1931–32 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1931–32 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 23rd season. After winning two consecutive Stanley Cup championships, the Canadiens were favoured to repeat, winning the Canadian division, but lost in the Semi-finals to the New York Rangers 3 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
The Canadiens wore an arm patch during the 1931-32 season to celebrate winning the Stanley Cup two years in a row. The jersey was worn for special occasions only.
Howie Morenz won the Hart Trophy for his outstanding play during the regular season.
===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 	L 	November 12, 1931 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1931–32) 	0–1–0
2 	T 	November 14, 1931 	1–1 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	0–1–1
3 	W 	November 17, 1931 	5–2 	Montreal Maroons (1931–32) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	November 21, 1931 	3–0 	Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	November 24, 1931 	1–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	2–2–1
6 	W 	November 26, 1931 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	November 29, 1931 	2–3 OT 	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	December 2, 1931 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	3–4–1
9 	W 	December 5, 1931 	4–0 	Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	4–4–1
10 	T 	December 8, 1931 	1–1 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) 	4–4–2
11 	W 	December 10, 1931 	3–0 	@ New York Americans (1931–32) 	5–4–2
12 	L 	December 12, 1931 	1–7 	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32) 	5–5–2
13 	W 	December 17, 1931 	1–0 	New York Americans (1931–32) 	6–5–2
14 	T 	December 19, 1931 	2–2 OT 	New York Rangers (1931–32) 	6–5–3
15 	L 	December 22, 1931 	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1931–32) 	6–6–3
16 	L 	December 24, 1931 	1–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) 	6–7–3
17 	W 	December 26, 1931 	2–0 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	7–7–3
18 	L 	December 31, 1931 	0–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	7–8–3
19 	W 	January 2, 1932 	5–1 	Montreal Maroons (1931–32) 	8–8–3
20 	L 	January 5, 1932 	1–2 OT 	New York Americans (1931–32) 	8–9–3
21 	L 	January 7, 1932 	0–1 	@ New York Americans (1931–32) 	8–10–3
22 	L 	January 10, 1932 	1–3 	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	8–11–3
23 	W 	January 13, 1932 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	9–11–3
24 	T 	January 16, 1932 	2–2 OT 	Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	9–11–4
25 	W 	January 19, 1932 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1931–32) 	10–11–4
26 	W 	January 21, 1932 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) 	11–11–4
27 	L 	January 23, 1932 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	11–12–4
28 	L 	January 26, 1932 	2–3 	@ New York Americans (1931–32) 	11–13–4
29 	T 	January 28, 1932 	3–3 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32) 	11–13–5
30 	W 	January 30, 1932 	4–3 	Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	12–13–5
31 	W 	February 2, 1932 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (1931–32) 	13–13–5
32 	W 	February 4, 1932 	6–5 OT 	Montreal Maroons (1931–32) 	14–13–5
33 	L 	February 9, 1932 	1–4 	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32) 	14–14–5
34 	W 	February 11, 1932 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) 	15–14–5
35 	W 	February 13, 1932 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1931–32) 	16–14–5
36 	W 	February 17, 1932 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	17–14–5
37 	T 	February 21, 1932 	1–1 OT 	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	17–14–6
38 	W 	February 23, 1932 	2–1 	Detroit Falcons (1931–32) 	18–14–6
39 	W 	February 27, 1932 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	19–14–6
40 	L 	March 1, 1932 	6–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32) 	19–15–6
41 	W 	March 3, 1932 	2–1 	Montreal Maroons (1931–32) 	20–15–6
42 	T 	March 5, 1932 	1–1 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	20–15–7
43 	W 	March 8, 1932 	6–1 	New York Americans (1931–32) 	21–15–7
44 	W 	March 11, 1932 	1–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32) 	22–15–7
45 	L 	March 15, 1932 	2–5 	@ New York Americans (1931–32) 	22–16–7
46 	W 	March 17, 1932 	10–4 	New York Americans (1931–32) 	23–16–7
47 	W 	March 19, 1932 	6–4 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32) 	24–16–7
48 	W 	March 22, 1932 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32) 	25–16–7
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 3, Montreal Canadiens 1===
The Canadiens, by placing first, received a bye to the semi-finals where they met the New York Rangers, who had won the American Division. The Canadiens, missing some regulars due to injury, lost the best-of-five series three games to one.
Date 	Visitor 	Home 	Score	Record
March 24	New York Rangers 	Montreal Canadiens	4 - 3	1 - 0
March 26	New York Rangers 	Montreal Canadiens	3 - 4	1 - 1
March 27	Montreal Canadiens	New York Rangers 	0 - 1	1 - 2
March 29	Montreal Canadiens	New York Rangers 	2 - 5	1 - 3
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	48	24	25	49 	46
 	LW 	48	15	24	39 	46
 	RW 	48	19	18	37 	40
 	C 	48	19	11	30 	42
 	RW 	48	18	8 	26 	16
 	LW 	47	6 	12	18 	22
 	RW 	48	10	2 	12 	16
 	D 	47	5 	5 	10 	62
 	D 	48	3 	6 	9 	50
 	D 	41	5 	3 	8 	60
 	D/LW	48	1 	7 	8 	8
 	D 	24	1 	2 	3 	12
 	D 	48	1 	1 	2 	14
 	LW 	10	0 	2 	2 	8
 	RW 	25	1 	0 	1 	4
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	0 	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2998	48	25	16	7	110	2.20 	6
 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0	1 	30.00	0
Team: 	3000	48	25	16	7	111	2.22 	6
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	4 	2	1	3 	4
 	LW 	4 	1	2	3 	2
 	LW 	4 	2	0	2 	4
 	RW 	4 	1	1	2 	4
 	D 	4 	1	1	2 	2
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	4
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	4
 	D/LW	4 	0	1	1 	8
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	8
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	12
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	300	4 	1	3	13	2.60	0
Team: 	300	4 	1	3	13	2.60	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==
*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 Second Team All-Star
*Sylvio Mantha, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Roster==
;Goaltenders
*1 George Hainsworth
;Defence
*2 Sylvio Mantha (Captain)
*3 Marty Burke
*8 Albert Leduc
*11 Dunc Munro
*12 Georges Mantha
*15 Art Lesieur
;Forwards
*4 Aurel Joliat
*5 Armand Mondou
*6 Nick Wasnie
*7 Howie Morenz
* 9 Alfred Pit Lepine
*10 Wildor Larochelle
*14 Johnny Gagnon
*15 Gus Rivers
*16 Art Alexandre
Sources:
* Mouton, p. 158
* 
==Gallery==
31-32MtlCdn.jpg
1931-32-Morenz-Smith-Conacher.jpg|Howie Morenz, Hooley Smith, Charlie Conacher during the 1931-32 season. Note the commemorative arm patch on Morenz's jersey.
1931-Gagnon-Rivers-S.Mantha.jpg|Johnny Gagnon, Gus Rivers, Sylvio Mantha during the 1931-32 season.
31-32NHLMonCanGameAd.jpg|Regular Season
31-32NHLSFMonCanGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
31-32NHLMontrealRadioAd.jpg|Radio ad
31-32MontrealExhGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
==Video==
Action from Game 4 of the Rangers-Canadiens Semi-final series on March 27, 1932 featuring the game's only goal by Ott Heller.
The "Lightening" Game (1932)
==See Also==
*1931–32 NHL season
==References==
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Category:1931 in hockey
Category:1932 in hockey