Ottawa resigned from the CAHL after four games and played only Stanley Cup challenges for the rest of the season, winning them all.
A partnership was struck with the Central Canada Exhibition Association which received 40% of the gross receipts and provided facilities.
In their third game against the Victorias at Westmount's arena, the Ottawa team arrived 1½ hours late due to a loss of their baggage.
The game was called at midnight due to a curfew, with Ottawa ahead 4–1, with 16 minutes left to play.
J. P. Dickson, Ottawa's representative to the meeting, had proposed that it only be played if the match mattered in the standings and threatened to take Ottawa out of the league if the league went ahead and forced the game to be played.
[2] The threat failed, and Dickson called a meeting of the Club back in Ottawa to discuss the situation.
Because of the injuries of the first game, Winnipeg needed replacements and added Tammy Hamber of the Toronto Argonaut Rowing Club.
Referee Trihey was confronted by rough play in the first half, which he countered with ever-increasing penalties to players.
Source: Montreal Gazette[9] In the second game, Ottawa led by 6–0 at the half, leaving the result not in doubt.
The Cup trustees demanded that the series continued as scheduled and the Wanderers abandoned the challenge.
[13] To finish the season, Ottawa played a series with Brandon Wheat City, champions of the Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association.
[11] Lester Patrick, in a foreshadowing of the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals, took over for a few minutes when goaltender Dugald Morrison was penalized in game one.