1915–16 NHA season

The season 1915/16 was the seventh regular season of the National Hockey Association (NHA ). Masters were the Canadiens de Montréal.

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

• The Toronto Shamrocks stopped the game operation.

Mode

In the regular season, five teams each completed 24 games. The winner became champion. For a win, each team was given two points, a draw one point and at a defeat.

Course of the season

Before the season Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Shamrocks, the franchise the Toronto Blue Shirts had acquired, but what the other team owners meant too much power, so he should sell the team again. This should, however, prove to be a fatal decision, as Livingstone sold the full squad of the Blueshirts to the new PCHA - Team Seattle Metropolitans, instead, the squad of shamrocks integrated and shamrocks dissolve into his Blueshirts franchise, whereby the NHA a whole team, including several good player lost. In reduced to five teams NHA the Canadiens de Montréal were seven points clear sovereign master.

Regular Season

Table

Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Stanley Cup Challenge

In the playoffs for the Stanley Cup, the Canadiens de Montréal defeated the Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, which were the first U.S. team that played for the Stanley Cup, in a best - of-five series with 3: 2 wins.