1931-32 Montreal Maroons season

The 1931–32 Montreal Maroons season was the 8th season of the Maroons franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maroons finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 goals to 3.
==Off-season==
After turning over half the line-up the season before, the Maroons made no trades or purchases. The only significant change to the roster was that goalie Normie Smith beat out Dave Kerr for the back-up spot.
==Regular Season==
The Maroons jerseys were modified from the multiple, thin "barber pole" stripes on the arms and body to a thick white stripe outlined with a thin maroon and white stripe. This design would remain for the rest of the franchise's existence with a minor modification to the font of the "M" on the jersey front for the 1935-36 season.
Rookie goalie Normie Smith played his first NHL game during the Maroons season opener on November 14, 1931, beating the Boston Bruins 4-1. He played every game in November but had a rough go, with a 2-4-1 record. Smith continued to play ever game until he was hurt with three minutes left in the 5-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on January 2, 1932. Defenseman Harold Starr played the rest of the game and Flat Walsh was recalled from the minors. The Maroons were in last place in the Canadian Division when Smith was knocked out but Walsh went 14-10-3 and led them into the post season.
The Maroons were an offensive machine this season and finished second in the league in goals scored. Dave Trottier, Hooley Smith and Babe Siebert finished 6, 7, and 8th in league scoring with Trottier finishing 4th in goals. Hooley Smith was named a Second Team All-Star.
===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 14, 1931 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	November 17, 1931 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	November 19, 1931 	1–3 OT 	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	November 22, 1931 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	1–3–0
5 	W 	November 24, 1931 	6–1 	Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	2–3–0
6 	T 	November 26, 1931 	1–1 OT 	@ New York Americans (1931–32) 	2–3–1
7 	L 	November 28, 1931 	1–3 OT 	New York Americans (1931–32) 	2–4–1
8 	L 	December 1, 1931 	3–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	2–5–1
9 	W 	December 3, 1931 	8–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) 	3–5–1
10 	L 	December 5, 1931 	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	3–6–1
11 	L 	December 10, 1931 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1931–32) 	3–7–1
12 	W 	December 12, 1931 	7–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) 	4–7–1
13 	L 	December 17, 1931 	4–5 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1931–32) 	4–8–1
14 	L 	December 19, 1931 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	4–9–1
15 	T 	December 22, 1931 	1–1 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) 	4–9–2
16 	T 	December 26, 1931 	4–4 OT 	Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	4–9–3
17 	W 	December 29, 1931 	4–2 	Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	5–9–3
18 	L 	December 31, 1931 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	5–10–3
19 	L 	January 2, 1932 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) 	5–11–3
20 	L 	January 5, 1932 	0–2 	@ New York Rangers (1931–32) 	5–12–3
21 	W 	January 7, 1932 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1931–32) 	6–12–3
22 	W 	January 9, 1932 	4–2 	New York Americans (1931–32) 	7–12–3
23 	L 	January 12, 1932 	0–2 	@ New York Americans (1931–32) 	7–13–3
24 	L 	January 14, 1932 	4–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) 	7–14–3
25 	T 	January 17, 1932 	3–3 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	7–14–4
26 	L 	January 21, 1932 	3–4 	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	7–15–4
27 	T 	January 23, 1932 	3–3 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) 	7–15–5
28 	W 	January 26, 1932 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	8–15–5
29 	T 	January 28, 1932 	3–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) 	8–15–6
30 	L 	January 31, 1932 	2–4 	@ New York Americans (1931–32) 	8–16–6
31 	W 	February 2, 1932 	4–3 	Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	9–16–6
32 	L 	February 4, 1932 	5–6 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) 	9–17–6
33 	W 	February 6, 1932 	3–1 	New York Americans (1931–32) 	10–17–6
34 	W 	February 9, 1932 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) 	11–17–6
35 	W 	February 11, 1932 	7–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	12–17–6
36 	L 	February 13, 1932 	0–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	12–18–6
37 	W 	February 16, 1932 	7–1 	New York Americans (1931–32) 	13–18–6
38 	W 	February 18, 1932 	3–1 	@ New York Americans (1931–32) 	14–18–6
39 	W 	February 20, 1932 	3–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) 	15–18–6
40 	L 	February 24, 1932 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	15–19–6
41 	L 	February 28, 1932 	1–2 	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	15–20–6
42 	W 	March 1, 1932 	1–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) 	16–20–6
43 	L 	March 3, 1932 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) 	16–21–6
44 	W 	March 5, 1932 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	17–21–6
45 	W 	March 10, 1932 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) 	18–21–6
46 	T 	March 13, 1932 	4–4 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1931–32) 	18–21–7
47 	W 	March 15, 1932 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1931–32) 	19–21–7
48 	L 	March 19, 1932 	4–6 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32) 	19–22–7
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Maroons 3 Goals, Detroit Falcons 1 Goal===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	March 27	Montreal Maroons	1-1 	Detroit Falcons 	1-1
2	March 29	Detroit Falcons 	0-2 	Montreal Maroons	1-3
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Goals, Montreal Maroons 3 Goals===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
1	March 31	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-1 	Montreal Maroons 	1-1
2	April 2 	Montreal Maroons 	2-3 (OT)	Toronto Maple Leafs	3-4
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
8 	 	LW 	48	26	18	44 	94
7 	 	C/RW	43	11	33	44 	49
6 	 	LW/D	48	21	18	39 	64
4 	 	RW 	48	19	19	38 	39
5 	 	C 	38	22	11	33 	61
14	 	D/LW	48	19	6 	25 	33
9 	 	RW 	47	12	13	25 	44
15	 	D 	45	7 	9 	16 	60
3 	 	RW/D	48	3 	3 	6 	37
2 	 	D 	47	1 	2 	3 	47
10	 	RW/C	26	0 	3 	3 	2
12	 	C 	46	1 	1 	2 	11
10	 	C 	12	1 	0 	1 	0
17	 	D 	19	1 	0 	1 	18
18	 	LW 	13	0 	0 	0 	6
11	 	D 	48	0 	0 	0 	28
1 	 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	27	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	1670	27	14	10	3	77 	2.77	2
 	1267	21	5 	12	4	62 	2.94	0
 	3 	1 	0 	0 	0	0 	0.00	0
Team: 	2940	48	19	22	7	139	2.84	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
7 	 	C/RW	4 	2	1	3 	2
4 	 	RW 	4 	2	1	3 	0
14	 	D/LW	4 	1	2	3 	4
8 	 	LW 	4 	1	0	1 	0
6 	 	LW/D	4 	0	1	1 	4
5 	 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	2
9 	 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	4
15	 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2
10	 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0
11	 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0
12	 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	2
2 	 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0
3 	 	RW/D	4 	0	0	0 	4
1 	 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	258	4 	1	1	5 	1.16	1
Team: 	258	4 	1	1	5 	1.16	1
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Hooley Smith, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
*The Maroons made no transactions this season.
==Farm Teams==
*Windsor Bulldogs, IHL
==Trivia==
*Maroons who had a hat trick this season include:
**Babe Siebert during the 8-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 3, 1931.
**Nels Stewart during the 4-2 win over the New York Americans on January 9, 1932.
**Dave Trottier during the 7-1 win over the Americans on February 16, 1932.
==Gallery==
1932-Apr2-Maroons-Tor.jpg|Action from Game 2 of the 1932 Semi-finals, April 2, 1932.
31-32NHLMonMarGameAd.jpg|Home opener
31-32NHLPOMonMarGameAd.jpg|Playoffs
31-32NHLExhMonMarWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor, Ontario
==See Also==
*1931–32 NHL season
==References==
Category:Montreal Maroons seasons
Category:1931 in hockey
Category:1932 in hockey