1934–35 Montreal Canadiens season explained

Team:	Montreal Canadiens
League:	NHL
Season:	1934–35
Year:	1934
Division:	Canadian
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	19–23–6
Goalsfor:	110
Goalsagainst:	145
Gaaleader:	Wilf Cude (3.02)
Winsleader:	Wilf Cude (19)
Goalsleader:	Leroy Goldsworthy (20)
Assistsleader:	Alfred Lepine, Wildor Larochelle (19)
Pointsleader:	Alfred Lepine (37)
Coach:	Newsy Lalonde
Captain:	Sylvio Mantha
Generalmanager:	Leo Dandurand
Arena:	Montreal Forum

The 1934–35 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 26th season of play. The Canadiens again qualified for the playoffs, finishing third in their division. The club met and lost to the New York Rangers in the playoffs.

Regular season

A bombshell trade was made with Howie Morenz, Lorne Chabot, and Marty Burke going to Chicago for Leroy Goldsworthy, Roger Jenkins, and Lionel Conacher. The Canadiens then traded Lionel Conacher and Herb Cain to the Maroons for Nels Crutchfield.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 10, 1934	1–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	0–1–0
2	L	November 17, 1934	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	0–2–0
3	L	November 22, 1934	3–4	New York Americans (1934–35)	0–3–0
4	L	November 24, 1934	1–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	0–4–0
5	W	November 27, 1934	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1934–35)	1–4–0
6	L	December 1, 1934	0–2	Boston Bruins (1934–35)	1–5–0
7	W	December 4, 1934	5–3	New York Rangers (1934–35)	2–5–0
8	L	December 8, 1934	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1934–35)	2–6–0
9	T	December 9, 1934	2–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1934–35)	2–6–1
10	W	December 11, 1934	4–1	Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	3–6–1
11	T	December 15, 1934	1–1 OT	St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	3–6–2
12	T	December 18, 1934	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	3–6–3
13	W	December 22, 1934	2–1	@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	4–6–3
14	W	December 23, 1934	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	5–6–3
15	L	December 25, 1934	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	5–7–3
16	L	December 29, 1934	1–3	New York Americans (1934–35)	5–8–3
17	L	January 1, 1935	3–5	@ New York Americans (1934–35)	5–9–3
18	L	January 3, 1935	1–2	Boston Bruins (1934–35)	5–10–3
19	L	January 5, 1935	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	5–11–3
20	L	January 6, 1935	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	5–12–3
21	W	January 12, 1935	3–2	Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	6–12–3
22	W	January 17, 1935	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	7–12–3
23	W	January 19, 1935	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1934–35)	8–12–3
24	L	January 20, 1935	1–7	@ New York Rangers (1934–35)	8–13–3
25	L	January 22, 1935	0–7	New York Rangers (1934–35)	8–14–3
26	W	January 24, 1935	2–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	9–14–3
27	W	January 26, 1935	3–2	Boston Bruins (1934–35)	10–14–3
28	T	January 31, 1935	4–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	10–14–4
29	T	February 2, 1935	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	10–14–5
30	L	February 5, 1935	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	10–15–5
31	W	February 7, 1935	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	11–15–5
32	W	February 9, 1935	4–2	St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	12–15–5
33	W	February 14, 1935	2–0	Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	13–15–5
34	W	February 17, 1935	3–1	@ New York Americans (1934–35)	14–15–5
35	L	February 19, 1935	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1934–35)	14–16–5
36	L	February 21, 1935	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	14–17–5
37	W	February 23, 1935	4–2	New York Americans (1934–35)	15–17–5
38	W	February 28, 1935	4–2	St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	16–17–5
39	W	March 2, 1935	3–2 OT	@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	17–17–5
40	L	March 3, 1935	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	17–18–5
41	L	March 5, 1935	3–10	Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	17–19–5
42	T	March 7, 1935	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	17–19–6
43	L	March 9, 1935	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	17–20–6
44	W	March 12, 1935	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1934–35)	18–20–6
45	W	March 14, 1935	5–4	New York Rangers (1934–35)	19–20–6
46	L	March 16, 1935	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	19–21–6
47	L	March 17, 1935	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	19–22–6
48	L	March 19, 1935	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	19–23–6

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Playoffs

In the first round the Canadiens met the New York Rangers, who had placed third in the American Division. The Canadiens lost the two-games total-goals series 5–6 (1–2, 4–4).

In the first game, there was a bench-clearing brawl after Nels Crutchfield cut Bill Cook on the head with his stick. The police were needed to end the brawl. Crutchfield was given a match penalty with no substitution. The Canadiens played the thirteen minutes one man short and two minutes two men short. Bill Cook returned wearing a helmet over his bandages to score the second Rangers goal.^[2]

In the second game, the Canadiens were down 4–1 on the game and tied it with three straight goals in the third. The Canadiens could not get another goal to tie the series.^[3]

New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Visitor	Home	Score	Record
March 24	Montreal Canadiens	New York Rangers	1–2	1–2
March 26	New York Rangers	Montreal Canadiens	4–4	5–6	-

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	48	12	19	31	16
	RW	33	20	9	29	13
	LW	48	17	12	29	18
	RW	48	9	19	28	12
	LW	46	9	15	24	6
	D/LW	42	12	10	22	14
	C	47	4	11	15	4
	D	47	3	11	14	36
	LW	44	9	1	10	34
	C	41	5	5	10	20
	RW/D	45	4	6	10	63
	RW	23	1	5	6	2
	D	41	1	5	6	4
	RW	7	3	2	5	4
	D	48	0	5	5	56
	RW	20	1	1	2	0
	F	1	0	1	1	0
	RW	5	0	1	1	0
	D	4	0	0	0	0
	G	48	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	4
	RW/D	1	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	2
	C/LW	3	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2960	48	19	23	6	145	2.94	1
Team:	2960	48	19	23	6	145	2.94	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	2	2	0	2	0
	C	2	0	2	2	0
	RW	2	1	0	1	0
	RW/D	2	1	0	1	2
	LW	2	1	0	1	0
	C	2	0	1	1	22
	RW	2	0	1	1	2
	LW	2	0	1	1	0
	D	2	0	0	0	4
	G	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	2
	D/LW	2	0	0	0	4
	D	2	0	0	0	2
	D	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	120	2	0	1	6	3.00	0
Team:	120	2	0	1	6	3.00	0

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Awards and records

• Aurel Joliat – NHL Second All-Star team

Transactions

• October 3, 1934 – Traded Howie Morenz, Marty Burke and Lorne Chabot to Chicago Blackhawks for Roger Jenkins, Lionel Conacher and Leroy Goldsworthy.
• October 3, 1934 – Traded Lionel Conacher to Montreal Maroons with the rights to Herb Cain for the rights to Nels Crutchfield.
• October 17, 1934 – Traded Leroy Goldsworthy to Chicago for cash.
• December 18, 1934 – Received Leroy Goldsworthy from Chicago for cash.

See also

• 1934–35 NHL season

References

• Book: Coleman, Charles L. . The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. . 1969 . National Hockey League . 230–249.
• Book: Jenish, D'Arcy . The Montreal Canadiens: 100 years of glory . 2008 . Doubleday Canada . 978-0-385-66324-3.
• Book: Mouton, Claude . The Montreal Canadiens . Key Porter Books . 1987 . 1-55013-051-X . Toronto, Ontario.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1934–35 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 .
2. Coleman, p. 248
3. Coleman, p. 249
4. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-05 . 1934-35 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.