1918–19 Toronto Arenas season

The 1918–19 Toronto Arenas season was the 2nd season of the Toronto franchise of the National Hockey League. After being operated on a temporary basis in the previous year, the team became a formal entity, known as the "Toronto Arena Hockey Club." The club played 18 games and suspended operations.
==Regular Season==
When Toronto won the Cup in 1917–18, a monkey wrench had been thrown into the other owners' scheme to get rid of Eddie Livingstone. His team was estimated now to be worth $20,000, and Livingstone demanded that. The Arena Gardens offered $7,000, but Livingstone sued the Arena and Charlie Querrie for the $20,000. A league meeting of the old NHA proved futile as heated arguments broke out between Livingstone and the other owners. The old NHA was extinguished. However, George Kennedy gave some ground, saying that if Livingstone dropped his lawsuits, he might be allowed in the league. In the meantime, Hubert Vearncombe, treasurer of the Toronto Arena Company formed the separate Toronto Arena HC. This separated the hockey club from the Livingstone lawsuits, though the franchise still used Livingstone's players without permission.
It was announced on February 18, that Ken Randall and Harry Meeking had signed with Glace Bay of the Maritime League with the Arenas' permission. The game that night was attended by only 1,000 fans watching a 4–3 overtime loss to Ottawa. After a follow-up game in Ottawa on February 20, lost 9–3, manager Querrie announced that the club sought to withdraw from the NHL season and this was agreed to by Ottawa and Montreal. The NHL season ended at 18 games, with Montreal and Ottawa to play off for the championship.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
====First Half====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record	Pts
1 	December 23	Montreal Canadiens	4–3 	Toronto Arenas 	0–1–0 	0
2 	December 26	Toronto Arenas 	2–5 	Ottawa Senators 	0–2–0 	0
3 	December 28	Toronto Arenas 	3–6 	Montreal Canadiens	0–3–0 	0
4 	December 31	Ottawa Senators 	2–4 	Toronto Arenas 	1–3–0 	2
5 	January 7 	Montreal Canadiens	7–6 	Toronto Arenas 	1–4–0 	2
6 	January 9 	Toronto Arenas 	2–4 	Ottawa Senators 	1–5–0 	2
7 	January 11 	Toronto Arenas 	4–13 	Montreal Canadiens	1–6–0 	2
8 	January 14 	Ottawa Senators 	2–5 	Toronto Arenas 	2–6–0 	4
9 	January 21 	Montreal Canadiens	3–11 	Toronto Arenas 	3–6–0 	6
10	January 23 	Toronto Arenas 	2–3 	Ottawa Senators 	3–7–0 	6
====Second Half====
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record	Pts
1	January 28 	Ottawa Senators 	2–1 	Toronto Arenas 	0–1–0 	0
2	February 1 	Toronto Arenas 	0–10 	Montreal Canadiens	0–2–0 	0
3	February 4 	Montreal Canadiens	3–6 	Toronto Arenas 	1–2–0 	2
4	February 6 	Toronto Arenas 	1–3 	Ottawa Senators 	1–3–0 	2
5	February 11	Montreal Canadiens	4–6 	Toronto Arenas 	2–3–0 	4
6	February 15	Toronto Arenas 	2–8 	Montreal Canadiens	2–4–0 	4
7	February 18	Ottawa Senators 	4–3 	Toronto Arenas 	2–5–0 	4
8	February 20	Toronto Arenas 	3–9 	Ottawa Senators 	2–6–0 	4
==Playoffs==
*The Arenas did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Player Stats==
===Scorers===
Player 	GP	G 	A	Pts	PIM
Alf Skinner 	17	12	4	16 	26
Reg Noble 	17	10	5	15 	35
Ken Randall 	14	8 	6	14 	27
Corb Denneny 	16	8 	3	11 	15
Rusty Crawford	18	7 	4	11 	51
Harry Meeking 	14	7 	3	10 	32
Harry Cameron 	7 	6 	2	8 	9
Jack Adams 	17	3 	3	6 	35
Harry Mummery 	13	2 	0	2 	30
Hap Holmes 	2 	0 	0	0 	0
Paul Jacobs 	1 	0 	0	0 	0
Bert Lindsay 	16	0 	0	0 	0
Dave Ritchie 	4 	0 	0	0 	9
==References==
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==External Links==
*NHL Official Website
*Hockeydb entry for Arenas 1918-19 season
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