Former player and Stanley Cup trustee P. D. Ross was elected president of the Hockey Club for the season.
[2] A team composed of American collegiate players visited Ottawa for a two-game series at the start of January.
New player Fred Chittick would win the job, but the club would not keep pace with Montreal Victorias and finished second.
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.
Subsequent to the match, the AHAC decided to suspend the Quebec hockey club for the rest of the season.