1896–97 Ottawa Hockey Club season

1896–97 Ottawa Hockey Club

League| 2nd AHAC
1896–97 record| 5–3–0
Team information
Captain| Fred Chittick
Arena| Dey's Skating Rink
Team leaders
Goals| Alf Smith (12)
Goals against average| Fred Chittick (2.3)

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1897–98 ->

The 1896–97 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's 12th season of play. Ottawa placed second in the league.[1]

## Team business

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Directors

* P. D. Ross – Honorary president
* A. Z. Palmer – Honorary vice-president
* S. M. Rogers – President
* C. Kirby – Vice-president
* J. P. Dickson – Secretary
* G. P. Murphy – Treasurer
* F. C. Chittick – Captain
* W. A. Cox, H. Westwick, Fred White – Executive committee

Source: "Sports of all sorts". The Globe. November 14, 1896. p. 26.

## Season

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### Highlights

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Fred Chittick was the league's leading goaltender, only allowing 2.3 goals per game. Former captains Chauncy Kirby and Bert Russel retired from the team.

The Ottawa club moved to the new Dey's Skating Rink. In the first game in the new rink, it was inaugurated with the Governor General, the Earl of Aberdeen and his wife, the Countess of Aberdeen in attendance.[2]

### Final standing

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

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Montreal Victorias |

Ottawa |

Montreal |

Quebec |

Montreal Shamrocks |

## Schedule and results

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Day  | Visitor  | Score  | Home  | Score  | Record

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January
9 | Shamrocks | 1 | Ottawa | 4 | 1–0
16 | Quebec | 1 | Ottawa | 4 | 2–0
30† | Ottawa | 0 | Montreal | 1 | 2–1†
February
6 | Victorias | 4 | Ottawa | 2 | 2–1
13 | Ottawa | 3 | Victorias | 1 | 3–1
17‡ | Ottawa | 4 | Montreal | 0 | 4–1
20 | Montreal | 4 | Ottawa | 3 | 4–2
27 | Ottawa | 1 | Quebec | 4 | 4–3
March
6 | Ottawa | 4 | Shamrocks | 3 | 5–3

† Protested by Ottawa who scored the tying goal in last few seconds but the goal was disallowed by the referee. The protest was upheld and the game replayed.

‡ Replay of January 30 protested game.

### Goaltending averages

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Name  | GP  | GA  | SO  | Avg.

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Fred Chittick | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2.3

### Scoring Leaders

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Name  | GP  | G

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Smith, Alf | 8 | 12
Westwick, Harry | 8 | 6
Charlie Spittal | 7 | 3
Alf Living | 2 | 2
Daniel "Moxie" Smith | 5 | 2

## Awards and records

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## Transactions

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## Roster

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* Fred Chittick – goal
* William Dey
* Howard Hutchison
* Alf Living
* Harvey Pulford
* Alf Smith
* Daniel "Moxie" Smith
* Charlie Spittal
* Harry Westwick
* Weldy Young

## See also

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* 1897 AHAC season

## References

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1. ^ "1897 Ottawa Hockey Club". RetroSeasons. 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
2. ^ "Shamrocks v. Ottawa". The Ottawa Citizen. January 9, 1987. p. 5.

* Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. pp. 35–38.35-38&rft.date=1966&rft.au=Coleman,+Charles+L.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1896–97+Ottawa+Hockey+Club+season" class="Z3988">

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