1937β38 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | 3rd Canadian |
1937β38 record | 18β17β13 |
Goals for | 123 |
Goals against | 128 |
Team information | |
General manager | Cecil Hart |
Coach | Cecil Hart |
Captain | Babe Siebert |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Georges Mantha (23) |
Assists | Paul Haynes (22) |
Points | Georges Mantha (42) |
Wins | Wilf Cude (18) |
Goals against average | Wilf Cude (2.68) |
The 1937β38 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 29th season of play. The Canadiens placed third in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. Montreal met and lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks in the quarter-finals.
A Morenz Benefit All-Star game was held at the Forum on November 2, 1937. 8,683 fans attended, contributing $11,447 to a total pot of over $20,000 for Howie Morenz's family. [1]
This was the last season for Pit Lepine, Aurel Joliat and Marty Burke. Burke had returned from Chicago in a trade for Bill MacKenzie.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 151 | 127 | 57 |
New York Americans | 48 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 110 | 111 | 49 |
Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 123 | 128 | 49 |
Montreal Maroons | 48 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 101 | 149 | 30 |
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 | T | November 9, 1937 | 2β2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 0β0β1 |
2 | L | November 11, 1937 | 0β3 | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 0β1β1 |
3 | W | November 13, 1937 | 5β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 1β1β1 |
4 | L | November 14, 1937 | 1β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 1β2β1 |
5 | T | November 18, 1937 | 6β6 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 1β2β2 |
6 | T | November 23, 1937 | 1β1 OT | @ Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 1β2β3 |
7 | W | November 27, 1937 | 2β1 | New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 2β2β3 |
8 | W | December 2, 1937 | 2β0 | Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 3β2β3 |
9 | T | December 4, 1937 | 3β3 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 3β2β4 |
10 | W | December 5, 1937 | 3β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 4β2β4 |
11 | W | December 7, 1937 | 5β1 | Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 5β2β4 |
12 | W | December 11, 1937 | 4β3 OT | New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 6β2β4 |
13 | T | December 12, 1937 | 4β4 OT | @ New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 6β2β5 |
14 | L | December 14, 1937 | 2β3 OT | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 6β3β5 |
15 | L | December 16, 1937 | 2β4 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 6β4β5 |
16 | T | December 19, 1937 | 2β2 OT | @ New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 6β4β6 |
17 | W | December 28, 1937 | 2β0 | Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 7β4β6 |
18 | L | January 1, 1938 | 4β6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 7β5β6 |
19 | W | January 2, 1938 | 4β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 8β5β6 |
20 | L | January 4, 1938 | 0β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 8β6β6 |
21 | W | January 8, 1938 | 6β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 9β6β6 |
22 | L | January 11, 1938 | 7β11 | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 9β7β6 |
23 | T | January 13, 1938 | 2β2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 9β7β7 |
24 | L | January 16, 1938 | 0β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 9β8β7 |
25 | L | January 18, 1938 | 1β3 OT | @ New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 9β9β7 |
26 | L | January 20, 1938 | 2β4 | Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 9β10β7 |
27 | W | January 22, 1938 | 4β0 | New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 10β10β7 |
28 | W | January 27, 1938 | 4β2 | New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 11β10β7 |
29 | W | January 30, 1938 | 4β2 | @ New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 12β10β7 |
30 | W | February 1, 1938 | 6β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 13β10β7 |
31 | L | February 3, 1938 | 0β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 13β11β7 |
32 | T | February 5, 1938 | 3β3 OT | New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 13β11β8 |
33 | L | February 6, 1938 | 0β8 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 13β12β8 |
34 | W | February 10, 1938 | 2β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 14β12β8 |
35 | L | February 13, 1938 | 0β1 OT | @ Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 14β13β8 |
36 | L | February 15, 1938 | 0β4 | @ New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 14β14β8 |
37 | W | February 19, 1938 | 4β3 OT | Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 15β14β8 |
38 | W | February 22, 1938 | 2β1 | @ New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 16β14β8 |
39 | T | February 24, 1938 | 1β1 OT | Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 16β14β9 |
40 | T | February 27, 1938 | 1β1 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 16β14β10 |
41 | L | March 1, 1938 | 2β4 | @ New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 16β15β10 |
42 | T | March 3, 1938 | 1β1 OT | New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 16β15β11 |
43 | L | March 6, 1938 | 3β6 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 16β16β11 |
44 | L | March 10, 1938 | 1β4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 16β17β11 |
45 | T | March 12, 1938 | 3β3 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 16β17β12 |
46 | W | March 15, 1938 | 3β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 17β17β12 |
47 | W | March 17, 1938 | 6β3 | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 18β17β12 |
48 | T | March 19, 1938 | 1β1 OT | New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 18β17β13 |
The Canadiens drew the third-place finisher of the American division, the Chicago Blackhawks. Montreal lost the best-of-three series 2β1.
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Georges Mantha | D/LW | 47 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 12 |
Paul Haynes | C | 48 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 25 |
Toe Blake | LW | 43 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 33 |
Rod Lorrain | RW | 48 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 14 |
Johnny Gagnon | RW | 47 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 9 |
Polly Drouin | LW | 31 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 |
Babe Siebert | LW/D | 37 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 56 |
Pit Lepine | C | 47 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 24 |
Walt Buswell | D | 48 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 24 |
Joffre Desilets | RW | 32 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
Aurel Joliat | LW | 44 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
Red Goupille | D | 47 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 44 |
Don Willson | C | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
George Brown | C | 34 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
Armand Mondou | LW | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Marty Burke | D | 38 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 |
Gus Mancuso | RW | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Armand Raymond | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Oscar Asmundson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wilf Cude | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Demers | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Gauthier | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill MacKenzie | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wilf Cude | 2990 | 47 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 126 | 2.53 | 3 |
Paul Gauthier | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.71 | 0 |
Team: | 3060 | 48 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 128 | 2.51 | 3 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Toe Blake | LW | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Johnny Gagnon | RW | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Paul Haynes | C | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Red Goupille | D | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Babe Siebert | LW/D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Georges Mantha | D/LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
George Brown | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Walt Buswell | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wilf Cude | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joffre Desilets | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Polly Drouin | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pit Lepine | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Lorrain | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Summerhill | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Willson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Wilf Cude | 192 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3.44 | 0 |
Team: | 192 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3.44 | 0 |
After losing in the playoffs, the Canadiens embarked on a tour of Europe with the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5β3β1
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1937β38 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | 3rd Canadian |
1937β38 record | 18β17β13 |
Goals for | 123 |
Goals against | 128 |
Team information | |
General manager | Cecil Hart |
Coach | Cecil Hart |
Captain | Babe Siebert |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Georges Mantha (23) |
Assists | Paul Haynes (22) |
Points | Georges Mantha (42) |
Wins | Wilf Cude (18) |
Goals against average | Wilf Cude (2.68) |
The 1937β38 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 29th season of play. The Canadiens placed third in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. Montreal met and lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks in the quarter-finals.
A Morenz Benefit All-Star game was held at the Forum on November 2, 1937. 8,683 fans attended, contributing $11,447 to a total pot of over $20,000 for Howie Morenz's family. [1]
This was the last season for Pit Lepine, Aurel Joliat and Marty Burke. Burke had returned from Chicago in a trade for Bill MacKenzie.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 151 | 127 | 57 |
New York Americans | 48 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 110 | 111 | 49 |
Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 123 | 128 | 49 |
Montreal Maroons | 48 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 101 | 149 | 30 |
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 | T | November 9, 1937 | 2β2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 0β0β1 |
2 | L | November 11, 1937 | 0β3 | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 0β1β1 |
3 | W | November 13, 1937 | 5β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 1β1β1 |
4 | L | November 14, 1937 | 1β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 1β2β1 |
5 | T | November 18, 1937 | 6β6 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 1β2β2 |
6 | T | November 23, 1937 | 1β1 OT | @ Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 1β2β3 |
7 | W | November 27, 1937 | 2β1 | New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 2β2β3 |
8 | W | December 2, 1937 | 2β0 | Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 3β2β3 |
9 | T | December 4, 1937 | 3β3 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 3β2β4 |
10 | W | December 5, 1937 | 3β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 4β2β4 |
11 | W | December 7, 1937 | 5β1 | Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 5β2β4 |
12 | W | December 11, 1937 | 4β3 OT | New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 6β2β4 |
13 | T | December 12, 1937 | 4β4 OT | @ New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 6β2β5 |
14 | L | December 14, 1937 | 2β3 OT | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 6β3β5 |
15 | L | December 16, 1937 | 2β4 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 6β4β5 |
16 | T | December 19, 1937 | 2β2 OT | @ New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 6β4β6 |
17 | W | December 28, 1937 | 2β0 | Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 7β4β6 |
18 | L | January 1, 1938 | 4β6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 7β5β6 |
19 | W | January 2, 1938 | 4β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 8β5β6 |
20 | L | January 4, 1938 | 0β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 8β6β6 |
21 | W | January 8, 1938 | 6β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 9β6β6 |
22 | L | January 11, 1938 | 7β11 | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 9β7β6 |
23 | T | January 13, 1938 | 2β2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 9β7β7 |
24 | L | January 16, 1938 | 0β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 9β8β7 |
25 | L | January 18, 1938 | 1β3 OT | @ New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 9β9β7 |
26 | L | January 20, 1938 | 2β4 | Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 9β10β7 |
27 | W | January 22, 1938 | 4β0 | New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 10β10β7 |
28 | W | January 27, 1938 | 4β2 | New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 11β10β7 |
29 | W | January 30, 1938 | 4β2 | @ New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 12β10β7 |
30 | W | February 1, 1938 | 6β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 13β10β7 |
31 | L | February 3, 1938 | 0β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 13β11β7 |
32 | T | February 5, 1938 | 3β3 OT | New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 13β11β8 |
33 | L | February 6, 1938 | 0β8 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 13β12β8 |
34 | W | February 10, 1938 | 2β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 14β12β8 |
35 | L | February 13, 1938 | 0β1 OT | @ Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 14β13β8 |
36 | L | February 15, 1938 | 0β4 | @ New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 14β14β8 |
37 | W | February 19, 1938 | 4β3 OT | Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 15β14β8 |
38 | W | February 22, 1938 | 2β1 | @ New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 16β14β8 |
39 | T | February 24, 1938 | 1β1 OT | Boston Bruins ( 1937β38) | 16β14β9 |
40 | T | February 27, 1938 | 1β1 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 16β14β10 |
41 | L | March 1, 1938 | 2β4 | @ New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 16β15β10 |
42 | T | March 3, 1938 | 1β1 OT | New York Americans ( 1937β38) | 16β15β11 |
43 | L | March 6, 1938 | 3β6 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 16β16β11 |
44 | L | March 10, 1938 | 1β4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1937β38) | 16β17β11 |
45 | T | March 12, 1938 | 3β3 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1937β38) | 16β17β12 |
46 | W | March 15, 1938 | 3β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1937β38) | 17β17β12 |
47 | W | March 17, 1938 | 6β3 | @ Montreal Maroons ( 1937β38) | 18β17β12 |
48 | T | March 19, 1938 | 1β1 OT | New York Rangers ( 1937β38) | 18β17β13 |
The Canadiens drew the third-place finisher of the American division, the Chicago Blackhawks. Montreal lost the best-of-three series 2β1.
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Georges Mantha | D/LW | 47 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 12 |
Paul Haynes | C | 48 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 25 |
Toe Blake | LW | 43 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 33 |
Rod Lorrain | RW | 48 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 14 |
Johnny Gagnon | RW | 47 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 9 |
Polly Drouin | LW | 31 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 |
Babe Siebert | LW/D | 37 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 56 |
Pit Lepine | C | 47 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 24 |
Walt Buswell | D | 48 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 24 |
Joffre Desilets | RW | 32 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
Aurel Joliat | LW | 44 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
Red Goupille | D | 47 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 44 |
Don Willson | C | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
George Brown | C | 34 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
Armand Mondou | LW | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Marty Burke | D | 38 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 |
Gus Mancuso | RW | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Armand Raymond | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Oscar Asmundson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wilf Cude | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Demers | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Gauthier | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill MacKenzie | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wilf Cude | 2990 | 47 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 126 | 2.53 | 3 |
Paul Gauthier | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.71 | 0 |
Team: | 3060 | 48 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 128 | 2.51 | 3 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toe Blake | LW | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Johnny Gagnon | RW | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Paul Haynes | C | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Red Goupille | D | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Babe Siebert | LW/D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Georges Mantha | D/LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
George Brown | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Walt Buswell | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wilf Cude | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joffre Desilets | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Polly Drouin | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pit Lepine | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Lorrain | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Summerhill | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Willson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wilf Cude | 192 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3.44 | 0 |
Team: | 192 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3.44 | 0 |
After losing in the playoffs, the Canadiens embarked on a tour of Europe with the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5β3β1
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