The 1915–16 Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 season was the team's seventh

Montreal Canadiens seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the Canadiens completed in both the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League .-NHA :Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins,...

 season

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 and seventh of the National Hockey Association

National Hockey Association

The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...

 (NHA). After finishing last in 1914–15, the club rebounded to win the league championship and win the Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

 for the first time.

Regular season

The Canadiens revised their lineup after finishing last. Ernie Dubeau

Ernie Dubeau

Ernest Dubeau was a professional ice hockey defenceman. He played from 1906 until 1915 for the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Le National, Montreal Shamrocks, Berlin Dutchmen and Portage La Prairie. Born in Brockville, Ontario....

, Jimmy Gardner and Harry Scott

Harry Scott (ice hockey)

Harry Scott was a professional ice hockey player who played 110 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the National Hockey Association...

 retired. The Canadiens added Howard McNamara

Howard McNamara

Howard Dennis McNamara was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played professionally from 1908 to 1920, including two seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, including the 1916 Stanley Cup champions...

 and Goldie Prodgers on defence. Jack Laviolette

Jack Laviolette

Jean-Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played nine seasons for the Montreal Canadiens hockey club and was their first Captain, Coach, and General Manager....

 moved to forward from defence. Lalonde would have an outstanding season, leading the league in scoring with 31 goals and Georges Vezina

Georges Vézina

Joseph-Georges-Gonzague Vézina was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played seven seasons in the National Hockey Association and nine in the National Hockey League , all with the Montreal Canadiens...

 would improve his GAA to 3.2, second in the league to Clint Benedict

Clint Benedict

Clinton Stevenson "Praying Bennie" Benedict was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads. He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to wear a face mask...

. The team would win all of its last seven games (and eleven of the last twelve) of the season to take the league championship.

Game log

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

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

Montreal Arena

The Montreal Arena, also known as Westmount Arena, was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on the corner of St. Catherine Street and Wood Avenue. It was likely one of the first arenas designed expressly for hockey, opening in 1898...

.

Champions	Runners up	Format	Result
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	Portland Rosebuds Portland Rosebuds Portland Rosebuds is the name of at least three professional teams based in Portland, Oregon during the first half of the 20th century. Two were professional men's ice hockey teams playing their home games at the Portland Ice Arena, one from 1914 to 1918 and another in 1925-6...	best of 5	3–2

Montreal Canadiens 1916 Stanley Cup champions

See also

• 1915–16 NHA season
• List of Stanley Cup champions