# 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers season

The 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers season was the Quakers' sole season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team moved from Pittsburgh, where they had played as the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1925.

## Offseason

The team relocated to Philadelphia and was in the charge of Benny Leonard, the prizefighter who held the world lightweight title from 1917 to 1925.
On October 18, 1930, 13 players, including player-coach Frank Fredrickson, were transferred to the Quakers from Pittsburgh. But Fredrickson was released two days later and replaced by Cooper Smeaton, who resigned his position as the league's referee-in-chief to become the Quakers head coach.

## Regular season

The team finished with 12 points for the season, the worst performance in the six-year history of the Pirate/Quaker franchise. The team lost $100,000 on its operations and folded after the season. As a result, Philadelphia was left without an NHL franchise until the Flyers arrived in 1967.

### Season standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Boston Bruins | 44 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 143 | 90 | 62 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 44 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 108 | 78 | 51 |
| New York Rangers | 44 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 106 | 87 | 47 |
| Detroit Falcons | 44 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 102 | 105 | 39 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 44 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 76 | 184 | 12 |
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

1930–31 regular season :
November: 1–5–1, 3 points (home: 1–2–1; road: 0–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1November 11New York Rangers0–3Miller5,0000–1–00Recap
2November 15@ Toronto Maple Leafs0–4Miller6,0000–2–00Recap
3November 16@ Detroit Falcons1–5Miller7,5000–3–00Recap
4November 18Ottawa Senators2–2OTMiller2,0000–3–11Recap
5November 23@ New York Rangers2–5Miller9,0000–4–11Recap
6November 25Toronto Maple Leafs2–1Miller3,5001–4–13Recap
7November 29New York Rangers3–6Miller2,5001–5–13Recap :
December: 0–10–0, 0 points (home: 0–5–0; road: 0–5–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
8December 2Montreal Canadiens0–2Miller4,0001–6–13Recap
9December 4@ Ottawa Senators2–5Miller4,0001–7–13Recap
10December 6Boston Bruins3–4Miller5,0001–8–13Recap
11December 9New York Americans1–2OTMiller3,0001–9–13Recap
12December 13Detroit Falcons2–3Miller5,0001–10–13Recap
13December 16@ New York Americans0–3Miller5,0001–11–13Recap
14December 20@ Montreal Maroons1–5Miller9,0001–12–13Recap
15December 23Chicago Blackhawks2–3Cude2,0001–13–13Recap
16December 25@ Boston Bruins0–8Cude11,0001–14–13Recap
17December 28@ New York Rangers2–4Cude7,0001–15–13Recap :
January: 1–11–1, 3 points (home: 1–5–0; road: 0–6–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
18January 1@ Chicago Black Hawks3–10Cude7,0001–16–13Recap
19January 3Ottawa Senators4–5OTCude3,5001–17–13Recap
20January 4@ New York Americans0–5Cude7,0001–18–13Recap
21January 8Chicago Black Hawks0–4Cuden/a1–19–13Recap
22January 10Montreal Maroons4–3OTMiller3,0002–19–15Recap
23January 13Montreal Canadiens1–2Forbes3,5002–20–15Recap
24January 17Detroit Falcons2–5Forbes2,5002–21–15Recap
25January 20@ Detroit Falcons2–5Cude6,0002–22–15Recap
26January 22@ Chicago Black Hawks2–5Cude6,5002–23–15Recap
27January 24Boston Bruins2–4Cude3,5002–24–15Recap
28January 27@ Boston Bruins3–3OTCuden/a2–24–26Recap
29January 29@ Montreal Canadiens1–7Cude10,0002–25–26Recap
30January 31@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–3Cude7,0002–26–26Recap :
February: 1–5–1, 3 points (home: 0–2–1; road: 1–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
31February 5@ Chicago Black Hawks1–6Cude8,0002–27–26Recap
32February 10New York Rangers1–3Cuden/a2–28–26Recap
33February 14New York Americans1–1OTCude3,0002–28–37Recap
34February 17@ Detroit Falcons2–0Cude5,0003–28–39Recap
35February 22@ New York Rangers1–6Cude8,0003–29–39Recap
36February 24Boston Bruins1–5Cude2,0003–30–39Recap
37February 28@ Montreal Maroons1–4Cude9,5003–31–39Recap :
March: 1–5–1, 3 points (home: 1–3–0; road: 0–2–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
38March 3Toronto Maple Leafs1–5Cude1,5003–32–39Recap
39March 7@ Boston Bruins2–7Cuden/a3–33–39Recap
40March 10@ Ottawa Senators3–5OTCude2,0003–34–39Recap
41March 12Detroit Falcons7–5Cuden/a4–34–311Recap
42March 14Montreal Maroons2–3Cuden/a4–35–311Recap
43March 17Chicago Black Hawks0–4Cude2,5004–36–311Recap
44March 21@ Montreal Canadiens4–4Cuden/a4–36–412Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; F = Forward; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Quakers only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Quakers only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 7 | Gerry Lowrey | C | 43 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 27 |
| 4 | Hib Milks | C | 44 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 42 |
| 15 | Syd Howe | LW/C | 44 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 22 |
| 14 | Wally Kilrea | C | 44 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 26 |
| 10 | Cliff Barton | RW | 43 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 |
| 5 | James Jarvis | LW | 44 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 32 |
| 12 | Al Shields | D | 43 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 102 |
| 2 | Ron Lyons†‡ | LW | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 17 | Eddie McCalmon | RW | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Tex White‡ | RW | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Herb Drury | LW | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Harold Darragh‡ | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | John McKinnon | D | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 46 |
| 6 | Bill Hutton†‡ | RW | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | D'Arcy Coulson† | D | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| 3 | Stan Crossett† | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | Wilf Cude† | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Jake Forbes†‡ | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Gord Fraser‡ | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 19 | Rennison Manners‡ | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Joe Miller‡ | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rodger Smith‡ | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Aubrey Webster | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SO | GA | GAA | MIN |
| 18 | Wilf Cude† | 29 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 130 | 4.38 | 1779 |
| 1 | Joe Miller‡ | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 3.43 | 821 |
| 1 | Jake Forbes†‡ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.50 | 120 |

## Awards and records
### Records

The 1930–31 Quakers are tied with the 1919–20 Quebec Bulldogs for the fewest wins in a season with four, though Quebec played 20 fewer games. The Quakers .136 points percentage on the season held the NHL record low for 44 years until being surpassed by the expansion 1974–75 Washington Capitals’ .131.

## Transactions

The Quakers were involved in the following transactions before, during, and after the 1930–31 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| November 6, 1930 (1930-11-06) | To Philadelphia Quakers Loan of Syd HoweLoan of Wally KilreaLoan of Al Shields | To Ottawa Senators $35,000 |
| November 28, 1930 (1930-11-28) | To Philadelphia Quakers cash | To Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (IHL) Gord Fraser |
| December 8, 1930 (1930-12-08) | To Philadelphia Quakers Bill HuttonRon Lyonscash | To Boston Bruins Harold Darragh |
| December 16, 1930 (1930-12-16) | To Philadelphia Quakers cash | To Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (IHL) Rodger SmithTex White |
| January 13, 1931 (1931-01-13) | To Philadelphia Quakers Loan of Jake Forbes | To New Haven Eagles (CAHL) |
| February 12, 1931 (1931-02-12) | To Philadelphia Quakers cash | To Boston Bruins Ron Lyons |
| February 24, 1931 (1931-02-24) | To Philadelphia Quakers cash | To Detroit Olympics (IHL) Bill Hutton |
| October 19, 1933 (1933-10-19) | To Philadelphia Quakers cash | To Montreal Canadiens Wilf Cude |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Via |
| November 12, 1930 (1930-11-12) | Aubrey Shore | Kitchener Flying Dutchmen (CPHL) | Free agency |
| December 15, 1930 (1930-12-15) | D'Arcy Coulson | Chicago Shamrocks (AHA) | Free agency |
| December 15, 1930 (1930-12-15) | Wilf Cude | Melville Millionaires (S-SSHL) | Free agency |
| December 15, 1930 (1930-12-15) | Eddie McCalmon | Toronto Millionaires (IHL) | Free agency |
| January 9, 1931 (1931-01-09) | Stan Crossett | Port Hope Eagles (OHA-Sr.) | Free agency |
| May 9, 1931 (1931-05-09) | Doug Young | Cleveland Indians (IHL) | Inter-league draft |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| October 20, 1930 (1930-10-20) | Frank Fredrickson | Detroit Falcons | Release |
| November 12, 1930 (1930-11-12) | Tom Cowan | | Release |
| November 28, 1930 (1930-11-28) | Rennison Manners | Niagara Falls Cataracts (OPHL) | Release |
| February 16, 1931 (1931-02-16) | Joe Miller | | Release |
| September 26, 1931 (1931-09-26) | Cliff Barton | New York Rangers | Dispersal draft |
| September 26, 1931 (1931-09-26) | D'Arcy Coulson | Montreal Maroons | Dispersal draft |
| September 26, 1931 (1931-09-26) | James Jarvis | New York Rangers | Dispersal draft |
| September 26, 1931 (1931-09-26) | Gerry Lowrey | Chicago Black Hawks | Dispersal draft |
| September 26, 1931 (1931-09-26) | Hib Milks | New York Rangers | Dispersal draft |
| September 26, 1931 (1931-09-26) | Doug Young | New York Americans | Dispersal draft |
| September 27, 1931 (1931-09-27) | Wilf Cude | National Hockey League | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player |
| November 12, 1930 (1930-11-12) | Gerry Lowrey |