1932–33 Montreal Maroons season

1932–33 Montreal Maroons
Division	2nd Canadian
1932–33 record	22–20–6
Goals for	135
Goals against	119
Team information
General manager	James Strachan
Coach	Eddie Gerard
Captain	Hooley Smith
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Baldy Northcott (22)
Assists	Paul Haynes (25)
Points	Baldy Northcott (43)
Penalty minutes	Hooley Smith (66)
Wins	Dave Kerr (14)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (2.29)

The 1932–33 Montreal Maroons season was the 9th season of the Maroons franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maroons finished 2nd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 5 goals to 2.

Off-season

With the Great Depression in full swing, the Maroons previously packed arena and prosperous gate receipts vanished. Financially strapped, the high-scoring "S Line" was broken up with Babe Siebert and Nels Stewart sold for cash to keep the team afloat.

Regular Season

During the 5-2 loss to the New York Americans on November 22, 1932, goalie Flat Walsh was injured three minutes into the game. Winger Hugh Plaxton took over in net and took the defeat. Dave Kerr was recalled and became the starting goalie for the next three games, which he all lost. Walsh returned for the 5-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on November 29, 1932 in which Andy Bellemer played his first NHL game. Walsh then led the Maroons on a seven game undefeated streak.

Final Standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	18	6	119	111	54
Montreal Maroons	48	22	20	6	135	119	50
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	25	5	92	115	41
New York Americans	48	15	22	11	91	118	41
Ottawa Senators	48	11	27	10	88	131	32

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 10, 1932	2–4	New York Rangers (1932–33)	0–1–0
2	W	November 12, 1932	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	1–1–0
3	L	November 15, 1932	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1932–33)	1–2–0
4	W	November 19, 1932	4–1 OT	New York Americans (1932–33)	2–2–0
5	L	November 22, 1932	2–5	@ New York Americans (1932–33)	2–3–0
6	L	November 24, 1932	3–6	Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	2–4–0
7	L	November 26, 1932	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	2–5–0
8	W	November 29, 1932	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	3–5–0
9	W	December 1, 1932	5–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1932–33)	4–5–0
10	W	December 3, 1932	2–0	Boston Bruins (1932–33)	5–5–0
11	W	December 8, 1932	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	6–5–0
12	T	December 11, 1932	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	6–5–1
13	W	December 13, 1932	7–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	7–5–1
14	L	December 17, 1932	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1932–33)	7–6–1
15	L	December 22, 1932	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	7–7–1
16	L	December 25, 1932	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1932–33)	7–8–1
17	L	December 27, 1932	0–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	7–9–1
18	L	December 29, 1932	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	7–10–1
19	W	December 31, 1932	4–2	New York Rangers (1932–33)	8–10–1
20	T	January 5, 1933	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	8–10–2
21	L	January 8, 1933	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	8–11–2
22	L	January 12, 1933	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	8–12–2
23	L	January 14, 1933	2–3	Boston Bruins (1932–33)	8–13–2
24	L	January 17, 1933	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1932–33)	8–14–2
25	W	January 19, 1933	7–3	Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	9–14–2
26	W	January 22, 1933	5–0	@ New York Rangers (1932–33)	10–14–2
27	W	January 24, 1933	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	11–14–2
28	W	January 28, 1933	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	12–14–2
29	T	February 2, 1933	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1932–33)	12–14–3
30	W	February 4, 1933	7–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1932–33)	13–14–3
31	W	February 7, 1933	1–0	@ New York Americans (1932–33)	14–14–3
32	L	February 9, 1933	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1932–33)	14–15–3
33	W	February 11, 1933	4–2	Boston Bruins (1932–33)	15–15–3
34	T	February 16, 1933	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	15–15–4
35	T	February 19, 1933	0–0 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	15–15–5
36	W	February 21, 1933	5–1	New York Americans (1932–33)	16–15–5
37	L	February 23, 1933	1–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1932–33)	16–16–5
38	T	February 25, 1933	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1932–33)	16–16–6
39	W	February 28, 1933	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	17–16–6
40	L	March 4, 1933	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	17–17–6
41	W	March 7, 1933	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	18–17–6
42	L	March 9, 1933	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1932–33)	18–18–6
43	W	March 11, 1933	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	19–18–6
44	W	March 14, 1933	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1932–33)	20–18–6
45	W	March 16, 1933	5–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	21–18–6
46	W	March 19, 1933	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1932–33)	22–18–6
47	L	March 21, 1933	0–3	Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	22–19–6
48	L	March 23, 1933	3–6	New York Americans (1932–33)	22–20–6

Playoffs

Detroit Red Wings 5 Goals, Montreal Maroons 2 Goals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 25	Detroit Red Wings	2-0	Montreal Maroons	2-0
2	March 28	Montreal Maroons	2-3	Detroit Red Wings	2-5

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
5, 10	Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott	D/LW	48	22	21	43	30
7	Smith, HooleyHooley Smith	C/RW	48	20	21	41	66
10	Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes	C	48	16	25	41	18
4	Ward, JimmyJimmy Ward	RW	48	16	17	33	52
8	Trottier, DaveDave Trottier	LW	48	16	15	31	38
9	Brydson, GlennGlenn Brydson	RW	48	11	17	28	26
3	Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher	D	47	7	21	28	61
10	Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson	RW/C	44	15	9	24	6
2	Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth	D	47	4	10	14	48
14	Duguid, LorneLorne Duguid	LW	48	4	7	11	38
6, 12	Kilrea, WallyWally Kilrea	RW/C	19	1	7	8	2
6	Plaxton, HughHugh Plaxton	LW	15	1	2	3	4
16, 17	Wilcox, ArchieArchie Wilcox	RW/D	47	0	3	3	37
11	Gallagher, JohnJohn Gallagher	D	6	1	0	1	0
16	Blake, MickeyMickey Blake	LW/D	1	0	0	0	0
	McCabe, StanStan McCabe	LW	1	0	0	0	0
12	Phillips, MerlynMerlyn Phillips	C	2	0	0	0	0
12	Roche, DesDes Roche	RW	5	0	0	0	0
12	Roche, EarlEarl Roche	LW	5	0	0	0	0
17	Bellemer, AndyAndy Bellemer	D	15	0	0	0	0
17	Noble, RegReg Noble	C/D	20	0	0	0	16
1	Walsh, FlatFlat Walsh	G	22	0	0	0	0
1, 12, 17	Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	G	26	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	1520	25	14	8	3	58	2.29	4
Walsh, FlatFlat Walsh	1303	22	8	11	3	56	2.58	2
Plaxton, HughHugh Plaxton	57	1	0	1	0	5	5.26	0
Team:	2880	48	22	20	6	119	2.48	6

Playoffs

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
7	Smith, HooleyHooley Smith	C/RW	2	2	0	2	2
3	Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher	D	2	0	1	1	0
2	Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth	D	2	0	1	1	0
9	Brydson, GlennGlenn Brydson	RW	2	0	0	0	0
14	Duguid, LorneLorne Duguid	LW	2	0	0	0	4
10	Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes	C	2	0	0	0	2
12	Kilrea, WallyWally Kilrea	RW/C	2	0	0	0	0
17	Noble, RegReg Noble	C/D	2	0	0	0	2
5	Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott	D/LW	2	0	0	0	4
15	Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson	RW/C	2	0	0	0	0
8	Trottier, DaveDave Trottier	LW	2	0	0	0	6
4	Ward, JimmyJimmy Ward	RW	2	0	0	0	0
16	Wilcox, ArchieArchie Wilcox	RW/D	2	0	0	0	0
1	Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	120	2	0	2	5	2.50	0
Team:	120	2	0	2	5	2.50	0

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

• Baldy Northcott, Left Wing, NHL First All-Star Team
• Lionel Conacher, Defense, NHL Second All-Star Team

Transactions

• Sell Babe Siebert to the New York Rangers on July 2, 1932.
• Sell Nels Stewart to the Boston Bruins on October 17, 1932.
• Trade John Gallagher to the Detroit Red Wings for Reg Noble on December 9, 1932.
• Acquire Russ Blinco from the Rangers on December 18, 1932.
• Sell Harvey Rockburn to the Ottawa Senators on February 2, 1933.
• Trade Des Roche to Ottawa for Wally Kilrea on February 3, 1932.

Trivia

• Maroons who had a hat trick this season include:
  • Baldy Northcott during the 7-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings on December 13, 1932.
  • Jimmy Ward during the 7-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on January 19, 1933.
  • Paul Haynes during the 7-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on February 4, 1933.
  • Jimmy Ward had a four goal game during the 7-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 7, 1933.
  • Hooley Smith during the 6-2 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on March 11, 1933.

Gallery

Home Opener

Playoffs

See Also

• 1932–33 NHL season