1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season explained

Team:	Montreal Canadiens
League:	NHL
Season:	1937–38
Year:	1937
Division:	Canadian
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	18–17–13
Goalsfor:	123
Goalsagainst:	128
Winsleader:	Wilf Cude (18)
Gaaleader:	Wilf Cude (2.68)
Goalsleader:	Georges Mantha (23)
Assistsleader:	Paul Haynes (22)
Pointsleader:	Georges Mantha (42)
Coach:	Cecil Hart
Captain:	Babe Siebert
Generalmanager:	Cecil Hart
Arena:	Montreal Forum

The 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 29th season of play. The Canadiens placed third in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. Montreal met and lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks in the quarter-finals.

Regular season

A Morenz Benefit All-Star game was held at the Forum on November 2, 1937. 8,683 fans attended, contributing $11,447 to a total pot of over $20,000 for Howie Morenz's family.^[1]

This was the last season for Pit Lepine, Aurel Joliat and Marty Burke. Burke had returned from Chicago in a trade for Bill MacKenzie.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 9, 1937	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	0–0–1
2	L	November 11, 1937	0–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	0–1–1
3	W	November 13, 1937	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	1–1–1
4	L	November 14, 1937	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	1–2–1
5	T	November 18, 1937	6–6 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	1–2–2
6	T	November 23, 1937	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	1–2–3
7	W	November 27, 1937	2–1	New York Rangers (1937–38)	2–2–3
8	W	December 2, 1937	2–0	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–2–3
9	T	December 4, 1937	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	3–2–4
10	W	December 5, 1937	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	4–2–4
11	W	December 7, 1937	5–1	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	5–2–4
12	W	December 11, 1937	4–3 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	6–2–4
13	T	December 12, 1937	4–4 OT	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	6–2–5
14	L	December 14, 1937	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	6–3–5
15	L	December 16, 1937	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	6–4–5
16	T	December 19, 1937	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	6–4–6
17	W	December 28, 1937	2–0	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	7–4–6
18	L	January 1, 1938	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	7–5–6
19	W	January 2, 1938	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	8–5–6
20	L	January 4, 1938	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	8–6–6
21	W	January 8, 1938	6–2	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	9–6–6
22	L	January 11, 1938	7–11	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	9–7–6
23	T	January 13, 1938	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	9–7–7
24	L	January 16, 1938	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	9–8–7
25	L	January 18, 1938	1–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	9–9–7
26	L	January 20, 1938	2–4	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	9–10–7
27	W	January 22, 1938	4–0	New York Americans (1937–38)	10–10–7
28	W	January 27, 1938	4–2	New York Rangers (1937–38)	11–10–7
29	W	January 30, 1938	4–2	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	12–10–7
30	W	February 1, 1938	6–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	13–10–7
31	L	February 3, 1938	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	13–11–7
32	T	February 5, 1938	3–3 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	13–11–8
33	L	February 6, 1938	0–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	13–12–8
34	W	February 10, 1938	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	14–12–8
35	L	February 13, 1938	0–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	14–13–8
36	L	February 15, 1938	0–4	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	14–14–8
37	W	February 19, 1938	4–3 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	15–14–8
38	W	February 22, 1938	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	16–14–8
39	T	February 24, 1938	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	16–14–9
40	T	February 27, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	16–14–10
41	L	March 1, 1938	2–4	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	16–15–10
42	T	March 3, 1938	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	16–15–11
43	L	March 6, 1938	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	16–16–11
44	L	March 10, 1938	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	16–17–11
45	T	March 12, 1938	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	16–17–12
46	W	March 15, 1938	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	17–17–12
47	W	March 17, 1938	6–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	18–17–12
48	T	March 19, 1938	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1937–38)	18–17–13

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Playoffs

The Canadiens drew the third-place finisher of the American division, the Chicago Blackhawks. Montreal lost the best-of-three series 2–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	D/LW	47	23	19	42	12
	C	48	13	22	35	25
	LW	43	17	16	33	33
	RW	48	13	19	32	14
	RW	47	13	17	30	9
	LW	31	7	13	20	8
	LW/D	37	8	11	19	56
	C	47	5	14	19	24
	D	48	2	15	17	24
	RW	32	6	7	13	6
	LW	44	6	7	13	24
	D	47	4	5	9	44
	C	18	2	7	9	0
	C	34	1	7	8	14
	LW	7	2	4	6	0
	D	38	0	5	5	31
	RW	17	1	1	2	4
	D	11	0	1	1	10
	C	2	0	0	0	0
	G	47	0	0	0	0
	RW	6	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	D	11	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2990	47	18	17	12	126	2.53	3
	70	1	0	0	1	2	1.71	0
Team:	3060	48	18	17	13	128	2.51	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	3	3	1	4	2
	RW	3	1	3	4	2
	C	3	0	4	4	5
	D	3	2	0	2	4
	LW/D	3	1	1	2	0
	D/LW	3	1	0	1	0
	C	3	0	0	0	2
	D	3	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	7
	LW	1	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	192	3	1	2	11	3.44	0
Team:	192	3	1	2	11	3.44	0

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European tour

See main article: 1938 Detroit Red Wings – Montreal Canadiens European tour. After losing in the playoffs, the Canadiens embarked on a tour of Europe with the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1

Awards and records

• Toe Blake – NHL Second All-Star team
• Babe Siebert – NHL First All-Star team

See also

• 1937–38 NHL season

References

• Book: Coleman, Charles L. . The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. . 1969 . National Hockey League . 314–334.
• 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. Coleman, pg. 314
2. Web site: 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 .
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-05 . 1937-38 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.