1918–19 Toronto Arenas season

The 1918–19 Toronto Arenas season was the second season of the Toronto franchise of the National Hockey League. After being operated on a temporary basis in the previous year, the team became a formal entity, known as the 'Toronto Arena Hockey Club.' The club played 18 games and suspended operations.

Regular season

When Toronto won the Cup in 1917–18, a monkey wrench had been thrown into the other owners' scheme to get rid of Eddie Livingstone. His team was estimated now to be worth $20,000, and Livingstone demanded that. The Arena Gardens offered $7,000, but Livingstone sued the Arena and Charlie Querrie for the $20,000. A league meeting of the old NHA proved futile as heated arguments broke out between Livingstone and the other owners. The old NHA was extinguished. However, George Kennedy gave some ground, saying that if Livingstone dropped his lawsuits, he might be allowed in the league. In the meantime, Hubert Vearncombe, treasurer of the Toronto Arena Company formed the separate Toronto Arena HC. This separated the hockey club from the Livingstone lawsuits, though the franchise still used Livingstone's players without permission.

It was announced on February 18, that Ken Randall and Harry Meeking had signed with Glace Bay of the Maritime League with the Arenas' permission. The game that night was attended by only 1,000 fans watching a 4–3 overtime loss to Ottawa. After a follow-up game in Ottawa on February 20, lost 9–3, manager Querrie announced that the club sought to withdraw from the NHL season^[1] and this was agreed to by Ottawa and Montreal.^[2] The NHL season ended at 18 games, with Montreal and Ottawa to play off for the championship.

Final standings

First Half
	GP	W	L	Pts	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	10	7	3	14	57	50
Ottawa Senators	10	5	5	10	39	39
Toronto Arenas	10	3	7	6	42	49

Second Half
	GP	W	L	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	8	7	1	14	32	14
Montreal Canadiens	8	3	5	6	31	28
Toronto Arenas	8	2	6	4	22	43

^[3] Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

First half

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	December 23	Montreal Canadiens	4–3	Toronto Arenas	0–1–0	0
2	December 26	Toronto Arenas	2–5	Ottawa Senators	0–2–0	0
3	December 28	Toronto Arenas	3–6	Montreal Canadiens	0–3–0	0
4	December 31	Ottawa Senators	2–4	Toronto Arenas	1–3–0	2
5	January 7	Montreal Canadiens	7–6	Toronto Arenas	1–4–0	2
6	January 9	Toronto Arenas	2–4	Ottawa Senators	1–5–0	2
7	January 11	Toronto Arenas	4–13	Montreal Canadiens	1–6–0	2
8	January 14	Ottawa Senators	2–5	Toronto Arenas	2–6–0	4
9	January 21	Montreal Canadiens	3–11	Toronto Arenas	3–6–0	6
10	January 23	Toronto Arenas	2–3	Ottawa Senators	3–7–0	6

Second half

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	January 28	Ottawa Senators	2–1	Toronto Arenas	0–1–0	0
2	February 1	Toronto Arenas	0–10	Montreal Canadiens	0–2–0	0
3	February 4	Montreal Canadiens	3–6	Toronto Arenas	1–2–0	2
4	February 6	Toronto Arenas	1–3	Ottawa Senators	1–3–0	2
5	February 11	Montreal Canadiens	4–6	Toronto Arenas	2–3–0	4
6	February 15	Toronto Arenas	2–8	Montreal Canadiens	2–4–0	4
7	February 18	Ottawa Senators	4–3	Toronto Arenas	2–5–0	4
8	February 20	Toronto Arenas	3–9	Ottawa Senators	2–6–0	4

Playoffs

The Arenas did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Scorers

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Alf Skinner	17	12	4	16	26
Reg Noble	17	10	5	15	35
Ken Randall	14	8	6	14	27
Corb Denneny	16	8	3	11	15
Rusty Crawford	18	7	4	11	51
Harry Meeking	14	7	3	10	32
Harry Cameron	7	6	2	8	9
Jack Adams	17	3	3	6	35
Harry Mummery	13	2	0	2	30
Hap Holmes	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Jacobs	1	0	0	0	0
Bert Lindsay	16	0	0	0	0
Dave Ritchie	4	0	0	0	9

^[4]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

December 14, 1918: Acquired Rusty Crawford from the Ottawa Senators for future considerations
December 15, 1918: Signed Free Agent Paul Jacobs
December 28, 1918: Signed Free Agent Bert Lindsay
January 19, 1919: Loaned Harry Cameron to Ottawa Senators to complete December 14 trade

References

Holzman, Morey; Joseph Nieforth (2002). Deceptions and doublecross : how the NHL conquered hockey. Toronto, ON, Canada: Dundurn Press. ISBN 1-55002-413-2.
"1918–19 National Hockey League [NHL]". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-29.

↑ "Arenas Wish to Withdraw". The Globe. February 21, 1919. p. 11.
↑ "Ottawa Consents to Withdrawal". The Globe. February 21, 1919. p. 11.
↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "1918-19 Toronto Arenas Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

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