1933–34 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1933–34 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 25th season of play. The Canadiens finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 4 goals to 3.
==Regular Season==
Star player Howie Morenz continued the decline in his play, and was placed on the second line. His ankle was seriously injured on January 2, 1934 and he missed nine games but did not play well for the rest of the season. He was the target of trade speculation at the end of the season, with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers all interested in him.Jenish, pg. 82
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	November 9, 1933 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	November 11, 1933 	0–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	November 14, 1933 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	November 18, 1933 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	November 21, 1933 	5–0 	Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	November 23, 1933 	1–0 	Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	4–2–0
7 	W 	November 25, 1933 	1–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	5–2–0
8 	L 	November 26, 1933 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	5–3–0
9 	L 	November 28, 1933 	1–4 	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 	5–4–0
10 	W 	December 2, 1933 	3–1 	New York Americans (1933–34) 	6–4–0
11 	L 	December 5, 1933 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	6–5–0
12 	T 	December 7, 1933 	0–0 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1933–34) 	6–5–1
13 	L 	December 9, 1933 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1933–34) 	6–6–1
14 	T 	December 12, 1933 	1–1 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	6–6–2
15 	W 	December 14, 1933 	2–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) 	7–6–2
16 	L 	December 16, 1933 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	7–7–2
17 	L 	December 17, 1933 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	7–8–2
18 	W 	December 23, 1933 	3–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	8–8–2
19 	L 	December 28, 1933 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	8–9–2
20 	T 	December 30, 1933 	2–2 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 	8–9–3
21 	L 	January 2, 1934 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1933–34) 	8–10–3
22 	W 	January 4, 1934 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) 	9–10–3
23 	L 	January 7, 1934 	0–4 	@ New York Americans (1933–34) 	9–11–3
24 	W 	January 9, 1934 	3–2 	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 	10–11–3
25 	T 	January 13, 1934 	0–0 OT 	Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	10–11–4
26 	L 	January 16, 1934 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	10–12–4
27 	W 	January 20, 1934 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1933–34) 	11–12–4
28 	W 	January 23, 1934 	6–2 	New York Americans (1933–34) 	12–12–4
29 	L 	January 25, 1934 	1–2 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	12–13–4
30 	T 	January 28, 1934 	3–3 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	12–13–5
31 	T 	February 1, 1934 	3–3 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 	12–13–6
32 	W 	February 4, 1934 	2–0 	@ New York Americans (1933–34) 	13–13–6
33 	L 	February 6, 1934 	0–3 	@ New York Rangers (1933–34) 	13–14–6
34 	L 	February 8, 1934 	2–3 OT 	Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 	13–15–6
35 	L 	February 10, 1934 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	13–16–6
36 	L 	February 11, 1934 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	13–17–6
37 	W 	February 15, 1934 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1933–34) 	14–17–6
38 	W 	February 20, 1934 	3–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) 	15–17–6
39 	L 	February 22, 1934 	0–1 	Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 	15–18–6
40 	W 	February 24, 1934 	3–2 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 	16–18–6
41 	W 	February 27, 1934 	3–1 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	17–18–6
42 	L 	March 1, 1934 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	17–19–6
43 	W 	March 3, 1934 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	18–19–6
44 	W 	March 6, 1934 	3–0 	New York Americans (1933–34) 	19–19–6
45 	W 	March 8, 1934 	3–2 	@ New York Americans (1933–34) 	20–19–6
46 	W 	March 10, 1934 	3–2 OT 	Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	21–19–6
47 	L 	March 15, 1934 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	21–20–6
48 	W 	March 18, 1934 	2–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	22–20–6
==Playoffs==
===Chicago Black Hawks 4 Goals, Montreal Canadiens 3 Goals===
In the first round, the Canadiens met the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks, who had placed second in the American Division. The Canadiens lost the two game total-goals series 3–4 (2–3, 1–1) with Mush March scoring the series winning goal in overtime in Game 2. Morenz missed the second game due to a broken thumb.
Date 	Visitor 	Home 	Score	Record
March 22	Chicago Black Hawks	Montreal Canadiens 	2 - 3	2 - 3
March 25	Montreal Canadiens 	Chicago Black Hawks	1 - 1	3 - 4
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	48	22	15	37 	27
 	RW 	48	16	11	27 	27
 	RW 	48	9 	15	24 	25
 	C 	39	8 	13	21 	21
 	C 	48	10	8 	18 	44
 	C 	48	6 	11	17 	4
 	D/LW	44	6 	9 	15 	12
 	D 	48	4 	6 	10 	24
 	LW 	48	5 	3 	8 	4
 	D 	48	4 	3 	7 	10
 	D 	48	5 	1 	6 	51
 	D 	45	1 	4 	5 	28
 	RW 	36	2 	2 	4 	15
 	D 	31	0 	2 	2 	10
 	RW 	29	1 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2928	47	21	20	6	101	2.07	8
 	60 	1 	1 	0 	0	0 	0.00	1
Team: 	2988	48	22	20	6	101	2.03	9
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	2 	1	1	2 	0
 	C 	2 	1	1	2 	0
 	RW 	2 	1	0	1 	2
 	D 	2 	0	1	1 	2
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	1	1 	0
 	C 	2 	0	1	1 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	131	2 	0	1	4 	1.83	0
Team: 	131	2 	0	1	4 	1.83	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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 
==Awards and Records==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Aurel Joliat
*Aurel Joliat, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
* George Hainsworth was traded to Toronto for Lorne Chabot, October 1, 1933.
* Wilf Cude received by Canadiens from Philadelphia for cash, October 19, 1933.
* Wilf Cude loaned to Detroit by Canadiens, January 2, 1934
==Roster==
;Goaltenders
*1 Lorne Chabot
*1 Wilf Cude
;Defence
*2 Sylvio Mantha (Captain)
*3 Gerry Carson
*6 Georges Mantha
*10 Marty Burke
*11 Leo Bourgeault
;Forwards
*4 Aurel Joliat
*5 Johnny Gagnon
*12 Armand Mondou
*6 Nick Wasnie
*7 Howie Morenz
*8 Wildor Larochelle
*9 Alfred Pit Lepine
*14 Jack Riley
*15 Adelard Lafrance
*16 Samuel Godin
*16 Paul Raymond
*17 John Portland
Sources:
* Mouton, p. 158
* 
==Gallery==
6Feb1934-Aitkenhead_Morenz_Dutkowski.jpg|Andy Aitkenhead, Howie Morenz, Duke Dukowski, February 6, 1934.
1934-Feb14-Primeau-Bailey-Morenz.jpg|Joe Primeau, Ace Bailey and Howie Morenz, opening face-off of the Ace Bailey Benefit All-Star Game, February 14, 1934.
33-34MonCanTrainingCamp.jpg|Training Camp roster
33-34QueJrSFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Regular Season
33-34NHLSFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Playoffs
==See Also==
*1933–34 NHL season
==References==
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