the 2016-2017 regular season of nhl started on october 4, 2017.
the 2016-2017 regular season of nhl started on october 4, 2017.
when does the 2016-2017 regular season of nhl start?
october 4, 2017
matthews made his nhl debut in the maple leafs' first game of the season on october 12, 2016, against the ottawa senators. he scored four goals in the game, all against craig anderson. this was the first time in modern nhl history a player scored four goals in his debut; previously, joe malone and harry hyland scored five goals each in their nhl debuts on december 19, 1917 (the first game in the history of the nhl). four others had scored three goals since then. matthews' jersey would go on sale following his debut, where it quickly became the highest-selling jersey in the nhl. two months later, in the nhl centennial classic against the detroit red wings, matthews scored the game-winning goal in overtime, securing a 5–4 victory for the maple leafs. he was named nhl's rookie of the month for december after leading all rookies with 8 goals and 12 points in 12 games. on january 10, 2017, matthews was the only leafs player selected to participate in the 2017 nhl all-star game. on march 28, 2017, matthews scored his 35th goal of the season, surpassing wendel clark's previous record for most goals in a season (34) by a leafs' rookie. april 3 saw matthews score his 39th goal and 67th point, breaking the franchise record for most points in a season, as well as the record for most goals by an american-born rookie. a few days later, he scored his 40th goal of the season, becoming the second rookie since the 2004–05 lockout to reach the milestone and the fourth teenager in nhl history to do so. he finished the year with 40 goals, second-most in the nhl. matthews' play assisted the maple leafs in making the stanley cup playoffs for the first time in a full season since 2004, where the team played the top-seeded washington capitals in the first round. after going pointless in the first two games of the series, matthews scored in each of the last four games as the team was eliminated in six games by the capitals. his four consecutive games with a goal marked the first time since 1986 where a teenager scored in four straight playoff games, when wendel clark did it, also with toronto. matthews was also the only nhl rookie since teemu selänne in 1992–93 to record at least one shot on goal in all 82 regular season games. in recognition for his historic accomplishments throughout the year, matthews was awarded the calder memorial trophy as the nhl's top rookie, with 164 of 167 first-place votes. he was the first maple leafs' rookie to receive the trophy in 50 years after brit selby in 1966.
auston matthews
the format of the 2017 regular summer season gave every team the opportunity to play a best of three for every match. the first team to win two out of the three games wins the match. teams played on friday, saturday, and sunday. every friday there were two matches played. every saturday and sunday there were four matches played. the rest of the week was used for practice. in between week 5 and 6, na lcs took a break to participate in rift rivals. rift rivals was a competitive tournament for boasting rights between different regions. na lcs played against the european league of legends championship series (eu lcs). in this tournament, na sent team solo mid (tsm), cloud9 (c9), and phoenix1 (p1) to represent the region. the 2017 regular summer season started on friday, june 2, 2017 featuring c9 vs counter logic gaming (clg) and immortals (imt) vs p1. the final day of the 2017 regular summer season was sunday, august 6, 2017 featuring c9 vs echo fox (fox), team liquid (tl) vs team dignitas (dig), tsm vs clg, and flyquest (fly) vs p1. by the end of the 2017 regular summer season, there were nine weeks of competition and over 200 games played.
2017 summer north american league of legends championship series