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CaptainCrunch · 02-08-2024, 10:35 PM

I thought it might be fun to look at the history of hockey. A looong time ago I did a day in history thread and had some fun finding interesting pieces of History so I thought, why not hockey might be fun to try. I don't guarantee a daily update or anything. This will truly be in bite sized pieces. As always addons and comments are always welcome. So lets get err started.

1917-1918
The NHL is formed when all of the owners in the NHA had decided that they had had enough of Toronto owner Edward Livingstone. Widely regarded as a complete jerkface, they decided they didn't want to deal with him and concocted a brilliant plan to get rid of him.

A meeting was called by the owners of the Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, Montreal Canadians and Wanderers and the Toronto Arenas,but Livingstone was somehow kept from the meeting. The owners created a new league the National Hockey League with Quebec deciding to take a sabatical. The NHA still existed but was an empty shell.
The Wanderers didn't make it through the season as their arena burnt down and they withdrew from the league.
Frank Calder was named the first NHL president.
The Toronto Areanas qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs and played a five game series against Vancouver of the PCHL, the Toronto's won the series in 5 games being lead by Corbett Denneny to win the Stanley Cup.

Trivia
The NHL played a 22 game season

Montreal Wanderers' Harry Hyland scored 5 goals on the opening night.
Joe Malone one of the leagues first generational players switched from Quebec to the Canadians and scored 3 5 goal games in the first year and 44 goals in 20 games
The NHL changes a key rule from the NHA and decides that goalies will be allowed to leave their feet. This was formerly a $2.00 fine in the NHA and the penalty was called "Flopping"
Ottawa goalie Clint Benedict caused this rule change because he ignored the rule in the NHA and he was so darned entertaining.
George Vezina was the leagues best goalie with a 3.93 gaa.
The Habs are the first half of the season league champions and finish with a 13-9 record.
The Arenas won the second half and finished with a 13-9 record as well, Ottawa finishes last with a 9-13 record.
The Arenas beat the Canadians in a 2 game total goal series 10-7.

02-08-2024, 10:35 PM	#1
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	NHL history in a 127 years of bite sized pieces. I thought it might be fun to look at the history of hockey. A looong time ago I did a day in history thread and had some fun finding interesting pieces of History so I thought, why not hockey might be fun to try. I don't guarantee a daily update or anything. This will truly be in bite sized pieces. As always addons and comments are always welcome. So lets get err started. 1917-1918 The NHL is formed when all of the owners in the NHA had decided that they had had enough of Toronto owner Edward Livingstone. Widely regarded as a complete jerkface, they decided they didn't want to deal with him and concocted a brilliant plan to get rid of him. A meeting was called by the owners of the Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, Montreal Canadians and Wanderers and the Toronto Arenas,but Livingstone was somehow kept from the meeting. The owners created a new league the National Hockey League with Quebec deciding to take a sabatical. The NHA still existed but was an empty shell. The Wanderers didn't make it through the season as their arena burnt down and they withdrew from the league. Frank Calder was named the first NHL president. The Toronto Areanas qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs and played a five game series against Vancouver of the PCHL, the Toronto's won the series in 5 games being lead by Corbett Denneny to win the Stanley Cup. Trivia The NHL played a 22 game season Montreal Wanderers' Harry Hyland scored 5 goals on the opening night. Joe Malone one of the leagues first generational players switched from Quebec to the Canadians and scored 3 5 goal games in the first year and 44 goals in 20 games The NHL changes a key rule from the NHA and decides that goalies will be allowed to leave their feet. This was formerly a $2.00 fine in the NHA and the penalty was called "Flopping" Ottawa goalie Clint Benedict caused this rule change because he ignored the rule in the NHA and he was so darned entertaining. George Vezina was the leagues best goalie with a 3.93 gaa. The Habs are the first half of the season league champions and finish with a 13-9 record. The Arenas won the second half and finished with a 13-9 record as well, Ottawa finishes last with a 9-13 record. The Arenas beat the Canadians in a 2 game total goal series 10-7. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!