2016–17 NHL season
| 2016–17 NHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | National Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice Hockey |
| Duration | October 12, 2016 – April 9, 2017 |
| Number of games | 82 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| Regular season | |
| Presidents' Trophy | Washington Capitals |
| Top scorer | Connor McDavid (Oilers) |
| Playoffs | |
| Eastern champions | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Eastern runners-up | Ottawa Senators |
| Western champions | Nashville Predators |
| Western runners-up | Anaheim Ducks |
| Stanley Cup | |
| Champions | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Runners-up | Nashville Predators |
| Finals MVP | Sidney Crosby (Penguins) |
The 2016–17 NHL season was the 100th season of operation (99th season of play) of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams competed in 82-game regular season schedules prior to the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs. The 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs began on April 12 and concluded on June 11 with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the Stanley Cup over the Nashville Predators in 6 games. The Pittsburgh Penguins became the first team to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997-98 on June 11, winning their franchise's fifth Stanley Cup and their third in nine seasons.
Contents
League Sanctions
Salary Cap
In December 2015 commissioner Gary Bettman told teams that he projected the salary cap to least $74.5 Million for the 2016–17 season, It could increase as much as $3.1 million.[1]
Rule Changes
Media Rights
National broadcast rights will remain with NBC Sports (in the United States) and Sportsnet (in Canada) under long-term contracts signed in previous seasons.
Regular season
The regular season began on October 12, 2016 and ended on April 8, 2017. The playoffs began on April 12, 2017.
Heritage Classic
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The 2016 Heritage Classic was held on October 23, 2016, at Investors Group Field, home of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Winnipeg Jets hosted the Edmonton Oilers in their first outdoor game, and second for the Oilers, after the 2003 Heritage Classic. The Oilers won the game by a score of 3-0.
Centennial Classic and Winter Classic
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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the NHL and the 50th anniversary of its expansion into a continent-wide league, the NHL will hold two outdoor showcase games over New Year's Day weekend. On Sunday, January 1, the one-off special Centennial Classic will be hosted in Toronto, Ontario's BMO Field, hosted by the Toronto Maple Leafs, one of the league's two remaining charter franchises and who themselves are celebrating 100 years in business. The Maple Leafs will host the Detroit Red Wings in a rematch of the 2014 NHL Winter Classic.
The ninth NHL Winter Classic will be held on the afternoon of Monday, January 2, 2017. That game will be hosted by the St. Louis Blues, one of the six teams added in the Great Expansion of 1967 that are celebrating their fiftieth anniversary. The Blues will host their archrivals, the Chicago Blackhawks, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Stadium Series
Like in 2015, only one Stadium Series game will be played. The game will feature the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins at Heinz Field, home of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, on February 25, 2017. This will be the second time Pittsburgh has hosted an outdoor game, the first being the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, hosted at the same venue.
Uniform Changes
The Toronto Maple Leafs unveiled a new logo on February 2, 2016 for the team's centennial.[2]
The Florida Panthers announced in December 2015 that they would debut a brand new logo, and uniform set for the 2016–17 season.[3]
The Philadelphia Flyers will be releasing a special third jersey for their 50th anniversary. The team has only unveiled a teaser photo of this jersey which will have the 50th anniversary patch on the right shoulder of the uniform. The team has not announced any plans on a Stadium Series jersey. [4]
The Pittsburgh Penguins are expected to return to using black and "Pittsburgh gold" as their colors, and will debut new uniforms, retiring "Vegas gold" that has been used in at least some capacity since 2000.[5]
All–Star Game
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The 62nd National Hockey League All-Star Game will be held in Los Angeles, California at Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday, January 29, 2017. The format will be identical to the 2016 All-Star Game.
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
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Metropolitan Division
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Western Conference
Central Division
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Pacific Division
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Playoffs
Bracket
In each round, teams compete in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage plays at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team is at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division make the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference.
In the First Round, the lower seeded wild card in the conference plays against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card plays against the other division winner, and both wild cards are de facto #4 seeds. The other series match the second and third place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home ice advantage is awarded to the team with the better seed; in the last two rounds, it is awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.
| First Round | Second Round | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| A1 | Montreal | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC | NY Rangers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC | NY Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Ottawa | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Ottawa | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Boston | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Ottawa | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| M1 | Washington | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC | Toronto | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| M1 | Washington | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| M3 | Columbus | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC | Nashville | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Chicago | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC | Nashville | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC | Nashville | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| C3 | St. Louis | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| C3 | St. Louis | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC | Nashville | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Anaheim | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Anaheim | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC | Calgary | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Anaheim | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Edmonton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Edmonton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P3 | San Jose | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
- Legend
- A1, A2, A3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Atlantic Division, respectively
- M1, M2, M3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Metropolitan Division, respectively
- C1, C2, C3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Central Division, respectively
- P1, P2, P3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Pacific Division, respectively
- WC – Wild Card teams
Arenas
This will be the Edmonton Oilers first season at Rogers Place replacing their old arena Rexall Place. The team will play its first regular season home game sometime in October. It will also be the Detroit Red Wings' final season at Joe Louis Arena before moving into their new arena, Little Caesars Arena, in October 2017 in time for the 2017–18 NHL season.
Milestones
First games
The following is a list of notable players who played their first NHL game during the 2016–17 season, listed with their first team.
| Player | Team | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| Auston Matthews | Toronto Maple Leafs | First overall pick in the 2016 Draft, Calder Memorial Trophy winner |
Last games
The following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2016–17, listed with their team:
| Player | Team | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Campbell[6] | Chicago Blackhawks | 1-time Stanley Cup champion with the Blackhawks, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winner, over 1,000 games played. |
| Shane Doan[7] | Arizona Coyotes | 2-time NHL All-Star, King Clancy Memorial Trophy winner, Mark Messier Leadership Award winner, over 1,500 games played, the last active player to have been a member of the original Winnipeg Jets. |
| Chris Neil[8] | Ottawa Senators | Over 1,000 games played. |
| Mike Ribeiro[9] | Nashville Predators | Over 1,000 games played. |
Coaching changes
| Offseason | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 2015–16 coach | 2016–17 coach | Story / Accomplishments |
| Anaheim Ducks | Bruce Boudreau | TBA | Boudreau was fired on April 29, 2016, after losing in the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs.[10] Boudreau accumulated a 208–104–40 regular season record and a 21–15 playoff record with the Ducks over five seasons. The Ducks won four consecutive Pacific Division titles from 2012–13 to 2015–16. |
| Calgary Flames | Bob Hartley | TBA | Hartley was fired on May 3, 2016, after accumulating a record of 134–135–25 record over four seasons in Calgary.[11] He was fired just one season after winning the Jack Adams Award for Coach of the Year in the 2014–15 season. |
| Minnesota Wild | Mike Yeo John Torchetti* |
Bruce Boudreau | Yeo began the season as the head coach, but was fired on February 13, 2016, after posting a 23–22–10 record through 55 games. In 4½ seasons with the Wild, he compiled a record of 173–132–44. Torchetti finished the season with a record of 15–11–1 and was dismissed on May 7, 2016. The team made the postseason once under his tenure, as the Wild lost to the Dallas Stars, 4–2 in the 2016 Conference Quarterfinals. On May 7, 2016, Boudreau and the Wild reached an agreement for him to become their next head coach.[12] In five seasons with the Ducks, Boudreau accumulated a regular season record of 208–104–40 and a playoff record of 21–15, while winning four consecutive Pacific Division titles from 2012–13 to 2015–16. |
| Ottawa Senators | Dave Cameron | Guy Boucher | Cameron was fired on April 12, 2016, after accumulating a record of 70–50–17 after 1¾ seasons.[13] The team made the post-season once under his tenure losing to the Montreal Canadiens, 4–2 in the 2015 Conference Quarterfinals. |
| In-season | |||
| Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach | Story / Accomplishments |
(*) Indicates interim.
See also
References
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