1924–25 Montreal Canadiens season
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Goals against average | Georges Vezina (1.81) |
The
Regular season
This was the first season for the Montreal Maroons and Boston Bruins – the first American NHL team. The Montreal Forum, was built to house the Maroons. However, it was the Canadiens who played in it first. The season started earlier, on November 29, and because the Mount Royal Arena couldn't produce ice, it was decided to move a game against the Toronto St. Patricks to the Forum. The Canadiens beat the St. Patricks 7–1, as Billy Boucher scored a hat trick before 8000 fans.[1] To facilitate the change in venue, the Canadiens paid the Mount Royal Arena CA$1,000 (equivalent to $17,456 in 2023) to play at the Forum.[2]
The Canadiens improved their scoring, scoring 93 goals in 30 games, giving up 56.
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Hamilton Tigers | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 90 | 60 | 39 |
Toronto St. Patricks | 30 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 90 | 84 | 38 |
Montreal Canadiens | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 93 | 56 | 36 |
Ottawa Senators | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 83 | 66 | 35 |
Montreal Maroons | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 45 | 65 | 20 |
Boston Bruins | 30 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 49 | 119 | 12 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Record vs. opponents
1924–25 NHL Records [4] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | HAM | MTL | MTM | OTT | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 0–6 | ||||||
Hamilton | 5–1 | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–2–1 | 4–2 | ||||||
M. Canadiens | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 4–0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | ||||||
M. Maroons | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–4–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–4 | ||||||
Ottawa | 6–0 | 2–3–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | — | 2–4 | ||||||
Toronto | 6–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — |
Schedule and results
Regular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | W | November 29, 1924 | 7–1 | Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 1–0–0 |
2 | L | December 3, 1924 | 1–2 | @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 1–1–0 |
3 | W | December 8, 1924 | 4–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 2–1–0 |
4 | W | December 10, 1924 | 5–0 | Montreal Maroons (1924–25) | 3–1–0 |
5 | W | December 13, 1924 | 6–2 | Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 4–1–0 |
6 | W | December 17, 1924 | 5–2 | @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 5–1–0 |
7 | W | December 20, 1924 | 3–2 | Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 6–1–0 |
8 | W | December 25, 1924 | 5–0 | Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 7–1–0 |
9 | T | December 27, 1924 | 1–1 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) | 7–1–1 |
10 | L | January 1, 1925 | 2–4 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 7–2–1 |
11 | W | January 3, 1925 | 3–1 | @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 8–2–1 |
12 | L | January 7, 1925 | 0–2 | Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 8–3–1 |
13 | L | January 10, 1925 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 8–4–1 |
14 | T | January 14, 1925 | 1–1 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) | 8–4–2 |
15 | L | January 17, 1925 | 2–4 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 8–5–2 |
16 | L | January 21, 1925 | 2–4 | Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 8–6–2 |
17 | W | January 24, 1925 | 3–2 | @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 9–6–2 |
18 | W | January 27, 1925 | 4–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 10–6–2 |
19 | W | January 31, 1925 | 5–0 | Montreal Maroons (1924–25) | 11–6–2 |
20 | L | February 4, 1925 | 0–3 | Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 11–7–2 |
21 | L | February 7, 1925 | 4–5 | @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 11–8–2 |
22 | W | February 11, 1925 | 10–3 | Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 12–8–2 |
23 | W | February 14, 1925 | 5–1 | Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 13–8–2 |
24 | W | February 18, 1925 | 1–0 | @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) | 14–8–2 |
25 | W | February 21, 1925 | 2–1 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 15–8–2 |
26 | L | February 25, 1925 | 1–3 | Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) | 15–9–2 |
27 | L | February 28, 1925 | 0–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) | 15–10–2 |
28 | L | March 3, 1925 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) | 15–11–2 |
29 | W | March 7, 1925 | 3–1 | Montreal Maroons (1924–25) | 16–11–2 |
30 | W | March 9, 1925 | 4–1 | Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) | 17–11–2 |
Playoffs
NHL Championship
The third seed Montreal Canadiens played against the second seed Toronto St. Patricks in a total goals series. The winner of that series was to go on and play the first seed team, the
Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto St. Patricks
Date | Team | Score | Team | Score | Notes |
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March 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | Toronto St. Patricks | 2 | |
March 13 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Toronto St. Patricks | 0 |
Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 2
Finals
Over in the Western Canada Hockey League, the third place Victoria Cougars won their league championship and would face the Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup championship. Victoria easily beat Montreal three games to one out-scoring the Canadiens 16 to 8. Games one, three and four of the series were played at the Patrick Arena in Oak Bay, a suburb municipality of Victoria, British Columbia; game two was played at the larger Denman Arena in Vancouver.[5] This marks the first, and last, time since the inception of the NHL (1917) that a non-NHL team won the Stanley Cup. As a foot-note, the Seattle Metropolitans could have claimed the Stanley Cup during the flu cancelled season of 1919, but chose not to as a display of good-sportsmanship.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Victoria Cougars
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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March 21 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Victoria Cougars | 5 | |
March 23 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Victoria Cougars | 3 | |
March 27 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Victoria Cougars | 2 | |
March 30 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Victoria Cougars | 6 |
Victoria Cougars win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup
Awards and records
- O'Brien Cup – NHL champion
- Prince of Wales Trophy – NHL champion (not awarded in 1925, but inscribed on the Trophy later)
Transactions
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References
- Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1 1893–1926 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 465–485.
- Ross, J. Andrew (2015). Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-3383-9.
- ^ Coleman(1966), pg.468
- ^ Ross 2015, p. 116.
- ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "First Game Saturday". Montreal Gazette. March 19, 1925. p. 14. Retrieved September 5, 2014.