The Resume

(1896-1920)
Member of the Central Canada Hockey Association (1897-99), Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (1897-99), Federal Amateur Hockey League (1903-09) and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (1910-20)
Formally known as the Ottawa Athletic Club
Had teams that competed in both ice hockey and lacrosse

Why Ottawa Capitals might be annoying:

They were defeated by 15-2 by the Montreal Victorias in their Stanley Cup challenge game.
They opted to forfeit the challenge series after this defeat.
They were embroiled in a scandal, after it was revealed they were paying their athletes, which was frowned upon by amateur athletic associations.
Many of their athletes were banned as a result of the scandal.
They were denied from joining the senior ranks of the Canadian Amateur Hockey League on three occasions.

Why Ottawa Capitals might not be annoying:

They were the first team in hockey circles to use the Capitals moniker (although it became popularly associated with their American counterparts.
They were the second team from Ottawa to challenge for the Stanley Cup.
They won the CCHA Championship, which granted them the opportunity to play the Montreal Victorias for the Stanley Cup.
They were charter members of the short lived Federal Amateur Hockey League.

Credit: Ricky

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Defunct Sports Organizations
• I Come from Canada
• Ice Hockey Players
• Ice Hockey Teams
• Ottawa Area Sports Teams
• Profiles 53251-53500 (Ranked: 53371)
• Ricky's Profiles [Series 35]
• Sports' Teams
• Sports Teams Who are Patriotism/Local Pride
• Stanley Cup Challenge Teams [Pre-NHL]
• We Lost at the Stanley Cup Finals [By Year] (Ranked: 1897)
• We Lost Our Stanley Cup Finals Debut (Ranked: 1897)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying