1918 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 1918 Stanley Cup playoffs were played from March 11 until March 30, when the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Toronto Blue Shirts defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires for the Stanley Cup.

Teams

NHL Teams PCHA Teams
1918 Stanley Cup playoffs
League Team City Arena Capacity
NHL
Montreal Canadiens Montreal, Quebec Jubilee Rink 3,200
Toronto Arenas Toronto, Ontario Arena Gardens 7,500
PCHA Seattle Metropolitans Seattle, Washington Seattle Ice Arena 4,000
Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver, British Columbia Denman Arena 10,500

Bracket

 
League championships
two-game total goals series		Stanley Cup Finals
best-of-five series
 
      
 
NHL Final (O'Brien Cup)
 
 
1H
Montreal Canadiens		7
 
Stanley Cup Finals
 
2H
Toronto Hockey Club		10
 
Toronto Hockey Club3
 
PCHA Final
 
Vancouver Millionaires2
 
1
Seattle Metropolitans		2
 
 
2
Vancouver Millionaires		3
 

NHL Championship

Montreal had won the first half of the NHL split season and Toronto had won the second half. The two teams then played a two-game total goals series for the NHL championship and the O'Brien Cup. Toronto won the series and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.


March 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–7 Toronto Arenas Mutual Street Arena Recap  
No scoring First period Harry Meeking (1) - 5:00
Ken Randall (1) - 17:00
4:00 - Newsy Lalonde (1) Second period Harry Meeking (2) - 5:00
7:00 - Bert Corbeau (1)
13:00 - Newsy Lalonde (2) 		Third period Harry Meeking (3) - 5:00
Jack Adams (1) - 11:00
Harry Cameron (1) - 12:00
Harry Mummery (1) - 14:00
Georges Vezina Goalie stats Hap Holmes
March 13 Toronto Arenas 3–4 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Arena Recap  
12:00 - Reg Noble (1) First period No scoring
16:51 - Rusty Crawford (1) Second period Joe Malone (1) - 4:25
Jack McDonald (1) - 5:30
8:00 - Rusty Crawford (2) Third period Newsy Lalonde (3) - 1:40
Newsy Lalonde (4) - 10:30
Georges Vezina Goalie stats Hap Holmes
Toronto won series on total goals 10–7


PCHA championship

The Vancouver Millionaires defeated the defending Stanley Cup Seattle Metropolitans, taking a two-game total-goals series 3–2 on a 1–0 win over Seattle in the second game. Barney Stanley scored the decisive goal, the only goal of the second game.[1]

Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 11 Seattle 2 Vancouver 2
March 14 Vancouver 1 Seattle 0

Vancouver Millionaires win two-games total-goals series 3–2.

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1918 Stanley Cup Finals


March 20 Vancouver Millionaires 3–5 Toronto Arenas Mutual Street Arena Recap  
16:00 – Cyclone Taylor (1)
17:00 – Cyclone Taylor (2) 		First period Reg Noble (2) – 08:00
Harry Meeking (4) – 10:00
Reg Noble (3) – 11:00
Alf Skinner (1) – 19:50
10:00 – Mickey MacKay (1) Second period Alf Skinner (2) – 13:00
No scoring Third period No scoring
Hugh Lehman Goalie stats Hap Holmes
March 23 Toronto Arenas 4–6 Vancouver Millionaires Mutual Street Arena Recap  
Alf Skinner (3) – 17:00 First period 18:00 – Cyclone Taylor (3)
Harry Cameron (2) 16:00 Second period 02:00 – Cyclone Taylor (4)
06:00 – Mickey MacKay (2)
14:00 – Mickey MacKay (3)
Alf Skinner (4) – 08:00
Alf Skinner (5) – 16:00 		Third period 06:00 – Si Griffis (1)
10:00 – Mickey MacKay (3)
Hap Holmes Goalie stats Hugh Lehman
March 26 Vancouver Millionaires 3–6 Toronto Arenas Mutual Street Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 05:00 – Harry Cameron (3)
08:00 – Alf Skinner (6)
13:00 – Corb Denneny (1)
Ran McDonald (1) – pp – 06:00
Cyclone Taylor (5) – 16:00 		Second period 11:00 – Harry Cameron (4)
14:00 – Corb Denneny (2)
Cyclone Taylor (6) – 03:00 Third period 13:00 – Alf Skinner (7)
Hugh Lehman Goalie stats Hap Holmes
March 28 Toronto Arenas 1–8 Vancouver Millionaires Mutual Street Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 05:00 – Cyclone Taylor (7)
Ken Randall (1) – 04:26 Second period 04:00 – Barney Stanley (1)
11:06 – Mickey MacKay (5)
13:06 – Barney Stanley (2)
No scoring Third period 06:00 – Cyclone Taylor (8)
13:00 – pp – Lloyd Cook (1)
13:45 – pp – Ran MacDonald (2)
15:00 – pp – Lloyd Cook (2)
Hap Holmes Goalie stats Hugh Lehman
March 30 Vancouver Millionaires 1–2 Toronto Arenas Mutual Street Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Cyclone Taylor (9) – 09:30 Third period 00:30 – Alf Skinner (8)
10:30 – Corb Denneny (3)
Hugh Lehman Goalie stats Hap Holmes
Toronto won series 3–2


Statistics

NHL playoff scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player Team GP G A Pts
Alf Skinner Toronto 7 8 3 11
Newsy Lalonde Canadiens 2 4 4
Harry Cameron Toronto 7 4 4
Harry Meeking Toronto 7 4 4
Reg Noble Toronto 7 3 3

References

  1. ^ "Vancouver In Quest of Cup". The Globe. March 15, 1918. p. 9.

See also