1931–32 NHL season

The **1931–32 NHL season** was the fifteenth season of the National Hockey League. Eight teams played 48 games each. The Toronto Maple Leafs swept the New York Rangers in three games for the Stanley Cup.

### Final standings

_Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties in minutes_

_Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Canadian Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Montreal Canadiens**|48|25|16|7|57|128|111|450||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|48|23|18|7|53|155|127|625||||||||||
|**Montreal Maroons**|48|19|22|7|45|142|139|593||||||||||
|New York Americans|48|16|24|8|40|95|142|596||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|American Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**New York Rangers**|48|23|17|8|54|134|112|511||||||||||
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|48|18|19|11|47|86|101|464||||||||||
|**Detroit Falcons**|48|18|20|10|46|95|108|415||||||||||
|Boston Bruins|48|15|21|12|42|122|117|373||||||||||

### Leading scorers

_Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|PLAYER|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|TEAM|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PTS|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Busher Jackson|Toronto Maple Leafs|48|28|25|53|63||||||||
|Joe Primeau|Toronto Maple Leafs|46|13|37|50|25||||||||
|Howie Morenz|Montreal Canadiens|48|24|25|49|46||||||||
|Charlie Conacher|Toronto Maple Leafs|44|34|14|48|66||||||||
|Bill Cook|New York Rangers|48|33|14|47|33||||||||

## NHL awards

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2"|1931–32 NHL awards|
| --- | --- |
|O'Brien Trophy:|Montreal Canadiens|
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|New York Rangers|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens|
|Lady Byng Trophy:|Joe Primeau, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Vezina Trophy:|Chuck Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks|

### All-Star teams

|First Team|Position|Second Team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Chuck Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|G|Roy Worters, New York Americans|
|Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins|align=center|D|Sylvio Mantha, Montreal Canadiens|
|Ching Johnson, New York Rangers|align=center|D|King Clancy, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|C|Hooley Smith, Montreal Maroons|
|Bill Cook, New York Rangers|align=center|RW|Charlie Conacher, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Aurel Joliat, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|LW|Bun Cook, New York Rangers|
|Lester Patrick, New York Rangers|align=center|Coach|Dick Irvin, Toronto Maple Leafs|

## First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1931–32 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
- Art Coulter, Chicago Black Hawks
- Earl Seibert, New York Rangers
- Ott Heller, New York Rangers

## Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1931–32 (listed with their last team):
- Georges Boucher, Chicago Black Hawks
- Art Gagne, Detroit Falcons
- Carson Cooper, Detroit Falcons

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com