What is 1917–18 NHL season?
The '''1917–18 NHL [[Season (sports)|season]]''' was the [[List of NHL seasons|first]] season of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). The season was split into two halves, December 19 to February 4, and February 6 to March 6. The [[Montreal Canadiens]] won the first half, and [[Toronto Arenas|Toronto]] the second half. The [[Montreal Wanderers]] withdrew early in January 1918 after their rink, the [[Westmount Arena]], burned down. Toronto won the NHL playoff and then won the [[Stanley Cup]] by defeating the [[Pacific Coast Hockey Association|PCHA]]'s [[Vancouver Millionaires]] three games to two in a best-of-five series ==League business== {{main|History of the National Hockey League}} The November 10, 1917 annual meeting of the NHA was presided over by [[Frank Calder]], who was the NHA secretary. The NHA voted to stop operating. On November 17, 1917, it was announced that the [[Quebec Bulldogs]] team would not play the next season, but that the NHA season would continue. On November 26, 1917, representatives of the NHA clubs met at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal. The decision to start a new league was made, which was named the National Hockey League. They also decied on several things for the NHL: * the constitution and rules would be the same as the NHA; * [[Frank Calder]] was elected president and secretary; * M. J. Quinn of Quebec was named honorary president; * teams in the NHL would be the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]], [[Montreal Canadiens]], and [[Montreal Wanderers]]; * the Quebec Bulldogs players were sent to the other teams. A Toronto team was to be controlld for a wihle by the [[Arena Gardens]] while the problem of who owned the Toronto team was fixed. The franchise had players from the [[Toronto Blueshirts]], including those who had been sent to other NHA teams for the second half of the [[1916–17 NHA season]]. While [[Eddie Livingstone]], who owned Toronto teams, agreed to do this, the NHL owners did not want to share any money with him. Livingstone would sue for the Toronto t