1934-35 MSG

This was the 1934-35 season of the Montreal Senior Group:
For the first time there was a team from outside Montreal in the league. After the NHL's Ottawa Senators moved to St. Louis, a new senior team of the same name was formed.
==Standings==
Regular Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA 	Pts
Montreal Royals 	20	12	5 	3	74	56 	33
McGill University 	12	7 	4 	1	35	27 	30
Ottawa Senators 	20	10	6 	4	90	64 	29
Montreal Canadiens	20	6 	5 	9	73	67 	26
Verdun Maple Leafs	20	8 	9 	3	75	75 	20
Montreal Victorias	12	3 	7 	2	40	45 	16
Lafontaine Bleus 	20	3 	13	4	49	102	14
McGill University and the Montreal Victorias played two four-point games against each other team. McGill's team also played in the 1934-35 CIAU Season.
==Regular Season Games==
All Montreal games were played at the Montreal Forum. They were doubleheaders played on Wednesdays and Sundays. All Ottawa games were played on Saturdays.
===November===
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
November 4 	McGill 3 	Verdun 2 	Montreal
November 4 	Royals 4 	Canadiens 3 	Montreal
November 7 	Royals 2 	Lafontaine 1	Montreal
November 7 	Canadiens 6 	Verdun 3 	Montreal
November 10	Ottawa 7 	Victorias 3 	Ottawa
November 11	Ottawa 4 	Lafontaine 1	Montreal
November 11	Verdun 2 	Royals 1 	Montreal
November 14	Canadiens 2 	McGill 0 	Montreal
November 14	Lafontaine 2	Victorias 0 	Montreal
November 17	Ottawa 5 	Royals 3 	Ottawa
November 18	Lafontaine 3	Verdun 3 	Montreal
November 18	Ottawa 6 	Canadiens 2 	Montreal
November 21	McGill 6 	Lafontaine 0	Montreal
November 21	Royals 3 	Victorias 2 	Montreal
November 24	Ottawa 3 	McGill 1 	Ottawa
November 25	Verdun 6 	Royals 4 	Montreal
November 25	Canadiens 10	Lafontaine 2	Montreal
November 28	Canadiens 4 	Victorias 2 	Montreal
November 28	Verdun 7 	Lafontaine 4	Montreal
===December===
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
December 1 	Ottawa 9 	Lafontaine 0	Ottawa
December 2 	Verdun 5 	Ottawa 4 	Montreal
December 2 	Lafontaine 3	Canadiens 3 	Montreal
December 5 	Victorias 3 	Ottawa 3 	Montreal
December 5 	Royals 3 	McGill 2 	Montreal
December 8 	Canadiens 5 	Ottawa 5 	Ottawa
December 9 	Canadiens 4 	Verdun 3 	Montreal
December 9 	Royals 3 	Ottawa 2 	Montreal
December 12	Lafontaine 2	McGill 1 	Montreal
December 12	Victorias 8 	Canadiens 2 	Montreal
December 15	Royals 4 	Ottawa 2 	Ottawa
December 16	Canadiens 3 	Lafontaine 3	Montreal
December 16	Royals 5 	Verdun 4 	Montreal
December 19	Royals 6 	Victorias 3 	Montreal
December 19	Canadiens 2 	McGill 2 	Montreal
===January===
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
January 6 	Ottawa 9 	Lafontaine 3	Montreal
January 6 	Royals 4 	Canadiens 4 	Montreal
January 9 	Victorias 3 	Verdun 1 	Montreal
January 9 	Royals 4 	Lafontaine 1	Montreal
January 12	Verdun 8 	Ottawa 5 	Ottawa
January 13	Verdun 3 	Canadiens 3 	Montreal
January 13	Royals 9 	Lafontaine 4	Montreal
January 16	McGill 4 	Ottawa 2 	Montreal
January 16	Verdun 5 	Victorias 5 	Montreal
January 19	Lafontaine 2	Ottawa 2 	Ottawa
January 20	Lafontaine 6	Verdun 3 	Montreal
January 20	Royals 2 	Canadiens 2 	Montreal
January 23	McGill 4 	Royals 3 	Montreal
January 23	Verdun 1 	Canadiens 0 	Montreal
January 26	Ottawa 3 	Canadiens 1 	Ottawa
January 27	Verdun 2 	Ottawa 1 	Montreal
January 27	Canadiens 9 	Lafontaine 4	Montreal
January 30	Ottawa 4 	Royals 3 	Montreal
January 30	McGill 6 	Victorias 4 	Montreal
===February===
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
February 2 	Ottawa 8 	Verdun 5 	Ottawa
February 3 	Verdun 8 	Lafontaine 4	Montreal
February 3 	Canadiens 3	Royals 3 	Montreal
February 6 	Victorias 5	Lafontaine 3	Montreal
February 6 	McGill 3 	Verdun 2 	Montreal
February 10	Canadiens 6	Ottawa 6 	Montreal
February 10	Royals 5 	Lafontaine 1	Montreal
February 13	Royals 3 	Verdun 2 	Montreal
February 13	McGill 3 	Victorias 2 	Montreal
==Playoffs==
===Semi Finals (Best of 3)===
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
February 17	Montreal Royals 3	Montreal Canadiens 1	Montreal
February 24	Montreal Royals 4	Montreal Canadiens 3	Montreal
Montreal Royals beat Montreal Canadiens (Senior) 2 games to none.
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
February 20	Ottawa 2	McGill 1	Montreal
February 23	McGill 7	Ottawa 0	Ottawa
February 27	Ottawa 2	McGill 1	Montreal
Ottawa Senators beat McGill University 2 games to 1.
===Final (Best of 5)===
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 3 	Ottawa 2 	Montreal 2	Montreal
March 7 	Montreal 3	Ottawa 0 	Ottawa
March 10	Montreal 7	Ottawa 3 	Montreal
March 12	Ottawa 6 	Montreal 4	Ottawa
March 17	Montreal 5	Ottawa 1 	Montreal
*Montreal Royals beat Ottawa Senators 3 games to 1, 1 tie.
Montreal Royals advanced to the 1934-35 Quebec Senior Playoffs.
==Attendance==
The Group played 26 doubleheaders at the Montreal Forum and attracted 88,636 patrons, or an average of 3693 per event. This total was 17,813 over the previous season's total.
In addition 10 games were played at Ottawa, which attracted 41,604 fans, or 4160 per game.
==Top Ten Scorers==
Player 	Team 	Goals	Assists	Points
Jean Louis Bourcier	Verdun 	22 	18 	40
George Brown 	Verdun 	18 	19 	37
Eddie Finnigan 	Ottawa 	15 	21 	36
Hugh Farquharson 	Royals 	19 	15 	34
Jules Cholette 	Ottawa 	17 	10 	27
Colomban Ethier 	Verdun 	15 	12 	27
Dave Neville 	McGill 	14 	13 	27
Ralph St. Germain 	Royals 	13 	14 	27
Tag Millar 	Ottawa 	12 	13 	25
Rene Boudreau 	Canadiens	14 	9 	23
==Team Photos==
34-35OttSEn.jpg|Ottawa Senators
34-35McGill.jpg|McGill University
Note:The NHL's St. Louis Eagles, who had been the Ottawa Senators the year before, were still owned by Ottawa interests. The Eagles trained together with the new, senior Ottawa Senators.
==Game Ads==
34-35MSGGameAd.jpg|Doubleheader @ Montreal
34-35MSGSFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Montreal
34-35MSGFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Final @ Montreal
==See Also==
Montreal Senior Group
Category:1935 in hockey
Category:Montreal Senior Group seasons