Claim: The 1910–11 Ottawa Hockey Club season finished with five wins more than the second place finisher and won the league championship for the World Cup.
Evidence: Ottawa won the league championship for the O'Brien Cup and took over the Stanley Cup from the Montreal Wanderers. The O'Brien Trophy, or O'Brien Cup, as labelled on the trophy itself, is a retired trophy that was awarded in the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey leagues of North America from 1910 to 1950. The Stanley Cup (French: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff winner.