1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season

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 final 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===
===Game log===
;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
Jan. 	6 	Wanderers	4 	Canadiens	9
Jan. 	10 	228th 	1 	Canadiens	6
Jan. 	13 	Canadiens	6 	Toronto 	2
Jan. 	17 	Ottawa 	3 	Canadiens	2
Jan. 	20 	Quebec 	6 	Canadiens	10
Jan. 	24 	Canadiens	10 	Wanderers	2
Jan. 	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
Feb. 	7 	Quebec 	3 	Canadiens	6
Feb. 	10 	Canadiens	6 	Wanderers	3
Feb. 	14 	Canadiens	1 	Ottawa 	4
Feb. 	17 	Wanderers	3 	Canadiens	4
Feb. 	21 	Canadiens	1 	Quebec 	5
Feb. 	24 	Quebec 	7 	Canadiens	6
Feb. 	28 	Ottawa 	3 	Canadiens	1
Mar. 	3 	Canadiens	3 	Wanderers	6
==Playoffs==
Game-by-game 	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.	Canadiens win two-game playoff 7–6 to win the O'Brien Cup.	Canadiens win two-game playoff 7–6 to win the O'Brien Cup.	Canadiens win two-game playoff 7–6 to win the O'Brien Cup.	Canadiens win two-game playoff 7–6 to win the O'Brien Cup.	Canadiens win two-game playoff 7–6 to win the O'Brien Cup.	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 	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 	Seattle Ice Arena
3 	March 23 	Seattle Metropolitans 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens 	PCHA 	Seattle Ice Arena
4 	March 26 	Seattle Metropolitans 	9–1 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHA 	Seattle Ice Arena
Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1	Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1	Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1	Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1	Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1	Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1	Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1
==Roster==
*Georges Vezina
*Louis Berlinquette, E. Brooks, Art Brooks, Bert Corbeau, Bill Coutu, Billy Creighton, Newsy Lalonde,Jack Laviolette, Foster Malone, Sarsfield Malone, Harold McNamara, Harry Mummery, Reg Noble, Didier Pitre, Georges Poulin, Joel Rochon, Jimmy Roy, Tommy Smith
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==Game Ads==
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==References==
==See also==
* 1916–17 NHA season
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Category:1916 in hockey
Category:1917 in hockey