1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1930–31
Year:	1930
Team:	Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)Philadelphia Quakers
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	4–36–4
Homerecord:	3–17–2
Roadrecord:	1–19–2
Goalsfor:	76
Goalsagainst:	184
Coach:	Cooper Smeaton
Attendance:	2,500
Goalsleader:	Hib Milks (18)
Assistsleader:	Gerry Lowrey (14)
Pointsleader:	Gerry Lowrey (26)
Pimleader:	D'Arcy Coulson (103)
Winsleader:	Wilf Cude (2) Joe Miller (2)
Gaaleader:	Joe Miller (3.43)
Prev Season:	1929–30 (Pittsburgh)

The 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers season was the Quakers' sole season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team moved from Pittsburgh, where they had played as the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1925.

Offseason

The team relocated to Philadelphia and was in the charge of Benny Leonard, the prizefighter who held the world lightweight title from 1917 to 1925.

On October 18, 1930, 13 players, including player-coach Frank Fredrickson, were transferred to the Quakers from Pittsburgh.^[1] But Fredrickson was released two days later and replaced by Cooper Smeaton, who resigned his position as the league’s referee-in-chief to become the Quakers head coach.^[1] ^[2]

Regular season

The team finished with 12 points for the season, the worst performance in the six-year history of the Pirate/Quaker franchise. The team lost $100,000 on its operations and folded after the season.^[3] As a result, Philadelphia was left without an NHL franchise until the Flyers arrived in 1967.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || November 11 || New York Rangers || 0–3 || || Miller || 5,000 || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 2 || November 15 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 0–4 || || Miller || 6,000 || 0–2–0 || 0 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || November 16 || @ Detroit Falcons || 1–5 || || Miller || 7,500 || 0–3–0 || 0 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 4 || November 18 || Ottawa Senators || 2–2 || OT || Miller || 2,000 || 0–3–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 5 || November 23 || @ New York Rangers || 2–5 || || Miller || 9,000 || 0–4–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 6 || November 25 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || || Miller || 3,500 || 1–4–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 7 || November 29 || New York Rangers || 3–6 || || Miller || 2,500 || 1–5–1 || 3 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8 || December 2 || Montreal Canadiens || 0–2 || || Miller || 4,000 || 1–6–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 9 || December 4 || @ Ottawa Senators || 2–5 || || Miller || 4,000 || 1–7–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 10 || December 6 || Boston Bruins || 3–4 || || Miller || 5,000 || 1–8–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 11 || December 9 || New York Americans || 1–2 || OT || Miller || 3,000 || 1–9–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 12 || December 13 || Detroit Falcons || 2–3 || || Miller || 5,000 || 1–10–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 13 || December 16 || @ New York Americans || 0–3 || || Miller || 5,000 || 1–11–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 14 || December 20 || @ Montreal Maroons || 1–5 || || Miller || 9,000 || 1–12–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 15 || December 23 || Chicago Blackhawks || 2–3 || || Cude || 2,000 || 1–13–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 16 || December 25 || @ Boston Bruins || 0–8 || || Cude || 11,000 || 1–14–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 17 || December 28 || @ New York Rangers || 2–4 || || Cude || 7,000 || 1–15–1 || 3 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18 || January 1 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–10 || || Cude || 7,000 || 1–16–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || January 3 || Ottawa Senators || 4–5 || OT || Cude || 3,500 || 1–17–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 20 || January 4 || @ New York Americans || 0–5 || || Cude || 7,000 || 1–18–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21 || January 8 || Chicago Black Hawks || 0–4 || || Cude || n/a || 1–19–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 22 || January 10 || Montreal Maroons || 4–3 || OT || Miller || 3,000 || 2–19–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 23 || January 13 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–2 || || Forbes || 3,500 || 2–20–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 24 || January 17 || Detroit Falcons || 2–5 || || Forbes || 2,500 || 2–21–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 25 || January 20 || @ Detroit Falcons || 2–5 || || Cude || 6,000 || 2–22–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 26 || January 22 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–5 || || Cude || 6,500 || 2–23–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 27 || January 24 || Boston Bruins || 2–4 || || Cude || 3,500 || 2–24–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 28 || January 27 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–3 || OT || Cude || n/a || 2–24–2 || 6 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 29 || January 29 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 1–7 || || Cude || 10,000 || 2–25–2 || 6 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 30 || January 31 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–3 || || Cude || 7,000 || 2–26–2 || 6 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31 || February 5 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 1–6 || || Cude || 8,000 || 2–27–2 || 6 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 32 || February 10 || New York Rangers || 1–3 || || Cude || n/a || 2–28–2 || 6 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 33 || February 14 || New York Americans || 1–1 || OT || Cude || 3,000 || 2–28–3 || 7 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 34 || February 17 || @ Detroit Falcons || 2–0 || || Cude || 5,000 || 3–28–3 || 9 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 35 || February 22 || @ New York Rangers || 1–6 || || Cude || 8,000 || 3–29–3 || 9 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 36 || February 24 || Boston Bruins || 1–5 || || Cude || 2,000 || 3–30–3 || 9 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 37 || February 28 || @ Montreal Maroons || 1–4 || || Cude || 9,500 || 3–31–3 || 9 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 38 || March 3 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–5 || || Cude || 1,500 || 3–32–3 || 9 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 39 || March 7 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–7 || || Cude || n/a || 3–33–3 || 9 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 40 || March 10 || @ Ottawa Senators || 3–5 || OT || Cude || 2,000 || 3–34–3 || 9 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 41 || March 12 || Detroit Falcons || 7–5 || || Cude || n/a || 4–34–3 || 11 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 42 || March 14 || Montreal Maroons || 2–3 || || Cude || n/a || 4–35–3 || 11 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 43 || March 17 || Chicago Black Hawks || 0–4 || || Cude || 2,500 || 4–36–3 || 11 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 44 || March 21 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–4 || || Cude || n/a || 4–36–4 || 12 || |-|-| Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; F = Forward; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
= Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Quakers only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Quakers only.

	Regular season
	Player
7		C	43	12	14	26	27
4		C	44	18	6	24	42
15		LW/C	44	9	11	20	22
14		C	44	8	11	19	26
10		RW	43	6	7	13	21
5		LW	44	5	7	12	32
12		D	43	7	4	11	102
2		LW	22	2	4	6	11
17		RW	16	3	0	3	6
11		RW	9	3	0	3	2
8		LW	24	0	3	3	10
6		RW	10	1	1	2	4
9		D	39	1	1	2	46
6		RW	21	1	0	1	2
18		G	29	0	0	0	0
16		D	28	0	0	0	103
3		D	21	0	0	0	10
1		G	15	0	0	0	0
3		D	9	0	0	0	8
2		D	5	0	0	0	29
19		F	4	0	0	0	0
1		G	2	0	0	0	0
16		F	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

	Regular season
	Player
18		29	2	23	3	1	130	4.38	1779
1		15	2	11	1	0	47	3.43	821
1		2	0	2	0	0	7	3.50	120

Awards and records

Records

The 1930–31 Quakers are tied with the 1919–20 Quebec Bulldogs for the fewest wins in a season with four, though Quebec played 20 fewer games.^[4] The Quakers .136 points percentage on the season held the NHL record low for 44 years until being surpassed by the expansion 1974–75 Washington Capitals’ .131.^[5]

Transactions

The Quakers were involved in the following transactions before, during, and after the 1930–31 season.^[6]

Trades

Date	Details
November 6, 1930	To Philadelphia Quakers Loan of Syd Howe Loan of Wally Kilrea Loan of Al Shields	To Ottawa Senators $35,000
November 28, 1930	To Philadelphia Quakers Cash	To Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (IHL) Gord Fraser
December 8, 1930	To Philadelphia Quakers Bill Hutton Ron Lyons Cash	To Boston Bruins Harold Darragh
December 16, 1930	To Philadelphia Quakers Cash	To Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (IHL) Rodger Smith Tex White
January 13, 1931	To Philadelphia Quakers Loan of Jake Forbes	To New Haven Eagles (CAHL)
February 12, 1931	To Philadelphia Quakers Cash	To Boston Bruins Ron Lyons
February 24, 1931	To Philadelphia Quakers Cash	To Detroit Olympics (IHL) Bill Hutton
October 19, 1933	To Philadelphia Quakers Cash	To Montreal Canadiens Wilf Cude

Players acquired

Player	Former team	Via
Aubrey Shore	Kitchener Flying Dutchmen (CPHL)	Free agency
	Chicago Shamrocks (AHA)	Free agency
	Melville Millionaires (S-SSHL)	Free agency
	Toronto Millionaires (IHL)	Free agency
	Port Hope Eagles (OHA-Sr.)	Free agency
	Cleveland Indians (IHL)	Inter-League Draft

Players lost

Player	New team	Via
		Release
Tom Cowan		Release
	Niagara Falls Cataracts (OPHL)	Release
		Release
		Dispersal Draft
		Dispersal Draft
	New York Rangers	Dispersal Draft
		Dispersal Draft
	New York Rangers	Dispersal Draft
		Dispersal Draft
		Free agency

Signings

References

Web site: Philadelphia Quakers 1930-31 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . hockeyDB.com . August 25, 2022.
Web site: 1930-31 Philadelphia Quakers Roster and Statistics . Hockey-Reference.com . August 25, 2022.
Web site: Flyers History - Philadelphia Quakers . quakers.flyershistory.net . August 25, 2022.
Book: McFarlane, Brian . One hundred years of hockey . Deneau Publishers . Toronto, Ontario . 1989 . 0-88879-216-6 . registration .

Notes and References

Web site: Christman . Paul . 1930-31 Pittsburgh Pirates convert to Quakers . PittsburghHockey.net . August 29, 2022.
Web site: Stubbs . Dave . Quakers made wrong kind of history in Philadelphia decades before Flyers . NHL.com . August 29, 2022 . February 22, 2019.
McFarlane, p. 28
Web site: Team Records: Fewest Wins, Season . records.nhl.com . August 25, 2022.
Web site: Team Records: Lowest Points Percentage, Season . records.nhl.com . August 25, 2022.
Web site: Hockey Transactions Search Results . Pro Sports Transactions . August 25, 2022.