1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season

	1929–30 Montreal Canadiens
Division	2nd Canadian
1929–30 record	21-14-9
Goals for	142
Goals against	114
Team information
General manager	Leo Dandurand
Coach	Cecil Hart
Captain	Sylvio Mantha
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Howie Morenz (40)
Assists	Aurel Joliat (12)
Points	Howie Morenz (50)
Penalty minutes	Sylvio Mantha (108)
Wins	George Hainsworth (20)
Goals against average	George Hainsworth (2.57)
	← 1928–29 1930–31 →

The 1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 21st season. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the Canadian Division and defeated the Boston Bruins in the 1930 Stanley Cup Finals 2 games to 0.

Regular Season[]

To combat low scoring, a major rule change was implemented. Players were now allowed forward passing in the offensive zone, instead of only in the defensive and neutral zones. This led to abuse as players sat in front of the opposing net waiting for a pass. The rule was changed again in December 1929, and players were no longer allowed to enter the offensive zone before the puck. This was the birth of the modern-day offside rule. The Canadiens doubled their scoring output compared to the previous season.

Highlights[]

On December 14, 1929, Alfred Lepine scored in the first period then added four goals and an assist in the second period of a game versus Ottawa, won 6–4 by Montreal. As of 2020, this feat is still the Canadiens' record for goals and points in one period.^[1]

Final Standings[]

**Canadian Division**
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Maroons	44	23	16	5	141	114	51
Montreal Canadiens	44	21	14	9	142	114	51
Ottawa Senators	44	21	15	8	138	118	50
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	17	21	6	116	124	40
New York Americans	44	14	25	5	113	161	33

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	T	November 14, 1929	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	0–0–1
2	T	November 16, 1929	4–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	0–0–2
3	L	November 19, 1929	1–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	0–1–2
4	W	November 21, 1929	3–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	1–1–2
5	W	November 24, 1929	3–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	2–1–2
6	W	November 26, 1929	9–2	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	3–1–2
7	W	November 30, 1929	3–1	New York Americans (1929–30)	4–1–2
8	L	December 3, 1929	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	4–2–2
9	L	December 5, 1929	4–5	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	4–3–2
10	W	December 7, 1929	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	5–3–2
11	W	December 10, 1929	5–3 OT	Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	6–3–2
12	L	December 12, 1929	3–8	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	6–4–2
13	W	December 14, 1929	6–4	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	7–4–2
14	T	December 17, 1929	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	7–4–3
15	W	December 19, 1929	7–2	New York Rangers (1929–30)	8–4–3
16	T	December 21, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	8–4–4
17	L	December 28, 1929	2–3	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	8–5–4
18	W	January 1, 1930	3–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	9–5–4
19	L	January 2, 1930	0–4	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	9–6–4
20	L	January 4, 1930	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	9–7–4
21	L	January 7, 1930	1–2	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	9–8–4
22	L	January 11, 1930	1–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	9–9–4
23	W	January 16, 1930	6–1	Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	10–9–4
24	W	January 21, 1930	5–2	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	11–9–4
25	L	January 25, 1930	1–2	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	11–10–4
26	W	January 28, 1930	3–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	12–10–4
27	W	January 30, 1930	1–0 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	13–10–4
28	L	February 1, 1930	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	13–11–4
29	W	February 4, 1930	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	14–11–4
30	T	February 6, 1930	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	14–11–5
31	T	February 8, 1930	2–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	14–11–6
32	T	February 13, 1930	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	14–11–7
33	W	February 16, 1930	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	15–11–7
34	W	February 18, 1930	2–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	16–11–7
35	W	February 22, 1930	9–2	New York Americans (1929–30)	17–11–7
36	L	February 25, 1930	2–4	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	17–12–7
37	W	February 27, 1930	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	18–12–7
38	W	March 1, 1930	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	19–12–7
39	L	March 4, 1930	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	19–13–7
40	L	March 6, 1930	0–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	19–14–7
41	W	March 8, 1930	6–0	New York Rangers (1929–30)	20–14–7
42	T	March 11, 1930	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	20–14–8
43	T	March 13, 1930	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	20–14–9
44	W	March 18, 1930	8–3	New York Americans (1929–30)	21–14–9

Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 3 Goals, Chicago Black Hawks 2 Goals[]

Montreal Canadiens 2, Ottawa Senators 0[]

The Canadiens, by placing second had to play in the first round series versus the Chicago Black Hawks. The Canadiens won the two-game total-goals series 3–2. Next, were the New York Rangers who had defeated the Ottawa Senators in their first round series. The Canadiens swept the Rangers two games to none in a best-of-three series. The teams played 68 minutes and 52 seconds of overtime in the first game before Gus Rivers scored to win the game for the Canadiens.

Montreal Canadiens 2, Boston Bruins 0[]

The Final was a best of three series. The Canadiens had lost all four of their regular-season meetings with the Bruins. The Bruins were heavily favored to retain the Stanley Cup, but were shocked in the first game of the best-of-three Finals by the play of Canadiens' goaltender George Hainsworth, who shut out the Bruins' powerful offense. In the second game, Montreal went out to a three-goal lead until Eddie Shore scored. Howie Morenz responded five minutes later and the Habs led 4-1 going into the third period. Goals by Percy Galbraith and Dit Clapper made it close but Montreal held on for the win. It was the first time all season long the Bruins had lost two games in a row^[2], and the stunning defeat of the regular season champions in such a short series spurred the league to change the Cup Finals to a best-of-five series for subsequent years.^[3] Clapper led all playoff scorers with 4 goals while Marty Barry and Cooney Weiland tied for the points lead with 6 each.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 1	Montreal Canadiens	3–0	Boston Bruins	0–1
2	April 3	Boston Bruins	3–4	Montreal Canadiens	0–2

For more details on this topic, see 1930 Stanley Cup Finals.

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	44	40	10	50	72
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	44	24	9	33	47
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	42	19	12	31	40
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	44	14	11	25	28
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	44	13	11	24	108
Wasnie, NickNick Wasnie	RW	44	12	11	23	64
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	44	6	8	14	90
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	44	2	11	13	71
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	44	3	5	8	24
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	44	5	2	7	16
McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey	RW/D	28	1	3	4	26
Carson, GerryGerry Carson	D	35	1	0	1	8
Rivers, GusGus Rivers	RW	19	1	0	1	2
Fraser, GordGord Fraser	D	10	0	0	0	4
Murray, MickeyMickey Murray	G	1	0	0	0	0
Worters, RoyRoy Worters	G	1	0	0	0	0
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	42	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	2680	42	20	13	9	108	2.42	4
Worters, RoyRoy Worters	60	1	1	0	0	2	2.00	0
Murray, MickeyMickey Murray	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	2800	44	21	14	9	114	2.44	4

† Worters was loaned from the New York Americans for one game on February 27, 1930 vs. Toronto.

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	6	2	2	4	6
Wasnie, NickNick Wasnie	RW	6	2	2	4	12
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	6	1	3	4	8
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	6	3	0	3	10
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	6	2	1	3	18
McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey	RW/D	6	1	1	2	6
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	6	1	1	2	6
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	6	0	2	2	6
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	6	1	0	1	12
Rivers, GusGus Rivers	RW	6	1	0	1	2
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	6	0	1	1	6
Carson, GerryGerry Carson	D	6	0	0	0	0
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	6	0	0	0	8
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	481	6	5	0	6	0.75	3
Team:	481	6	5	0	6	0.75	3

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

The Canadiens did not win any awards this season.

Transactions[]

Montreal Canadiens 1930 Stanley Cup Champions[]

Roster

Centers

7 Howie Morenz
9 Alfred Pit Lepine

Wingers

Defensemen

Goaltenders

1 George Hainsworth

Non-players

Louis Athanase David (President), Joseph Cattarinich (Vice President/Owner)
Leo Dandurand (Secretary-Treasurer/Owner), Cecil Hart (Manager-Coach)
Louis Letourneau (Director/Owner), Edouard St. Pere (Vice President)
Henry Gray, Anerdee Monet Juce, Georges Richer, Fernand Rinfeet (Directors)
Dr. J.A. Corrigan (Team Physician), Ed Dulfour (Trainer)
Jim McKenna (Ass't Trainer), J.P. Lepetite (Ass't Trainer/left off cup, on team picture).

Stanley Cup Engraving

Mistake - Georges Richer was engraved as a Physician, but his official title was a member of the board directors.
Mistake - Co-Owner Louis A. Letourneau was misspelt H.A. LETOURNEAU.

Sources:

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

Game Ads[]

References[]

Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc.. National Hockey League, 82–106.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 155013051X.
1929–30 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

↑ Season records - Individual records. Montreal Canadiens. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
↑ Coleman 1969, p. 104.
↑ Coleman 1969, p. 128.
↑ 1929-30 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-05.

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[1] Season records - Individual records. Montreal Canadiens. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.

[FOOTNOTEColeman1969104-2] Coleman 1969, p. 104.

[FOOTNOTEColeman1969128-3] Coleman 1969, p. 128.

[4] 1929-30 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-05.

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Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship

1929–30 NHL season by team
Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens • Mtl Maroons • NY Americans • Ottawa • Toronto
American Division	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • NY Rangers • Pittsburgh
See also	Stanley Cup Finals

1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Highlights[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 3 Goals, Chicago Black Hawks 2 Goals[]

Montreal Canadiens 2, Ottawa Senators 0[]

Montreal Canadiens 2, Boston Bruins 0[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Montreal Canadiens 1930 Stanley Cup Champions[]

Roster

Stanley Cup Engraving

Game Ads[]

See Also[]

References[]