1915–16 Ottawa Senators season

The 1915–16 Ottawa Senators season was the Ottawa Hockey Club's 31st season of play. After winning the NHA championship in 1915, the Senators failed to defend the championship, which was won by the Montreal Canadiens.
==Team Business==
Frank Nighbor, who had played for Vancouver in the Stanley Cup signed with Ottawa, starting a long-time association.
==Regular season==
===Highlights===
On February 23, 1916, Gordon Roberts of the Wanderers drew a match penalty for cutting Ottawa's Frank Nighbor in a game in Montreal. On the next visit of the Wanderers to Ottawa, Roberts was pelted with bottles from the Ottawa fans.Coleman, p. 290
===Final standings===
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec. 	22 	Toronto 	1 	Ottawa 	7
Dec. 	25 	Ottawa 	2 	Quebec 	3
Dec. 	29 	Ottawa 	0 	Wanderers	4
Jan. 	1 	Canadiens	4 	Ottawa 	2
Jan. 	8 	Quebec 	2 	Ottawa 	4
Jan. 	12 	Ottawa 	0 	Toronto 	1
Jan. 	15 	Ottawa 	5 	Canadiens	2
Jan. 	17 	Wanderers	7 	Ottawa 	3
Jan. 	25 	Ottawa 	6 	Quebec 	3
Jan. 	26 	Toronto 	1 	Ottawa 	2
Jan. 	29 	Ottawa 	5 	Wanderers	4
Feb. 	2 	Quebec 	0 	Ottawa 	4
Feb. 	7 	Wanderers	1 	Ottawa 	3
Feb. 	9 	Ottawa 	2 	Canadiens	3 (7'20" OT)
Feb. 	12 	Canadiens	3 	Ottawa 	1
Feb. 	16 	Ottawa 	1 	Toronto 	3
Feb. 	19 	Toronto 	2 	Ottawa 	5
Feb. 	23 	Ottawa 	4 	Wanderers	3
Feb. 	26 	Ottawa 	2 	Toronto 	9
Feb. 	28 	Wanderers	2 	Ottawa 	6
Mar. 	8 	Quebec 	5 	Ottawa 	8
Mar. 	11 	Ottawa 	1 	Canadiens	4
Mar. 	13 	Ottawa 	4 	Quebec 	0
Mar. 	15 	Canadiens	5 	Ottawa 	1
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Team 	GP	G
Frank Nighbor	Ottawa	23	19
Jack Darragh 	Ottawa	21	16
*Buck Boucher
*Angus Duford
*Eddie Gerard
*Billy Gilmour
*Gord Meeking
*Horace Merrill
*Frank Nighbor
*Art Ross
*Hamby Shore
*Hank Staveneau
*Thomas Westwick
===Leading Goaltenders===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Clint Benedict	Ottawa	24	72	1 	3.0
*Sammy Hebert
==See also==
*1915–16 NHA season
==References==
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Category:Ottawa Senators (original) seasons
Category:1915–16 in ice hockey
Category:1915–16 in Canadian ice hockey by team