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It was originally intended that the NHL would play its first season without a Toronto franchise. The players that previously belonged to the Toronto Blueshirts were eventually given to the Arenas. The new Toronto franchise existed originally without a nickname, but was eventually named the Arenas.

The season was played in two halves and the Montreal Wanderers withdrew near the beginning of the season when their arena burnt down. The Arenas captured the NHL title and the O'Brien trophy in a two game playoff (10-7) against the Montreal Canadiens; the Arenas won 7-3 on March 11th at home and the Canadiens won 4-3 March 13th at home.

Toronto played Vancouver, the winners of the PCHA, for the Stanley Cup. Since the two leagues used different rules, it was agreed that odd games would use NHA rules and even games would use PCHA rules. The Arenas won the 5 game series and the Cup with each team winning all games played under their own rules. All games were played in Toronto.

Standings

1st Half	GP	W	L	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	14	10	4	20
Toronto Arenas	14	8	6	16
Ottawa Senators	14	5	9	10
Montreal Wanderers	6	1	5	2

2nd Half	GP	W	L	PTS
Toronto Arenas	8	5	3	10
Ottawa Senators	8	4	4	8
Montreal Canadiens	8	3	5	6

Stats

Coached by Dick Carroll (13-9-0)

Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Reg Noble	C/D	5-8	180	21	20	30	10	40	35
Corb Denneny	C	5-8	160	24	21	20	9	29	14
Harry Cameron	D	5-10	155	27	21	17	10	27	28
Harry Meeking	LW	5-7	160	23	21	10	9	19	28
Alf Skinner	RW	5-10	180	22	20	13	5	18	28
Ken Randall	RW/D	5-10	180	29	21	12	2	14	96
Harry Mummery	D	5-11	220	28	18	3	3	6	41
Rusty Crawford	LW	5-11	165	32	8	1	2	3	51
Jack Coughlin	RW	5-10	170	25	5	2	0	2	3
Jack Marks	LW/D	6-0	180	32	5	0	0	0	0
Jack Adams	C	5-9	175	22	8	0	0	0	31

Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	GAA
Hap Holmes	G	5-10	170	25	16	965	9	7	76	4.73
Art Brooks	G				4	220	2	2	23	6.27
Sammy Hebert	G	5-10	145	23	2	80	1	0	10	7.50

Playoff Stats

Player	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Harry Meeking	2	3	0	3	6
Harry Cameron	2	1	2	3	0
Rusty Crawford	2	2	1	3	9
Ken Randall	2	1	1	2	12
Reg Noble	2	1	1	2	9
Harry Mummery	2	1	1	2	17
Alf Skinner	2	0	1	1	9
Jack Adams	2	1	0	1	6
Corb Denneny	2	0	0	0	3

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T/OT	SO	GA	GAA
Hap Holmes	2	120	1	1	0	0	7	3.50

Stanley Cup Stats

Toronto	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Alf Skinner	5	8	2	10	18
Harry Mummery	5	0	6	6	21
Harry Cameron	5	3	1	4	12
Corb Denneny	5	3	1	4	0
Reg Noble	5	2	1	3	12
Harry Meeking	5	1	2	3	18
Ken Randall	5	1	0	1	21

Goaltender	GP	W	L	Min	GA	SO	Avg
Hap Holmes	5	3	2	300	21	0	4.20

Scores