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 to the New York Rangers in the semi-finals.

Regular season

Howie Morenz won the Hart Trophy for his outstanding play during the regular season..

Final standings

Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	48	25	16	7	128	111	57
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	23	18	7	155	127	53
Montreal Maroons	48	19	22	7	142	139	45
New York Americans	48	16	24	8	95	142	40

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and 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 12, 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

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Playoffs

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.

New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens

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 statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	48	24	25	49	46
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	48	15	24	39	46
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	48	19	18	37	40
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	48	19	11	30	42
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	48	18	8	26	16
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	47	6	12	18	22
Wasnie, NickNick Wasnie	RW	48	10	2	12	16
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	47	5	5	10	62
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	48	3	6	9	50
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	41	5	3	8	60
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	48	1	7	8	8
Lesieur, ArtArt Lesieur	D	24	1	2	3	12
Munro, DuncDunc Munro	D	48	1	1	2	14
Alexandre, ArtArt Alexandre	LW	10	0	2	2	8
Rivers, GusGus Rivers	RW	25	1	0	1	4
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	48	0	0	0	2
Pusie, JeanJean Pusie	D	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	2998	48	25	16	7	110	2.20	6
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	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
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	4	2	1	3	4
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	4	1	2	3	2
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	4	2	0	2	4
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	4	1	1	2	4
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	4	1	1	2	2
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	3	1	0	1	4
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	4	1	0	1	4
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	4	0	1	1	8
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	4	0	1	1	8
Alexandre, ArtArt Alexandre	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	4	0	0	0	12
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	4	0	0	0	0
Lesieur, ArtArt Lesieur	D	4	0	0	0	0
Munro, DuncDunc Munro	D	4	0	0	0	2
Wasnie, NickNick Wasnie	RW	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	300	4	1	3	13	2.60	0
Team:	300	4	1	3	13	2.60	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

O'Brien Cup – winners of Canadian Division
Hart Trophy – Howie Morenz, most valuable player

Roster

Goaltenders

1 George Hainsworth

Defence

Forwards

Sources:

Mouton, p. 158
"Players". NHL. Retrieved 2008-10-28.

References

Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 109–134.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "1931–32 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "1931-32 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps; Laval Rocket (beginning in 2017–18)

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 690 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1931–32 NHL season by team

Canadian	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Maroons NY Americans Toronto

American	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers

See also	1932 Stanley Cup Finals

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1931–32 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Roster

See also

References