1930–31 New York Americans season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1930–31
Year:	1930
Team:	New York Americans
Record:	18–16–10
Divisionrank:	4th
Generalmanager:	Eddie Gerard
Goalsfor:	76
Goalsagainst:	74
Goalsleader:	Norman Himes (15)
Assistsleader:	Charles McVeigh Mervyn Dutton (11)
Pointsleader:	Billy Burch (16)
Pimleader:	Norman Himes (24)
Winsleader:	Roy Worters (18)
Gaaleader:	Roy Worters (1.61)

The 1930–31 New York Americans season was the sixth season of play. The Americans improved their record to escape last-place in the Canadian Division, but did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Eddie Gerard was hired to coach the team. Four players were picked up for cash from the Montreal Maroons: Frank Carson, Mike Neville, Hap Emms and Red Dutton. Dutton would be with the club until its demise in 1942, becoming the team manager after the NHL took over. Just before the start of the season, the Americans traded Lionel Conacher to the Maroons for cash. The Americans signed three new players: John Keating, Vernon Ayres and Gord Kuhn.

Regular season

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 11, 1930	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	0–1–0
2	T	November 13, 1930	0–0 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	0–1–1
3	W	November 16, 1930	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	1–1–1
4	T	November 18, 1930	0–0 OT	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	1–1–2
5	T	November 20, 1930	0–0 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	1–1–3
6	L	November 22, 1930	3–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	1–2–3
7	L	November 25, 1930	0–1	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	1–3–3
8	T	November 30, 1930	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	1–3–4
9	L	December 4, 1930	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	1–4–4
10	L	December 7, 1930	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	1–5–4
11	W	December 9, 1930	2–1	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	2–5–4
12	W	December 11, 1930	2–1	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	3–5–4
13	T	December 13, 1930	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	3–5–5
14	W	December 16, 1930	3–0	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	4–5–5
15	W	December 21, 1930	6–4	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	5–5–5
16	W	December 25, 1930	2–1	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	6–5–5
17	T	December 30, 1930	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1930–31)	6–5–6
18	L	January 1, 1931	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	6–6–6
19	W	January 4, 1931	5–0	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	7–6–6
20	L	January 8, 1931	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	7–7–6
21	L	January 13, 1931	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	7–8–6
22	W	January 15, 1931	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	8–8–6
23	T	January 18, 1931	2–2 OT	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	8–8–7
24	W	January 22, 1931	2–1	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	9–8–7
25	L	January 24, 1931	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	9–9–7
26	W	January 27, 1931	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	10–9–7
27	W	February 1, 1931	4–2	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	11–9–7
28	W	February 3, 1931	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	12–9–7
29	L	February 5, 1931	0–2	New York Rangers (1930–31)	12–10–7
30	L	February 7, 1931	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	12–11–7
31	W	February 10, 1931	4–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	13–11–7
32	T	February 14, 1931	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	13–11–8
33	L	February 15, 1931	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	13–12–8
34	L	February 17, 1931	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	13–13–8
35	W	February 19, 1931	4–2	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	14–13–8
36	L	February 21, 1931	4–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	14–14–8
37	T	February 24, 1931	1–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	14–14–9
38	L	February 26, 1931	2–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	14–15–9
39	W	March 1, 1931	2–1 OT	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	15–15–9
40	L	March 5, 1931	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	15–16–9
41	W	March 8, 1931	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	16–16–9
42	W	March 12, 1931	2–0	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	17–16–9
43	T	March 15, 1931	0–0 OT	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	17–16–10
44	W	March 17, 1931	2–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	18–16–10

Playoffs

The Americans did not qualify.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	44	15	9	24	18
	44	14	8	22	35
	44	5	11	16	23
	44	8	6	14	67
	44	6	7	13	36
	42	5	8	13	16
	42	5	7	12	14
	44	1	11	12	71
	43	4	7	11	16
	44	5	4	9	56
	43	2	5	7	70
	26	2	1	3	54
	42	2	0	2	13
	12	1	1	2	12
	19	1	0	1	2
	11	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0	0
	6	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0
	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	2760	44	18	16	10	74	1.61				8
Team:	2760	44	18	16	10	74	1.61				8

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Playoffs

The Americans did not qualify.

See also

• 1930–31 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-26 . 1930-31 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.