The Toronto Hockey Club, also known as the Torontos and the Toronto Blueshirts, were a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were a member of the National Hockey Association (NHA). The club was founded in 1911 and began operations in 1912. The club won its sole Stanley Cup championship in 1914. The Toronto Hockey Club, which was also known as the Blue Shirts, competed in the NHA from the 1912–13 season to midway through the 1916–17 season when the team suspended operations. In the following offseason, the NHA suspended operations, never to return. Four NHA clubs formed the National Hockey League and granted a temporary franchise to an unnamed Toronto 'hockey club' as a replacement for the NHA team in Toronto.[1] However, the roster was composed mostly of former Blue Shirts, leading the press to call this team "the Torontos" or "the Blue Shirts." This temporary franchise would evolve into today's Toronto Maple Leafs.[2]
| Explanation | ||
| Led league in points | ||
| O'Brien Cup champions | ||
| Stanley Cup champions |
| Term or abbreviation | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Finish | Final position in league standings | |
| GA | Goals against (goals scored by the Torontos' opponents) | |
| GF | Goals for (goals scored by the Torontos) | |
| GP | Number of games played | |
| L | Number of losses | |
| Pts | Number of points | |
| T | Number of ties | |
| TG | Two-game total goals series | |
| W | Number of wins | |
| — | Does not apply |
| NHA season | Team season | Regular season | Post season | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Result | |||
| 1912–13 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 86 | 95 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | — | Did not qualify | ||
| 1913–14 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 93 | 65 | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | Won NHA Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 6–2 (TG) Won 1914 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Victoria Aristocrats, 3–0 | ||
| 1914–15 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 66 | 84 | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | — | Did not qualify | ||
| 1915–16 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 97 | 98 | 5th | — | — | — | — | — | — | Did not qualify | ||
| 1916–17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 45 | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | — | Did not qualify | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | — | ||||||||||
| Totals | 98 | 46 | 51 | 1 | 93 | 406 | 403 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | — | ||
List of Toronto Maple Leafs seasons