1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season

1916–17 Montreal Canadiens
NHA champions
League1st (1st half), 3rd (2nd half) NHA
1916–17 record7–3–0 (1st half), 3–7–0 (2nd half)
Goals for104
Goals against76
Team information
General managerGeorge Kennedy
CoachNewsy Lalonde
CaptainNewsy Lalonde
ArenaMontreal Arena
Team leaders
GoalsNewsy Lalonde (27)
Goals against averageGeorges Vezina (4.0)

The 1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's eighth season and eighth and last season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). The Canadiens entered the season as league and Stanley Cup champions. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half of the season. The Canadiens then won the league playoff to win their second league championship, but lost in the Stanley Cup Finals series to Seattle.

Regular season

Harold McNamara, who had played for Cobalt in the Canadiens' first game in 1910, joined the Canadiens for this season. He would be released after the first two games and he would retire afterwards.

Final standings

National Hockey Association
First Half GP W L T GF GA
Montreal Canadiens 10 7 3 0 58 38
Ottawa Senators 10 7 3 0 56 41
Toronto 228th Battalion 10 6 4 0 70 57
Toronto Hockey Club 10 5 5 0 50 45
Montreal Wanderers 10 3 7 0 56 72
Quebec Bulldogs 10 2 8 0 43 80
Second Half GP W L T GF GA
Ottawa Senators 10 8 2 0 63 22
Quebec Bulldogs 10 8 2 0 54 46
Montreal Canadiens 10 3 7 0 31 42
Montreal Wanderers 10 2 8 0 38 65

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against
After the 228th Battalion dropped out, and Toronto suspended, the schedule was revised so that the remaining teams would play a 20 game schedule of two halves
containing 10 games each. Some of the games to that point were moved into the second half. The 'second half' standings therefore include some games that the
228th and Toronto played.


Schedule and results

First half
Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Dec. 27 Toronto 7 Canadiens 1
30 Canadiens 1 Ottawa 7
Jan. 3 Canadiens 4 Quebec 2
6 Wanderers 4 Canadiens 9
10 228th 1 Canadiens 6
13 Canadiens 6 Toronto 2
17 Ottawa 3 Canadiens 2
20 Quebec 6 Canadiens 10
24 Canadiens 10 Wanderers 2
27 Canadiens 9 228th 4
Second half
Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan. 31 Canadiens 2 Toronto 6
Feb. 3 Ottawa 2 Canadiens 1
7 Quebec 3 Canadiens 6
10 Canadiens 6 Wanderers 3
14 Canadiens 1 Ottawa 4
17 Wanderers 3 Canadiens 4
21 Canadiens 1 Quebec 5
24 Quebec 7 Canadiens 6
28 Ottawa 3 Canadiens 1
Mar. 3 Canadiens 3 Wanderers 6

Playoffs

Game-by-game Winning team Score Losing team Location
1 March 7 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Ottawa Senators Montreal Arena
2 March 10 Ottawa Senators 4–2 Montreal Canadiens The Arena, Ottawa
Canadiens win two-game playoff 7–6 to win the O'Brien Cup.

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1917 Stanley Cup Finals

The games of the Cup finals were played at the Seattle Ice Arena. Games 1 and 3 were played under PCHA rules; Games 2 and 4 were played under NHA rules. In game one, Didier Pitre scored 4 goals as he led the Canadiens to an 8–4 victory. But the Mets won the next three contests to clinch the Cup, allowing only one goal in each game.

Game-by-game Winning team Score Losing team Rules used Location
1 March 17 Montreal Canadiens 8–4 Seattle Metropolitans PCHA Seattle Ice Arena
2 March 20 Seattle Metropolitans 6–1 Montreal Canadiens NHA
3 March 23 Seattle Metropolitans 4–1 Montreal Canadiens PCHA
4 March 26 Seattle Metropolitans 9–1 Montreal Canadiens NHA
Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1

References

  1. ^ Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 315.

See also