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| 1916 Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Montreal: Montreal Arena | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | best-of-five | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Montreal: Newsy Lalonde Portland: Edward Savage (mgr.) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Harvey Pulford, J. Brennan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | March 20–30, 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Goldie Prodger (17:20, third, G5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Canadiens: Newsy Lalonde (1950) Jack Laviolette (1963) Didier Pitre (1963) Georges Vezina (1945) Rosebuds: Tommy Dunderdale (1974) Moose Johnson (1952) Coaches: Newsy Lalonde (1950, player) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1916 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the National Hockey Association (NHA) champion Montreal Canadiens and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Portland Rosebuds. This was the first time that a best-of-five Cup championship went the distance. Also, the Rosebuds were the first team based in the United States to play for the Cup. Stanley Cup trustees ruled before the Stanley Cup Finals that the Stanley Cup as the World professional hockey championship can not be limited to just Canadian teams. The Canadiens defeated the Rosebuds three games to two in the best-of-five-game series. This was the Canadiens' first Stanley Cup championship.