![]() ![]() 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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