1912–13 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1912–13 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's fourth season and fourth of the National Hockey Association (NHA). The club would post a 9–11 record and tie for third place.
==Regular season==
Newsy Lalonde returned to Montreal after being acquired from Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League (PCHA). Don Smith was acquired from Victoria of the PCHA. Didier Pitre signed with Quebec but the league intervened and he returned to the Canadiens.
An exhibition game was played with the Wanderers in Toronto at the new Arena Gardens on December 22. Newsy Lalonde would trip Odie Cleghorn and his brother Sprague Cleghorn then skated over and hit Lalonde on the face, opening a 12 stitch cut. Cleghorn would be charged in Toronto court and fined $50 and suspended by the league.Coleman(1966), pp. 236-237
The Canadiens would open the season with a three-game winning streak. At the halfway point, the club's record was 7–3 to lead the league, but Quebec came on strong with an eleven-game win streak to win the league championship and Montreal finished third behind Quebec and the Wanderers.
===Final standings===
===Game log===
Game 	Day 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Score 	Record
December	December	December 	December	December 	December 	December
1 	25 	Canadiens	9 	Toronto 	5 	1–0
2 	28 	Toronto 	5 	Canadiens	8 	2–0
January 	January 	January 	January 	January 	January 	January
3 	1 	Canadiens	4 	Tecumsehs	3 	3–0
4 	4 	Ottawa 	7 	Canadiens	3 	3–1
5 	8 	Canadiens	4 	Wanderers	3 	4–1
6 	11 	Canadiens	3 	Quebec 	4 	4–2
7 	15 	Quebec 	4 	Canadiens	5 	5–2
8 	18 	Canadiens	6 	Ottawa 	0 	6–2
9 	22 	Wanderers	4 	Canadiens	3 	6–3
10 	25 	Tecumsehs	4 	Canadiens	5 (17' ot)	7–3
February	February	February 	February	February 	February 	February
11 	1‡ 	Canadiens	1 	Ottawa 	2 	7–4
12 	5‡ 	Tecumsehs	5 	Canadiens	4 	7–5
13 	8‡ 	Canadiens	3 	Toronto 	5 	7–6
14 	12 	Wanderers	4 	Canadiens	6 	8–6
15 	15 	Ottawa 	3 	Canadiens	2 	8–7
16 	19 	Canadiens	2 	Quebec 	4 	8–8
17 	22 	Quebec 	7 	Canadiens	6 	8–9
18 	26 	Canadiens	4 	Wanderers	5 	8–10
March 	March 	March 	March 	March 	March 	March
19 	1 	Canadiens	3 	Tecumsehs	1 	8–11
20 	5 	Toronto 	6 	Canadiens	2 	9–11
‡ Played with rover (7 man hockey)
==Playoffs==
The team did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Awards and records==
===Milestones===
* January 18, 1913 - Georges Vezina posted the club's first shutout.
==Roster==
* Georges Vezina (goaltender)
*Louis Berlinguette, Ernie Dubeau, Clayton Frechette, Hy Guevremont, Alphonse Jette, Newsy Lalonde, Jack Laviolette, Eugene Payan, Fred Povey, Didier Pitre, Don Smith
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==See also==
* 1912–13 NHA season
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Category:1912 in hockey
Category:1913 in hockey