1895 Ottawa Hockey Club season

The 1895 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's tenth season of play. Ottawa entered the season without a regular goalie as a replacement for Albert Morel was needed. New player Fred Chittick would win the job, but the club would not keep pace with Montreal Victorias. After qualifying for the final championship match in 1894, the club dropped to third in the league.

Pre-season

Ottawa played four pre-season games, on December 27, 1894 at home against Montreal HC, winning 5–1. Chauncy Kirby would play goal for Ottawa. The clubs played a rematch exhibition in Montreal on December 30. In this game, spirits were high in the Victoria Skating Rink as the crowd rushed onto the ice after Ottawa tied the game 2–2. Captain Young would order Ottawa off the ice and the game did not resume. [cite news|work=Ottawa Citizen |title=The Crowd Rushed In |date=December 31, 1894 |page=6]

A team composed of American collegiate players visited Ottawa for a two-game series at the start of January. The first game, on January 2, 1895 was played under American rules (with a ball, and the positions titled goal, quarterback and three forwards) and was won by the Americans 5-3. [cite news |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=January 3, 1895 |title=A Foreign Winter Game|page=6] The second game was played under Canadian rules and was won by Ottawa 15–1. [cite news|work=Ottawa Citizen |date=January 4, 1895 |title=Fifteen to One|page=8]

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Highlights

A game involving Quebec was noteworthy, on February 23 against Ottawa, won by Ottawa 3–2. The game, played at Quebec, was very rough and the crowd became hostile towards the visitors. At the end of the match, the crowd pursued referee Hamilton and Umpire Findlay as they left the arena, and dragged them back to force them to declare the game a draw. Police were called to break up the demonstration. Subsequent to the match, the AHAC decided to suspend the Quebec hockey club for the rest of the season. [Coleman(1966), pg.]

Final Standing

Leading scorers

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*1895 AHAC season

References

*cite book | author=Coleman, Charles L. | title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. |year=1966