1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 29th season of play. The Canadiens finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 2 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
After the death of Howie Morenz, the Howie Morenz Memorial Game was held at the Montreal Forum on November 2, 1937 to benefit Morenz's family. 8,683 fans attended, contributing $11,447 to an eventual total of over $20,000 in donations. A team of NHL All Stars played a combined team of the Montreal Maroons and Canadiens, defeating them 6-5.Coleman, pg. 314
This was the last season for Pit Lepine, Aurel Joliat and Marty Burke. Burke had returned from Chicago in a trade for Bill McKenzie.
===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 9, 1937 	2–2 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	November 11, 1937 	0–3 	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 	0–1–1
3 	W 	November 13, 1937 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 	1–1–1
4 	L 	November 14, 1937 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 	1–2–1
5 	T 	November 18, 1937 	6–6 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 	1–2–2
6 	T 	November 23, 1937 	1–1 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 	1–2–3
7 	W 	November 27, 1937 	2–1 	New York Rangers (1937–38) 	2–2–3
8 	W 	December 2, 1937 	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1937–38) 	3–2–3
9 	T 	December 4, 1937 	3–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	3–2–4
10 	W 	December 5, 1937 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	4–2–4
11 	W 	December 7, 1937 	5–1 	Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 	5–2–4
12 	W 	December 11, 1937 	4–3 OT 	New York Americans (1937–38) 	6–2–4
13 	T 	December 12, 1937 	4–4 OT 	@ New York Americans (1937–38) 	6–2–5
14 	L 	December 14, 1937 	2–3 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 	6–3–5
15 	L 	December 16, 1937 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 	6–4–5
16 	T 	December 19, 1937 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1937–38) 	6–4–6
17 	W 	December 25, 1937 	2–0 	Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 	7–4–6
18 	L 	January 1, 1938 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	7–5–6
19 	W 	January 2, 1938 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	8–5–6
20 	L 	January 4, 1938 	0–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 	8–6–6
21 	W 	January 8, 1938 	6–2 	Boston Bruins (1937–38) 	9–6–6
22 	L 	January 11, 1938 	7–11 	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 	9–7–6
23 	T 	January 13, 1938 	2–2 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 	9–7–7
24 	L 	January 16, 1938 	0–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 	9–8–7
25 	L 	January 18, 1938 	1–3 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1937–38) 	9–9–7
26 	L 	January 20, 1938 	2–4 	Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 	9–10–7
27 	W 	January 22, 1938 	4–0 	New York Americans (1937–38) 	10–10–7
28 	W 	January 27, 1938 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1937–38) 	11–10–7
29 	W 	January 30, 1938 	4–2 	@ New York Americans (1937–38) 	12–10–7
30 	W 	February 1, 1938 	6–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 	13–10–7
31 	L 	February 3, 1938 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	13–11–7
32 	T 	February 5, 1938 	3–3 OT 	New York Americans (1937–38) 	13–11–8
33 	L 	February 6, 1938 	0–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 	13–12–8
34 	W 	February 10, 1938 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 	14–12–8
35 	L 	February 13, 1938 	0–1 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 	14–13–8
36 	L 	February 15, 1938 	0–4 	@ New York Americans (1937–38) 	14–14–8
37 	W 	February 19, 1938 	4–3 OT 	Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 	15–14–8
38 	W 	February 22, 1938 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1937–38) 	16–14–8
39 	T 	February 24, 1938 	1–1 OT 	Boston Bruins (1937–38) 	16–14–9
40 	T 	February 27, 1938 	1–1 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 	16–14–10
41 	L 	March 1, 1938 	2–4 	@ New York Americans (1937–38) 	16–15–10
42 	T 	March 3, 1938 	1–1 OT 	New York Americans (1937–38) 	16–15–11
43 	L 	March 6, 1938 	3–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 	16–16–11
44 	L 	March 10, 1938 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	16–17–11
45 	T 	March 12, 1938 	3–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	16–17–12
46 	W 	March 15, 1938 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 	17–17–12
47 	W 	March 17, 1938 	6–3 	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 	18–17–12
48 	T 	March 19, 1938 	1–1 OT 	New York Rangers (1937–38) 	18–17–13
==Playoffs==
===Chicago Black Hawks 2, Montreal Canadiens 1===
The Canadiens drew the third-place finisher of the American division, the Chicago Black Hawks. Montreal lost the best-of-three series 2–1.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	D/LW	47	23	19	42 	12
 	C 	48	13	22	35 	25
 	LW 	43	17	16	33 	33
 	RW 	48	13	19	32 	14
 	RW 	47	13	17	30 	9
 	LW 	31	7 	13	20 	8
 	LW/D	37	8 	11	19 	56
 	C 	47	5 	14	19 	24
 	D 	48	2 	15	17 	24
 	RW 	32	6 	7 	13 	6
 	LW 	44	6 	7 	13 	24
 	D 	47	4 	5 	9 	44
 	C 	18	2 	7 	9 	0
 	C 	34	1 	7 	8 	14
 	LW 	7 	2 	4 	6 	0
 	D 	38	0 	5 	5 	31
 	RW 	17	1 	1 	2 	4
 	D 	11	0 	1 	1 	10
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2990	47	18	17	12	126	2.53	3
 	70 	1 	0 	0 	1 	2 	1.71	0
Team: 	3060	48	18	17	13	128	2.51	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	3 	3	1	4 	2
 	RW 	3 	1	3	4 	2
 	C 	3 	0	4	4 	5
 	D 	3 	2	0	2 	4
 	LW/D	3 	1	1	2 	0
 	D/LW	3 	1	0	1 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	7
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	2
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	192	3 	1	2	11	3.44	0
Team: 	192	3 	1	2	11	3.44	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==
*Babe Siebert, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Toe Blake, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==1938 Detroit Red Wings–Montreal Canadiens European tour==
In April and May 1938, the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens played a nine-game exhibition series in England and France. It was the first time in the history of the NHL that its teams played games in Europe. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1.
==Gallery==
37-38NHLMonCanGameAd.jpg|Opening Game
11Dec1937-Habs-NYA.jpg|Goalie Earl Robertson defends against #15 Joffre Desilets, Canadiens vs NY Americans, December 11, 1937.
1937-Nov23-Bruins-Habs.jpg|Note Charlie Sands' nose guard in Bruins-Canadiens action, November 23, 1937.
1937-Dec19-Pratt-Kerr-Habs.jpg|Babe Pratt and Dave Kerr defend against the Canadiens, December 19, 1937.
1938-Feb19-Beveridge-T.Demers.jpg|Maroons defense holds off Canadiens Tony Demers from keeper Bill Beveridge, February 19, 1938.
24Feb1938-Habs_Bruins.jpg|Thompson defends the net while #7 Weiland, #9 Goldsworthy assist against the Canadiens, February 24, 1938.
22Mar1938-Habs_Hawks.jpg|Mike Karakas makes a save, Quarter-finals Game 1, Canadiens vs Black Hawks, March 22, 1938.
==See Also==
*1937–38 NHL season
==References==
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