[1] Ottawa Fury entered the PDL in 2005, joining fellow Canadian teams Thunder Bay Chill and Abbotsford Rangers in the American-based competition.

Under the leadership of head coach Colin McCurdy – a Northern Irish legend from his time at Belfast club Linfield[2] – the Fury began brightly, beating Westchester Flames 3–0 in their opening fixture, and winning two of their next four, including a 5–3 victory at home over the Albany Admirals which featured a hat trick from Kevin Omokhua.

A staggering 10–2 annihilation of Brooklyn Knights (which saw Francis Mavula net four goals) and an impressive 6–3 victory on the road over the Westchester Flames were the highlights of the rest of the regular season.

The 4–4 tie with Rhode Island Stingrays at the beginning of June, in which they threw away a 2-goal lead in the last 15 minutes, may have signalled a downturn in Fury's form, but to their credit they rallied towards the season's end.

Ottawa won six of their last eight games, including a 3–0 revenge win over Rhode Island, but their late charge towards the playoffs was in vain; they finished the regular season second in the division, a full 20 points behind Cape Cod Crusaders, and failed to secure the post-season wild-card slot.

Head coach McCurdy left at the end of 2006, and he was replaced by Chris Roth; unfortunately, his first season at the helm was a difficult one, as Fury suffered their worst run of results in the franchise's history.

Despite an opening tie with Cape Cod Crusaders and a 3–2 win over PDL new boys Long Island Rough Riders in their first two games, Fury suffered an immediate down-turn in form.