1908–09 Ottawa Hockey Club season

Ottawa won the league championship and took over the Stanley Cup from the Montreal Wanderers.

There was turnover in Ottawa as Harvey Pulford and Alf Smith retired and Tom Phillips left.

Ottawa would replace these players with Edgar Dey, Billy Gilmour and Albert 'Dubby' Kerr from Toronto Professionals.

Alf Smith would organize the Ottawa Senators of the Federal Hockey League.

The OPHL awarded Kerr to Guelph, but he instead left to join Ottawa.