1939–40 Montreal Canadiens season

	1939–40 Montreal Canadiens
Division	7th NHL
1939–40 record	10-33-5
Goals for	90
Goals against	168
Team information
General manager	Jules Dugal
Coach	Pit Lepine
Captain	Walter Buswell
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Toe Blake (17)
Assists	Charlie Sands (20)
Points	Toe Blake (36)
Penalty minutes	Polly Drouin (51)
Wins	Claude Bourque (9)
Goals against average	Claude Bourque (3.29)
	← 1938–39 1940–41 →

The 1939–40 Montreal Canadiens season was the 31st season in franchise history. The Canadiens finished 7th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1935-36 season.

Pre-season[]

The Canadiens held their training camp in Montreal, Quebec.

Regular Season[]

The New York Rangers-Montreal Canadiens 6-2 game on February 25, 1940 was the first ice hockey game ever to be shown on TV in the USA.

Final Standings[]

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	48	31	12	5	170	98	330	67
New York Rangers	48	27	11	10	136	77	520	64
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	25	17	6	134	110	485	56
Chicago Black Hawks	48	23	19	6	112	120	351	52
Detroit Red Wings	48	16	26	6	90	126	250	38
New York Americans	48	15	29	4	106	140	236	34
Montreal Canadiens	48	10	33	5	90	167	338	25

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, 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 5, 1939	8–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	1–0–0
2	W	November 9, 1939	2–0	New York Americans (1939–40)	2–0–0
3	T	November 16, 1939	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	2–0–1
4	W	November 19, 1939	2–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	3–0–1
5	W	November 21, 1939	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	4–0–1
6	T	November 23, 1939	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1939–40)	4–0–2
7	L	November 25, 1939	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	4–1–2
8	L	November 30, 1939	2–5	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	4–2–2
9	W	December 3, 1939	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	5–2–2
10	W	December 7, 1939	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	6–2–2
11	L	December 9, 1939	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	6–3–2
12	L	December 10, 1939	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	6–4–2
13	W	December 14, 1939	5–3 OT	New York Americans (1939–40)	7–4–2
14	L	December 16, 1939	2–4	New York Rangers (1939–40)	7–5–2
15	L	December 19, 1939	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	7–6–2
16	L	December 21, 1939	2–3	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	7–7–2
17	L	December 25, 1939	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	7–8–2
18	L	December 28, 1939	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	7–9–2
19	L	December 31, 1939	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	7–10–2
20	L	January 1, 1940	0–1	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	7–11–2
21	L	January 4, 1940	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	7–12–2
22	L	January 6, 1940	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	7–13–2
23	W	January 7, 1940	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	8–13–2
24	L	January 9, 1940	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	8–14–2
25	L	January 14, 1940	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	8–15–2
26	L	January 16, 1940	1–6	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	8–16–2
27	L	January 18, 1940	0–1	New York Rangers (1939–40)	8–17–2
28	T	January 25, 1940	2–2 OT	New York Americans (1939–40)	8–17–3
29	L	January 27, 1940	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	8–18–3
30	L	January 28, 1940	1–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	8–19–3
31	L	January 30, 1940	1–4	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	8–20–3
32	L	February 4, 1940	0–9	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	8–21–3
33	L	February 8, 1940	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	8–22–3
34	W	February 11, 1940	3–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	9–22–3
35	T	February 15, 1940	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	9–22–4
36	L	February 17, 1940	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	9–23–4
37	L	February 18, 1940	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	9–24–4
38	L	February 22, 1940	1–10	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	9–25–4
39	L	February 24, 1940	0–2	New York Rangers (1939–40)	9–26–4
40	L	February 25, 1940	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	9–27–4
41	L	February 29, 1940	2–4	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	9–28–4
42	T	March 2, 1940	3–3 OT	New York Americans (1939–40)	9–28–5
43	L	March 3, 1940	0–3	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	9–29–5
44	L	March 7, 1940	1–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	9–30–5
45	W	March 9, 1940	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	10–30–5
46	L	March 10, 1940	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	10–31–5
47	L	March 14, 1940	4–8	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	10–32–5
48	L	March 17, 1940	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	10–33–5

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Playoffs[]

The Canadiens did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	48	17	19	36	48
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	47	9	20	29	10
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	46	11	12	23	29
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	42	9	11	20	6
Trudel, LouLou Trudel	LW	47	12	7	19	24
Drouin, PollyPolly Drouin	LW	42	4	11	15	51
Barry, MartyMarty Barry	C	30	4	10	14	2
Young, DougDoug Young	D	47	3	9	12	22
Goupille, RedRed Goupille	D	48	2	10	12	48
Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes	C	23	2	8	10	8
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	10	4	5	9	0
Lorrain, RodRod Lorrain	RW	41	1	5	6	6
Summerhill, BillBill Summerhill	RW	13	3	2	5	24
Demers, TonyTony Demers	RW	14	2	3	5	2
Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson	RW/C	11	1	4	5	4
Meronek, BillBill Meronek	C	7	2	2	4	0
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	21	2	2	4	0
Buswell, WaltWalt Buswell	D	46	1	3	4	10
Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth	D	32	1	3	4	6
Doran, JohnJohn Doran	D	6	0	3	3	6
Raymond, ArmandArmand Raymond	D	11	0	1	1	0
Mancuso, GusGus Mancuso	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Thomson, RhysRhys Thomson	D	7	0	0	0	16
Poirier, GordieGordie Poirier	C	10	0	0	0	0
Karakas, MikeMike Karakas	G	5	0	0	0	0
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	G	7	0	0	0	0
Bourque, ClaudeClaude Bourque	G	36	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bourque, ClaudeClaude Bourque	2210	36	9	24	3	121	3.29	2
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	415	7	1	5	1	24	3.47	0
Karakas, MikeMike Karakas	310	5	0	4	1	18	3.48	0
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	25	1	0	0	0	5	12.00	0
Team:	2960	48	10	33	5	168	3.41	2

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; 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[]

Toe Blake, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ 1939–40 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ 1939-40 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

[1] 1939–40 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

[2] 1939-40 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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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)

1939–40 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston · Chicago · Detroit · Montreal Canadiens · NY Americans · NY Rangers · Toronto
See also	1940 Stanley Cup Finals

1939–40 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Pre-season[]

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Awards and Records[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]