1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 21st season. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the Canadian Division and defeated the Boston Bruins in the 1930 Stanley Cup Finals 2 games to 0.
==Regular Season==
To combat low scoring, a major rule change was implemented. Players were now allowed forward passing in the offensive zone, instead of only in the defensive and neutral zones. This led to abuse as players sat in front of the opposing net waiting for a pass. The rule was changed again in December 1929, and players were no longer allowed to enter the offensive zone before the puck. This was the birth of the modern-day offside rule. The Canadiens doubled their scoring output compared to the previous season.
===Highlights===
On December 14, 1929, Alfred Lepine scored in the first period then added four goals and an assist in the second period of a game versus Ottawa, won 6–4 by Montreal. As of 2020, this feat is still the Canadiens' record for goals and points in one period.
===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 	T 	November 14, 1929 	3–3 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	0–0–1
2 	T 	November 16, 1929 	4–4 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 	0–0–2
3 	L 	November 19, 1929 	1–5 	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	0–1–2
4 	W 	November 21, 1929 	3–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 	1–1–2
5 	W 	November 24, 1929 	3–2 OT 	@ New York Americans (1929–30) 	2–1–2
6 	W 	November 26, 1929 	9–2 	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 	3–1–2
7 	W 	November 30, 1929 	3–1 	New York Americans (1929–30) 	4–1–2
8 	L 	December 3, 1929 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	4–2–2
9 	L 	December 5, 1929 	4–5 	Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	4–3–2
10 	W 	December 7, 1929 	1–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	5–3–2
11 	W 	December 10, 1929 	5–3 OT 	Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	6–3–2
12 	L 	December 12, 1929 	3–8 	@ New York Rangers (1929–30) 	6–4–2
13 	W 	December 14, 1929 	6–4 	Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	7–4–2
14 	T 	December 17, 1929 	3–3 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 	7–4–3
15 	W 	December 19, 1929 	7–2 	New York Rangers (1929–30) 	8–4–3
16 	T 	December 21, 1929 	1–1 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	8–4–4
17 	L 	December 28, 1929 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	8–5–4
18 	W 	January 1, 1930 	3–2 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	9–5–4
19 	L 	January 2, 1930 	0–4 	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	9–6–4
20 	L 	January 4, 1930 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	9–7–4
21 	L 	January 7, 1930 	1–2 	Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	9–8–4
22 	L 	January 11, 1930 	1–2 OT 	Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	9–9–4
23 	W 	January 16, 1930 	6–1 	Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	10–9–4
24 	W 	January 21, 1930 	5–2 	@ New York Americans (1929–30) 	11–9–4
25 	L 	January 25, 1930 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	11–10–4
26 	W 	January 28, 1930 	3–2 	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	12–10–4
27 	W 	January 30, 1930 	1–0 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 	13–10–4
28 	L 	February 1, 1930 	1–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	13–11–4
29 	W 	February 4, 1930 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 	14–11–4
30 	T 	February 6, 1930 	3–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	14–11–5
31 	T 	February 8, 1930 	2–2 OT 	Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	14–11–6
32 	T 	February 13, 1930 	4–4 OT 	Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	14–11–7
33 	W 	February 16, 1930 	2–1 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	15–11–7
34 	W 	February 18, 1930 	2–0 	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	16–11–7
35 	W 	February 22, 1930 	9–2 	New York Americans (1929–30) 	17–11–7
36 	L 	February 25, 1930 	2–4 	@ New York Americans (1929–30) 	17–12–7
37 	W 	February 27, 1930 	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 	18–12–7
38 	W 	March 1, 1930 	4–2 	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 	19–12–7
39 	L 	March 4, 1930 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	19–13–7
40 	L 	March 6, 1930 	0–4 	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	19–14–7
41 	W 	March 8, 1930 	6–0 	New York Rangers (1929–30) 	20–14–7
42 	T 	March 11, 1930 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1929–30) 	20–14–8
43 	T 	March 13, 1930 	2–2 OT 	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 	20–14–9
44 	W 	March 18, 1930 	8–3 	New York Americans (1929–30) 	21–14–9
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 3 Goals, Chicago Black Hawks 2 Goals===
===Montreal Canadiens 2, Ottawa Senators 0===
The Canadiens, by placing second had to play in the first round series versus the Chicago Black Hawks. The Canadiens won the two-game total-goals series 3–2. Next, were the New York Rangers who had defeated the Ottawa Senators in their first round series. The Canadiens swept the Rangers two games to none in a best-of-three series. The teams played 68 minutes and 52 seconds of overtime in the first game before Gus Rivers scored to win the game for the Canadiens.
===Montreal Canadiens 2, Boston Bruins 0===
The Final was a best of three series. The Canadiens had lost all four of their regular-season meetings with the Bruins. The Bruins were heavily favored to retain the Stanley Cup, but were shocked in the first game of the best-of-three Finals by the play of Canadiens' goaltender George Hainsworth, who shut out the Bruins' powerful offense. In the second game, Montreal went out to a three-goal lead until Eddie Shore scored. Howie Morenz responded five minutes later and the Habs led 4-1 going into the third period. Goals by Percy Galbraith and Dit Clapper made it close but Montreal held on for the win. It was the first time all season long the Bruins had lost two games in a row, and the stunning defeat of the regular season champions in such a short series spurred the league to change the Cup Finals to a best-of-five series for subsequent years. Clapper led all playoff scorers with 4 goals while Marty Barry and Cooney Weiland tied for the points lead with 6 each.
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 1	Montreal Canadiens	3–0 	Boston Bruins 	0–1
2	April 3	Boston Bruins 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens	0–2
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	44	40	10	50 	72
 	C 	44	24	9 	33 	47
 	LW 	42	19	12	31 	40
 	RW 	44	14	11	25 	28
 	D 	44	13	11	24 	108
 	RW 	44	12	11	23 	64
 	D 	44	6 	8 	14 	90
 	D 	44	2 	11	13 	71
 	LW 	44	3 	5 	8 	24
 	D/LW	44	5 	2 	7 	16
 	RW/D	28	1 	3 	4 	26
 	D 	35	1 	0 	1 	8
 	RW 	19	1 	0 	1 	2
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	42	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2680	42	20	13	9	108	2.42	4
 	60 	1 	1 	0 	0	2 	2.00	0
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0	4 	4.00	0
Team: 	2800	44	21	14	9	114	2.44	4
† Worters was loaned from the New York Americans for one game on February 27, 1930 vs. Toronto.
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C 	6 	2	2	4 	6
 	RW 	6 	2	2	4 	12
 	D 	6 	1	3	4 	8
 	C 	6 	3	0	3 	10
 	D 	6 	2	1	3 	18
 	RW/D	6 	1	1	2 	6
 	LW 	6 	1	1	2 	6
 	LW 	6 	0	2	2 	6
 	RW 	6 	1	0	1 	12
 	RW 	6 	1	0	1 	2
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	6
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	0
 	D/LW	6 	0	0	0 	8
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	481	6 	5	0	6 	0.75	3
Team: 	481	6 	5	0	6 	0.75	3
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==
*The Canadiens did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Montreal Canadiens 1930 Stanley Cup Champions==
Sources:
* Mouton, p. 157
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==Game Ads==
29-30NHLMonCanGameAd.jpg
29-30NHLCanadiensExhProvidenceGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Providence
==See Also==
*1929–30 NHL season
==References==
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