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:

Highlights

After playing both goal and forward in the previous season, Harry Westwick played forward only and he responded with 8 goals. Alf Smith

Alf Smith

Alfred Edward Smith was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators, and Kenora Thistles. He had two brothers who played senior-level hockey Harry Smith and Tommy Smith...

 was close behind with 7 goals. Fred Chittick

Fred Chittick

Fred Chittick was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender for the Ottawa Hockey Club from 1894 until 1901. He was also a track and field athlete and a rugby football player.-Playing career:...

 played all eight games for Ottawa.

Ottawa was the only team to defeat the Montreal Victorias

Montreal Victorias

The Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was an early men's amateur ice hockey club. Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874, 1877 or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University. The club played at its own rink, the Victoria Skating...

, 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 Montreal Victorias The Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was an early men's amateur ice hockey club. Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874, 1877 or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University. The club played at its own rink, the Victoria Skating...	8	7	1	0	41	24
Ottawa HC Ottawa Senators (original) The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...	8	6	2	0	22	16
Quebec Quebec Bulldogs The Quebec Bulldogs were a men's senior-level ice hockey team officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club, later as the Quebec Athletic Club. Their recorded play goes back as far as the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1889, although the Quebec Hockey Club is known to have played since 1880...	8	4	4	0	23	23
Montreal HC Montreal Hockey Club The Montreal Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884. They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and used the MAAA 'winged wheel' logo. The team is notable for winning the first Stanley Cup in 1893, and in a...	8	2	6	0	24	33
Montreal Shamrocks Montreal Shamrocks The Montreal Shamrocks were an amateur, later professional, men's ice hockey club in existence from 1886, merging with the Montreal Crystals club in 1896. They won the Stanley Cup ice hockey championship in 1899 and 1900...	8	1	7	0	16	30

Game log

Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record	Notes
January
4	Ottawa	2	Shamrocks	1	1–0
18	Montreal	1	Ottawa	3	2–0
25	Ottawa	2	Quebec	5	2–1
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
7	Quebec	0	Ottawa	4	6–2

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 Alf Smith Alfred Edward Smith was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators, and Kenora Thistles. He had two brothers who played senior-level hockey Harry Smith and Tommy Smith...	Ottawa	8	7
Herbert Russell	Ottawa	6	4
Chauncy Kirby Chauncy Kirby Chauncey Kirby was a Canadian ice hockey player in the 1890s for the Ottawa Hockey Club of the Ontario Hockey Association and Amateur Hockey Association of Canada . He was a member of the three-time Ottawa champions from 1891 to 1893...	Ottawa	8	3

Roster

• Fred Chittick (goal)
• Chauncy Kirby
• Harvey Pulford
• Herbert Russell
• Alf Smith
• Harry Westwick
• Fred White
• Weldy Young

Source: Kitchen(2008), p. 341