The Fury of the Fae by Bernie Morris6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When the 1919 Stanley Cup Final began in Seattle on March 19, it had all the makings of one of the great series in professional sports. It is the first and only time that a major North American professional sports season ends with co-champions. The Spanish Flu pandemic sweeps through Seattle, hospitalizing five Canadiens players and killing Montreal's Joe Hall, and the series is abandoned. An improbable 0-0 tie in Game 4 and a Montreal victory in Game 5 leave the series deadlocked at 2-2-1 on March 29 - and that is where it ends. While the five-game series is played on the Mets' home ice, Seattle is at an immediate disadvantage when leading scorer Bernie Morris is arrested and jailed for draft evasion. The ill-fated 1919 Stanley Cup Final features the Seattle Metropolitans against the storied Montreal Canadiens. ![]()
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