Ottawa Had One Heck of a Sports Year
Ottawa proved once again in 2025 that it punches well above its weight as a sports city, delivering a year's worth of memorable moments across hockey, football, and beyond.
The folks over at Ottawa Sports Pages — one of the city's most dedicated local sports outlets — put together their annual Top-25 Local Sports Moments of 2025 list, and if you're a fan of Ottawa athletics, it's a must-read recap of everything that made this past year special.
A City of Multiple Teams, Multiple Storylines
Ottawa's sports landscape is richer than ever right now. The Ottawa Senators continued to give fans reasons to believe on the ice, with a young and talented roster that kept the Bell Centre buzzing on game nights. The RedBlacks took to Lansdowne with the kind of grit that Ottawa football fans have come to expect. The Ottawa 67's kept churning out OHL action for the next generation of hockey lovers. And PWHL Ottawa — still one of the most exciting additions to the city's sports scene in recent memory — gave women's hockey a genuine home in the capital.
That's four major franchises, four sets of storylines, and plenty of water-cooler moments spread across twelve months.
Why Local Sports Coverage Matters
What Ottawa Sports Pages does with a list like this is more than just nostalgia — it's a reminder that local sports journalism is irreplaceable. National outlets cover the Senators when it suits them, but the moments that define a sports city are often the ones that slip through the cracks: a 67's player making their OHL debut, a PWHL crowd setting a new attendance record, a RedBlacks comeback that had TD Place on its feet.
Those are Ottawa stories, told by Ottawa people, for Ottawa fans.
Catch the Full List
The complete Top-25 countdown is over at OttawaSportsPages.ca and it's well worth your time if you want a proper trip down memory lane. Whether your sport is hockey, football, or something else entirely, there's a good chance 2025 gave you at least one moment you'll still be talking about years from now.
Ottawa's sports scene isn't just surviving — it's thriving. Here's to more moments worth counting down in 2026.
Source: Ottawa Sports Pages via Google News
