1916–17 Toronto Hockey Club season

The 1916–17 Toronto Hockey Club season was the fifth and final season of the Toronto franchise in the National Hockey Association (NHA). With the departure of the Toronto 228th Battalion when their regiment was ordered overseas, the NHA decided to suspend the Toronto Blueshirts franchise as well for the remainder of the season.[1] Before the start of the next season, the NHA folded and a new league, the National Hockey League (NHL), was founded with a new team, the Toronto Hockey Club, which went on to become the present day Toronto Maple Leafs.[2][3]

1916–17 Toronto Hockey Club
1916–17 record7–7–0
Home record4–3–0
Road record3–4–0
Goals for64
Goals against61
ArenaArena Gardens

Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey Association
First Half GP W L T GF GA
Montreal Canadiens 10 7 3 0 58 38
Ottawa Senators 10 7 3 0 56 41
Toronto 228th Battalion 10 6 4 0 70 57
Toronto Hockey Club 10 5 5 0 50 45
Montreal Wanderers 10 3 7 0 56 72
Quebec Bulldogs 10 2 8 0 43 80
Second Half GP W L T GF GA
Ottawa Senators 10 8 2 0 63 22
Quebec Bulldogs 10 8 2 0 54 46
Montreal Canadiens 10 3 7 0 31 42
Montreal Wanderers 10 2 8 0 38 65

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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.


Game log

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First half

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# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 December 27 Toronto 7–1 Montreal Canadiens 1–0–0 2
2 December 30 Quebec Bulldogs 5–8 Toronto 2–0–0 4
3 January 3 Toronto 228th Battalion 4–9 Toronto 2–1–0 4
4 January 6 Toronto 2–3 Ottawa Senators 2–2–0 4
5 January 10 Montreal Wanderers 4–9 Toronto 3–2–0 6
6 January 13 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 Toronto 3–3–0 6
7 January 17 Toronto 5–1 Quebec Bulldogs 4–3–0 8
8 January 20 Toronto 6–8 Toronto 228th Battalion 4–4–0 8
9 January 24 Ottawa Senators 5–8 Toronto 5–4–0 10
10 January 27 Toronto 3–8 Montreal Wanderers 5–5–0 10

Second half

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# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 January 31 Montreal Canadiens 2–6 Toronto 1–0–0 2
2 February 3 Toronto 3–7 Quebec Bulldogs 1–1–0 2
3 February 7 Toronto 4–3 Toronto 228th Battalion 2–1–0 4
4 February 10 Ottawa Senators 4–1 Toronto 2–2–0 4
  • Toronto Blueshirts franchise suspended on February 11.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL. p. 311.
  2. ^ Holzman, Morey; Joseph Nieforth (2002). Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHL Conquered Hockey. Toronto, ON, Canada: Dundurn Press. p. 159. ISBN 1-55002-413-2.
  3. ^ McKinley, Michael (2006). Hockey: A People's History. McClelland & Stewart. p. 77. ISBN 0-7710-5769-5.
  4. ^ Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 315.
  5. ^ Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. NHL.