The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the final to win the team's sixth championship.
The Canadian Press reported that the decision was to protect investments into amateur teams and to improve the financial return.
[3] At the semi-annual meeting, the CAHA agreed to distribute playoffs funds proportional to the profit on a series-by-series basis,[4] but rejected the request to resume transfers from west to east.
Stewart pursued MacPherson again, now that he was in combat with Eric Nesterenko of Toronto and soon the benches emptied and everyone was fighting except Maurice Richard and Tim Horton who merely grabbed each other's sweaters.
There were persistent rumours that the Chicago Black Hawks would fold due to the poor performance of the team and fans staying away in droves.
NHL president Clarence Campbell discussed the problems with Arthur M. Wirtz and it was announced that the rumours were without foundation.
As a result of pushing referee Frank Udvari into the boards during a November 12 game, Bernie Geoffrion was fined $250.
There was trouble brewing for Maurice Richard when he ghosted an article in the Samedi Dimanche newspaper, calling NHL president Clarence Campbell a dictator and took exception to Campbell's suspension of Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion for the stick swinging incident.