Alternate NHL History

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 04:30 PM

Hey all, I briefly posted the Canadian Hockey League report but I'm back with a new project. Inspired by Dkitson16's Chose your own adventure series and other reports throughout many forums. I'll be trying out various formats to try to find one that works for me.

The goal of this series is to follow the expansion of the NHL, expansion teams and relocations will be decided by me. I will be using a custom league to get fictional players as I hope it'll bring more of a connection to the league rather than for example always having Gretzky lead in points and such.

This isn't supposed to be 100% alike to history, I will be doing things differently so if I ignore a major historical event that's why.

First updates will be coming soon, I've been wanting to do something like this for a long time so I'm excited!

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 06:16 PM

1917-1918 Season:

After the livingstone dispute, the NHA was disbanded and under the leadership of William Sandison a new league was formed named the ‘National Hockey League’.

The first season consists of four teams:

The Toronto Arenas, a team currently owned by the Toronto Arena Company. Unfortunately for the Arenas they are still facing a lawsuit from Livingstone which may put strain on the brand new franchise. They will play in the 7,500 Mutual Street Arena.

The Ottawa Senators, an old team with a long history owned by Izaak Walton Killam (1885-1955). They will play in the 10,000 seat Ottawa Auditorium.

The Montreal Canadiens, the francophone team of Montreal owned by Vincent Dalairs. They will play in the 4300 seat Westmount Arena.

And finally, the Montreal Wanderers, a majority anglophone club owned by Canadian Financier and industrialist James Hamett Dunn (1874-1956). They will play in the 4,300 seat Westmount Arena.

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 08:11 PM

1917-18 Season preview:

Final Standings:

The Canadiens play far below their expectation, especially with star goalie Zack Boutin (6-9-3). Wanderers star Garrett Frederick leads the league in points with 51 in the inaugural season.

Code:

Standings           GP  W   L   T  PTS
Montreal Wanderers  24  15  8   1  30
Ottawa Senators     24  12  9   3  24
Toronto Arenas      24  9   12  3  18
Montreal Canadiens  24  6   13  5  12

SCORING LEADERS        TEAM GP  G  A  PTS
Garrett Frederick       MtW  24  21 30 51
Jordan Taplin           MtW  24  17 16 33
Trent Kalmanovich       MTL  24  10 22 32
Jacob Begin             MTL  24  14 17 31
Nate Beirnes            OTT  24  7  24 31

GOALIE LEADERS      TEAM GP  W  L   T  GAA   SV%
Nicolas Lepage           TOR  24     9  12  2  4.37  .855
Louis-Philippe Lavigne     MtW  11     7  2   1  2.83  .880
Zack Boutin                      MTL  20     6  9   3  4.90  .878
Julien Guénette               OTT  14      6  5   1  4.17  .851
Trey Shaw                       OTT  13      6  4   2  3.83  .864

The Wanderer Goalie Louis-Philippe Lavinge was on pace for an incredible year, unfortunately injuries took the worst on him and he missed out hurting their overall standing.

(apologies for this the stats messed up while i was messing around with it, i'll try to make sure this doesn't happen again.)

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 08:13 PM

The Montreal Wanderers win the Stanley Cup!

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 08:24 PM

1918 Offseason
The Westmount Arena burns down, with this the Montreal Wanderers have announced their plan to temporarily play at Quebec City in the 6,000 seat Quebec Arena for the upcoming season.

Due to the change, the Canadiens have announced their plan to play in the 3,000 seat Julibee Arena.

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 08:28 PM

Ignore the Arenas I accidentaly simmed past July 1st, whoops.

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 08:52 PM

1918-19 Season

Code:

Standings           GP  W   L   T  PTS
Ottawa Senators     24  14  9   1  28
Montreal Wanderers  24  12  10  2  24
Toronto Arenas      24  11  11  2  22
Montreal Canadiens  24  8   15  1  16

SCORING LEADERS        TEAM  GP  G   A   PTS
Jordan Talpin          MtW   24  17  37  54
Nate Beirnes           OTT   24  11  37  48
Garrett Frederick      MtW   17  15  22  37
Zacharie Fournier      TOR   24  17  18  35
Cal Williams           MtW   24  14  21  35

GOALIE LEADERS          TEAM  GP   W   L   T  GAA   SV%
Louis-Philippe Lavinge  MtW   22  11   9   1  4.59  .848
Nicolas Lepage          TOR   24  11   11  2  4.42  .877
D.J. Holden             OTT   15  10   4   1  3.23  .889
Zack Boutin             MTL   20  6    13  0  5.38  .865
Julien Guénette         OTT   8   3    4   0  4.09  .856

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 09:01 PM

The Montreal Wanderers win their second straight Stanley Cup!

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 09:09 PM

1919 Offseason

Due to Financial troubles and no home arena, the Montreal Wanderers were bought by Mathieu Côté (1878-1966), a Quebecois financier and owner of a popular beer brand in Quebec. He has renamed the team into the Quebec Voyageurs, with a new logo.

In other news, the Toronto Arenas have folded due to the ongoing lawsuit between Livingstone and the team plus poor team performance and poor financing. This leaves one of the biggest cities in Canada without a team, NHL Commissioner William Sandison has stated he will look for a potential team to fill the gap in the coming seasons.

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 09:52 PM

1919-20 Season Statistics

Code:

Standings           GP  W   L   T  PTS
Ottawa Senators     18  9   4   5  18
Quebec Voyageurs    18  8   6   4  16
Montreal Canadiens  18  5   12  1  10

SCORING LEADERS        TEAM  GP  G   A   PTS
Nate Beirnes           OTT   18  5   30  35
Trent Kalmanovich      MTL   18  14  20  34
Garrett Frederick      QC    18  10  18  28
Everett Buckberger     OTT   18  16  10  26
Jordan Talpin          QC    18  10  16  26

GOALIE LEADERS          TEAM  GP   W   L   T  GAA   SV%
D.J. Holden             OTT   16   7   3   5  4.01  .854
Nicolas Lepage          QC    12   6   4   1  4.39  .846
Ross Nykoluk            MTL   4    3   0   1  3.50  .891
Julien Guénette         OTT   4    2   1   0  4.58  .835
Louis-Philippe Lavinge  QC    8    2   2   2  4.73  .849

q_uebecois · 08-13-2020, 09:54 PM

The Quebec Voyageurs (Montreal Wanderers) win their 3rd Stanley Cup!

q_uebecois · 08-14-2020, 10:28 AM

The Candadiens announce their move to the brand new 10,000 seated Mount Royal Arena.

In the search for a new team to fill the gap that the Arenas left, the Toronto Marlborough Athletic Club, more commonly known as the Toronto Marlboros have joined the league. They will be playing in the 4,500 seat Ravina Gardens for their inaugural season rather than Mutual Street Arena.

In addition, the Hamilton Tigers have joined the league. They will be playing in the 4,500 seated Hamilton Forum.

To Compensate for this change, the league will be playing 32 games next season with three teams making the playoffs. The top team will have a first round bye while the 2nd and 3rd placed team will play each other in a one game series before meeting the first seeded team.

q_uebecois · 08-14-2020, 11:05 AM

1919-20 Season

The season was an unexpected surprise for the Montreal Canadiens who for the past few years had no luck within the league, many believe this turnaround is due to a star duo tandem in Zack Boutin and newcomer Patrick Morel.

Montreal also had three players reach the top five in points leading the league, will they be able to go all the way?

Picture of Patrick Morel, upcoming star for the Montreal Canadiens.

In addition, Ottawa forward Nate Beirnes set a new league record with 59 points in the regular season. This is most likely due to the addition of games to the regular season, will he be able to push his team to a Stanley Cup?

Alongside Beirnes is D.J. Holden, a young netminder for the Ottawa Senators, he has been playing well in the past season and this season he set a league record for Goals Against Average, averaging under 3.00 goals a game! A very impressive feat for the era he is playing in.

1920-1921 team picture of the Ottawa Senators

Code:

Standings           GP   W    L   T   PTS
Ottawa Senators     32   20   9   3   40
Montreal Canadiens  32   19   12  1   38
Quebec Voyageurs    32   13   15  4   26
Toronto Marlboros   32   10   18  4   20
Hamilton Tigers     32   9    17  6   18

SCORING LEADERS        TEAM  GP   G    A    PTS
Nate Beirnes           OTT   29   23   36   59
Brendan Legaré         TOR   32   26   27   53
Josh Schwartz          MTL   32   29   23   52
Trent Kalmanovich      MTL   32   12   34   46
Jacob Begin            MTL   32   16   29   45

GOALIE LEADERS          TEAM  GP   W    L   T   GAA   SV%
D.J. Holden             OTT   25   16   7   2   2.97 .880
Nicolas Lepage          QC    32   13   15  3   3.66 .874
Zack Boutin             MTL   22   11   8   1   4.00 .870
Jozef Mezei             TOR   26   9    13  1   4.29 .875
Patrick Morel           MTL   15   8    4   0   3.94 .872

q_uebecois · 08-14-2020, 11:10 AM

In a huge upset, the Quebec Voyageurs win their fourth Stanley Cup in a row defeating the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators!

q_uebecois · 08-14-2020, 11:38 AM

1921 Offseason
The NHL has announced intentions to attempt to attract a potential New York franchise in the near future.

The First round will now be a three game series with the Stanley Cup Final being a five game series.

q_uebecois · 08-14-2020, 11:59 AM

1921-1922 Season

The Quebec Voyageurs stay on top of the league once more with the best record in league history. Whereas the Toronto Marlboros finish with the worst record so far, a huge blow for a team with so much potential.

Toronto and Quebec struggle with attendance averaging around 4,000 attendees in a 7,500 and 6,000 capacity size for both.

Beirnes stays the league leader in points for two seasons in a row, he has also become all time leader in points, though not many seasons have passed yet.

Nathan Beirnes

Montreal Forward Josh Schwartz sets a league record with 33 goals in a season.

D.J. Holden keeps a close hold on leading goalies but Nicolas Lepage takes the record for Goals Against Average with 2.87, a very impressive mark passing Holden's 2.97 GAA.

Code:

Standings           GP   W    L   T   PTS
Quebec Voyageurs    32   22   7   3   44
Montreal Canadiens  32   20   10  2   40
Ottawa Senators     32   17   12  3   34
Hamilton Tigers     32   9    18  3   18
Toronto Marlboros   32   4    25  3   8

SCORING LEADERS        TEAM  GP   G    A    PTS
Nate Beirnes           OTT   32   20  39    59 
Josh Schwartz          MTL   32   33  19    52
Garrett Frederick      QC    26   23  28    51
Trent Kalmanovich      MTL   32   14  36    50
Brad Horne             MTL   32   10  30    40

GOALIE LEADERS          TEAM  GP   W    L   T   GAA   SV%
D.J. Holden             OTT   27   15   8   3   3.27  .885
Nicolas Lepage          QC    24   15   6   3   2.87  .870
Patrick Morel           MTL   21   14   7   1   4.14  .875
Zack Boutin             MTL   13   8    3   1   3.31  .879
Louis-Philippe Lavinge  QC    8    7    0   0   3.44  .857

q_uebecois · 08-14-2020, 12:01 PM

Look below.

q_uebecois · 08-14-2020, 12:19 PM

The Quebec Voyageurs win their FIFTH Stanley Cup in a row, wow!

q_uebecois · 08-14-2020, 12:20 PM

1922-23 Offseason
The League Commissioner William Sandison has announced plans to approve a team for New York City for the 1923-24 or 1924-25 season.

q_uebecois · 08-14-2020, 12:41 PM

1923-24 NHL season
Though the Voyageurs had huge successes these past seasons, they have been unprofitable and have 3,296 out of 6,000 seats filled on average. If this does not change does this show the end of a dynastic city?

In general, scoring has gone down compared to past years, top players in the last few years are getting older but they're still producing. To this, goalies have generally been seeing better statistics due to the downturn in scoring.

Code:

Standings           GP   W    L   T   PTS
Quebec Voyageurs    32   20   8   4   40
Ottawa Senators     32   18   10  4   36
Montreal Canadiens  32   17   7   8   34
Hamilton Tigers     32   11   20  1   22
Toronto Marlboros   32   3    24  5   6 

SCORING LEADERS        TEAM  GP   G    A    PTS
Jordan Talpin          OTT   32   17   33   50
Nate Beirnes           OTT   31   15   35   50
Garrett Frederick      QC    32   22   27   49
Daniel Stasiuk         OTT   32   11   26   37
Alexandre Kelly        QC    33   16   20   36

GOALIE LEADERS          TEAM  GP   W    L   T   GAA   SV%
D.J. Holden             OTT   25   17   4   4   3.10  .882
Zack Boutin             MTL   30   15   5   8   2.56  .916
Louis-Phillipe Lavinge  QC    21   15   3   3   2.96  .886
Patrick Morel           HAM   30   11   16  1   3.51  .894
Nicolas Lepage          QC    12   5    5   1   3.00  .891

08-13-2020, 04:30 PM	#1
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	Alternate NHL History Hey all, I briefly posted the Canadian Hockey League report but I'm back with a new project. Inspired by Dkitson16's Chose your own adventure series and other reports throughout many forums. I'll be trying out various formats to try to find one that works for me. The goal of this series is to follow the expansion of the NHL, expansion teams and relocations will be decided by me. I will be using a custom league to get fictional players as I hope it'll bring more of a connection to the league rather than for example always having Gretzky lead in points and such. This isn't supposed to be 100% alike to history, I will be doing things differently so if I ignore a major historical event that's why. First updates will be coming soon, I've been wanting to do something like this for a long time so I'm excited! Last edited by q_uebecois; 08-13-2020 at 04:36 PM.

08-13-2020, 08:11 PM	#3
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	1917-18 Season preview: Final Standings: The Canadiens play far below their expectation, especially with star goalie Zack Boutin (6-9-3). Wanderers star Garrett Frederick leads the league in points with 51 in the inaugural season. Code: Standings GP W L T PTS Montreal Wanderers 24 15 8 1 30 Ottawa Senators 24 12 9 3 24 Toronto Arenas 24 9 12 3 18 Montreal Canadiens 24 6 13 5 12 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Garrett Frederick MtW 24 21 30 51 Jordan Taplin MtW 24 17 16 33 Trent Kalmanovich MTL 24 10 22 32 Jacob Begin MTL 24 14 17 31 Nate Beirnes OTT 24 7 24 31 GOALIE LEADERS TEAM GP W L T GAA SV% Nicolas Lepage TOR 24 9 12 2 4.37 .855 Louis-Philippe Lavigne MtW 11 7 2 1 2.83 .880 Zack Boutin MTL 20 6 9 3 4.90 .878 Julien Guénette OTT 14 6 5 1 4.17 .851 Trey Shaw OTT 13 6 4 2 3.83 .864 The Wanderer Goalie Louis-Philippe Lavinge was on pace for an incredible year, unfortunately injuries took the worst on him and he missed out hurting their overall standing. (apologies for this the stats messed up while i was messing around with it, i'll try to make sure this doesn't happen again.) Last edited by q_uebecois; 08-13-2020 at 08:41 PM.

08-13-2020, 08:24 PM	#5
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	1918 Offseason The Westmount Arena burns down, with this the Montreal Wanderers have announced their plan to temporarily play at Quebec City in the 6,000 seat Quebec Arena for the upcoming season. Due to the change, the Canadiens have announced their plan to play in the 3,000 seat Julibee Arena. Last edited by q_uebecois; 08-13-2020 at 08:29 PM.

08-14-2020, 10:28 AM	#12
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	The Candadiens announce their move to the brand new 10,000 seated Mount Royal Arena. In the search for a new team to fill the gap that the Arenas left, the Toronto Marlborough Athletic Club, more commonly known as the Toronto Marlboros have joined the league. They will be playing in the 4,500 seat Ravina Gardens for their inaugural season rather than Mutual Street Arena. In addition, the Hamilton Tigers have joined the league. They will be playing in the 4,500 seated Hamilton Forum. To Compensate for this change, the league will be playing 32 games next season with three teams making the playoffs. The top team will have a first round bye while the 2nd and 3rd placed team will play each other in a one game series before meeting the first seeded team. Last edited by q_uebecois; 08-14-2020 at 11:09 AM.

08-14-2020, 11:05 AM	#13
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	1919-20 Season The season was an unexpected surprise for the Montreal Canadiens who for the past few years had no luck within the league, many believe this turnaround is due to a star duo tandem in Zack Boutin and newcomer Patrick Morel. Montreal also had three players reach the top five in points leading the league, will they be able to go all the way? Picture of Patrick Morel, upcoming star for the Montreal Canadiens. In addition, Ottawa forward Nate Beirnes set a new league record with 59 points in the regular season. This is most likely due to the addition of games to the regular season, will he be able to push his team to a Stanley Cup? Alongside Beirnes is D.J. Holden, a young netminder for the Ottawa Senators, he has been playing well in the past season and this season he set a league record for Goals Against Average, averaging under 3.00 goals a game! A very impressive feat for the era he is playing in. 1920-1921 team picture of the Ottawa Senators Code: Standings GP W L T PTS Ottawa Senators 32 20 9 3 40 Montreal Canadiens 32 19 12 1 38 Quebec Voyageurs 32 13 15 4 26 Toronto Marlboros 32 10 18 4 20 Hamilton Tigers 32 9 17 6 18 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Nate Beirnes OTT 29 23 36 59 Brendan Legaré TOR 32 26 27 53 Josh Schwartz MTL 32 29 23 52 Trent Kalmanovich MTL 32 12 34 46 Jacob Begin MTL 32 16 29 45 GOALIE LEADERS TEAM GP W L T GAA SV% D.J. Holden OTT 25 16 7 2 2.97 .880 Nicolas Lepage QC 32 13 15 3 3.66 .874 Zack Boutin MTL 22 11 8 1 4.00 .870 Jozef Mezei TOR 26 9 13 1 4.29 .875 Patrick Morel MTL 15 8 4 0 3.94 .872

08-13-2020, 06:16 PM	#2
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	1917-1918 Season: After the livingstone dispute, the NHA was disbanded and under the leadership of William Sandison a new league was formed named the ‘National Hockey League’. The first season consists of four teams: The Toronto Arenas, a team currently owned by the Toronto Arena Company. Unfortunately for the Arenas they are still facing a lawsuit from Livingstone which may put strain on the brand new franchise. They will play in the 7,500 Mutual Street Arena. The Ottawa Senators, an old team with a long history owned by Izaak Walton Killam (1885-1955). They will play in the 10,000 seat Ottawa Auditorium. The Montreal Canadiens, the francophone team of Montreal owned by Vincent Dalairs. They will play in the 4300 seat Westmount Arena. And finally, the Montreal Wanderers, a majority anglophone club owned by Canadian Financier and industrialist James Hamett Dunn (1874-1956). They will play in the 4,300 seat Westmount Arena.

08-13-2020, 08:13 PM	#4
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	The Montreal Wanderers win the Stanley Cup!

08-13-2020, 08:28 PM	#6
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	Ignore the Arenas I accidentaly simmed past July 1st, whoops.

08-13-2020, 09:01 PM	#8
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	The Montreal Wanderers win their second straight Stanley Cup!

08-13-2020, 09:09 PM	#9
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	1919 Offseason Due to Financial troubles and no home arena, the Montreal Wanderers were bought by Mathieu Côté (1878-1966), a Quebecois financier and owner of a popular beer brand in Quebec. He has renamed the team into the Quebec Voyageurs, with a new logo. In other news, the Toronto Arenas have folded due to the ongoing lawsuit between Livingstone and the team plus poor team performance and poor financing. This leaves one of the biggest cities in Canada without a team, NHL Commissioner William Sandison has stated he will look for a potential team to fill the gap in the coming seasons.

08-13-2020, 09:54 PM	#11
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	The Quebec Voyageurs (Montreal Wanderers) win their 3rd Stanley Cup!

08-14-2020, 11:10 AM	#14
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	In a huge upset, the Quebec Voyageurs win their fourth Stanley Cup in a row defeating the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators!

08-14-2020, 11:38 AM	#15
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	1921 Offseason The NHL has announced intentions to attempt to attract a potential New York franchise in the near future. The First round will now be a three game series with the Stanley Cup Final being a five game series.

08-14-2020, 11:59 AM	#16
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	1921-1922 Season The Quebec Voyageurs stay on top of the league once more with the best record in league history. Whereas the Toronto Marlboros finish with the worst record so far, a huge blow for a team with so much potential. Toronto and Quebec struggle with attendance averaging around 4,000 attendees in a 7,500 and 6,000 capacity size for both. Beirnes stays the league leader in points for two seasons in a row, he has also become all time leader in points, though not many seasons have passed yet. Nathan Beirnes Montreal Forward Josh Schwartz sets a league record with 33 goals in a season. D.J. Holden keeps a close hold on leading goalies but Nicolas Lepage takes the record for Goals Against Average with 2.87, a very impressive mark passing Holden's 2.97 GAA. Code: Standings GP W L T PTS Quebec Voyageurs 32 22 7 3 44 Montreal Canadiens 32 20 10 2 40 Ottawa Senators 32 17 12 3 34 Hamilton Tigers 32 9 18 3 18 Toronto Marlboros 32 4 25 3 8 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Nate Beirnes OTT 32 20 39 59 Josh Schwartz MTL 32 33 19 52 Garrett Frederick QC 26 23 28 51 Trent Kalmanovich MTL 32 14 36 50 Brad Horne MTL 32 10 30 40 GOALIE LEADERS TEAM GP W L T GAA SV% D.J. Holden OTT 27 15 8 3 3.27 .885 Nicolas Lepage QC 24 15 6 3 2.87 .870 Patrick Morel MTL 21 14 7 1 4.14 .875 Zack Boutin MTL 13 8 3 1 3.31 .879 Louis-Philippe Lavinge QC 8 7 0 0 3.44 .857

08-14-2020, 12:01 PM	#17
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	Look below. Last edited by q_uebecois; 08-14-2020 at 12:42 PM.

08-14-2020, 12:19 PM	#18
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	The Quebec Voyageurs win their FIFTH Stanley Cup in a row, wow!

08-14-2020, 12:20 PM	#19
q_uebecois Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 134	1922-23 Offseason The League Commissioner William Sandison has announced plans to approve a team for New York City for the 1923-24 or 1924-25 season.