# 1924–25 Montreal Maroons season

The 1924–25 Montreal Maroons season was the first season of the new Maroons franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The club finished fifth and did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Offseason

This was the first season of the Montreal Maroons. Cecil Hart was hired as the first coach. But after 19 games into the season, he was replaced by former Ottawa player Eddie Gerard.

## Regular season

The Maroons played their first game on December 1, 1924, at Boston against the Boston Bruins and December 3, 1924, at their new home, the Montreal Forum.

### Final standings

National Hockey League :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Hamilton Tigers | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 90 | 60 | 39 |
| Toronto St. Patricks | 30 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 90 | 84 | 38 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 93 | 56 | 36 |
| Ottawa Senators | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 83 | 66 | 35 |
| Montreal Maroons | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 45 | 65 | 20 |
| Boston Bruins | 30 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 49 | 119 | 12 |
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

1924–25 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | HAM | MTL | MTM | OTT | TOR |
| Boston | — | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 0–6 |
| Hamilton | 5–1 | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–2–1 | 4–2 |
| M. Canadiens | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 4–0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 |
| M. Maroons | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–4–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–4 |
| Ottawa | 6–0 | 2–3–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | — | 2–4 |
| Toronto | 6–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — |

### Game log

| Number | Result | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | December 1, 1924 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | December 3, 1924 | 0–2 | Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | W | December 6, 1924 | 3–1 | Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 1–2–0 |
| 4 | L | December 10, 1924 | 0–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) | 1–3–0 |
| 5 | W | December 13, 1924 | 3–1 | @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | W | December 17, 1924 | 6–2 | Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 3–3–0 |
| 7 | L | December 20, 1924 | 1–3 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 3–4–0 |
| 8 | W | December 23, 1924 | 2–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 4–4–0 |
| 9 | T | December 27, 1924 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) | 4–4–1 |
| 10 | L | January 1, 1925 | 1–2 | Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 4–5–1 |
| 11 | W | January 3, 1925 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 5–5–1 |
| 12 | W | January 7, 1925 | 6–2 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 6–5–1 |
| 13 | L | January 10, 1925 | 0–4 | @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 6–6–1 |
| 14 | T | January 14, 1925 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) | 6–6–2 |
| 15 | W | January 17, 1925 | 2–1 | Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 7–6–2 |
| 16 | W | January 20, 1925 | 2–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 8–6–2 |
| 17 | L | January 24, 1925 | 0–1 | Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 8–7–2 |
| 18 | L | January 28, 1925 | 1–2 | Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 8–8–2 |
| 19 | L | January 31, 1925 | 0–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) | 8–9–2 |
| 20 | L | February 4, 1925 | 2–3 | @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 8–10–2 |
| 21 | L | February 7, 1925 | 0–1 | Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 8–11–2 |
| 22 | L | February 11, 1925 | 2–3 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 8–12–2 |
| 23 | L | February 14, 1925 | 2–3 | @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 8–13–2 |
| 24 | L | February 18, 1925 | 0–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) | 8–14–2 |
| 25 | L | February 21, 1925 | 1–2 | Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 8–15–2 |
| 26 | L | February 24, 1925 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 8–16–2 |
| 27 | W | February 28, 1925 | 1–0 | Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 9–16–2 |
| 28 | L | March 4, 1925 | 1–5 | Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 9–17–2 |
| 29 | L | March 7, 1925 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) | 9–18–2 |
| 30 | L | March 9, 1925 | 0–3 | @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 9–19–2 |

## Player stats

Regular season :
Scoring :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Punch Broadbent | RW | 30 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 75 |
| Reg Noble | C/D | 27 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 56 |
| Sam Rothschild | LW | 28 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Dunc Munro | D | 27 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| Louis Berlinguette | LW | 29 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| Francis Cain | D | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| Chuck Dinsmore | C | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| Ganton Scott | RW | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Alf Skinner | RW | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Gerry Munro | D | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| Fred Lowrey | RW | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Clint Benedict | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| George Carroll | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ernie Parkes | RW | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltending :
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Clint Benedict | 1843 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 65 | 2.12 | 2 |
| Dunc Munro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 1845 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 65 | 2.11 | 2 |
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;