1930β31 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
O'Brien Trophy winners | |
Division | 1st Canadian |
1930β31 record | 26β10β8 |
Goals for | 129 |
Goals against | 89 |
Team information | |
General manager | Leo Dandurand |
Coach | Cecil Hart |
Captain | Sylvio Mantha |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Howie Morenz (28) |
Assists | Howie Morenz (23) |
Points | Howie Morenz (51) |
Wins | George Hainsworth (26) |
Goals against average | George Hainsworth (2.02) |
The 1930β31 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 22nd season. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks three games to two in a best-of-five Stanley Cup Finals for their second consecutive Cup win and fourth in team history.
Howie Morenz led the league in scoring.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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Montreal Canadiens | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 129 | 89 | 60 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 118 | 99 | 53 |
Montreal Maroons | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 105 | 106 | 46 |
New York Americans | 44 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 76 | 74 | 46 |
Ottawa Senators | 44 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 91 | 142 | 24 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Vs. Canadian Division
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Vs. American Division
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Regular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | W | November 15, 1930 | 5β1 | Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 1β0β0 |
2 | L | November 18, 1930 | 2β5 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1930β31) | 1β1β0 |
3 | W | November 20, 1930 | 7β1 | Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 2β1β0 |
4 | L | November 23, 1930 | 0β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1930β31) | 2β2β0 |
5 | L | November 27, 1930 | 2β3 | @ Detroit Falcons ( 1930β31) | 2β3β0 |
6 | W | November 29, 1930 | 3β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1930β31) | 3β3β0 |
7 | W | December 2, 1930 | 2β0 | @ Philadelphia Quakers ( 1930β31) | 4β3β0 |
8 | W | December 4, 1930 | 5β4 | New York Rangers ( 1930β31) | 5β3β0 |
9 | W | December 7, 1930 | 3β2 | @ New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 6β3β0 |
10 | W | December 9, 1930 | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 7β3β0 |
11 | W | December 11, 1930 | 5β4 OT | @ Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 8β3β0 |
12 | T | December 13, 1930 | 1β1 OT | New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 8β3β1 |
13 | T | December 18, 1930 | 0β0 OT | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1930β31) | 8β3β2 |
14 | L | December 23, 1930 | 1β5 | @ New York Rangers ( 1930β31) | 8β4β2 |
15 | W | December 27, 1930 | 8β5 | Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 9β4β2 |
16 | T | December 30, 1930 | 1β1 OT | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 9β4β3 |
17 | L | January 3, 1931 | 1β2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 9β5β3 |
18 | L | January 6, 1931 | 2β6 | Detroit Falcons ( 1930β31) | 9β6β3 |
19 | W | January 8, 1931 | 2β1 | @ New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 10β6β3 |
20 | W | January 10, 1931 | 6β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 11β6β3 |
21 | W | January 13, 1931 | 2β1 | @ Philadelphia Quakers ( 1930β31) | 12β6β3 |
22 | W | January 15, 1931 | 4β1 | Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 13β6β3 |
23 | L | January 17, 1931 | 1β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 13β7β3 |
24 | W | January 20, 1931 | 3β2 OT | @ New York Rangers ( 1930β31) | 14β7β3 |
25 | W | January 22, 1931 | 3β0 | @ Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 15β7β3 |
26 | W | January 24, 1931 | 6β1 | New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 16β7β3 |
27 | W | January 29, 1931 | 7β1 | Philadelphia Quakers ( 1930β31) | 17β7β3 |
28 | W | February 1, 1931 | 4β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1930β31) | 18β7β3 |
29 | W | February 3, 1931 | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 19β7β3 |
30 | T | February 5, 1931 | 4β4 OT | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 19β7β4 |
31 | L | February 7, 1931 | 1β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1930β31) | 19β8β4 |
32 | W | February 15, 1931 | 2β0 | @ New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 20β8β4 |
33 | W | February 17, 1931 | 2β0 | Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 21β8β4 |
34 | T | February 19, 1931 | 1β1 OT | @ Boston Bruins ( 1930β31) | 21β8β5 |
35 | W | February 21, 1931 | 6β4 | New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 22β8β5 |
36 | W | February 26, 1931 | 5β0 | Detroit Falcons ( 1930β31) | 23β8β5 |
37 | T | February 28, 1931 | 5β5 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 23β8β6 |
38 | W | March 3, 1931 | 1β0 | @ Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 24β8β6 |
39 | L | March 5, 1931 | 1β2 | New York Rangers ( 1930β31) | 24β9β6 |
40 | W | March 8, 1931 | 2β0 | @ Detroit Falcons ( 1930β31) | 25β9β6 |
41 | W | March 10, 1931 | 2β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1930β31) | 26β9β6 |
42 | L | March 12, 1931 | 0β3 | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 26β10β6 |
43 | T | March 14, 1931 | 3β3 OT | Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 26β10β7 |
44 | T | March 21, 1931 | 4β4 OT | Philadelphia Quakers ( 1930β31) | 26β10β8 |
The Canadiens, by placing first, received a bye to the semi-finals where they met the Boston Bruins, who had won the American Division. The Canadiens took the best-of-five series three games to two to advance to the final.
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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April 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | |
April 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | 2OT |
April 9 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 3OT |
April 11 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | |
April 14 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 |
Montreal won the best-of-five series 3β2.
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howie Morenz | C | 39 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 49 |
Aurel Joliat | LW | 43 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 73 |
Johnny Gagnon | RW | 41 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 43 |
Pit Lepine | C | 44 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 63 |
Georges Mantha | D/LW | 44 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 25 |
Albert Leduc | D | 44 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 82 |
Wildor Larochelle | RW | 40 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 35 |
Nick Wasnie | RW | 44 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 26 |
Sylvio Mantha | D | 44 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 75 |
Armand Mondou | LW | 40 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
Marty Burke | D | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 91 |
Gus Rivers | RW | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Bert McCaffrey | RW/D | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Art Lesieur | D | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
George Hainsworth | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jean Pusie | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Hainsworth | 2740 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 89 | 1.95 | 8 |
Team: | 2740 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 89 | 1.95 | 8 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Gagnon | RW | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
Georges Mantha | D/LW | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Pit Lepine | C | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Nick Wasnie | RW | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Howie Morenz | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Aurel Joliat | LW | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Sylvio Mantha | D | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
Marty Burke | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Wildor Larochelle | RW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Albert Leduc | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Gus Rivers | RW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
George Hainsworth | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Art Lesieur | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Armand Mondou | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jean Pusie | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Hainsworth | 722 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 1.75 | 2 |
Team: | 722 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 1.75 | 2 |
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1930β31 Montreal Canadiens | |
---|---|
Stanley Cup champions | |
O'Brien Trophy winners | |
Division | 1st Canadian |
1930β31 record | 26β10β8 |
Goals for | 129 |
Goals against | 89 |
Team information | |
General manager | Leo Dandurand |
Coach | Cecil Hart |
Captain | Sylvio Mantha |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Howie Morenz (28) |
Assists | Howie Morenz (23) |
Points | Howie Morenz (51) |
Wins | George Hainsworth (26) |
Goals against average | George Hainsworth (2.02) |
The 1930β31 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 22nd season. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks three games to two in a best-of-five Stanley Cup Finals for their second consecutive Cup win and fourth in team history.
Howie Morenz led the league in scoring.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Montreal Canadiens | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 129 | 89 | 60 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 118 | 99 | 53 |
Montreal Maroons | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 105 | 106 | 46 |
New York Americans | 44 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 76 | 74 | 46 |
Ottawa Senators | 44 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 91 | 142 | 24 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Vs. Canadian Division
|
Vs. American Division
|
Regular season results | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | W | November 15, 1930 | 5β1 | Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 1β0β0 |
2 | L | November 18, 1930 | 2β5 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1930β31) | 1β1β0 |
3 | W | November 20, 1930 | 7β1 | Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 2β1β0 |
4 | L | November 23, 1930 | 0β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1930β31) | 2β2β0 |
5 | L | November 27, 1930 | 2β3 | @ Detroit Falcons ( 1930β31) | 2β3β0 |
6 | W | November 29, 1930 | 3β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1930β31) | 3β3β0 |
7 | W | December 2, 1930 | 2β0 | @ Philadelphia Quakers ( 1930β31) | 4β3β0 |
8 | W | December 4, 1930 | 5β4 | New York Rangers ( 1930β31) | 5β3β0 |
9 | W | December 7, 1930 | 3β2 | @ New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 6β3β0 |
10 | W | December 9, 1930 | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 7β3β0 |
11 | W | December 11, 1930 | 5β4 OT | @ Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 8β3β0 |
12 | T | December 13, 1930 | 1β1 OT | New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 8β3β1 |
13 | T | December 18, 1930 | 0β0 OT | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1930β31) | 8β3β2 |
14 | L | December 23, 1930 | 1β5 | @ New York Rangers ( 1930β31) | 8β4β2 |
15 | W | December 27, 1930 | 8β5 | Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 9β4β2 |
16 | T | December 30, 1930 | 1β1 OT | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 9β4β3 |
17 | L | January 3, 1931 | 1β2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 9β5β3 |
18 | L | January 6, 1931 | 2β6 | Detroit Falcons ( 1930β31) | 9β6β3 |
19 | W | January 8, 1931 | 2β1 | @ New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 10β6β3 |
20 | W | January 10, 1931 | 6β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 11β6β3 |
21 | W | January 13, 1931 | 2β1 | @ Philadelphia Quakers ( 1930β31) | 12β6β3 |
22 | W | January 15, 1931 | 4β1 | Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 13β6β3 |
23 | L | January 17, 1931 | 1β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 13β7β3 |
24 | W | January 20, 1931 | 3β2 OT | @ New York Rangers ( 1930β31) | 14β7β3 |
25 | W | January 22, 1931 | 3β0 | @ Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 15β7β3 |
26 | W | January 24, 1931 | 6β1 | New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 16β7β3 |
27 | W | January 29, 1931 | 7β1 | Philadelphia Quakers ( 1930β31) | 17β7β3 |
28 | W | February 1, 1931 | 4β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1930β31) | 18β7β3 |
29 | W | February 3, 1931 | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 19β7β3 |
30 | T | February 5, 1931 | 4β4 OT | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 19β7β4 |
31 | L | February 7, 1931 | 1β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1930β31) | 19β8β4 |
32 | W | February 15, 1931 | 2β0 | @ New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 20β8β4 |
33 | W | February 17, 1931 | 2β0 | Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 21β8β4 |
34 | T | February 19, 1931 | 1β1 OT | @ Boston Bruins ( 1930β31) | 21β8β5 |
35 | W | February 21, 1931 | 6β4 | New York Americans ( 1930β31) | 22β8β5 |
36 | W | February 26, 1931 | 5β0 | Detroit Falcons ( 1930β31) | 23β8β5 |
37 | T | February 28, 1931 | 5β5 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1930β31) | 23β8β6 |
38 | W | March 3, 1931 | 1β0 | @ Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 24β8β6 |
39 | L | March 5, 1931 | 1β2 | New York Rangers ( 1930β31) | 24β9β6 |
40 | W | March 8, 1931 | 2β0 | @ Detroit Falcons ( 1930β31) | 25β9β6 |
41 | W | March 10, 1931 | 2β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1930β31) | 26β9β6 |
42 | L | March 12, 1931 | 0β3 | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1930β31) | 26β10β6 |
43 | T | March 14, 1931 | 3β3 OT | Ottawa Senators ( 1930β31) | 26β10β7 |
44 | T | March 21, 1931 | 4β4 OT | Philadelphia Quakers ( 1930β31) | 26β10β8 |
The Canadiens, by placing first, received a bye to the semi-finals where they met the Boston Bruins, who had won the American Division. The Canadiens took the best-of-five series three games to two to advance to the final.
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | |
April 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | 2OT |
April 9 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 3OT |
April 11 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | |
April 14 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 |
Montreal won the best-of-five series 3β2.
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howie Morenz | C | 39 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 49 |
Aurel Joliat | LW | 43 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 73 |
Johnny Gagnon | RW | 41 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 43 |
Pit Lepine | C | 44 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 63 |
Georges Mantha | D/LW | 44 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 25 |
Albert Leduc | D | 44 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 82 |
Wildor Larochelle | RW | 40 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 35 |
Nick Wasnie | RW | 44 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 26 |
Sylvio Mantha | D | 44 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 75 |
Armand Mondou | LW | 40 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
Marty Burke | D | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 91 |
Gus Rivers | RW | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Bert McCaffrey | RW/D | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Art Lesieur | D | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
George Hainsworth | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jean Pusie | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Hainsworth | 2740 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 89 | 1.95 | 8 |
Team: | 2740 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 89 | 1.95 | 8 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Gagnon | RW | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
Georges Mantha | D/LW | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Pit Lepine | C | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Nick Wasnie | RW | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Howie Morenz | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Aurel Joliat | LW | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Sylvio Mantha | D | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
Marty Burke | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Wildor Larochelle | RW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Albert Leduc | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Gus Rivers | RW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
George Hainsworth | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Art Lesieur | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Armand Mondou | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jean Pusie | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Hainsworth | 722 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 1.75 | 2 |
Team: | 722 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 1.75 | 2 |
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