Talk:1917–18 NHL season

1st NHL Season
It was a whacky start to what turned out to be a pretty good league... so far. Well except for Gil Stein...but I digress. The scoring leader in the first year was just that..the person who scored the most goals. Assists were not counted toward the cumulitive point total until the following season.-Rainman71 22:14, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

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Objections?
Does anyone have an objection to me listing the teams and arenas for each regular season as a quick and easy reference close to the top of the page?-Rainman71 22:14, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Harry Meeking
I removed Meeking's name from the leading scores with what I believe is good reason. I am hoping to make all the leading scorer tables for seasons a list of the top 10. While Meeking did indeed tie with Darragh and Nighbor for 8th with 19 points, he falls short citing 1 less goal than Nighbor. I know that it lists him with the leading scorers in the Record Book, but I am using the [|Be Bold] guidline. Of course, if its decided upon a majority that Meeking should stay, I will agree with that. Kaiser matias 07:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Not particularly. For one thing, the NHL didn't start keeping official records of assists until 1920 or thereabouts, so quite aside from the potential inaccuracy of the stat, no contemporaneous account would have put Meeking in the top ten.  Ravenswing 13:02, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, looking at the 2007 Record Book, it does include assists for the 1917-18 season. I find it odd, considering the fact that they didn't keep assists. But, it is the official publication of the NHL. Kaiser matias 18:00, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It was was first tabulated on an unofficial basis and reconstructed after the fact from newspaper accounts and the like. Ravenswing 21:47, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

The NHL has adopted the reconstructed stats as the official ones. They have been published in the league's official encyclopedia, Total Hockey, and are the basis for the panels listing the top ten scorers year-by-year in the annual Official Guide and Record Book. This is controversial, however. Some, such as the webmaster of Hockeydb.com, have resisted the reconstructed statistics. Since the statistics were researched by members of the Society for International Hockey Research, on the other hand, that organization recognizes them.Munson66 18:26, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Wanderers
While the Montreal Wanderers are listed in the 1917-18 standings with a record of a win and five losses, this does not mean that the team played six games. The team only played four games before the Montreal Arena fire. As outlined in Deceptions and Doublecross by Holzman and Nieforth, Toronto and the Canadiens each claimed a default before the Wanderers formally withdrew.

The standings are correct, but the interpretation is not. Munson66 18:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * So mention it in the main text of the article. Ravenswing 18:44, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Done. Munson66 19:10, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Did Harry Hyland score four goals or five?
The Highlights section states that on the day of the first game of the season, "Harry Hyland had four goals (the league's first hat trick) in the Wanderers' 10–9 victory." However, according to the | List of players with five or more goals in an NHL game, Harry Hyland scored five goals in that game. Also, according to the CBC article Solving the mystery of the NHL's 1st game, which is cited in this article, he scored five goals. Which is correct? Triopsman326 (talk) 01:57, 9 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Corrected this to state Hyland had scored five goals, which agrees with the NHL summary for the game.Triopsman326 (talk) 15:05, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Where was the March 13 NHL Championship game played?
The Playoffs - NHL Championship section indicates that the March 13 playoff game was played at Montreal Arena - but, of course, that arena had burned down. Was it actually played at Jubilee Rink? Triopsman326 (talk) 18:34, 25 February 2021 (UTC)