NHA 1916/17

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The 1916-17 season was the eighth and final regular season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). The Canadiens de Montréal became champions . Subsequently, the league was replaced by the National Hockey League .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

mode

In the regular season, the seven teams should complete two halves of the season with ten games per team and the winners of both halves of the season finally meet in a playoff final in two games, whereby the total goal ratio of these two games was decisive for the championship title. However, due to the withdrawal of the Toronto 228th Battalion and the Toronto Blueshirts after the first half of the season, the schedule had to be changed. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a tie and zero points for a defeat.

Season course

The inclusion of the Toronto 228th Battalion military team was controversial, however, the team, who played in jerseys similar to the uniforms used by the Canadian armed forces at that time during World War I , enjoyed great popularity with viewers. Following the first half of the season, which was won by the Canadiens de Montréal , the 228th Battalion was shipped from Toronto to the front in Europe . Since the other teams could not agree with the owner of the Toronto Blueshirts , Eddie Livingstone, about a common rest of the game plan , this also withdrew his team from the game with immediate effect. The second half of the season was won by the Ottawa Senators , who were defeated by the Canadiens de Montréal with 6: 7 goals in the playoffs. Due to the dispute with Livingstone, the National Hockey League was finally founded by the other team owners in November 1917 .

Regular season

First half

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Canadiens de Montréal 10 7th 3 0 58 38 14th
Ottawa Senators 10 7th 3 0 56 41 14th
Toronto 228th Battalion 10 6th 4th 0 70 57 12
Toronto blueshirts 10 5 5 0 50 45 10
Montreal Wanderers 10 3 7th 0 56 72 6th
Quebec Bulldogs 10 2 8th 0 43 80 4th

Second half

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Ottawa Senators 10 8th 2 0 63 22nd 33
Quebec Bulldogs 10 8th 2 0 54 46 26th
Canadiens de Montréal 10 3 7th 0 31 42 22nd
Montreal Wanderers 10 2 8th 0 38 65 20th

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Challenge

In the play-offs for the Stanley Cup, the Canadiens de Montréal lost to the Seattle Metropolitans from the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , making them the first US team to win the Stanley Cup in a best-of-five series with 1: 3 wins.

literature

  • Dan Diamond (Ed.): Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League . 1st edition. Total Sports, 1998, ISBN 0-8362-7114-9 .

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