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1918 Stanley Cup playoffs
Ice hockey tournament
Ice hockey tournament
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
two-game total goals series best-of-five series |NHL Final (O'Brien Cup)|Montreal Canadiens|7|Toronto Hockey Club|10 |PCHA Final|Seattle Metropolitans|2|Vancouver Millionaires|3 |Stanley Cup Finals|Toronto Hockey Club|3|Vancouver Millionaires|2
NHL Championship
Main article: 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 Finals.
|1-1-1 =Harry Meeking (1) - 5:00 Ken Randall (1) - 17:00 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Harry Meeking (2) - 5:00 |1-2-2 =4:00 - Newsy Lalonde (1) |1-3-1 =Harry Meeking (3) - 5:00 Jack Adams (1) - 11:00 Harry Cameron (1) - 12:00 Harry Mummery (1) - 14:00 |1-3-2 =7:00 - Bert Corbeau (1) 13:00 - Newsy Lalonde (2) |goalie1-1 =Hap Holmes |goalie1-2 =Georges Vezina
|2-1-1 =12:00 - Reg Noble (1) |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =16:51 - Rusty Crawford (1) |2-2-2 =Joe Malone (1) - 4:25 Jack McDonald (1) - 5:30 |2-3-1 =8:00 - Rusty Crawford (2) |2-3-2 =Newsy Lalonde (3) - 1:40 Newsy Lalonde (4) - 10:30 |goalie2-1 =Georges Vezina |goalie2-2 =Hap Holmes
PCHA championship
Main article: 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.{{cite news
Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 11 | Seattle | 2 | Vancouver | 2 | |
| March 14 | Vancouver | 1 | Seattle | 0 |
Vancouver Millionaires win two-games total-goals series 3–2.
Stanley Cup Finals
Main article: 1918 Stanley Cup Finals
|1-1-1 =16:00 – Cyclone Taylor (1) 17:00 – Cyclone Taylor (2) |1-1-2 =Reg Noble (2) – 08:00 Harry Meeking (4) – 10:00 Reg Noble (3) – 11:00 Alf Skinner (1) – 19:50 |1-2-1 =10:00 – Mickey MacKay (1) |1-2-2 =Alf Skinner (2) – 13:00 |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Hugh Lehman |goalie1-2 =Hap Holmes
|2-1-1 =18:00 – Cyclone Taylor (3) |2-1-2 =Alf Skinner (3) – 17:00 |2-2-1 =02:00 – Cyclone Taylor (4) 06:00 – Mickey MacKay (2) 14:00 – Mickey MacKay (3) |2-2-2 =Harry Cameron (2) 16:00 |2-3-1 =06:00 – Si Griffis (1) 10:00 – Mickey MacKay (3) |2-3-2 =Alf Skinner (4) – 08:00 Alf Skinner (5) – 16:00 |goalie2-1 =Hugh Lehman |goalie2-2 =Hap Holmes
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =05:00 – Harry Cameron (3) 08:00 – Alf Skinner (6) 13:00 – Corb Denneny (1) |3-2-1 =Ran McDonald (1) – pp – 06:00 Cyclone Taylor (5) – 16:00 |3-2-2 =11:00 – Harry Cameron (4) 14:00 – Corb Denneny (2) |3-3-1 =Cyclone Taylor (6) – 03:00 |3-3-2 =13:00 – Alf Skinner (7) |goalie3-1 =Hugh Lehman |goalie3-2 =Hap Holmes
|4-1-1 =05:00 – Cyclone Taylor (7) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =04:00 – Barney Stanley (1) 11:06 – Mickey MacKay (5) 13:06 – Barney Stanley (2) |4-2-2 =Ken Randall (1) – 04:26 |4-3-1 =06:00 – Cyclone Taylor (8) 13:00 – pp – Lloyd Cook (1) 13:45 – pp – Ran MacDonald (2) 15:00 – pp – Lloyd Cook (2) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Hugh Lehman |goalie4-2 =Hap Holmes
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Cyclone Taylor (9) – 09:30 |5-3-2 =00:30 – Alf Skinner (8) 10:30 – Corb Denneny (3) |goalie5-1 =Hugh Lehman |goalie5-2 =Hap Holmes
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
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