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This is a list of players recruited into teams in the [[National Hockey League]] in its first season, the [[1917–18 NHL season]]. Some had been [[free agent]]s and others were moved as part of two [[dispersal draft]]s.
This is a list of players recruited into teams in the [[National Hockey League]] in its first season, the [[1917–18 NHL season]]. Some had been [[free agent]]s and others were moved as part of two [[dispersal draft]]s.


== Free agency ==
==Rights retained==
''Note: This is the list of players who were retained by their teams after the NHA disbanded and the NHL was created.''
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Date !! Players !! Team
! Date
! team
! Name
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Bert Corbeau]]
|-
|-
| November 5, 1917 || [[Alf Skinner]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Billy Coutu]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Louis Berlinquette]]
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Newsy Lalonde]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Didier Pitre]]
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Tommy Smith (ice hockey) | Tommy Smith]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
| [[Ed Lowrey]]
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
| [[Clint Benedict]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
| [[Eddie Girard]]
|-
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| December 5, 1917 || [[Corbett Denneny]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
| [[George Boucher]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
| [[Hamby Shore]]
|-
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| December 5, 1917 || [[Harry Cameron]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Art Ross]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[George O'Grady]]
|-
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| December 5, 1917 || [[Harry Meeking]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Harry Hyland]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Kenneth Thompson (ice hockey) | Kenneth Thompson]]
|-
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| December 5, 1917 || [[Jack Coughlin (ice hockey)|Jack Coughlin]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Sprague Cleghorn]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Billy Bell (ice hockey) | Billy Bell]]
|-
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| December 5, 1917 || [[Reg Noble]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Odie Cleghorn]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Phil Stevens (ice hockey) | Phil Stevens]]
|}

== Free agency ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px solid #999; width:580px;"
|-
|-
! Date
| December 5, 1917 || [[Sammy Hebert]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
! Player
! Team
|-
|-
| {{dts|November, 1917}}<br>exact date unknown
| December 7, 1917 || [[Morley Bruce]] || [[Ottawa Senators]]
| [[Hap Holmes]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 5, 1917}}
| [[Alf Skinner]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|-
|-
| December 9, 1917 || [[Ken Randall]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| {{dts|December 3, 1917}}
| [[Gerry Geran]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|December 5, 1917}}
| [[Corbett Denneny]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|-
| {{dts|December 5, 1917}}
| [[Harry Cameron]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|December 5, 1917}}
| [[Harry Meeking]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|-
| {{dts|December 5, 1917}}
| [[Jack Coughlin (ice hockey)|Jack Coughlin]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|December 5, 1917}}
| [[Sammy Hebert]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|-
| {{dts|December 5, 1917}}
| [[Reg Noble]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|December 7, 1917}}
| [[Morley Bruce]]
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
|-
| {{dts|December 9, 1917}}
| [[Ken Randall]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|December 15, 1917}}
| [[Art Brooks]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|-
| {{dts|December 21, 1917}}
| [[Raymie Skilton]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|December 22, 1917}}
| [[Frank Nighbor]]
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
|-
| {{dts|January 29, 1918}}
| [[Evariste Payer]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|February 9, 1918}}
| [[Jack Adams]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|-
| {{dts|February 9, 1918}}
| [[Rusty Crawford]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|February 20, 1918}}
| [[Horace Merrill]]
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
|}

== Dispersal draft ==
''Note: This is the list of players who were selected in the dispersal drafts when the [[Quebec Bulldogs]] opted not to play the season and the [[Montreal Wanderers]] left the league after their home arena burned down.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Date
| December 15, 1917 || [[Art Brooks]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
! Player
! New team
! Previous team
|-
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| January 29, 1918 || [[Evariste Payer]] || [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Harry Mummery]]
| [[Toronto Arenas]]
| [[Quebec Bulldogs]]
|-
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| February 9, 1918 || [[Jack Adams]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| [[Joe Hall (ice hockey)|Joe Hall]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Quebec Bulldogs]]
|-
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| February 9, 1918 || [[Rusty Crawford]] || [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| [[Joe Malone (ice hockey)|Joe Malone]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Quebec Bulldogs]]
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Rusty Crawford]]
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
| [[Quebec Bulldogs]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Dave Ritchie (ice hockey) | David Ritchie]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Quebec Bulldogs]]
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[George Carey (ice hockey) | George Carey]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Quebec Bulldogs]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Jack Marks (ice hockey) | Jack Marks]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Quebec Bulldogs]]
|-
| {{dts|November 26, 1917}}
| [[Jack McDonald (ice hockey, born 1887) | Jack McDonald]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| [[Quebec Bulldogs]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|January 4, 1918}}
| [[Billy Bell (ice hockey) | Billy Bell]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|-
|-
| {{dts|January 4, 1918}}
| [[Jack Marks (ice hockey) | Jack Marks]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|January 4, 1918}}
| [[Jack McDonald (ice hockey, born 1887) | Jack McDonald]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|-
| {{dts|January 4, 1918}}
| [[Sprague Cleghorn]]
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| {{dts|January 4, 1918}}
| [[Harry Hyland]]
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|-
| {{dts|January 4, 1918}}
| [[Dave Ritchie (ice hockey) | Dave Ritchie]]
| [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]
| [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|}
|}


==Trades between teams==
== Dispersal draft ==
{| class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999; width:580px;"

|- style="background:#eee;"
=== From [[Quebec Bulldogs]] (team pulled out of NHL) November 26, 1917 ===
| December 12, 1917
Eight players were picked in this dispersal draft.
*[[Joe Hall]] - [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| valign="top"| To [[Montreal Wanderers]]<hr>undisclosed return
| valign="top"| To [[Seattle Metropolitans]] ([[PCHA]])<hr>loan of [[Hap Holmes]]
*[[Joe Malone (ice hockey)|Joe Malone]] - [[Montreal Canadiens]]
|-
*[[Walter Mummery]] - [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| January 4, 1918
*[[Jack Marks (ice hockey)|Jack Marks]] - [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| valign="top"| To [[Montreal Canadiens]]<hr>undisclosed return
*[[Dave Ritchie (ice hockey)|Dave Ritchie]] - [[Montreal Wanderers]]
| valign="top"| To [[Toronto Arenas]]<hr>loan of [[Jack Marks (ice hockey) | Jack Marks]]
*[[Jack Patrick McDonald|Jack McDonald]] - [[Montreal Wanderers]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
*[[Rusty Crawford]] - [[Ottawa Senators]]
| February 11, 1918
*[[Harry Mummery]] - [[Toronto Hockey Club]]
| valign="top"| To [[Ottawa Senators (original) | Ottawa Senators]]<hr>[[Sammy Hebert]]

| valign="top"| To [[Toronto Arenas]]<hr>cash
=== From [[Montreal Wanderers]] (disbanded) January 4, 1918 ===
|}
Five players were picked in this dispersal draft.
*[[Billy Bell (ice hockey)|Billy Bell]] - [[Montreal Canadiens]]
*[[Jack Patrick McDonald|Jack McDonald]] -[[Montreal Canadiens]]
*[[Dave Ritchie (ice hockey)|Dave Ritchie]] - [[Ottawa Senators]]
*[[Harry Hyland]] - [[Ottawa Senators]]
*[[Jack Marks (ice hockey)|Jack Marks]] - [[Toronto Hockey Club]]


== References ==
== Sources ==
*http://www.hockeydb.com
*http://www.hockeydb.com
*http://www.hockey-reference.com
*http://www.hockey-reference.com
* {{Citation|editor-last=Diamond|editor-first=Dan|title=Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League|edition=Second|publisher=Total Sports Publishing|location=New York|year=2002|isbn=1-892129-85-X}}
* {{Citation|last=Duff|first=Bob|year=2017|title=The First Season: 1917–18 and the Birth of the NHL|publisher=Biblioasis|location=Windsor, Ontario|isbn=978-1-771961-84-4}}
*[[Toronto Hockey Club]]
*[[Toronto Hockey Club]]
*[[Montreal Canadiens]]
*[[Montreal Canadiens]]
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Latest revision as of 17:38, 9 July 2024

This is a list of players recruited into teams in the National Hockey League in its first season, the 1917–18 NHL season. Some had been free agents and others were moved as part of two dispersal drafts.

Rights retained

[edit]

Note: This is the list of players who were retained by their teams after the NHA disbanded and the NHL was created.

Date team Name
November 26, 1917 Montreal Canadiens Bert Corbeau
November 26, 1917 Montreal Canadiens Billy Coutu
November 26, 1917 Montreal Canadiens Louis Berlinquette
November 26, 1917 Montreal Canadiens Newsy Lalonde
November 26, 1917 Montreal Canadiens Didier Pitre
November 26, 1917 Montreal Canadiens Tommy Smith
November 26, 1917 Ottawa Senators Ed Lowrey
November 26, 1917 Ottawa Senators Clint Benedict
November 26, 1917 Ottawa Senators Eddie Girard
November 26, 1917 Ottawa Senators George Boucher
November 26, 1917 Ottawa Senators Hamby Shore
November 26, 1917 Montreal Wanderers Art Ross
November 26, 1917 Montreal Wanderers George O'Grady
November 26, 1917 Montreal Wanderers Harry Hyland
November 26, 1917 Montreal Wanderers Kenneth Thompson
November 26, 1917 Montreal Wanderers Sprague Cleghorn
November 26, 1917 Montreal Wanderers Billy Bell
November 26, 1917 Montreal Wanderers Odie Cleghorn
November 26, 1917 Montreal Wanderers Phil Stevens

Free agency

[edit]
Date Player Team
November 1917
exact date unknown 		Hap Holmes Montreal Wanderers
November 5, 1917 Alf Skinner Toronto Arenas
December 3, 1917 Gerry Geran Montreal Wanderers
December 5, 1917 Corbett Denneny Toronto Arenas
December 5, 1917 Harry Cameron Toronto Arenas
December 5, 1917 Harry Meeking Toronto Arenas
December 5, 1917 Jack Coughlin Toronto Arenas
December 5, 1917 Sammy Hebert Toronto Arenas
December 5, 1917 Reg Noble Toronto Arenas
December 7, 1917 Morley Bruce Ottawa Senators
December 9, 1917 Ken Randall Toronto Arenas
December 15, 1917 Art Brooks Toronto Arenas
December 21, 1917 Raymie Skilton Montreal Wanderers
December 22, 1917 Frank Nighbor Ottawa Senators
January 29, 1918 Evariste Payer Montreal Canadiens
February 9, 1918 Jack Adams Toronto Arenas
February 9, 1918 Rusty Crawford Toronto Arenas
February 20, 1918 Horace Merrill Ottawa Senators

Dispersal draft

[edit]

Note: This is the list of players who were selected in the dispersal drafts when the Quebec Bulldogs opted not to play the season and the Montreal Wanderers left the league after their home arena burned down.

Date Player New team Previous team
November 26, 1917 Harry Mummery Toronto Arenas Quebec Bulldogs
November 26, 1917 Joe Hall Montreal Canadiens Quebec Bulldogs
November 26, 1917 Joe Malone Montreal Canadiens Quebec Bulldogs
November 26, 1917 Rusty Crawford Ottawa Senators Quebec Bulldogs
November 26, 1917 David Ritchie Montreal Wanderers Quebec Bulldogs
November 26, 1917 George Carey Montreal Wanderers Quebec Bulldogs
November 26, 1917 Jack Marks Montreal Wanderers Quebec Bulldogs
November 26, 1917 Jack McDonald Montreal Wanderers Quebec Bulldogs
January 4, 1918 Billy Bell Montreal Canadiens Montreal Wanderers
January 4, 1918 Jack Marks Montreal Canadiens Montreal Wanderers
January 4, 1918 Jack McDonald Montreal Canadiens Montreal Wanderers
January 4, 1918 Sprague Cleghorn Ottawa Senators Montreal Wanderers
January 4, 1918 Harry Hyland Ottawa Senators Montreal Wanderers
January 4, 1918 Dave Ritchie Ottawa Senators Montreal Wanderers

Trades between teams

[edit]
December 12, 1917 To Montreal Wanderers
undisclosed return 		To Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA)
loan of Hap Holmes
January 4, 1918 To Montreal Canadiens
undisclosed return 		To Toronto Arenas
loan of Jack Marks
February 11, 1918 To Ottawa Senators
Sammy Hebert 		To Toronto Arenas
cash

Sources

[edit]
  • http://www.hockeydb.com
  • http://www.hockey-reference.com
  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (2002), Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League (Second ed.), New York: Total Sports Publishing, ISBN 1-892129-85-X
  • Duff, Bob (2017), The First Season: 1917–18 and the Birth of the NHL, Windsor, Ontario: Biblioasis, ISBN 978-1-771961-84-4
  • Toronto Hockey Club
  • Montreal Canadiens
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