The Ottawa Capitals were an early amateur senior men's Ice Hockey club playing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from the 1890s until 1920. The Capital Hockey senior club was created in 1896 by the Capital Hockey Association (CHA) hockey portion of the larger Capital Amateur Athletic Association (CAAA). The CAAA also created the Capital Lacrosse Club and other sporting operations - After winning the CCHA championship in 1897, the senior Capitals challenged the Montreal Victorias HC for the Stanley Cup, but abandoned its challenge after only one game of a projected best-of-three, after losing 15-2. The club then joined the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) intermediate division and won the 1898 intermediate championship