1931–32 Montreal Canadiens season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1931–32
Year:	1931
Team:	Montreal Canadiens
Division:	Canadian
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	25–16–7
Goalsfor:	128
Goalsagainst:	111
Gaaleader:	George Hainsworth (2.32)
Winsleader:	George Hainsworth (25)
Goalsleader:	Howie Morenz (24)
Assistsleader:	Howie Morenz (25)
Pointsleader:	Howie Morenz (49)
Coach:	Cecil Hart
Captain:	Sylvio Mantha
Generalmanager:	Leo Dandurand
Arena:	Montreal Forum
Obrientrophy:	yes

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.

Record vs. opponents

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
	C	48	24	25	49	46
	LW	48	15	24	39	46
	RW	48	19	18	37	40
	C	48	19	11	30	42
	RW	48	18	8	26	16
	LW	47	6	12	18	22
	RW	48	10	2	12	16
	D	47	5	5	10	62
	D	48	3	6	9	50
	D	41	5	3	8	60
	D/LW	48	1	7	8	8
	D	24	1	2	3	12
	D	48	1	1	2	14
	LW	10	0	2	2	8
	RW	25	1	0	1	4
	G	48	0	0	0	2
	D	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2998	48	25	16	7	110	2.20	6
	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
	RW	4	2	1	3	4
	LW	4	1	2	3	2
	LW	4	2	0	2	4
	RW	4	1	1	2	4
	D	4	1	1	2	2
	C	3	1	0	1	4
	C	4	1	0	1	4
	D/LW	4	0	1	1	8
	D	4	0	1	1	8
	LW	4	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	12
	G	4	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	2
	RW	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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Awards and records

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

See also

• 1931–32 NHL season

References

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1931–32 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-05 . 1931-32 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.