1929–30 New York Americans season

1929–30 New York Americans
Division	5th Canadian
1929–30 record	14–25–5
Goals for	113
Goals against	161
Team information
General manager	Lionel Conacher
Coach	Lionel Conacher
Captain	Billy Burch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Norman Himes (28)
Assists	Norman Himes (22)
Points	Norman Himes (50)
Penalty minutes	Lionel Conacher (73)
Wins	Roy Worters (11)
Goals against average	Jake Forbes (0.86)

The 1929–30 New York Americans season was the 5th season of play of the Americans. After making the playoffs in 1929, the team slid to last place in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

Tommy Gorman left the Americans for a position in managing the Agua Caliente Racetrack. Lionel Conacher became the playing-coach and general manager.

Regular Season

The season started poorly for the Amerks, winning only two games by Christmas, and by then out of the playoff race and ten games under .500. Goalie Jake Forbes played his only game of the season during the 1-1 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 7, 1930.

The team only won back-to-back games three times and the highlight was a modest three-game win streak in March. The Americans finished eleven games under .500 for the season.

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

Playoffs

• The Americans did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
6	Normie Himes	44	28	22	50	15
9	Johnny Sheppard	43	14	15	29	32
11	Charley McVeigh	40	14	14	28	32
4	Joe Simpson	44	8	13	21	41
15	George Patterson	39	13	4	17	24
8	Billy Boyd	43	7	6	13	16
5	Billy Burch	35	7	3	10	22
7	George Massecar	43	7	3	10	18
3	Lionel Conacher	40	4	6	10	73
12	Bill Holmes	42	5	4	9	33
10	Bill Brydge	41	2	6	8	64
14	Roy Burmister	40	1	1	2	0
1	Jake Forbes	1	0	0	0	0
1	Benny Grant	7	0	0	0	0
2	Leo Reise	24	0	0	0	0
1	Roy Worters	36	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SO
Roy Worters	2270	36	11	21	4	135	3.57			2
Benny Grant	420	7	3	4	0	25	3.57			0
Jake Forbes	70	1	0	0	1	1	0.86			0
Team:	2760	44	14	25	5	161	3.50			2

Awards and Records

• The Americans did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

• Purchase Bill Brydge from the Detroit Cougars on November 22, 1929.
• Purchase loan of Benny Grant from the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 18, 1929.
• Sell Leo Reise to the New York Rangers on February 6, 1930.

Trivia

• Americans who recorded a hat trick this season include:
  • Normie Himes during the 6-4 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on February 18, 1930.
  • George Patterson during the 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on February 25, 1930.
  • Normie Himes during the 8-7 loss to the Ottawa Senators on March 15, 1930.

See Also

• 1929–30 NHL season