1930–31 Detroit Falcons season

1930–31 Detroit Falcons
Division	4th American
1930–31 record	16–21–7
Goals for	102
Goals against	105
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	George Hay
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Ebbie Goodfellow (25)
Assists	Ebbie Goodfellow (23)
Points	Ebbie Goodfellow (48)
Penalty minutes	Harvey Rockburn (118)
Wins	Clarence Dolson (16)
Goals against average	Clarence Dolson (2.29)

The 1930–31 Detroit Falcons season was the Detroit National Hockey League (NHL) franchise's fifth season of play and the first known as the Detroit Falcons. The Falcons finished 4th in the American Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

American Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	28	10	6	143	90	62
Chicago Black Hawks	44	24	17	3	108	78	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	106	87	47
Detroit Falcons	44	16	21	7	102	105	39
Philadelphia Quakers	44	4	36	4	76	184	12

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.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 13, 1930	1–0	New York Rangers (1930–31)	1–0–0
2	W	November 16, 1930	5–1	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	2–0–0
3	L	November 20, 1930	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	2–1–0
4	T	November 23, 1930	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	2–1–1
5	W	November 27, 1930	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	3–1–1
6	L	November 29, 1930	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	3–2–1
7	T	November 30, 1930	2–2 OT	New York Americans (1930–31)	3–2–2
8	L	December 7, 1930	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	3–3–2
9	W	December 9, 1930	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	4–3–2
10	L	December 11, 1930	2–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	4–4–2
11	W	December 13, 1930	3–2	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	5–4–2
12	L	December 14, 1930	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	5–5–2
13	L	December 16, 1930	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	5–6–2
14	W	December 18, 1930	3–0	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	6–6–2
15	L	December 21, 1930	4–6	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	6–7–2
16	W	December 25, 1930	10–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	7–7–2
17	T	December 28, 1930	2–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	7–7–3
18	W	January 4, 1931	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	8–7–3
19	W	January 6, 1931	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	9–7–3
20	L	January 8, 1931	0–1	New York Rangers (1930–31)	9–8–3
21	L	January 11, 1931	1–4	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	9–9–3
22	L	January 13, 1931	1–6	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	9–10–3
23	W	January 17, 1931	5–2	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	10–10–3
24	T	January 18, 1931	2–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	10–10–4
25	W	January 20, 1931	5–2	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	11–10–4
26	W	January 25, 1931	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	12–10–4
27	L	January 27, 1931	1–2	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	12–11–4
28	W	February 1, 1931	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	13–11–4
29	L	February 3, 1931	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	13–12–4
30	L	February 5, 1931	4–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	13–13–4
31	W	February 8, 1931	2–0	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	14–13–4
32	T	February 12, 1931	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1930–31)	14–13–5
33	T	February 14, 1931	1–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	14–13–6
34	L	February 17, 1931	0–2	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	14–14–6
35	W	February 20, 1931	5–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	15–14–6
36	T	February 22, 1931	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	15–14–7
37	L	February 26, 1931	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	15–15–7
38	L	March 1, 1931	1–2 OT	New York Americans (1930–31)	15–16–7
39	L	March 8, 1931	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	15–17–7
40	L	March 10, 1931	2–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	15–18–7
41	L	March 12, 1931	5–7	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	15–19–7
42	W	March 15, 1931	5–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	16–19–7
43	L	March 17, 1931	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	16–20–7
44	L	March 22, 1931	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	16–21–7

Playoffs

• The Detroit Falcons did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	44	25	23	48	32
Cooper, CarsonCarson Cooper	RW	44	14	14	28	10
Lewis, HerbieHerbie Lewis	LW	43	15	6	21	38
Aurie, LarryLarry Aurie	RW	41	12	6	18	23
Hay, GeorgeGeorge Hay	LW	44	8	10	18	24
Sorrell, JohnJohn Sorrell	LW	39	9	7	16	10
Filmore, TommyTommy Filmore	RW	39	6	2	8	10
McInenly, BertBert McInenly	LW/D	44	3	5	8	48
Noble, RegReg Noble	C/D	44	2	5	7	42
Evans, StewartStewart Evans	D	43	1	4	5	14
McCabe, StanStan McCabe	LW	44	2	1	3	22
Fredrickson, FrankFrank Fredrickson	C	24	1	2	3	6
Hicks, HenryHenry Hicks	D	22	2	0	2	10
Newman, JohnJohn Newman	C/LW	8	1	1	2	0
Creighton, JimmyJimmy Creighton	F	11	1	0	1	2
Goldsworthy, LeroyLeroy Goldsworthy	RW	12	1	0	1	2
Rockburn, HarveyHarvey Rockburn	D	42	0	1	1	118
Steele, FrankFrank Steele	RW/D	1	0	0	0	0
Dolson, DollyDolly Dolson	G	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dolson, DollyDolly Dolson	2750	44	16	21	7	105	2.29	6
Team:	2750	44	16	21	7	105	2.29	6

Note: 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 Falcons did not receive any awards this season.

Game Ads

Opening Game

Pre-season @ Detroit

See Also

• 1930–31 NHL season

References

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