1915–16 Montreal Canadiens season

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1915–16 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
O'Brien Cup winners
League 1st NHA
1915–16 record 16–7–1
Goals for 104
Goals against 76
 Team information
General Manager George Kennedy
Coach Newsy Lalonde
Captain Newsy Lalonde
Arena Montreal Arena
Team leaders
Goals Newsy Lalonde (31)
Goals against average Georges Vezina (3.2)
<1914–15 1916–17>

The 1915–16 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's seventh season and seventh of the National Hockey Association (NHA). After finishing last in 1914–15, the club rebounded to win the league championship and win the Stanley Cup for the first time.

Regular season

The Canadiens revised their lineup after finishing last. Ernie Dubeau, Jimmy Gardner and Harry Scott retired. The Canadiens added Howard McNamara and Goldie Prodgers on defence. Jack Laviolette moved to forward from defence. Lalonde would have an outstanding season, leading the league in scoring with 31 goals and Georges Vezina would improve his GAA to 3.2, second in the league to Clint Benedict. The team would win all of its last seven games (and eleven of the last twelve) of the season to take the league championship.

Final standings

National Hockey Association
GP W L T GF GA
Montreal Canadiens 24 16 7 1 104 76
Ottawa Senators 24 13 11 0 78 72
Quebec Bulldogs 24 10 12 2 91 98
Montreal Wanderers 24 10 14 0 90 116
Toronto Hockey Club 24 9 14 1 97 98

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against


Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Dec. 18 Canadiens 2 Toronto 1
22 Wanderers 3 Canadiens 2
29 Canadiens 2 Quebec 5
Jan. 1 Canadiens 4 Ottawa 2
5 Toronto 1 Canadiens 6
8 Canadiens 3 Wanderers 5
12 Quebec 3 Canadiens 5
15 Ottawa 5 Canadiens 2
20 Canadiens 2 Quebec 2 (20' OT)
23 Canadiens 1 Toronto 3
26 Wanderers 4 Canadiens 5
Feb. 2 Wanderers 9 Canadiens 5
6 Toronto 5 Canadiens 10
9 Ottawa 2 Canadiens 3 (7'20" OT)
12 Canadiens 3 Ottawa 1
16 Quebec 3 Canadiens 4
19 Wanderers 3 Canadiens 1
23 Canadiens 3 Quebec 2
26 Quebec 3 Canadiens 4 (15" OT)
Mar. 1 Toronto 3 Canadiens 7
4 Canadiens 15 Wanderers 5
11 Ottawa 1 Canadiens 4
12 Canadiens 5 Ottawa 1
16 Canadiens 6 Toronto 4

Playoffs

The club won the league outright to proceed to the Stanley Cup championship.

Stanley Cup Finals

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Main article: 1916 Stanley Cup Finals

The series was held in Montreal, it being the turn of the NHA champion to host the series. The games were held at the Montreal Arena.

Champions Runners up Format Result
Montreal Canadiens Portland Rosebuds best of 5 3–2

Montreal Canadiens 1916 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

Georges Vezina


‡ also played rover
† missing from team picture

  Coaching and administrative staff

Stanley Cup engraving

Even though they officially did not win the Cup during this season, the Rosebuds had the words "Portland Ore./PCHA Champions/1915–16" engraved on the Cup after obtaining the trophy from the previous year's champions, the Vancouver Millionaires. This was similar to the practice prior to 1915 when the trophy was officially passed on to the winner of the league championship of the previous Cup champion's league.

After the finals, "Canadians/NHA & World's Champions/Defeated Portland/1915–16" was added to the Cup (Note that the anglicized, singular form of "Canadiens" was engraved).

References

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See also

Preceded by Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
1916		 Succeeded by
Seattle Metropolitans
1917
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