1917 Stanley Cup Finals

1917 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4 Games Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA)  4 6 4 9 3 Montreal Canadiens (NHA)  8 1 1 1 1 * - Denotes overtime period(s)
Location: Seattle, WA: Seattle Ice Arena (1–4) Format: best-of-five Coaches: Seattle: Pete Muldoon Montreal: George Kennedy Dates: March 17 – 26 Series-winning goal: Bernie Morris (7:55, first, G4)
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The 1917 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Seattle Metropolitans and the National Hockey Association (NHA) champion Montreal Canadiens. Seattle defeated Montreal three games to one in a best-of-five game series to become the first United States-based team to win the Cup.

Paths to the final

Seattle won the PCHA title after finishing the 1916–17 regular season in first place with a 16–8 record. Meanwhile, Montreal advanced to the final series after narrowly defeating the Ottawa Senators, 7–6, in a two game total goals playoff series to end the 1916–17 NHA season.

The series

Bernie Morris

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. Bernie Morris scored 14 of Seattle's 23 total goals for the series, including 6 in their 9–1 victory in game four. Future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Hap Holmes recorded a 2.90 goals-against average for the Mets.

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
3	March 23	Seattle Metropolitans	4–1	Montreal Canadiens	PCHA
4	March 26	Seattle Metropolitans	9–1	Montreal Canadiens	NHA
Metropolitans win best-of-five series 3 games to 1

Seattle Metropolitans 1917 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• Bernie Morris
• 7 Jack Walker‡

  Wingers

• 4 Frank Foyston
• Jim Riley
• Carol Cully Wilson

  Defencemen

• Bobby Rowe (Captain)
• Roy Rickey
• Everard Eddie Carpenter

  Goaltenders

• 1 Harry Hap Holmes

  Coaching and administrative staff

• Pete Muldoon (president/manager-coach)

‡ Played rover, a position between both defences and behind the centre.

Stanley Cup engraving

After the finals, "Seattle/World's Champions/Defeated Canadians/1917" was added to the Cup (Note that the anglicized form of "Canadiens" was engraved).

References

• "1916-17 Stanley Cup Winner: Seattle Metropolitans". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2006-07-02. 
• "hockeyleaguehistory.com - Pacific Coast Hockey Association". Archived from the original on 03 July 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-02. 
• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. pp. 12, 49. ISBN 1-55168-261-3. 
• Diamond, Dan (ed.) (1992). The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book. Firefly Books. pp. 48–49. ISBN 1-895565-15-4. 

Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1916

Seattle Metropolitans Stanley Cup Champions 1917

Succeeded by Toronto 1918