1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season

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 final series to Seattle.

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)

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 Canadiens107305838
Ottawa Senators107305641
Toronto 228th Battalion106407057
Toronto Hockey Club105505045
Montreal Wanderers103705672
Quebec Bulldogs102804380
Second Half GP W L T GF GA
Ottawa Senators 108206322
Quebec Bulldogs108205446
Montreal Canadiens103703142
Montreal Wanderers102803865

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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. 27Toronto7Canadiens1
30Canadiens1Ottawa7
Jan. 3Canadiens4Quebec2
6Wanderers4Canadiens9
10228th1Canadiens6
13Canadiens6Toronto2
17Ottawa3Canadiens2
20Quebec6Canadiens10
24Canadiens10Wanderers2
27Canadiens9228th4
Second half
Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan. 31Canadiens2Toronto6
Feb. 3Ottawa2Canadiens1
7Quebec3Canadiens6
10Canadiens6Wanderers3
14Canadiens1Ottawa4
17Wanderers3Canadiens4
21Canadiens1Quebec5
24Quebec7Canadiens6
28Ottawa3Canadiens1
Mar. 3Canadiens3Wanderers6

Playoffs

Game-by-game Winning team Score Losing team Location
1March 7Montreal Canadiens5–2Ottawa SenatorsMontreal Arena
2March 10Ottawa Senators4–2Montreal CanadiensThe Arena, Ottawa
Canadiens win two-game playoff 7–6 to win the O'Brien Cup.

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
1March 17Montreal Canadiens8–4Seattle MetropolitansPCHASeattle Ice Arena
2March 20Seattle Metropolitans6–1Montreal CanadiensNHA
3March 23Seattle Metropolitans4–1Montreal CanadiensPCHA
4March 26Seattle Metropolitans9–1Montreal CanadiensNHA
Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1

Roster

Source:

  • Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books. p. 152.

References

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

See also

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