# 1934–35 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1934–35 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 26th season of play. The Canadiens again qualified for the playoffs, finishing third in their division. The club met and lost to the New York Rangers in the playoffs.

## Regular season

A bombshell trade was made with Howie Morenz, Lorne Chabot, and Marty Burke going to Chicago for Leroy Goldsworthy, Roger Jenkins, and Lionel Conacher. The Canadiens then traded Lionel Conacher and Herb Cain to the Maroons for Nels Crutchfield.

### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 157 | 111 | 64 |
| Montreal Maroons | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 123 | 92 | 53 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 110 | 145 | 44 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 100 | 142 | 33 |
| St. Louis Eagles | 48 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 86 | 144 | 28 |
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
## Schedule and results

Regular season results :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | November 10, 1934 | 1–2 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | November 17, 1934 | 0–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | L | November 22, 1934 | 3–4 | New York Americans (1934–35) | 0–3–0 |
| 4 | L | November 24, 1934 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 0–4–0 |
| 5 | W | November 27, 1934 | 3–2 | @ New York Rangers (1934–35) | 1–4–0 |
| 6 | L | December 1, 1934 | 0–2 | Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 1–5–0 |
| 7 | W | December 4, 1934 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1934–35) | 2–5–0 |
| 8 | L | December 8, 1934 | 0–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 2–6–0 |
| 9 | T | December 9, 1934 | 2–2 OT | @ New York Americans (1934–35) | 2–6–1 |
| 10 | W | December 11, 1934 | 4–1 | Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 3–6–1 |
| 11 | T | December 15, 1934 | 1–1 OT | St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 3–6–2 |
| 12 | T | December 18, 1934 | 1–1 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 3–6–3 |
| 13 | W | December 22, 1934 | 2–1 | @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 4–6–3 |
| 14 | W | December 23, 1934 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 5–6–3 |
| 15 | L | December 25, 1934 | 2–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 5–7–3 |
| 16 | L | December 29, 1934 | 1–3 | New York Americans (1934–35) | 5–8–3 |
| 17 | L | January 1, 1935 | 3–5 | @ New York Americans (1934–35) | 5–9–3 |
| 18 | L | January 3, 1935 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 5–10–3 |
| 19 | L | January 5, 1935 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 5–11–3 |
| 20 | L | January 6, 1935 | 2–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 5–12–3 |
| 21 | W | January 12, 1935 | 3–2 | Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 6–12–3 |
| 22 | W | January 17, 1935 | 4–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 7–12–3 |
| 23 | W | January 19, 1935 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 8–12–3 |
| 24 | L | January 20, 1935 | 1–7 | @ New York Rangers (1934–35) | 8–13–3 |
| 25 | L | January 22, 1935 | 0–7 | New York Rangers (1934–35) | 8–14–3 |
| 26 | W | January 24, 1935 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 9–14–3 |
| 27 | W | January 26, 1935 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 10–14–3 |
| 28 | T | January 31, 1935 | 4–4 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 10–14–4 |
| 29 | T | February 2, 1935 | 1–1 OT | @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 10–14–5 |
| 30 | L | February 5, 1935 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 10–15–5 |
| 31 | W | February 7, 1935 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 11–15–5 |
| 32 | W | February 9, 1935 | 4–2 | St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 12–15–5 |
| 33 | W | February 14, 1935 | 2–0 | Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 13–15–5 |
| 34 | W | February 17, 1935 | 3–1 | @ New York Americans (1934–35) | 14–15–5 |
| 35 | L | February 19, 1935 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 14–16–5 |
| 36 | L | February 21, 1935 | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 14–17–5 |
| 37 | W | February 23, 1935 | 4–2 | New York Americans (1934–35) | 15–17–5 |
| 38 | W | February 28, 1935 | 4–2 | St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 16–17–5 |
| 39 | W | March 2, 1935 | 3–2 OT | @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 17–17–5 |
| 40 | L | March 3, 1935 | 0–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 17–18–5 |
| 41 | L | March 5, 1935 | 3–10 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 17–19–5 |
| 42 | T | March 7, 1935 | 2–2 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 17–19–6 |
| 43 | L | March 9, 1935 | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 17–20–6 |
| 44 | W | March 12, 1935 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1934–35) | 18–20–6 |
| 45 | W | March 14, 1935 | 5–4 | New York Rangers (1934–35) | 19–20–6 |
| 46 | L | March 16, 1935 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 19–21–6 |
| 47 | L | March 17, 1935 | 2–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 19–22–6 |
| 48 | L | March 19, 1935 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 19–23–6 |

## Playoffs

In the first round the Canadiens met the New York Rangers, who had placed third in the American Division. The Canadiens lost the two-games total-goals series 5–6 (1–2, 4–4).
In the first game, there was a bench-clearing brawl after Nels Crutchfield cut Bill Cook on the head with his stick. The police were needed to end the brawl. Crutchfield was given a match penalty with no substitution. The Canadiens played the thirteen minutes one man short and two minutes two men short. Bill Cook returned wearing a helmet over his bandages to score the second Rangers goal.
In the second game, the Canadiens were down 4–1 on the game and tied it with three straight goals in the third. The Canadiens could not get another goal to tie the series.

### New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens

| Date | Visitor | Home | Score | Record |
| March 24 | Montreal Canadiens | New York Rangers | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| March 26 | New York Rangers | Montreal Canadiens | 4–4 | - |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Pit Lepine | C | 48 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 16 |
| Leroy Goldsworthy | RW | 33 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 13 |
| Aurel Joliat | LW | 48 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 18 |
| Wildor Larochelle | RW | 48 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 12 |
| Armand Mondou | LW | 46 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 6 |
| Georges Mantha | D/LW | 42 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 14 |
| Jack Riley | C | 47 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 |
| Sylvio Mantha | D | 47 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 |
| Jack McGill | LW | 44 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 34 |
| Nels Crutchfield | C | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| Roger Jenkins | RW/D | 45 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 63 |
| Johnny Gagnon | RW | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Tony Savage | D | 41 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Joe Lamb | RW | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Gerry Carson | D | 48 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 56 |
| Paul Raymond | RW | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Norm Collings | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Des Roche | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Leo Bourgeault | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Cude | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polly Drouin | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Leduc | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob McCulley | RW/D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Portland | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Runge | C/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Wilf Cude | 2960 | 48 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 145 | 2.94 | 1 |
| Team: | 2960 | 48 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 145 | 2.94 | 1 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Jack McGill | LW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Riley | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Leroy Goldsworthy | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Roger Jenkins | RW/D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aurel Joliat | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nels Crutchfield | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Johnny Gagnon | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Armand Mondou | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerry Carson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Wilf Cude | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wildor Larochelle | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Lepine | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Georges Mantha | D/LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sylvio Mantha | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Savage | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Wilf Cude | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 |
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Awards and records

* Aurel Joliat – NHL Second All-Star team

## Transactions

* October 3, 1934 – Traded Howie Morenz, Marty Burke and Lorne Chabot to Chicago Blackhawks for Roger Jenkins, Lionel Conacher and Leroy Goldsworthy.
* October 3, 1934 – Traded Lionel Conacher to Montreal Maroons with the rights to Herb Cain for the rights to Nels Crutchfield.
* October 17, 1934 – Traded Leroy Goldsworthy to Chicago for cash.
* December 18, 1934 – Received Leroy Goldsworthy from Chicago for cash.