Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: After losing fourteen games and finishing last in the NHA in 1914 â `` 15 , VÃ zina and the Canadiens won sixteen games during the 1915 â `` 16 season , and the team ended up first in the league .
Simplified: After losing 14 games and finishing last in the NHA in 1914 â `` 15 , VÃ zina and the Canadiens won 16 games during the 1915 â `` 16 season , placing the team first in the league .