1917 Stanley Cup Finals

Infobox Stanley Cup Final
year=1917
format=best-of-five
team1=Seattle Metropolitans
team1_short=Seattle
team1_1=4
team1_2=6
team1_3=4
team1_4=9
team1_tot=3
team2=Montreal Canadiens
team2_short=Montreal
team2_1=8
team2_2=1
team2_3=2
team2_4=1
team2_tot=1
table-note=* - Denotes overtime period(s)
team1_coach=Pete Muldoon
team2_coach=George Kennedy
dates= March 17 – 26
location1=Seattle, WA: Seattle Ice Arena (1–4)
series_winner=Bernie Morris (7:55, 1st, G4)The 1917 Stanley Cup Finals were played from 1917-03-17 to 1917-03-26 between 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 best-of-five game series to become the first United States 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

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.

eattle Metropolitans 1917 Stanley Cup champions

Stanley Cup champion
defence=*Bobby Rowe(Captain)
*Roy Rickey
* Everard Eddie Carpenter
goaltenders=Harry Hap Holmes
centers=*Bernie Morris
*Jack Walker‡
wingers=*Frank Foyston
*Jim Riley
*Carol Cully Wilson
non-players=*Pete Muldoon (President/Manager-Coach)‡ Played Rover a position between both Defences and behind the Centre.
engraving-notes=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

*cite web | url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1916-17 | title=1916-17 Stanley Cup Winner: Seattle Metropolitans | publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame | accessdate=2006-07-02
*cite web | url=http://www.hockeyleaguehistory.com/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association%20_1911.htm | title=hockeyleaguehistory.com - Pacific Coast Hockey Association | accessdate=2006-07-02
*cite book | last=Podnieks | first=Andrew | coauthors=Hockey Hall of Fame | title=Lord Stanley's Cup | year=2004 | publisher=Triumph Books| id=ISBN 1-55168-261-3 | pages=12, 49
*cite book | last=Diamond|first=Dan (ed.) | title=The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book | year=1992 | publisher=Firefly Books| id=ISBN 1-895565-15-4 | pages=48-49

ee also

* 1916–17 NHA season
* 1916–17 PCHA season