# 1931–32 Detroit Falcons season

The 1931–32 Detroit Falcons season was the sixth season of the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Falcons placed third in the American Division to qualify for the playoffs. The Falcons lost a two-game total-goals playoff to the Montreal Maroons.

## Regular season
### Final standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 134 | 112 | 54 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 86 | 101 | 47 |
| Detroit Falcons | 48 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 95 | 108 | 46 |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 122 | 117 | 42 |
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

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

## Playoffs
### (C3) Montreal Maroons vs. (A3) Detroit Falcons

Detroit Falcons vs Montreal Maroons :
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score |
| Mar 27 | Montreal M. | 1 | Detroit | 1 |
| Mar 29 | Detroit | 0 | Montreal M. | 2 |
Montreal M. wins a total goal series 3 goals to 1.

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 48 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 56 |
| Frank Carson | RW | 31 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 31 |
| Larry Aurie | RW | 48 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 18 |
| Herbie Lewis | LW | 48 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 21 |
| Hec Kilrea | LW | 47 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 28 |
| Alex Smith | D | 48 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 47 |
| Hap Emms | LW/D | 20 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 |
| John Sorrell | LW | 48 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| Doug Young | D | 47 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 45 |
| Danny Cox | LW | 47 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| Carson Cooper | RW | 48 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
| Reg Noble | C/D | 48 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 72 |
| Art Gagne | RW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bert McInenly | LW/D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Alec Connell | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Filmore | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Alec Connell | 3050 | 48 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 108 | 2.12 | 6 |
| Team: | 3050 | 48 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 108 | 2.12 | 6 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| John Sorrell | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Aurie | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Carson | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alec Connell | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Cooper | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Cox | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hap Emms | LW/D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hec Kilrea | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbie Lewis | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reg Noble | C/D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Smith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Doug Young | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Alec Connell | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 |
| Team: | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 | 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;