1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season

1930–31 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
Division 1st Canadian
1930–31 record 26–10–8
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 1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 22nd season. The Montreal Canadiens beat the Chicago Black Hawks three games to two in a best-of-five Stanley Cup final for their second consecutive Cup win and fourth in team history.

Regular season

Howie Morenz led the league in scoring.

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens44261081298960
Toronto Maple Leafs44221391189953
Montreal Maroons442018610510646
New York Americans44181610767446
Ottawa Senators44103049114224

[1]

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.

Season standings

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Boston Bruins44281061439062
Chicago Black Hawks44241731087851
New York Rangers44191691068747
Detroit Falcons441621710210539
Philadelphia Quakers4443647618412

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1930-31 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON MTM NYA NYR OTT PHI TOR
Boston —2–44–1–11–2–13–12–24–0–24–05–0–12–1–1
Chicago 4–2—2–3–10–3–10–43–14–1–14–06–00–4
Detroit 1–4–13–2–1—2–20–3–10–2–22–3–12–24–22–1–1
M. Canadiens 2–1–13–0–12–2—3–1–25–0–12–25–0–13–0–13–2–1
M. Maroons 1–34–03–0–11–3–2—1–51–2–14–1–13–12–3–1
N.Y. Americans 2–21–32–0–20–5–15–1—0–1–34–23–0–11–2–3
N.Y. Rangers 0–4–21–4–13–2–12–22–1–11–0–3—3–16–01–2–1
Ottawa 0–40–42–20–5–11–4–12–41–3—3–0–11–4–1
Philadelphia 0–5–10–62–40–3–11–30–3–10–60–3–1—1–3
Toronto 1–2–14–01–2–12–3–13–2–12–1–32–1–14–1–13–1—

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WNovember 15, 19305–1Ottawa Senators (1930–31)1–0–0
2LNovember 18, 19302–5@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)1–1–0
3WNovember 20, 19307–1Montreal Maroons (1930–31)2–1–0
4LNovember 23, 19300–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)2–2–0
5LNovember 27, 19302–3@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)2–3–0
6WNovember 29, 19303–2Boston Bruins (1930–31)3–3–0
7WDecember 2, 19302–0@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)4–3–0
8WDecember 4, 19305–4New York Rangers (1930–31)5–3–0
9WDecember 7, 19303–2@ New York Americans (1930–31)6–3–0
10WDecember 9, 19302–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)7–3–0
11WDecember 11, 19305–4 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)8–3–0
12TDecember 13, 19301–1 OTNew York Americans (1930–31)8–3–1
13TDecember 18, 19300–0 OTChicago Black Hawks (1930–31)8–3–2
14LDecember 23, 19301–5@ New York Rangers (1930–31)8–4–2
15WDecember 27, 19308–5Ottawa Senators (1930–31)9–4–2
16TDecember 30, 19301–1 OT@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)9–4–3
17LJanuary 3, 19311–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)9–5–3
18LJanuary 6, 19312–6Detroit Falcons (1930–31)9–6–3
19WJanuary 8, 19312–1@ New York Americans (1930–31)10–6–3
20WJanuary 10, 19316–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)11–6–3
21WJanuary 13, 19312–1@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)12–6–3
22WJanuary 15, 19314–1Montreal Maroons (1930–31)13–6–3
23LJanuary 17, 19311–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)13–7–3
24WJanuary 20, 19313–2 OT@ New York Rangers (1930–31)14–7–3
25WJanuary 22, 19313–0@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)15–7–3
26WJanuary 24, 19316–1New York Americans (1930–31)16–7–3
27WJanuary 29, 19317–1Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)17–7–3
28WFebruary 1, 19314–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)18–7–3
29WFebruary 3, 19312–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)19–7–3
30TFebruary 5, 19314–4 OT@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)19–7–4
31LFebruary 7, 19311–2Boston Bruins (1930–31)19–8–4
32WFebruary 15, 19312–0@ New York Americans (1930–31)20–8–4
33WFebruary 17, 19312–0Montreal Maroons (1930–31)21–8–4
34TFebruary 19, 19311–1 OT@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)21–8–5
35WFebruary 21, 19316–4New York Americans (1930–31)22–8–5
36WFebruary 26, 19315–0Detroit Falcons (1930–31)23–8–5
37TFebruary 28, 19315–5 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)23–8–6
38WMarch 3, 19311–0@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)24–8–6
39LMarch 5, 19311–2New York Rangers (1930–31)24–9–6
40WMarch 8, 19312–0@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)25–9–6
41WMarch 10, 19312–1Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)26–9–6
42LMarch 12, 19310–3@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)26–10–6
43TMarch 14, 19313–3 OTOttawa Senators (1930–31)26–10–7
44TMarch 21, 19314–4 OTPhiladelphia Quakers (1930–31)26–10–8

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Playoffs

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.

Finals

Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Black Hawks

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 3Montreal Canadiens2Chicago Black Hawks1
April 5Montreal Canadiens1Chicago Black Hawks22OT
April 9Chicago Black Hawks3Montreal Canadiens23OT
April 11Chicago Black Hawks1Montreal Canadiens2
April 14Chicago Black Hawks1Montreal Canadiens2

Montreal wins best-of-five series 3–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Howie MorenzC3928235149
Aurel JoliatLW4313223573
Johnny GagnonRW411872543
Pit LepineC441772463
Georges ManthaD/LW441161725
Albert LeducD44861482
Wildor LarochelleRW40851335
Nick WasnieRW44921126
Sylvio ManthaD44471175
Armand MondouLW4054910
Marty BurkeD4425791
Gus RiversRW442576
Bert McCaffreyRW/D2221310
Art LesieurD2120214
George HainsworthG440000
Jean PusieD60000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
George Hainsworth27404426108891.958
Team:27404426108891.958

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Johnny GagnonRW106288
Georges ManthaD/LW105164
Pit LepineC104266
Nick WasnieRW104158
Howie MorenzC1014510
Aurel JoliatLW1004412
Sylvio ManthaD1021326
Marty BurkeD1012310
Wildor LarochelleRW101238
Albert LeducD70229
Gus RiversRW101010
George HainsworthG100000
Art LesieurD100004
Armand MondouLW80000
Jean PusieD30000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
George Hainsworth7221064211.752
Team:7221064211.752

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Montreal Canadiens 1931 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

† Left off the cup, but qualified to be on it. A Played 3 games in Finals. B Played 22 of 44 regular season games

Coaching and administrative staff:

  • Louis Athanase David (President), Joseph Cattarinich (Vice President/Owner),
  • Leo Dandurand (Secretary/Owner), Cecil Hart (Manager-Coach),
  • Edouard St. Pere (Vice President), Georges Richer (Treasurer),
  • Fernand Rinfeet, Amerdee Monte Juce, Alphonse Raymond, Henry Gray (Directors),
  • Ed Dulfour (Trainer), Jim McKenna (Ass't Trainer),
  • Dr. J.A. Corrigan (Team Physician), Jules Dugal (Business Manager).

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Officially, owner Leo Dandurand was the General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens from 1921–22 to 1934–35. However, Cecil Hart was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1930, 1931, and he is listed on every team picture for those seasons as Manager, not Coach.

Sources:

  • Mouton, p. 157
  • "Players". NHL. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.

See also

References

  • Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 109–134.
  • Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.
  1. ↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  3. ↑ "1930–31 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  4. ↑ "1930-31 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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