1918 Stanley Cup Final

1918 ice hockey championship series August 2023 March 2026 1918 Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) Vancouver Toronto (NHL) Toronto best-of-five 3 5 6 4 3 6 8 1 1 2 2 3 March 20–30, 1918 Toronto: Arena Gardens Dick Carroll Frank Patrick Corb Denneny (10:30, third) Toronto:Jack Adams (1959)Harry Cameron (1963)Rusty Crawford (1963)Hap Holmes (1972)Reg Noble (1962)Millionaires:Si Griffis (1950)Hughie Lehman (1958)Mickey MacKay (1952)Barney Stanley (1963)Cyclone Taylor (1947)Coaches:Frank Patrick (1950) The 1918 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Toronto and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires. In a series held entirely in Toronto, the Toronto team won the series by three games to two in the best-of-five game series to win the Stanley Cup.Schedule Mar 20, 1918 ET https://www.nhl.com/schedule 2021-08-06 NHL.com en-US It was the first series contested by the new NHL and subsequently the first Stanley Cup win by the team that is now the Toronto Maple Leafs. This was the first major professional sports championship ever won by a Toronto-based team. Paths to the Final 1917–18 NHL season 1917–18 PCHA season thumb|left|The Vancouver Millionaires during the 1917–18 PCHA season. Prior to the 1917–18 season, the National Hockey Association (NHA) had suspended operations as the result of a power play to oust Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone. The remaining clubs then met in November 1917 to form the NHL, using the same constitution and playing rules of the NHA. The NHL took the NHA's place in competing for the Cup in a playoff series with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.Stanley Cup Champions 1918-1929 https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-stanley-cup-champions-1918-1929-288144788 2021-08-06 NHL.com en-US The Toronto NHL players were assigned from the Toronto NHA franchise, and played for a 'temporary' Toronto NHL franchise, operated by the Toronto Arena owners. This is why it is often retroactively called the 'Arenas' although no hockey club with the official name "Arenas" existed until after the 1917–18 season. The team at the time used no nickname; it was often referred to at the time as the "Blueshirts", the nickname of the NHA franchise, as it was announced by the NHA that the franchise had been sold, although Eddie Livingstone had not agreed to this as he wanted to resume his franchise or be compensated under his terms.Deceptions and Doublecross Holzman Morey 2002 Toronto won the second half of the split regular season, while the Montreal Canadiens won the first half. Toronto then won the NHL title by defeating the Canadiens in a two-game, total-goals series, 10–7. Meanwhile, Vancouver finished the 1917–18 PCHA regular season in second place with a 9–9 record behind the 11–7 Seattle Metropolitans. However, Vancouver beat Seattle in that league's two-game, total-goals finals, 3–2, with a 1–0 game two victory. Game summaries As with the three previous NHA-PCHA Cup Final series, the series alternated between the NHL champion and the PCHA champion each year, while the differing rules for the leagues alternated each game. This meant that all of the games for the 1918 championship series were played at Toronto's Arena Gardens. Two of the major differences between the two leagues' rules proved to be a major factor in the series. The PCHA allowed forward passing (adopted in the 1913–14 season) and played with seven players per side; the NHL did not adopt forward passing until the following season, and only played with six players. In every game, the winner was the one playing under its league's rules. The Torontos won games one and three with victories of 5–3 and 6–3, and the Millionaires recorded 6–4 and 8–1 wins in games two and four. Because game five was played under NHL rules, it helped Toronto's Corbett Denneny to score the series-winning goal in a 2–1 victory. The Torontos outscored the Millionaires by a combined total of 13–7 in the three games played under NHL rules. Conversely, Vancouver recorded a 14–5 margin in the games under PCHA rules. Toronto goaltender Hap Holmes recorded a 4.20 goals-against average during the series, while Alf Skinner led Toronto with eight goals. Cyclone Taylor scored nine goals for Vancouver. Vancouver Millionaires Toronto Hockey Club Arena Gardens Arena Gardens March 20 3–5 2 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/ppoboxscore.cgi?O19180003 16:00 – Cyclone Taylor (1)17:00 – Cyclone Taylor (2) Reg Noble (2) – 08:00Harry Meeking (4) – 10:00Reg Noble (3) – 11:00Alf Skinner (1) – 19:50 10:00 – Mickey MacKay (1) Alf Skinner (2) – 13:00 No scoring No scoring Hugh Lehman Hap Holmes March 23 4–6 2 1 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/ppoboxscore.cgi?O19180004 18:00 – Cyclone Taylor (3) Alf Skinner (3) – 17:00 02:00 – Cyclone Taylor (4)06:00 – Mickey MacKay (2)14:00 – Mickey MacKay (3) Harry Cameron (2) 16:00 06:00 – Si Griffis (1)10:00 – Mickey MacKay (3) Alf Skinner (4) – 08:00Alf Skinner (5) – 16:00 Hugh Lehman Hap Holmes March 26 3–6 1 2 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/ppoboxscore.cgi?O19180005 No scoring 05:00 – Harry Cameron (3)08:00 – Alf Skinner (6)13:00 – Corb Denneny (1) Ran McDonald (1) – pp – 06:00Cyclone Taylor (5) – 16:00 11:00 – Harry Cameron (4)14:00 – Corb Denneny (2) Cyclone Taylor (6) – 03:00 13:00 – Alf Skinner (7) Hugh Lehman Hap Holmes March 28 1–8 1 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/ppoboxscore.cgi?O19180006 05:00 – Cyclone Taylor (7) No scoring 04:00 – Barney Stanley (1)11:06 – Mickey MacKay (5)13:06 – Barney Stanley (2) Ken Randall (1) – 04:26 06:00 – Cyclone Taylor (8)13:00 – pp – Lloyd Cook (1)13:45 – pp – Ran MacDonald (2)15:00 – pp – Lloyd Cook (2) No scoring Hugh Lehman Hap Holmes March 30 1–2 2 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/ppoboxscore.cgi?O19180007 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring Cyclone Taylor (9) – 09:30 00:30 – Alf Skinner (8)10:30 – Corb Denneny (3) Hugh Lehman Hap Holmes Toronto won series 3–2 Player stats thumb|right|Cyclone Taylor of Vancouver scored nine goals during the series, the most of any player. TorontoGPGAPTS PIMAlf Skinner 5 8 2 10 18Harry Mummery 5 0 6 6 21Harry Cameron 5 3 1 4 12Corb Denneny 5 3 1 4 0Reg Noble 5 2 1 3 12Harry Meeking 5 1 2 3 18Ken Randall 5 1 0 1 21 GoaltenderGPWLMinGASOAvg Hap Holmes 5 3 2 300 21 0 4.20 VancouverGPGAPTS PIM Mickey MacKay 5 5 5 10 12 Cyclone Taylor 5 9 0 9 15 Ran McDonald 5 2 2 4 9 Lloyd Cook 5 2 0 2 12 Barney Stanley 5 2 0 2 6 Si Griffis 5 1 0 1 9 Leo Cook 5 0 0 0 6 Speed Moynes 5 0 0 0 6 GoaltenderGPWLMinGASOAvg Hugh Lehman 5 2 3 300 18 0 3.60 Stanley Cup engraving The 1918 Stanley Cup was presented by the trophy's trustee William Foran. Toronto never did engrave their name on the Cup for their championship season. It was not until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1918 Toronto Arenas" was put onto its then-new collar. The following Toronto players and staff were members of the Stanley Cup winning team. thumb|right|315px|1917–18 season Toronto Arenas. Top row, from left: Rusty Crawford, Harry Meeking, Ken Randall, Corbett Denneny, Harry Cameron. Middle row, from left: Dick Carroll, Jack Adams, Charles Querrie, Alf Skinner, Frank Carroll. Bottom row, from left: Harry Mummery, Harry "Hap" Holmes, Reg Noble. 1917–18 Toronto Arenas *31-1 Harry Hap Holmes *2 Harry Cameron 3 Ken Randall‡ (captain) 11-7 Harry Mummery *4 Reg Noble‡ 5 Corb Denneny 9 Jack Adams *6 Alf "Dutch" Skinner 8 Rusty Crawford 7 Jack Coughlin† 10 Harry Meeking 12 Jack Marks† Charlie Querrie (President/Manager), Dick Carroll (Coach) Frank Carroll (Trainer) ‡ Played rover position in the Stanley Cup Final† Missing from team picture. Although the Vancouver team was not the winner of the series, the Vancouver club had the words "Vancouver/Defeated Seattle/1917–18/Score 1–0" engraved on the Cup after winning the PCHA championship over the Metropolitans, who won the previous year's Cup Final. This was consistent with the practice at that time of the trophy being officially passed on to the winner of the league championship of the previous Cup champion's league. The Toronto club never did engrave their name on the Cup to memorialize their series victory over Vancouver. At the time, the NHL club was in a dispute with the owner of the NHA Toronto franchise holder over the Stanley Cup revenues. In 1948, the NHL engraved "1918 Toronto Arenas" on the Cup.Holzman Nieforth 2002 197 Dick Carroll was not only the first NHL coach to win the Stanley Cup in his first NHL season, but he was also a rookie coach. 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