1918 Stanley Cup playoffs

Ice hockey tournament May 2025 The 1918 Stanley Cup playoffs was an ice hockey tournament held at the conclusion of the 1917–18 season. It was the first season that the Stanley Cup was contested by the National Hockey League (NHL), the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA). The tournament was played from March 11 until March 30, when the NHL champion Toronto Hockey Club defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires in the final series. Bracket main 2 no high yes no font-size:85%; white-space:nowrap 1 League championshipstwo-game total goals series Stanley Cup Finalbest-of-five series NHL Final (O'Brien Cup) 1HMontreal Canadiens 7 2HToronto Hockey Club 10 PCHA Final 1Seattle Metropolitans 2 2Vancouver Millionaires 3 Stanley Cup Final Toronto Hockey Club 3 Vancouver Millionaires 2 NHL Championship 1917–18 NHL season 1917–18 Toronto Hockey Club season The NHL adopted the split regular season format used by its predecessor, the NHA. Montreal won the first half of the NHL split season and Toronto won the second half. The two teams then played a two-game total-goals series for the NHL championship and the O'Brien Cup. Toronto won the series and advanced to the Stanley Cup Final. Toronto Hockey Club Montreal Canadiens Mutual Street Arena Montreal Arena March 11 2 3–7 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-tan/1918/03/11/1917030111#game=1917030111,game_state=final Harry Meeking (1) - 5:00Ken Randall (1) - 17:00 No scoring Harry Meeking (2) - 5:00 4:00 - Newsy Lalonde (1) Harry Meeking (3) - 5:00Jack Adams (1) - 11:00Harry Cameron (1) - 12:00Harry Mummery (1) - 14:00 7:00 - Bert Corbeau (1)13:00 - Newsy Lalonde (2) Hap Holmes Georges Vezina March 13 1 3–4 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tan-vs-mtl/1918/03/13/1917030112#game=1917030112,game_state=final 12:00 - Reg Noble (1) No scoring 16:51 - Rusty Crawford (1) Joe Malone (1) - 4:25Jack McDonald (1) - 5:30 8:00 - Rusty Crawford (2) Newsy Lalonde (3) - 1:40Newsy Lalonde (4) - 10:30 Georges Vezina Hap Holmes Toronto won series on total goals 10–7 PCHA championship 1917–18 PCHA season The Vancouver Millionaires finished the PCHA regular season in second place, then defeated the first place and defending Stanley Cup Seattle Metropolitans, taking a two-game total-goals series 3–2 on a 1–0 win over Seattle in the second game. Barney Stanley scored the decisive goal, the only goal of the second game.The Globe March 15, 1918 Vancouver In Quest of Cup 9 Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 11Seattle2Vancouver 2 March 14Vancouver 1Seattle 0 Vancouver Millionaires win two-games total-goals series 3–2. Stanley Cup Final 1918 Stanley Cup Final Vancouver Millionaires Toronto Hockey Club Mutual Street Arena Mutual Street Arena 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 Statistics NHL playoff scoring leaders GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points Player Team GP G A Pts Alf Skinner Toronto 7 8 3 11 Newsy Lalonde Canadiens 2 4 4 Harry Cameron Toronto 7 4 4 Harry Meeking Toronto 7 4 4 Reg Noble Toronto 7 3 3 References Category:Stanley Cup playoffs Category:March 1918 sports events in Canada Stanley