# 1931–32 New York Americans season

The 1931–32 New York Americans season was the Americans' seventh season of play. The team again finished out of the playoffs, finishing fourth in the Canadian Division.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 128 | 111 | 57 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 155 | 127 | 53 |
| Montreal Maroons | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 142 | 139 | 45 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 95 | 142 | 40 |
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

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | November 12, 1931 | 5–2 | @ Detroit Falcons (1931–32) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | T | November 15, 1931 | 1–1 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | L | November 17, 1931 | 0–3 | @ New York Rangers (1931–32) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | W | November 22, 1931 | 2–1 | Detroit Falcons (1931–32) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | T | November 26, 1931 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Maroons (1931–32) | 2–1–2 |
| 6 | W | November 28, 1931 | 3–1 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1931–32) | 3–1–2 |
| 7 | T | December 1, 1931 | 2–2 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) | 3–1–3 |
| 8 | W | December 6, 1931 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) | 4–1–3 |
| 9 | W | December 8, 1931 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1931–32) | 5–1–3 |
| 10 | L | December 10, 1931 | 0–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) | 5–2–3 |
| 11 | L | December 13, 1931 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1931–32) | 5–3–3 |
| 12 | T | December 15, 1931 | 2–2 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) | 5–3–4 |
| 13 | L | December 17, 1931 | 0–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) | 5–4–4 |
| 14 | T | December 20, 1931 | 2–2 OT | Detroit Falcons (1931–32) | 5–4–5 |
| 15 | L | December 22, 1931 | 3–9 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) | 5–5–5 |
| 16 | L | December 25, 1931 | 0–6 | @ New York Rangers (1931–32) | 5–6–5 |
| 17 | L | December 27, 1931 | 0–1 | @ Detroit Falcons (1931–32) | 5–7–5 |
| 18 | L | December 29, 1931 | 0–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) | 5–8–5 |
| 19 | L | January 1, 1932 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) | 5–9–5 |
| 20 | T | January 3, 1932 | 0–0 OT | Boston Bruins (1931–32) | 5–9–6 |
| 21 | W | January 5, 1932 | 2–1 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) | 6–9–6 |
| 22 | W | January 7, 1932 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) | 7–9–6 |
| 23 | L | January 9, 1932 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Maroons (1931–32) | 7–10–6 |
| 24 | W | January 12, 1932 | 2–0 | Montreal Maroons (1931–32) | 8–10–6 |
| 25 | W | January 17, 1932 | 4–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) | 9–10–6 |
| 26 | L | January 19, 1932 | 3–11 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) | 9–11–6 |
| 27 | L | January 21, 1932 | 0–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) | 9–12–6 |
| 28 | W | January 26, 1932 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) | 10–12–6 |
| 29 | W | January 31, 1932 | 4–2 | Montreal Maroons (1931–32) | 11–12–6 |
| 30 | W | February 2, 1932 | 4–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1931–32) | 12–12–6 |
| 31 | L | February 4, 1932 | 0–5 | Boston Bruins (1931–32) | 12–13–6 |
| 32 | L | February 6, 1932 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Maroons (1931–32) | 12–14–6 |
| 33 | L | February 9, 1932 | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) | 12–15–6 |
| 34 | L | February 14, 1932 | 1–3 | Boston Bruins (1931–32) | 12–16–6 |
| 35 | L | February 16, 1932 | 1–7 | @ Montreal Maroons (1931–32) | 12–17–6 |
| 36 | L | February 18, 1932 | 1–3 | Montreal Maroons (1931–32) | 12–18–6 |
| 37 | W | February 21, 1932 | 3–2 | @ New York Rangers (1931–32) | 13–18–6 |
| 38 | T | February 23, 1932 | 4–4 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) | 13–18–7 |
| 39 | L | March 1, 1932 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) | 13–19–7 |
| 40 | L | March 4, 1932 | 1–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) | 13–20–7 |
| 41 | T | March 6, 1932 | 2–2 OT | Detroit Falcons (1931–32) | 13–20–8 |
| 42 | L | March 8, 1932 | 1–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) | 13–21–8 |
| 43 | W | March 10, 1932 | 5–1 | New York Rangers (1931–32) | 14–21–8 |
| 44 | L | March 13, 1932 | 0–1 | @ Detroit Falcons (1931–32) | 14–22–8 |
| 45 | W | March 15, 1932 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) | 15–22–8 |
| 46 | L | March 17, 1932 | 4–10 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) | 15–23–8 |
| 47 | L | March 20, 1932 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1931–32) | 15–24–8 |
| 48 | W | March 22, 1932 | 8–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1931–32) | 16–24–8 |

## Player stats
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Normie Himes | 48 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 9 |
| Charley McVeigh | 48 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 16 |
| Joe Lamb | 48 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 71 |
| Billy Burch | 48 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 20 |
| Bert McInenly | 30 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 44 |
| Tommy Filmore | 31 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 |
| Wally Kilrea | 48 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 |
| Bill Brydge | 48 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 77 |
| John Keating | 22 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Red Dutton | 47 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 107 |
| George Patterson | 20 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| Vern Ayres | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 82 |
| Al Shields | 48 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 45 |
| Roy Burmister | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Albert Hughes | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| George Massecar | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Eddie Convey | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Hap Emms | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Johnny Sheppard | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Eddie Jeremiah | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Forbes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Grosvenor | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moe Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hub Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Worters | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Roy Worters | 2459 | 40 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 110 | 2.68 | 5 |
| Jake Forbes | 360 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2.67 | 0 |
| Moe Roberts | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 |
| Dave Kerr | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 |
| Al Shields | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13.17 | 0 |
| Team: | 2980 | 48 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 142 | 2.86 | 5 |