# 1930–31 Montreal Maroons season

The 1930–31 Montreal Maroons season was the seventh season for the National Hockey League franchise.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Montreal Canadiens | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 129 | 89 | 60 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 118 | 99 | 53 |
| Montreal Maroons | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 105 | 106 | 46 |
| New York Americans | 44 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 76 | 74 | 46 |
| Ottawa Senators | 44 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 91 | 142 | 24 |
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

| Number | Result | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | November 11, 1930 | 0–2 | @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | November 16, 1930 | 0–1 | @ New York Americans (1930–31) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | L | November 18, 1930 | 0–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 0–3–0 |
| 4 | L | November 20, 1930 | 1–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 0–4–0 |
| 5 | W | November 22, 1930 | 4–3 | New York Americans (1930–31) | 1–4–0 |
| 6 | W | November 25, 1930 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1930–31) | 2–4–0 |
| 7 | W | December 2, 1930 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 3–4–0 |
| 8 | W | December 6, 1930 | 1–0 | Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 4–4–0 |
| 9 | L | December 9, 1930 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) | 4–5–0 |
| 10 | W | December 11, 1930 | 3–2 | Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 5–5–0 |
| 11 | W | December 14, 1930 | 2–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 6–5–0 |
| 12 | W | December 18, 1930 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 7–5–0 |
| 13 | W | December 20, 1930 | 5–1 | Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 8–5–0 |
| 14 | T | December 23, 1930 | 4–4 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 8–5–1 |
| 15 | L | December 25, 1930 | 1–2 | @ New York Americans (1930–31) | 8–6–1 |
| 16 | T | December 28, 1930 | 2–2 OT | @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 8–6–2 |
| 17 | T | December 30, 1930 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 8–6–3 |
| 18 | W | January 1, 1931 | 3–2 | @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 9–6–3 |
| 19 | W | January 3, 1931 | 5–3 | Boston Bruins (1930–31) | 10–6–3 |
| 20 | L | January 6, 1931 | 1–5 | @ New York Rangers (1930–31) | 10–7–3 |
| 21 | L | January 8, 1931 | 0–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 10–8–3 |
| 22 | L | January 10, 1931 | 3–4 OT | @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 10–9–3 |
| 23 | W | January 13, 1931 | 6–1 | Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 11–9–3 |
| 24 | L | January 15, 1931 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 11–10–3 |
| 25 | W | January 17, 1931 | 3–2 | Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 12–10–3 |
| 26 | L | January 22, 1931 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 12–11–3 |
| 27 | W | January 25, 1931 | 3–2 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 13–11–3 |
| 28 | W | January 27, 1931 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 14–11–3 |
| 29 | T | January 31, 1931 | 2–2 OT | New York Rangers (1930–31) | 14–11–4 |
| 30 | L | February 3, 1931 | 0–3 | @ New York Rangers (1930–31) | 14–12–4 |
| 31 | T | February 5, 1931 | 4–4 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 14–12–5 |
| 32 | L | February 10, 1931 | 2–4 | New York Americans (1930–31) | 14–13–5 |
| 33 | L | February 14, 1931 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1930–31) | 14–14–5 |
| 34 | L | February 17, 1931 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 14–15–5 |
| 35 | L | February 19, 1931 | 2–4 | @ New York Americans (1930–31) | 14–16–5 |
| 36 | T | February 21, 1931 | 3–3 OT | @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 14–16–6 |
| 37 | W | February 24, 1931 | 3–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 15–16–6 |
| 38 | W | February 28, 1931 | 4–1 | Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 16–16–6 |
| 39 | W | March 5, 1931 | 6–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 17–16–6 |
| 40 | W | March 7, 1931 | 6–2 | Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 18–16–6 |
| 41 | W | March 12, 1931 | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 19–16–6 |
| 42 | W | March 14, 1931 | 3–2 | @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 20–16–6 |
| 43 | L | March 17, 1931 | 1–2 | New York Americans (1930–31) | 20–17–6 |
| 44 | L | March 21, 1931 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) | 20–18–6 |

## Playoffs

They went against the New York Rangers in the first round and lost 8 goals to 1, or 1–8.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Nels Stewart | C | 42 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 75 |
| Babe Siebert | LW/D | 43 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 76 |
| Hooley Smith | C/RW | 39 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 68 |
| Jimmy Ward | RW | 41 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 52 |
| Dave Trottier | LW | 43 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 58 |
| Baldy Northcott | D/LW | 22 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| Merlyn Phillips | C | 43 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 38 |
| Lionel Conacher | D | 36 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 57 |
| John Gallagher | D | 35 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 35 |
| Jack McVicar | D | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 35 |
| Archie Wilcox | RW/D | 39 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 42 |
| Earl Roche | LW | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Al Huggins | LW | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Haynes | C | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dunc Munro | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Des Roche | RW | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Georges Boucher | D | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Glenn Brydson | RW | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dave Kerr | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flat Walsh | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Dave Kerr | 1769 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 70 | 2.37 | 1 |
| Flat Walsh | 961 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 2.25 | 2 |
| Team: | 2730 | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 106 | 2.33 | 3 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Nels Stewart | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Baldy Northcott | D/LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Glenn Brydson | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lionel Conacher | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Gallagher | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Kerr | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack McVicar | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Merlyn Phillips | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Earl Roche | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Siebert | LW/D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dave Trottier | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jimmy Ward | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Archie Wilcox | RW/D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Dave Kerr | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 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;