| TEAM |
GP
Games played - Number of games the team has played
|
W
Wins - Games the team has won, either in regulation or in overtime
|
L
Losses - Games the team has lost in regulation
|
GF
Goals for - Number of goals the team has scored
|
GA
Goals against - Number of goals scored against the team
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Senators | 20 | 15 | 5 | 119 | 63 |
| Quebec Bulldogs | 20 | 10 | 10 | 97 | 126 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 20 | 10 | 10 | 89 | 80 |
| Toronto 228th Battalion | 10 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 57 |
| Toronto Blueshirts | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 45 |
| Montreal Wanderers | 20 | 5 | 15 | 94 | 137 |
| # | SKATERS |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
|
G
Goals - Number of goals the player has scored
|
A
Assists - Number of goals the player has assisted in
|
PTS
Points - Scoring points, calculated as the sum of G and A
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Newsy Lalonde | 18 | 28 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | Didier Pitre | 20 | 21 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | Bert Corbeau | 19 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Louis Berlinquette | 20 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Tommy Smith | 14 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| # | #1 GOALIE |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
|
RECORD
Record - Goalie record (W-L-T)
|
SO
Shutouts - Number of games where the goaltender has not allowed a goal
|
GAA
Goals against average - Mean goals-per-game scored on the goaltender
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georges Vézina | 20 | 10-10-0 | 0 | 3.94 |
| DATE | AWAY | HOME |
|---|
THE REGULAR SEASON
While the 1916-17 NHA season was the league’s final year of operation, it marked a significant beginning for its Montreal franchise. The Stanley Cup Champions took to the ice wearing the now-legendary CH crest on their sweaters for the first time. The design change reflected was the result of GM George Kennedy’s Canadian Hockey Club’s acquisition of the Canadiens.
18 players suited up for the team in 1916-17, the most in the franchise’s eight-year history, with eleven of the players skating in front of Westmount Arena fans for the first time. Defenseman Billy Coutu was the only one who would enjoy an extended stay with the team.
Playing a 20-game split schedule for the first time, the Canadiens captured the first half of the season with a 7-3 record, guaranteeing a berth in the postseason. Georges Vezina, the stingiest netminder in the early going, allowed only 38 pucks to pass him in the initial 10 games.
Cooling off in the second half of the schedule, one that got underway without either Toronto team participating, the Canadiens reversed their first half record, going 3-7 and finishing third in the standings when the season came to an end. Newsy Lalonde, serving a second season as both captain and coach, led the attack with 27 goals and fellow veteran, Didier Pitre, potted 21 over the entire schedule.
Ottawa and Quebec posted identical 8-2 records in the second half of 1916-17. First place and the accompanying playoff spot that went with it, was awarded to the Senators, who had scored more goals and allowed fewer than had the Bulldogs.
THE PLAYOFFS
Facing the Ottawa Senators in a two-game, total point series for the NHA championship, the Canadiens win the opener in decisive fashion, beating the visitors 5-2 at the Westmount Arena. When the series moves to Ottawa, the home team captures a 4-2 win, but Montreal still takes the series 7-6 and heads west to defend their Stanley Cup title.
The best-of-five series against the Pacific Coast Hockey Association’s Seattle Metropolitans alternated between the eastern six-man game and the western seven-a-side lineups. Playing western rules in the opener, Montreal made full use of their extra player, ending the night on the winning end of an 8-4 game that saw 40-year-old Didier Pitre light the lamp four times.
It would be the only sustained offensive output for Montreal as the host club took control of the series from the second game on, shutting down the Canadiens forwards and showing off their new-found mastery of the six-man game. Goaltender Hap Holmes allowed only a single goal in each game as he backstopped Seattle to 6-1, 4-1 and 9-1 victories.
For the first time since it was first awarded in 1893, the Stanley Cup, emblematic of Canadian hockey supremacy, was in the hands of a foreign team.
| NHA Playoffs - Ottawa Senators | ||||
| Date | AWAY | HOME | ||
| March 7th, 1917 | OTT 2 | MTL 5 | ||
| March 10th, 1917 | MTL 2 | OTT 4 | ||
| Canadiens won total-goals series 7-6 | ||||
| Stanley Cup Finals - Seattle Metropolitans | ||||
| Date | AWAY | HOME | ||
| March 17th, 1917 | MTL 8 | SEA 4 | ||
| March 20th, 1917 | MTL 1 | SEA 6 | ||
| March 23rd, 1917 | MTL 1 | SEA 4 | ||
| March 26th, 1917 | MTL 1 | SEA 9 | ||
| Seattle won best-of-five series 3-1 | ||||
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