Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te tau 1918-19 NHL te wa tuarua o te National Hockey League (NHL). Ahakoa i te tuatahi kaore i te tino mohio ka mahi te NHL, me te tupono ka whakahoutia te National Hockey Association (NHA), ko nga mahi kaore i oti i a Eddie Livingstone's Toronto me Ottawa's NHA franchise, i arahina nga rangatira o te NHL ki te aukati i te NHA ano. Ka ngana a Livingstone ki te whakaheke i te whakahaere NHA, a, ki te kore, ka ngana ki te whakahaere i tetahi riiki whakataetae. I whakakiia te wā o mua ki ngā mahi ture, ngā tinihanga me ngā whakaeke ā-waha. I te mutunga, i whakahaerehia e te NHL nga kapa e toru, i Montreal, Ottawa me Toronto. Heoi, i mutu wawe te waa me te whakamutua o nga mahi a Toronto, ka waiho a Montreal me Ottawa ki te purei mo te toa. Ka wikitoria a Montreal i te whiringa toa, ka haere ki Seattle mo te Whakamutunga Stanley Cup
He aha? Heoi, kaore i oti te raupapa toa na te mate rewharewha i pangia e te roopu Montreal katoa, i mate ai a Joe Hall o Montreal.