Belt game 1 · December 19, 1917
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 7–4 on the road to start reign 1 of the NHL belt, the 1st for the franchise.
The first game on record: the belt starts here.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 7 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on December 26, 1917.
1Reign number
1Team's reign
1Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Malone | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Cy Denneny | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hamby Shore | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Newsy Lalonde | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Didier Pitre | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Hall | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Gerard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Laviolette | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rusty Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Darragh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Lowrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| George Boucher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Morley Bruce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Clint Benedict | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Louis Berlinquette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bert Corbeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Billy Coutu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Georges Vezina | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: the NHL's own game center.
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