1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season: Difference between revisions

[[1917–18 NHL season|1917–18]] Montreal Canadiens
[[1917–18 NHL season\|1917–18]] Montreal Canadiens
League	1st(1st half), 3rd(2nd half) NHL
1917–18 record	10-4-0(1st half), 3-5-0(2nd half)
Goals for	115
Goals against	84
Team information
Coach	George Kennedy
Captain	Newsy Lalonde
Arena	Montreal Arena/Jubilee Rink
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Malone (44)
Goals against average	Georges Vezina (4.0)
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The 1917–1918 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's ninth season and first as a member of the new National Hockey League(NHL). The Canadiens sided with other members of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and voted to suspend the NHA and start the NHL to expel the Toronto Blueshirts ownership. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half of the season, but lost the playoff to the temporary Toronto franchise, made up of Blueshirts players.

Quebec did not ice a team for the season. Quebec's players were dispersed by draft and Montreal chose Joe Hall and Joe Malone.

Regular season

Georges Vezina led the league in goals against average of 4 per game and Joe Malone had an outstanding 44 goals in 20 games to lead the league in goals.

The team was forced to return to its former arena the Jubilee Rink after the Montreal Arena burned down on January 2, 1918. The rival Montreal Wanderers folded after the fire, leaving only three teams (Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto) to continue the season. The Wanderers' players were dispersed and the Canadiens picked up Billy Bell and Jack McDonald.

On 1918-01-28, when Canadiens visited Toronto, Toronto's Alf Skinner and Montreal's Joe Hall got into a stick-swinging duel. Both players received match penalties, $15 fines and were arrested by the Toronto Police for disorderly conduct, for which they received suspended sentences.

Results

Playoffs

The Canadiens played the Torontos in a playoff to decided the league championship. In a two-game, total-goals series, Toronto won the first game 7–3 and Montreal won the second game 4–3. Toronto won the series 10–7 and proceeded to the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 11	Montreal Canadiens	3	Toronto	7
March 13	Toronto	3	Montreal Canadiens	4

Toronto wins total goals series 10–7 for the O'Brien Trophy

Roster

Georges Vezina
Billy Bell, Louis Berlinguette, Bert Corbeau, Billy Coutu, Joe Hall, Newsy Lalonde, Jack Laviolette, Joe Malone, Jack McDonald, Payer, Didier Pitre

Source:

Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books. pp. pg.152. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)

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 ==Playoffs==
-The Canadiens played the [[Toronto Arenas|Torontos]] in a playoff to decided the league championship. In a two-game, total-goals series, Toronto won the first game 7–3 and Montreal won the second game 4–3. Toronto won the series 10–7 and proceeded to the Stanley Cup playoffs.
+The Canadiens played the [[Toronto Arenas|Torontos]] in a playoff to decided the league championship. In a two-game, total-goals series, Toronto won the first game 7–3 and Montreal won the second game 4–3. Toronto won the series 10–7 and proceeded to the [[Stanley Cup]] playoffs.
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+! width="200" | Away
+! width="40" | Score
+! width="200" | Home
+! width="40" | Score
+! Notes
+|-
+|March 11||Montreal Canadiens
+|align=center|3
+|'''Toronto'''
+|align=center|'''7'''||
+|-
+|March 13||Toronto
+|align=center|3
+|'''Montreal Canadiens'''
+|align=center|'''4'''||
+|}
+''Toronto wins total goals series 10–7 for the [[O'Brien Trophy]]''
 ==Roster==

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Founded in 1909 Based in Montreal, Quebec
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