1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season

	1930–31 Montreal Canadiens
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 (54)
Penalty minutes	Marty Burke (91)
Wins	George Hainsworth (26)
Goals against average	George Hainsworth (2.02)
	← 1929–30 1931–32 →

The 1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 22nd season. The Canadiens finished 1st in the Canadian Division and defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1931 Stanley Cup Finals 3 games to 2.

Regular Season[]

Howie Morenz led the league in scoring.

Final Standings[]

**Canadian Division**
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	44	26	10	8	129	89	60
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	22	13	9	118	99	53
Montreal Maroons	44	20	18	6	105	106	46
New York Americans	44	18	16	10	76	74	46
Ottawa Senators	44	10	30	4	91	142	24

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, 1930	5–1	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	1–0–0
2	L	November 18, 1930	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	1–1–0
3	W	November 20, 1930	7–1	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	2–1–0
4	L	November 23, 1930	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	2–2–0
5	L	November 27, 1930	2–3	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	2–3–0
6	W	November 29, 1930	3–2	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	3–3–0
7	W	December 2, 1930	2–0	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	4–3–0
8	W	December 4, 1930	5–4	New York Rangers (1930–31)	5–3–0
9	W	December 7, 1930	3–2	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	6–3–0
10	W	December 9, 1930	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	7–3–0
11	W	December 11, 1930	5–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	8–3–0
12	T	December 13, 1930	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1930–31)	8–3–1
13	T	December 18, 1930	0–0 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	8–3–2
14	L	December 23, 1930	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	8–4–2
15	W	December 27, 1930	8–5	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	9–4–2
16	T	December 30, 1930	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	9–4–3
17	L	January 3, 1931	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	9–5–3
18	L	January 6, 1931	2–6	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	9–6–3
19	W	January 8, 1931	2–1	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	10–6–3
20	W	January 10, 1931	6–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	11–6–3
21	W	January 13, 1931	2–1	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	12–6–3
22	W	January 15, 1931	4–1	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	13–6–3
23	L	January 17, 1931	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	13–7–3
24	W	January 20, 1931	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	14–7–3
25	W	January 22, 1931	3–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	15–7–3
26	W	January 24, 1931	6–1	New York Americans (1930–31)	16–7–3
27	W	January 29, 1931	7–1	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	17–7–3
28	W	February 1, 1931	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	18–7–3
29	W	February 3, 1931	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	19–7–3
30	T	February 5, 1931	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	19–7–4
31	L	February 7, 1931	1–2	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	19–8–4
32	W	February 15, 1931	2–0	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	20–8–4
33	W	February 17, 1931	2–0	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	21–8–4
34	T	February 19, 1931	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	21–8–5
35	W	February 21, 1931	6–4	New York Americans (1930–31)	22–8–5
36	W	February 26, 1931	5–0	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	23–8–5
37	T	February 28, 1931	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	23–8–6
38	W	March 3, 1931	1–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	24–8–6
39	L	March 5, 1931	1–2	New York Rangers (1930–31)	24–9–6
40	W	March 8, 1931	2–0	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	25–9–6
41	W	March 10, 1931	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	26–9–6
42	L	March 12, 1931	0–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	26–10–6
43	T	March 14, 1931	3–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	26–10–7
44	T	March 21, 1931	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	26–10–8

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Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 2[]

The league's two best teams met in the second round of the playoffs, both teams having received byes in the first round. The series was extremely close with three of the five games being decided in overtime.

Game 1 in Boston saw the Bruins behind 4-1 entering the third period. A three goal comeback sent the game into overtime where Cooney Weiland scored his second goal of the game to win it for the Bruins.

Game 2 in Boston was a close checking affair with the only goal scored by Georges Mantha in the first period. Early in the third period, Habs goalie George Hainsworth was cut on the forehead with a skate, stopping the game for 8 minutes while he was tended to in the locker room. With 4 minutes left in the game, George Owen was given a major penalty for an infraction against Howie Morenz. This resulted in a shower of debris being thrown on the ice, stopping the game for 15 minutes while it was cleaned up. With a minute to go, for the first time in NHL history, coach Art Ross pulled goalie Tiny Thompson in a failed attempt to tie the game.

Game 3 saw the series shift to Montreal for the remainder of the games played. Down 3-1 entering the third period, the Bruins again mounted a third period comeback to tie it up on goals by Cooney Weiland and Marty Barry. However, Georges Mantha scored the winner in overtime.

Game 4 saw the Bruins build a three goal lead entering the third period including Weiland's fourth goal of the series. A goal by the Canadiens' Nick Wasnie wasn't enough as the Bruins tied the series.

Game 5 followed the pattern of game 1 and 3 in which the Bruins fell behind entering the third period. Two goals from series scoring leader Weiland tied the game up but Wildor Larochelle scored at 19:00 of the first OT and the Habs took the series 3-2. Cooney Weiland led all playoff scorers with 9 points.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 24	Montreal Canadiens	4-5 (OT)	Boston Bruins	0-1
2	March 26	Montreal Canadiens	1-0	Boston Bruins	1-1
3	March 28	Boston Bruins	3-4 (OT)	Montreal Canadiens	1-2
4	March 30	Boston Bruins	3-1	Montreal Canadiens	2-2
5	April 1	Boston Bruins	2-3 (OT)	Montreal Canadiens	2-3

Montreal Canadiens 3, Chicago Black Hawks 2[]

For more details on this topic, see 1931 Stanley Cup Finals.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 3	Montreal Canadiens	2	Chicago Black Hawks	1
April 5	Montreal Canadiens	1	Chicago Black Hawks	2	2OT
April 9	Chicago Black Hawks	3	Montreal Canadiens	2	3OT
April 11	Chicago Black Hawks	1	Montreal Canadiens	2
April 14	Chicago Black Hawks	1	Montreal Canadiens	2

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	39	28	23	51	49
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	43	13	22	35	73
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	41	18	7	25	43
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	44	17	7	24	63
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	44	11	6	17	25
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	44	8	6	14	82
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	40	8	5	13	35
Wasnie, NickNick Wasnie	RW	44	9	2	11	26
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	44	4	7	11	75
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	40	5	4	9	10
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	44	2	5	7	91
Rivers, GusGus Rivers	RW	44	2	5	7	6
McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey	RW/D	22	2	1	3	10
Lesieur, ArtArt Lesieur	D	21	2	0	2	14
Pusie, JeanJean Pusie	D	6	0	0	0	0
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	2740	44	26	10	8	89	1.95	8
Team:	2740	44	26	10	8	89	1.95	8

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	10	6	2	8	8
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	10	5	1	6	4
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	10	4	2	6	6
Wasnie, NickNick Wasnie	RW	10	4	1	5	8
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	10	1	4	5	10
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	10	0	4	4	12
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	10	2	1	3	26
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	10	1	2	3	10
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	10	1	2	3	8
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	7	0	2	2	9
Rivers, GusGus Rivers	RW	10	1	0	1	0
Pusie, JeanJean Pusie	D	3	0	0	0	0
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	8	0	0	0	0
Lesieur, ArtArt Lesieur	D	10	0	0	0	4
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	722	10	6	4	21	1.75	2
Team:	722	10	6	4	21	1.75	2

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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[]

O'Brien Cup: Montreal Canadiens, winners of the Canadian Division
Hart Memorial Trophy: Howie Morenz
Howie Morenz, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
Aurel Joliat, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Sylvio Mantha, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions[]

Montreal Canadiens 1931 Stanley Cup Champions[]

Roster

Centers

7 Howie Morenz
9 Alfred Pit Lepine

Wingers

Defensemen

Goaltenders

1 George Hainsworth

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

Non-players

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 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, 109–134.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 155013051X.

↑ 1930–31 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ 1930-31 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-05.

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1930–31 NHL season by team
Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens • Mtl Maroons • NY Americans • Ottawa • Toronto
American Division	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • NY Rangers • Philadelphia
See also	Stanley Cup Finals

1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 2[]

Montreal Canadiens 3, Chicago Black Hawks 2[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Montreal Canadiens 1931 Stanley Cup Champions[]

Roster

Stanley Cup Engraving

Game Ads[]

See Also[]

References[]

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