1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season

NHA hockey team season

1916–17 Montreal Canadiens
NHA champions
O'Brien Trophy winners
League	1st (1st half), 3rd (2nd half) NHA
1916–17 record	7–3–0 (1st half), 3–7–0 (2nd half)
Goals for	104
Goals against	76
Team information
General manager	George Kennedy
Coach	Newsy Lalonde
Captain	Newsy Lalonde
Arena	Montreal Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Newsy Lalonde (27)
Goals against average	Georges Vezina (4.0)
← 1915–16 1917–18 →

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 Finals series to Seattle.

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	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	10	7	3	58	38
Ottawa Senators	10	7	3	56	41
Toronto 228th Battalion	10	6	4	70	57
Toronto Hockey Club	10	5	5	50	45
Montreal Wanderers	10	3	7	56	72
Quebec Bulldogs	10	2	8	43	80

Second Half	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	10	8	2	63	22
Quebec Bulldogs	10	8	2	54	46
Montreal Canadiens	10	3	7	31	42
Montreal Wanderers	10	2	8	38	65

^[1]

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.	27	Toronto	7	Canadiens	1
Dec.	30	Canadiens	1	Ottawa	7
Jan.	3	Canadiens	4	Quebec	2
	6	Wanderers	4	Canadiens	9
	10	228th	1	Canadiens	6
	13	Canadiens	6	Toronto	2
	17	Ottawa	3	Canadiens	2
	20	Quebec	6	Canadiens	10
	24	Canadiens	10	Wanderers	2
	27	Canadiens	9	228th	4

Second half

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Jan.	31	Canadiens	2	Toronto	6
Feb.	3	Ottawa	2	Canadiens	1
	7	Quebec	3	Canadiens	6
	10	Canadiens	6	Wanderers	3
	14	Canadiens	1	Ottawa	4
	17	Wanderers	3	Canadiens	4
	21	Canadiens	1	Quebec	5
	24	Quebec	7	Canadiens	6
	28	Ottawa	3	Canadiens	1
Mar.	3	Canadiens	3	Wanderers	6

Playoffs

Game-by-game		Winning team	Score	Losing team	Location
1	March 7	Montreal Canadiens	5–2	Ottawa Senators	Montreal Arena
2	March 10	Ottawa Senators	4–2	Montreal Canadiens	The 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
1	March 17	Montreal Canadiens	8–4	Seattle Metropolitans	PCHA	Seattle Ice Arena
2	March 20	Seattle Metropolitans	6–1	Montreal Canadiens	NHA
3	March 23	Seattle Metropolitans	4–1	Montreal Canadiens	PCHA
4	March 26	Seattle Metropolitans	9–1	Montreal Canadiens	NHA
Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1

References

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

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1900s	1900–01 . 1901–02 . 1902–03 . 1903–04 . 1904–05 . 1905–06 . 1906–07 . 1907–08 . 1908–09 . 1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship