1896–97 Ottawa Hockey Club season

Fred Chittick was the league's leading goaltender, only allowing 2.3 goals per game. Former captains Chauncy Kirby and Herbert Russell 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.^[1]

Final Standing

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against
Montreal Victorias	8	7	1	48	26
Ottawa	8	5	3	25	18
Montreal	8	5	3	31	26
Quebec	8	2	6	22	46
Montreal Shamrocks	8	1	7	27	37

Schedule and results

Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record
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

Name	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Fred Chittick	8	18	1	2.3

Scoring Leaders

Name	GP	G
Smith, Alf	8	12
Westwick, Harry	8	6
Charlie Spittal	7	3
A. Living	2	2
M. Smith	5	2

Roster

Fred Chittick – goal
W. Dey
H. Hutchison
A. Living
Harvey Pulford
Alf Smith
D. Smith
M. Smith
Charlie Spittal
Harry Westwick
Weldy Young

References

↑ "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.

Ottawa Hockey Club / Ottawa Senators (original) seasons

1880s	1880–81 . 1881–82 . 1882–83 . 1883–84 1884–85 . 1885–86 . 1886–87 . 1887–88 . 1888–89 1889–90

1890s	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00

1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 . 1931–32 . 1932–33 1933–34 St. Louis

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup or other championship

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1896–97 Ottawa Hockey Club season

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