1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season

[[1917–18 NHLA season|1917–18]] Montreal Canadiens
[[1917–18 NHLA season\|1917–18]] Montreal Canadiens
League	1st(1st half), 3rd(2nd half) NHLA
1917–18 record	10-4-0(1st half), 3-5-0(2nd half)
Goals for	115
Goals against	84
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.

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 cross-town rival Montreal Wanderers folded after the fire, leaving only three teams (Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto) to continue the season.

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.

Roster

Georges Vezina
Louis Berlinguette, Bert Corbeau, Coutu, Newsy Lalonde, Edgar Leduc, Jack Laviolette, Malone, Harold McNamara, Reg Noble, Didier Pitre, Georges Poulin, Thomas Smith

Source:

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

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1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Results

Playoffs

Roster

References

See also