1931–32 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1931–32 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 23rd season. After winning two consecutive Stanley Cup championships, the Canadiens were favoured to repeat, winning the Canadian division, but lost to the New York Rangers in the semi-finals.

1931–32 Montreal Canadiens
Division1st Canadian
1931–32 record25–16–7
Goals for128
Goals against111
Team information
General managerLeo Dandurand
CoachCecil Hart
CaptainSylvio Mantha
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsHowie Morenz (24)
AssistsHowie Morenz (25)
PointsHowie Morenz (49)
WinsGeorge Hainsworth (25)
Goals against averageGeorge Hainsworth (2.32)

Regular season

Howie Morenz won the Hart Trophy for his outstanding play during the regular season..

Final standings
Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens482516712811157
Toronto Maple Leafs482318715512753
Montreal Maroons481922714213945
New York Americans48162489514240

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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.

Record vs. opponents
1931-32 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON MTM NYA NYR TOR
Boston —2–4–23–1–43–2–11–4–12–3–12–4–22–3–1
Chicago 4–2–2—3–4–11–4–12–1–34–1–11–5–23–2–1
Detroit 1–3–44–3–1—2–3–13–32–2–23–3–23–3
M. Canadiens 2–3–14–1–13–2–1—5–2–14–43–2–14–2–2
M. Maroons 4–1–11–2–33–32–5–1—4–3–12–3–13–5
N.Y. Americans 3–2–11–4–12–2–24–43–4–1—2–41–4–3
N.Y. Rangers 4–2–25–1–23–3–22–3–13–2–14–2—2–4
Toronto 3–2–12–3–13–32–4–25–34–1–34–2—

Schedule and results
Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LNovember 12, 19311–4New York Rangers (1931–32)0–1–0
2TNovember 14, 19311–1 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)0–1–1
3WNovember 17, 19315–2Montreal Maroons (1931–32)1–1–1
4WNovember 21, 19313–0Boston Bruins (1931–32)2–1–1
5LNovember 24, 19311–7@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)2–2–1
6WNovember 26, 19313–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)3–2–1
7LNovember 29, 19312–3 OT@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)3–3–1
8LDecember 2, 19311–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)3–4–1
9WDecember 5, 19314–0Detroit Falcons (1931–32)4–4–1
10TDecember 8, 19311–1 OTChicago Black Hawks (1931–32)4–4–2
11WDecember 10, 19313–0@ New York Americans (1931–32)5–4–2
12LDecember 12, 19311–7@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)5–5–2
13WDecember 17, 19311–0New York Americans (1931–32)6–5–2
14TDecember 19, 19312–2 OTNew York Rangers (1931–32)6–5–3
15LDecember 22, 19312–6@ New York Rangers (1931–32)6–6–3
16LDecember 24, 19311–2 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)6–7–3
17WDecember 26, 19312–0 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)7–7–3
18LDecember 31, 19310–5@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)7–8–3
19WJanuary 2, 19325–1Montreal Maroons (1931–32)8–8–3
20LJanuary 5, 19321–2 OTNew York Americans (1931–32)8–9–3
21LJanuary 7, 19320–1@ New York Americans (1931–32)8–10–3
22LJanuary 10, 19321–3@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)8–11–3
23WJanuary 13, 19322–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)9–11–3
24TJanuary 16, 19322–2 OTBoston Bruins (1931–32)9–11–4
25WJanuary 19, 19325–3@ New York Rangers (1931–32)10–11–4
26WJanuary 21, 19323–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)11–11–4
27LJanuary 23, 19320–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)11–12–4
28LJanuary 26, 19322–3@ New York Americans (1931–32)11–13–4
29TJanuary 28, 19323–3 OT@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)11–13–5
30WJanuary 30, 19324–3Detroit Falcons (1931–32)12–13–5
31WFebruary 2, 19324–1@ New York Rangers (1931–32)13–13–5
32WFebruary 4, 19326–5 OTMontreal Maroons (1931–32)14–13–5
33LFebruary 9, 19321–4@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)14–14–5
34WFebruary 11, 19324–1Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)15–14–5
35WFebruary 13, 19323–1New York Rangers (1931–32)16–14–5
36WFebruary 17, 19323–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)17–14–5
37TFebruary 21, 19321–1 OT@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)17–14–6
38WFebruary 23, 19322–1Detroit Falcons (1931–32)18–14–6
39WFebruary 27, 19324–2Boston Bruins (1931–32)19–14–6
40LMarch 1, 19326–7@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)19–15–6
41WMarch 3, 19322–1Montreal Maroons (1931–32)20–15–6
42TMarch 5, 19321–1 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)20–15–7
43WMarch 8, 19326–1New York Americans (1931–32)21–15–7
44WMarch 12, 19321–0Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)22–15–7
45LMarch 15, 19322–5@ New York Americans (1931–32)22–16–7
46WMarch 17, 193210–4New York Americans (1931–32)23–16–7
47WMarch 19, 19326–4 OT@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)24–16–7
48WMarch 22, 19324–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)25–16–7

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Playoffs

The Canadiens, by placing first, received a bye to the semi-finals where they met the New York Rangers, who had won the American Division. The Canadiens, missing some regulars due to injury, lost the best-of-five series three games to one.

New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens
Date Visitor Home Score Record
March 24New York RangersMontreal Canadiens4–31–0
March 26New York RangersMontreal Canadiens3–41–1
March 27Montreal CanadiensNew York Rangers0–11–2
March 29Montreal CanadiensNew York Rangers2–51–3

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Howie MorenzC4824254946
Aurel JoliatLW4815243946
Johnny GagnonRW4819183740
Pit LepineC4819113042
Wildor LarochelleRW481882616
Armand MondouLW476121822
Nick WasnieRW481021216
Sylvio ManthaD47551062
Marty BurkeD4836950
Albert LeducD4153860
Georges ManthaD/LW481788
Art LesieurD2412312
Dunc MunroD4811214
Art AlexandreLW100228
Gus RiversRW251014
George HainsworthG480002
Jean PusieD10000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
George Hainsworth299848251671102.206
Albert Leduc21000130.000
Team:300048251671112.226

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Wildor LarochelleRW42134
Armand MondouLW41232
Aurel JoliatLW42024
Johnny GagnonRW41124
Albert LeducD41122
Pit LepineC31014
Howie MorenzC41014
Georges ManthaD/LW40118
Sylvio ManthaD40118
Art AlexandreLW40000
Marty BurkeD400012
George HainsworthG40000
Art LesieurD40000
Dunc MunroD40002
Nick WasnieRW40000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
George Hainsworth300413132.600
Team:300413132.600

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Roster
Goaltenders
Defence
Forwards

Sources:

  • Mouton, p. 158
  • "Players". NHL. Retrieved 2008-10-28.

See also

References
  • Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 109–134.
  • Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.
  1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. "1931–32 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. "1931-32 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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