg.

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Chittick, Fred | Ottawa | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2.0

### Scoring Leaders

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Name  | Club  | GP  | G

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Harry Westwick | Ottawa | 8 | 8
Alf Smith | Ottawa | 8 | 7
Bert Russel | Ottawa | 6 | 4
Chauncey Kirby | Ottawa | 8 | 3

## Roster

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* Fred Chittick (goal)
* Chauncey Kirby
* Harvey Pulford
* Bert Russel
* Alf Smith
* Harry Westwick
* Fred White
* Weldy Young

Source: Kitchen(2008)[1]

## See also

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* 1896 AHAC season

## References

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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.

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