1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season

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. Russell, H. Pulford, W. A. Cox - Executive committee
Source: 
==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
===Game log===
Day 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Score 	Record 	Notes
January 	January 	January 	January 	January 	January 	January
4 	Ottawa 	2 	Shamrocks	1 	1–0 	
18 	Montreal 	1 	Ottawa 	3 	2–0 	
25 	Ottawa 	2 	Quebec 	5 	2–1 	
February	February 	February	February 	February	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 	March 	March 	March 	March 	March 	
7 	Quebec 	0 	Ottawa 	4 	6–2 	
==Player stats==
===Goalkeeper 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
Herbert Russell	Ottawa	6 	4
Chauncy Kirby 	Ottawa	8 	3
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
* Fred Chittick (goal)
* Chauncy Kirby
* Harvey Pulford
* Herbert Russell
* Alf Smith
* Harry Westwick
* Fred White
* Weldy Young
Source: Kitchen(2008), p. 341
==See also==
*1896 AHAC season
==References==
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Category:Ottawa Senators (original) seasons
Category:1895–96 in ice hockey
Category:1895–96 in Canadian ice hockey by team