1916-17 NHA season
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The 1916-17 NHA season was the 8th and final season of the National Hockey Association.
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[edit] Regular season
A historical oddity was the admission for the 1916-1917 season of the 228th Battalion, which had a number of hockey players enlisting with World War I. Also known as the Northern Fusiliers, the team played wearing khaki military uniforms and was the league's most popular and highest scoring club until the regiment was ordered overseas in February 1917 and the team was forced to withdraw. A scandal ensued when several stars were subsequently discharged and alleged they had been promised commissions solely to play hockey.
[edit] Stanley Cup winner
The Montreal Canadiens won the NHA title, but lost to the Seattle Metropolitans of the PCHA in the 1917 Stanley Cup Finals.
[edit] League Dissolution
The 1916-17 season would prove the NHA's last, as in a power play to oust unpopular Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone, the remaining clubs met in November of 1917 to form the National Hockey League, using the exact constitution and playing rules of the NHA. The Montreal Wanderers' owner was quoted as saying, "We didn't throw Livingstone out; he's still got his franchise in the old National Hockey Association. He has his team, and we wish him well. The only problem is he's playing in a one-team league."
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| Preceded by: 1915-16 NHA season | NHA seasons | Succeeded by: 1917-18 NHL season |
