1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season

	1937–38 Montreal Canadiens
Division	3rd Canadian
1937–38 record	18-17-13
Goals for	123
Goals against	128
Team information
General manager	Ernest Savard
Coach	Cecil Hart
Captain	Babe Siebert
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Georges Mantha (23)
Assists	Paul Haynes (22)
Points	Georges Mantha (42)
Penalty minutes	Babe Seibert (56)
Wins	Wilf Cude (18)
Goals against average	Wilf Cude (2.68)
	← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 29th season of play. The Canadiens finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 2 games to 1.

Regular Season[]

2Nov1937-Morenz Benefit game — Action from the Howie Morenz Memorial Game which was emblazoned on the sweaters.

After the death of Howie Morenz, the Howie Morenz Memorial Game was held at the Montreal Forum on November 2, 1937 to benefit Morenz's family. 8,683 fans attended, contributing $11,447 to an eventual total of over $20,000 in donations. A team of NHL All Stars played a combined team of the Montreal Maroons and Canadiens, defeating them 6-5.^[1]

This was the last season for Pit Lepine, Aurel Joliat and Marty Burke. Burke had returned from Chicago in a trade for Bill McKenzie.

Final Standings[]

**Canadian Division**
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	15	9	151	127	57
New York Americans	48	19	18	11	110	111	49
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	17	13	123	128	49
Montreal Maroons	48	12	30	6	101	149	30

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 9, 1937	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	0–0–1
2	L	November 11, 1937	0–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	0–1–1
3	W	November 13, 1937	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	1–1–1
4	L	November 14, 1937	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	1–2–1
5	T	November 18, 1937	6–6 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	1–2–2
6	T	November 23, 1937	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	1–2–3
7	W	November 27, 1937	2–1	New York Rangers (1937–38)	2–2–3
8	W	December 2, 1937	2–0	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–2–3
9	T	December 4, 1937	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	3–2–4
10	W	December 5, 1937	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	4–2–4
11	W	December 7, 1937	5–1	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	5–2–4
12	W	December 11, 1937	4–3 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	6–2–4
13	T	December 12, 1937	4–4 OT	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	6–2–5
14	L	December 14, 1937	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	6–3–5
15	L	December 16, 1937	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	6–4–5
16	T	December 19, 1937	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	6–4–6
17	W	December 25, 1937	2–0	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	7–4–6
18	L	January 1, 1938	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	7–5–6
19	W	January 2, 1938	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	8–5–6
20	L	January 4, 1938	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	8–6–6
21	W	January 8, 1938	6–2	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	9–6–6
22	L	January 11, 1938	7–11	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	9–7–6
23	T	January 13, 1938	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	9–7–7
24	L	January 16, 1938	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	9–8–7
25	L	January 18, 1938	1–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	9–9–7
26	L	January 20, 1938	2–4	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	9–10–7
27	W	January 22, 1938	4–0	New York Americans (1937–38)	10–10–7
28	W	January 27, 1938	4–2	New York Rangers (1937–38)	11–10–7
29	W	January 30, 1938	4–2	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	12–10–7
30	W	February 1, 1938	6–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	13–10–7
31	L	February 3, 1938	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	13–11–7
32	T	February 5, 1938	3–3 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	13–11–8
33	L	February 6, 1938	0–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	13–12–8
34	W	February 10, 1938	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	14–12–8
35	L	February 13, 1938	0–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	14–13–8
36	L	February 15, 1938	0–4	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	14–14–8
37	W	February 19, 1938	4–3 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	15–14–8
38	W	February 22, 1938	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	16–14–8
39	T	February 24, 1938	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	16–14–9
40	T	February 27, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	16–14–10
41	L	March 1, 1938	2–4	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	16–15–10
42	T	March 3, 1938	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	16–15–11
43	L	March 6, 1938	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	16–16–11
44	L	March 10, 1938	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	16–17–11
45	T	March 12, 1938	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	16–17–12
46	W	March 15, 1938	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	17–17–12
47	W	March 17, 1938	6–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	18–17–12
48	T	March 19, 1938	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1937–38)	18–17–13

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Playoffs[]

Chicago Black Hawks 2, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

The Canadiens drew the third-place finisher of the American division, the Chicago Black Hawks. Montreal lost the best-of-three series 2–1.

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	47	23	19	42	12
Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes	C	48	13	22	35	25
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	43	17	16	33	33
Lorrain, RodRod Lorrain	RW	48	13	19	32	14
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	47	13	17	30	9
Drouin, PollyPolly Drouin	LW	31	7	13	20	8
Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	LW/D	37	8	11	19	56
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	47	5	14	19	24
Buswell, WaltWalt Buswell	D	48	2	15	17	24
Desilets, JoffreJoffre Desilets	RW	32	6	7	13	6
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	44	6	7	13	24
Goupille, RedRed Goupille	D	47	4	5	9	44
Willson, DonDon Willson	C	18	2	7	9	0
Brown, GeorgeGeorge Brown	C	34	1	7	8	14
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	7	2	4	6	0
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	38	0	5	5	31
Mancuso, GusGus Mancuso	RW	17	1	1	2	4
Raymond, ArmandArmand Raymond	D	11	0	1	1	10
Asmundson, OscarOscar Asmundson	C	2	0	0	0	0
Demers, TonyTony Demers	RW	6	0	0	0	0
MacKenzie, BillBill MacKenzie	D	11	0	0	0	4
Gauthier, PaulPaul Gauthier	G	1	0	0	0	0
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	G	47	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	2990	47	18	17	12	126	2.53	3
Gauthier, PaulPaul Gauthier	70	1	0	0	1	2	1.71	0
Team:	3060	48	18	17	13	128	2.51	3

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	3	3	1	4	2
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	3	1	3	4	2
Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes	C	3	0	4	4	5
Goupille, RedRed Goupille	D	3	2	0	2	4
Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	LW/D	3	1	1	2	0
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	3	1	0	1	0
Summerhill, BillBill Summerhill	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Drouin, PollyPolly Drouin	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Desilets, JoffreJoffre Desilets	RW	2	0	0	0	7
Buswell, WaltWalt Buswell	D	3	0	0	0	0
Brown, GeorgeGeorge Brown	C	3	0	0	0	2
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	3	0	0	0	0
Lorrain, RodRod Lorrain	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Willson, DonDon Willson	C	3	0	0	0	0
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	G	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	192	3	1	2	11	3.44	0
Team:	192	3	1	2	11	3.44	0

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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[]

Babe Siebert, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
Toe Blake, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions[]

1938 Detroit Red Wings–Montreal Canadiens European tour[]

29Apr1938-Detroit Montreal Paris — Normie Smith makes a save during the third game in Paris, France, April 29, 1938.

In April and May 1938, the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens played a nine-game exhibition series in England and France. It was the first time in the history of the NHL that its teams played games in Europe. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1.

Gallery[]

References[]

Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc.. National Hockey League, 314–334.
Jenish, D'Arcy (2008). The Montreal Canadiens: 100 years of glory. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 9780385663243.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 155013051X.

Notes

↑ Coleman, pg. 314
↑ 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ 1937-38 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-05.

[1] Coleman, pg. 314

[2] 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

[3] 1937-38 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-05.

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Montreal Canadiens Seasons
1900s	1909–10
1910s	1910–11 • 1911–12 • 1912–13 • 1913–14 • 1914–15 • 1915–16 • 1916–17 • 1917–18 • 1918–19 • 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 • 1921–22 • 1922–23 • 1923–24 • 1924–25 • 1925–26 • 1926–27 • 1927–28 • 1928–29 • 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 • 1931–32 • 1932–33 • 1933–34 • 1934–35 • 1935–36 • 1936–37 • 1937–38 • 1938–39 • 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 • 1941–42 • 1942–43 • 1943–44 • 1944–45 • 1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1947–48 • 1948–49 • 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1953–54 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1958–59 • 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15 • 2015–16 • 2016–17 • 2017–18 • 2018–19 • 2019–20
Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship

Montreal Canadiens
Franchise	Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners
Arenas	Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre
Affiliates	Laval Rocket (AHL)

1937–38 NHL season by team
Canadian	Montreal Canadiens • Montreal Maroons • NY Americans • Toronto
American	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • NY Rangers
See also	1938 Stanley Cup Finals

1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Chicago Black Hawks 2, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

1938 Detroit Red Wings–Montreal Canadiens European tour[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]