1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 22nd season. The Canadiens finished 1st in the Canadian Division and defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1931 Stanley Cup Finals 3 games to 2.
==Regular Season==
Howie Morenz led the league in scoring.
===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 15, 1930 	5–1 	Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	November 18, 1930 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	November 20, 1930 	7–1 	Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	November 23, 1930 	0–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 	2–2–0
5 	L 	November 27, 1930 	2–3 	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 	2–3–0
6 	W 	November 29, 1930 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1930–31) 	3–3–0
7 	W 	December 2, 1930 	2–0 	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	4–3–0
8 	W 	December 4, 1930 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1930–31) 	5–3–0
9 	W 	December 7, 1930 	3–2 	@ New York Americans (1930–31) 	6–3–0
10 	W 	December 9, 1930 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 	7–3–0
11 	W 	December 11, 1930 	5–4 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 	8–3–0
12 	T 	December 13, 1930 	1–1 OT 	New York Americans (1930–31) 	8–3–1
13 	T 	December 18, 1930 	0–0 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 	8–3–2
14 	L 	December 23, 1930 	1–5 	@ New York Rangers (1930–31) 	8–4–2
15 	W 	December 27, 1930 	8–5 	Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 	9–4–2
16 	T 	December 30, 1930 	1–1 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 	9–4–3
17 	L 	January 3, 1931 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 	9–5–3
18 	L 	January 6, 1931 	2–6 	Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 	9–6–3
19 	W 	January 8, 1931 	2–1 	@ New York Americans (1930–31) 	10–6–3
20 	W 	January 10, 1931 	6–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 	11–6–3
21 	W 	January 13, 1931 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	12–6–3
22 	W 	January 15, 1931 	4–1 	Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 	13–6–3
23 	L 	January 17, 1931 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 	13–7–3
24 	W 	January 20, 1931 	3–2 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1930–31) 	14–7–3
25 	W 	January 22, 1931 	3–0 	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 	15–7–3
26 	W 	January 24, 1931 	6–1 	New York Americans (1930–31) 	16–7–3
27 	W 	January 29, 1931 	7–1 	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 	17–7–3
28 	W 	February 1, 1931 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 	18–7–3
29 	W 	February 3, 1931 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 	19–7–3
30 	T 	February 5, 1931 	4–4 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 	19–7–4
31 	L 	February 7, 1931 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1930–31) 	19–8–4
32 	W 	February 15, 1931 	2–0 	@ New York Americans (1930–31) 	20–8–4
33 	W 	February 17, 1931 	2–0 	Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 	21–8–4
34 	T 	February 19, 1931 	1–1 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31) 	21–8–5
35 	W 	February 21, 1931 	6–4 	New York Americans (1930–31) 	22–8–5
36 	W 	February 26, 1931 	5–0 	Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 	23–8–5
37 	T 	February 28, 1931 	5–5 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 	23–8–6
38 	W 	March 3, 1931 	1–0 	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 	24–8–6
39 	L 	March 5, 1931 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1930–31) 	24–9–6
40 	W 	March 8, 1931 	2–0 	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 	25–9–6
41 	W 	March 10, 1931 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 	26–9–6
42 	L 	March 12, 1931 	0–3 	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 	26–10–6
43 	T 	March 14, 1931 	3–3 OT 	Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 	26–10–7
44 	T 	March 21, 1931 	4–4 OT 	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 	26–10–8
==Playoffs==
=== Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 2 ===
The league's two best teams met in the second round of the playoffs, both teams having received byes in the first round. The series was extremely close with three of the five games being decided in overtime.
Game 1 in Boston saw the Bruins behind 4-1 entering the third period. A three goal comeback sent the game into overtime where Cooney Weiland scored his second goal of the game to win it for the Bruins.
Game 2 in Boston was a close checking affair with the only goal scored by Georges Mantha in the first period. Early in the third period, Habs goalie George Hainsworth was cut on the forehead with a skate, stopping the game for 8 minutes while he was tended to in the locker room. With 4 minutes left in the game, George Owen was given a major penalty for an infraction against Howie Morenz. This resulted in a shower of debris being thrown on the ice, stopping the game for 15 minutes while it was cleaned up. With a minute to go, for the first time in NHL history, coach Art Ross pulled goalie Tiny Thompson in a failed attempt to tie the game.
Game 3 saw the series shift to Montreal for the remainder of the games played. Down 3-1 entering the third period, the Bruins again mounted a third period comeback to tie it up on goals by Cooney Weiland and Marty Barry. However, Georges Mantha scored the winner in overtime.
Game 4 saw the Bruins build a three goal lead entering the third period including Weiland's fourth goal of the series. A goal by the Canadiens' Nick Wasnie wasn't enough as the Bruins tied the series.
Game 5 followed the pattern of game 1 and 3 in which the Bruins fell behind entering the third period. Two goals from series scoring leader Weiland tied the game up but Wildor Larochelle scored at 19:00 of the first OT and the Habs took the series 3-2. Cooney Weiland led all playoff scorers with 9 points.
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
1	March 24	Montreal Canadiens	4-5 (OT)	Boston Bruins 	0-1
2	March 26	Montreal Canadiens	1-0 	Boston Bruins 	1-1
3	March 28	Boston Bruins 	3-4 (OT)	Montreal Canadiens	1-2
4	March 30	Boston Bruins 	3-1 	Montreal Canadiens	2-2
5	April 1 	Boston Bruins 	2-3 (OT)	Montreal Canadiens	2-3
===Montreal Canadiens 3, Chicago Black Hawks 2===
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 3 	Montreal Canadiens 	2 	Chicago Black Hawks	1 	
April 5 	Montreal Canadiens 	1 	Chicago Black Hawks	2 	2OT
April 9 	Chicago Black Hawks	3 	Montreal Canadiens 	2 	3OT
April 11	Chicago Black Hawks	1 	Montreal Canadiens 	2 	
April 14	Chicago Black Hawks	1 	Montreal Canadiens 	2 	
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	39	28	23	51 	49
 	LW 	43	13	22	35 	73
 	RW 	41	18	7 	25 	43
 	C 	44	17	7 	24 	63
 	D/LW	44	11	6 	17 	25
 	D 	44	8 	6 	14 	82
 	RW 	40	8 	5 	13 	35
 	RW 	44	9 	2 	11 	26
 	D 	44	4 	7 	11 	75
 	LW 	40	5 	4 	9 	10
 	D 	44	2 	5 	7 	91
 	RW 	44	2 	5 	7 	6
 	RW/D	22	2 	1 	3 	10
 	D 	21	2 	0 	2 	14
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	44	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA	GAA 	SO
 	2740	44	26	10	8	89	1.95	8
Team: 	2740	44	26	10	8	89	1.95	8
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	10	6	2	8 	8
 	D/LW	10	5	1	6 	4
 	C 	10	4	2	6 	6
 	RW 	10	4	1	5 	8
 	C 	10	1	4	5 	10
 	LW 	10	0	4	4 	12
 	D 	10	2	1	3 	26
 	D 	10	1	2	3 	10
 	RW 	10	1	2	3 	8
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	9
 	RW 	10	1	0	1 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	4
 	G 	10	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	722	10	6	4	21	1.75	2
Team: 	722	10	6	4	21	1.75	2
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==
*O'Brien Cup: Montreal Canadiens, winners of the Canadian Division
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Howie Morenz
*Howie Morenz, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
*Aurel Joliat, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Sylvio Mantha, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Montreal Canadiens 1931 Stanley Cup Champions==
Sources:
* Mouton, p. 157
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==Game Ads==
30-31NHLMonCanGameAd.jpg|Opening Game
30-31NHLExhMonCanGameAd.jpg|Pre-season exhibition
30-31cdns.jpg
==See Also==
*1930–31 NHL season
==References==
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