1928-29 Montreal Canadiens season

1928–29 Montreal Canadiens · NHL
O'Brien Trophy Winners
Division	1st Canadian
1928–29 record	22-7-15
Goals for	71
Goals against	43
General Manager	Leo Dandurand
Coach	Cecil Hart
Captain	Sylvio Mantha
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team Leaders
Goals	Howie Morenz (17)
Assists	Howie Morenz (10)
Points	Howie Morenz (27)
Penalties in minutes	Albert Leduc (79)
Wins	George Hainsworth (22)
Goals against average	George Hainsworth (0.98)
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The 1928–29 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 20th season, and 12th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens finished 1st in the Canadian Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Boston Bruins 3 games to 0.

Regular Season

Opening night at the Boston Garden, November 20, 1928.

The Boston Bruins moved into a new home, the Boston Garden. In their debut game at the Garden on November 20, 1928, the Bruins lost 1–0 to the Canadiens.

The New York Americans, last place finishers in 1927–28, surprised everyone by occupying first place for much of the season in the Canadian Division. However, the Montreal Canadiens dislodged the Americans and finished first. George Hainsworth, Canadiens goaltender, set an unprecedented record of 22 shutouts and a 0.98 goals against average.

Final Standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	44	22	7	15	71	43	59
New York Americans	44	19	13	12	53	53	50
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	21	18	5	85	69	47
Ottawa Senators	44	14	17	13	54	67	41
Montreal Maroons	44	15	20	9	67	65	39

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.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 15, 1928	3–1	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	1–0–0
2	L	November 17, 1928	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	1–1–0
3	W	November 20, 1928	1–0	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	2–1–0
4	T	November 22, 1928	0–0 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	2–1–1
5	L	November 24, 1928	3–4	New York Americans (1928–29)	2–2–1
6	T	November 29, 1928	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	2–2–2
7	W	December 1, 1928	2–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	3–2–2
8	L	December 4, 1928	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	3–3–2
9	W	December 8, 1928	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	4–3–2
10	L	December 13, 1928	2–3 OT	New York Rangers (1928–29)	4–4–2
11	T	December 15, 1928	0–0 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–4–3
12	W	December 18, 1928	5–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	5–4–3
13	L	December 20, 1928	1–5	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	5–5–3
14	W	December 22, 1928	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	6–5–3
15	W	December 27, 1928	3–0	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	7–5–3
16	T	January 1, 1929	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	7–5–4
17	T	January 3, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	7–5–5
18	T	January 5, 1929	0–0 OT	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	7–5–6
19	L	January 10, 1929	2–4	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	7–6–6
20	W	January 12, 1929	3–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	8–6–6
21	W	January 15, 1929	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	9–6–6
22	T	January 17, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	9–6–7
23	T	January 19, 1929	0–0 OT	New York Rangers (1928–29)	9–6–8
24	W	January 20, 1929	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	10–6–8
25	T	January 22, 1929	0–0 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	10–6–9
26	T	January 24, 1929	1–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	10–6–10
27	W	January 26, 1929	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	11–6–10
28	W	January 29, 1929	1–0	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	12–6–10
29	W	February 2, 1929	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	13–6–10
30	T	February 7, 1929	2–2 OT	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	13–6–11
31	T	February 10, 1929	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	13–6–12
32	W	February 12, 1929	2–0	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	14–6–12
33	W	February 14, 1929	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	15–6–12
34	T	February 16, 1929	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1928–29)	15–6–13
35	W	February 21, 1929	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	16–6–13
36	L	February 23, 1929	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	16–7–13
37	W	February 26, 1929	4–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	17–7–13
38	T	February 28, 1929	0–0 OT	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	17–7–14
39	W	March 2, 1929	3–0	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	18–7–14
40	W	March 7, 1929	3–0	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	19–7–14
41	T	March 10, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	19–7–15
42	W	March 12, 1929	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	20–7–15
43	W	March 14, 1929	1–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	21–7–15
44	W	March 16, 1929	4–1	New York Americans (1928–29)	22–7–15

Playoffs

Playoff hockey program.

Boston Bruins 3, Montreal Canadiens 0

The Boston Bruins faced the Montreal Canadiens for the first time in the playoffs. As the winners of the Canadian Division, Montreal had also received a bye to the semi-finals in a best-of-five series.

Game 1 began at the Boston Garden where brilliant goaltending by Tiny Thompson led Boston to a 1-0 win on an early first period goal by Cooney Weiland.

Game 2 was a repeat of Game 1, an early goal by Weiland and Thompson shutting out the Habs for a 1-0 victory. However, this game was a much rougher affair with 30 minutes in penalties called.

Game 3 saw the series shift to the Montreal Forum and out do Game 2's roughness with 48 minutes in penalties called. The Habs shot out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Albert Leduc and Aurel Joliat 8 seconds apart. But the Bruins roared back in the second period with 3 straight goals by Bill Carson, Dutch Gainor and Eddie Shore to win 3-2 and sweep the series 3-0.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 19	Montreal Canadiens	0–1	Boston Bruins	1–0
2	March 21	Montreal Canadiens	0–1	Boston Bruins	2–0
3	March 23	Boston Bruins	3–2	Montreal Canadiens	3–0

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howie Morenz	42	17	10	27	47
Aurel Joliat	44	12	5	17	59
Sylvio Mantha	44	9	4	13	56
Albert Leduc	43	9	2	11	79
Art Gagne	44	7	3	10	52
George Patterson	44	4	5	9	34
Pit Lepine	44	6	1	7	48
Armand Mondou	32	3	4	7	6
Marty Burke	44	4	2	6	68
Pete Palangio	2	0	0	0	0
Wildor Larochelle	2	0	0	0	0
Herb Gardiner	7	0	0	0	0
Leo Gaudreault	11	0	0	0	4
Art Lesieur	15	0	0	0	0
Georges Mantha	21	0	0	0	8
Gerry Carson	26	0	0	0	4
George Hainsworth	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
George Hainsworth	2800	44	22	7	15	43	0.92				22
Team:	2800	44	22	7	15	43	0.92				22

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Aurel Joliat	3	1	1	2	10
Albert Leduc	3	1	0	1	4
Marty Burke	3	0	0	0	8
Art Gagne	3	0	0	0	12
Herb Gardiner	3	0	0	0	2
George Hainsworth	3	0	0	0	0
Pit Lepine	3	0	0	0	2
Georges Mantha	3	0	0	0	0
Sylvio Mantha	3	0	0	0	0
Armand Mondou	3	0	0	0	2
Howie Morenz	3	0	0	0	6
George Patterson	3	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
George Hainsworth	180	3	0	3	0	5	1.67				0
Team:	180	3	0	3	0	5	1.67				0

Awards and Records

• O'Brien Trophy: Montreal Canadiens, winners of the Canadian Division
• Vezina Trophy: George Hainsworth

Roster

Goaltenders

• 12 George Hainsworth 

Defense

• 1 Marty Burke 
• 2 Sylvio Mantha 
• 3/14 Gerry Carson 
• 3 Herb Gardiner 
• 8 Albert Leduc 
• 10 Art Lesieur 
• 10/11 Georges Mantha 

Forwards

• 4 Aurel Joliat 
• 5 Leo Gaudreault 
• 5 Armand Mondou 
• 6 Art Gagne 
• 7 Howie Morenz 
• 9 Alfred Lepine 
• 10 Wildor Larochelle 
• 10/11 George Patterson 

Source:

• Mouton, p. 156
• Players. NHL. Retrieved on 2008-10-22.

Post-season Exhibition

The Canadiens went to Vancouver for a series against the New York Americans and the Vancouver Lions of the Pacific Coast Hockey League.

Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons replaced George Hainsworth in nets. Hainsworth could not take off the time from his business.

• April 6 Vancouver 2 Montreal 0
• April 8 Montreal 4 Vancouver 1
• April 10 Vancouver 3 Montreal 2
• April 12 New York 1 Vancouver 0
• April 15 New York 5 Montreal 3

Game Ads

Opening game

Playoff

Pre-season @ Providence

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See Also

• 1928–29 NHL season

References

• Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc.. National Hockey League, 59–74. 
• Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 155013051X.