 The 1989 season saw the Intrepid sign US National F Ted Eck who went on to have a stellar season netting 21 goals in 26 games.Ottawa featured the acquisition of national team D Paul James as the club's player-coach for the 1989 campaign, however the club struggled with a 7-11-8 mark and finished in 4th place in the east, once again out of the playoff picture.Key members of the 1989 Intrepid were M Marco Luchetta (23 gp), M Tom Soehn (16 gp), M Miroslaw Piekos (23 gp), M Neil Wilkinson (22 gp), D John Vidovich (25 gp), D Lino Tomassetti (22 gp), M Fred Juett (25 gp), D John Stewart (26 gp), D Peter Gilfillan (21 gp) and player-coach D Paul James (24 gp).