# 1932–33 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1932–33 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 24th season. The Canadiens again qualified for the playoffs, finishing third in their division. The club again met and lost to the New York Rangers in the playoffs.
The offseason led to changes in the Canadiens organization. First, a change occurred in the team ownership. Louis Letourneau, regarded as a positive influence on the team, "generous in his praise and encouragement" sold his interest in the Canadiens to his partners Leo Dandurand and Joe Cattarinich.
After the disappointing 1931–32 season, Cecil Hart faced pressure from fans to resign his position in favour of a French-Canadian. When Hart, an independent insurance broker, had signed on as coach, the season was four and a half months and 36 games. Now it was 48 games and seven months. A combination of the pressure, and the negative effects on his business, led him to resign in August 1932. Former Canadiens star Newsy Lalonde would take over as coach.

## Regular season

Economic conditions in Montreal, part of the Great Depression caused attendance to decline. Over 40,000 families and 150,000 individuals were receiving social assistance. The team would lose $20,000 on the season.
On the ice, the Canadiens under new coach Lalonde spent much of the season in last place, but managed to make the playoffs when they rallied to finish third. Howie Morenz, who had previously led the league in scoring, declined in production, and Aurel Joliat took over as the team leader in scoring.

### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 119 | 111 | 54 |
| Montreal Maroons | 48 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 135 | 119 | 50 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 92 | 115 | 41 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 91 | 118 | 41 |
| Ottawa Senators | 48 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 88 | 131 | 32 |
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 12, 1932 | 0–4 | Boston Bruins (1932–33) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | November 17, 1932 | 1–0 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1932–33) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | L | November 20, 1932 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33) | 1–2–0 |
| 4 | L | November 22, 1932 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33) | 1–3–0 |
| 5 | L | November 24, 1932 | 0–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33) | 1–4–0 |
| 6 | W | November 26, 1932 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33) | 2–4–0 |
| 7 | L | December 1, 1932 | 4–5 OT | Montreal Maroons (1932–33) | 2–5–0 |
| 8 | L | December 4, 1932 | 2–4 | @ New York Americans (1932–33) | 2–6–0 |
| 9 | L | December 6, 1932 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1932–33) | 2–7–0 |
| 10 | L | December 8, 1932 | 0–2 | @ Ottawa Senators (1932–33) | 2–8–0 |
| 11 | W | December 10, 1932 | 3–2 OT | Ottawa Senators (1932–33) | 3–8–0 |
| 12 | T | December 13, 1932 | 1–1 OT | New York Rangers (1932–33) | 3–8–1 |
| 13 | W | December 17, 1932 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Maroons (1932–33) | 4–8–1 |
| 14 | L | December 20, 1932 | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33) | 4–9–1 |
| 15 | W | December 24, 1932 | 4–0 | New York Americans (1932–33) | 5–9–1 |
| 16 | L | December 27, 1932 | 0–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1932–33) | 5–10–1 |
| 17 | T | December 29, 1932 | 3–3 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1932–33) | 5–10–2 |
| 18 | L | January 1, 1933 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33) | 5–11–2 |
| 19 | L | January 5, 1933 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33) | 5–12–2 |
| 20 | W | January 7, 1933 | 1–0 | Ottawa Senators (1932–33) | 6–12–2 |
| 21 | W | January 12, 1933 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33) | 7–12–2 |
| 22 | L | January 17, 1933 | 2–3 | @ Ottawa Senators (1932–33) | 7–13–2 |
| 23 | L | January 19, 1933 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1932–33) | 7–14–2 |
| 24 | W | January 21, 1933 | 5–2 | Boston Bruins (1932–33) | 8–14–2 |
| 25 | L | January 24, 1933 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1932–33) | 8–15–2 |
| 26 | T | January 26, 1933 | 1–1 OT | New York Americans (1932–33) | 8–15–3 |
| 27 | L | January 28, 1933 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33) | 8–16–3 |
| 28 | W | January 31, 1933 | 3–1 OT | Ottawa Senators (1932–33) | 9–16–3 |
| 29 | L | February 2, 1933 | 0–5 | @ New York Americans (1932–33) | 9–17–3 |
| 30 | L | February 4, 1933 | 2–7 | Montreal Maroons (1932–33) | 9–18–3 |
| 31 | W | February 7, 1933 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33) | 10–18–3 |
| 32 | L | February 12, 1933 | 0–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33) | 10–19–3 |
| 33 | W | February 14, 1933 | 6–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1932–33) | 11–19–3 |
| 34 | W | February 16, 1933 | 6–0 | @ Ottawa Senators (1932–33) | 12–19–3 |
| 35 | L | February 18, 1933 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1932–33) | 12–20–3 |
| 36 | L | February 21, 1933 | 0–10 | @ Boston Bruins (1932–33) | 12–21–3 |
| 37 | W | February 23, 1933 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33) | 13–21–3 |
| 38 | T | February 25, 1933 | 2–2 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1932–33) | 13–21–4 |
| 39 | W | February 28, 1933 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33) | 14–21–4 |
| 40 | W | March 2, 1933 | 4–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33) | 15–21–4 |
| 41 | W | March 4, 1933 | 2–0 | New York Americans (1932–33) | 16–21–4 |
| 42 | L | March 7, 1933 | 1–2 OT | @ New York Americans (1932–33) | 16–22–4 |
| 43 | W | March 9, 1933 | 3–1 | Montreal Maroons (1932–33) | 17–22–4 |
| 44 | L | March 12, 1933 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33) | 17–23–4 |
| 45 | L | March 14, 1933 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Maroons (1932–33) | 17–24–4 |
| 46 | W | March 16, 1933 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1932–33) | 18–24–4 |
| 47 | T | March 18, 1933 | 0–0 OT | Boston Bruins (1932–33) | 18–24–5 |
| 48 | L | March 23, 1933 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1932–33) | 18–25–5 |

## 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 8–5.

### New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens

| Date | Visitor | Home | Score | Record |
| March 26 | Montreal Canadiens | New York Rangers | 2–5 | 2–5 |
| March 28 | New York Rangers | Montreal Canadiens | 3–3 | 5–8 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Aurel Joliat | LW | 48 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 53 |
| Howie Morenz | C | 46 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 32 |
| Johnny Gagnon | RW | 48 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 64 |
| Pit Lepine | C | 46 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 45 |
| Wildor Larochelle | RW | 47 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| Sylvio Mantha | D | 48 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 50 |
| Georges Mantha | D/LW | 43 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Albert Leduc | D | 48 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 62 |
| Gerry Carson | D | 48 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 53 |
| Art Giroux | RW | 40 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Marty Burke | D | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 36 |
| Leo Gaudreault | LW/C | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Armand Mondou | LW | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| Gizzy Hart | LW | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Leo Bourgeault | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Hago Harrington | LW | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Art Alexandre | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Grosvenor | C/RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hainsworth | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter McCartney | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Murray | C/LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Raymond | RW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Starr | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| George Hainsworth | 2980 | 48 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 115 | 2.32 | 8 |
| Team: | 2980 | 48 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 115 | 2.32 | 8 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Aurel Joliat | LW | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Howie Morenz | C | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Johnny Gagnon | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Hago Harrington | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wildor Larochelle | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Albert Leduc | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gizzy Hart | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sylvio Mantha | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Leo Bourgeault | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Carson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Giroux | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Grosvenor | C/RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hainsworth | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Lepine | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Harold Starr | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| George Hainsworth | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4.00 | 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;

## Transactions

* February 14, 1933. – Marty Burke was traded to Ottawa by Montreal with future considerations (Nick Wasnie, March 23, 1933) for Leo Bourgeault and Harold Starr.
* March 23, 1933 – Marty Burke was traded to Montreal by Ottawa for Nick Wasnie.