1933–34 Montreal Canadiens season

1933–34 Montreal Canadiens
1933–34 Montreal Canadiens
Division	3rd Canadian
1933–34 record	22–20–6
Goals for	99
Goals against	101
Team information
General manager	Leo Dandurand
Coach	Newsy Lalonde
Captain	Sylvio Mantha
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Aurel Joliat (22)
Assists	Aurel Joliat, Johnny Gagnon (15)
Points	Aurel Joliat (37)
Wins	Lorne Chabot (21)
Goals against average	Wilf Cude (0.00)
	← 1932–33 1934–35 →

The 1933–34 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 25th season of play. The Canadiens again qualified for the playoffs, finishing third in their division. The club met and lost to the Chicago Black Hawks in the playoffs.

Regular season

Star player Howie Morenz continued the decline in his play, and was placed on the second line. His ankle was seriously injured on January 2, 1934, and he missed nine games but did not play well for the rest of the season. He was the target of trade speculation at the end of the season, with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers all interested in him.^[1]

Final standings

Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	13	9	174	119	61
Montreal Canadiens	48	22	20	6	99	101	50
Montreal Maroons	48	19	18	11	117	122	49
New York Americans	48	15	23	10	104	132	40
Ottawa Senators	48	13	29	6	115	143	32

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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

Vs. Canadian Division

1933–34 NHL records^[3]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	2–3–1	5–1	3–1–2	4–2	14–7–3
M. Maroons	3–2–1	—	2–2–2	4–1–1	1–5	10–10–4
N.Y. Americans	1–5	2–2–2	—	4–2	0–3–3	7–12–5
Ottawa	1–3–2	1–4–1	2–4	—	2–4	6–15–3
Toronto	2–4	5–1	3–0–3	4–2	—	14–7–3

Vs. American Division

1933–34 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
M. Canadiens	1–5	2–3–1	3–2–1	2–3–1	8–13–3
M. Maroons	4–1–1	2–2–2	1–2–3	2–3–1	9–8–7
N.Y. Americans	3–3	1–3–2	0–3–3	4–2	8–11–5
Ottawa	4–2	0–4–2	2–4	1–4–1	7–14–3
Toronto	4–1–1	2–3–1	3–2–1	3–0–3	12–6–6

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 9, 1933	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	1–0–0
2	L	November 11, 1933	0–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	1–1–0
3	W	November 14, 1933	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	2–1–0
4	L	November 18, 1933	1–2	Boston Bruins (1933–34)	2–2–0
5	W	November 21, 1933	5–0	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	3–2–0
6	W	November 23, 1933	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	4–2–0
7	W	November 25, 1933	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	5–2–0
8	L	November 26, 1933	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	5–3–0
9	L	November 28, 1933	1–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	5–4–0
10	W	December 2, 1933	3–1	New York Americans (1933–34)	6–4–0
11	L	December 5, 1933	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34)	6–5–0
12	T	December 7, 1933	0–0 OT	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	6–5–1
13	L	December 9, 1933	2–4	New York Rangers (1933–34)	6–6–1
14	T	December 12, 1933	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	6–6–2
15	W	December 14, 1933	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	7–6–2
16	L	December 16, 1933	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	7–7–2
17	L	December 17, 1933	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	7–8–2
18	W	December 23, 1933	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	8–8–2
19	L	December 28, 1933	3–4	Boston Bruins (1933–34)	8–9–2
20	T	December 30, 1933	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	8–9–3
21	L	January 2, 1934	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	8–10–3
22	W	January 4, 1934	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	9–10–3
23	L	January 7, 1934	0–4	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	9–11–3
24	W	January 9, 1934	3–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	10–11–3
25	T	January 13, 1934	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	10–11–4
26	L	January 16, 1934	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34)	10–12–4
27	W	January 20, 1934	5–4	New York Rangers (1933–34)	11–12–4
28	W	January 23, 1934	6–2	New York Americans (1933–34)	12–12–4
29	L	January 25, 1934	1–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	12–13–4
30	T	January 28, 1934	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	12–13–5
31	T	February 1, 1934	3–3 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	12–13–6
32	W	February 4, 1934	2–0	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	13–13–6
33	L	February 6, 1934	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	13–14–6
34	L	February 8, 1934	2–3 OT	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	13–15–6
35	L	February 10, 1934	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	13–16–6
36	L	February 11, 1934	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	13–17–6
37	W	February 15, 1934	5–2	New York Rangers (1933–34)	14–17–6
38	W	February 20, 1934	3–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	15–17–6
39	L	February 22, 1934	0–1	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	15–18–6
40	W	February 24, 1934	3–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	16–18–6
41	W	February 27, 1934	3–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	17–18–6
42	L	March 1, 1934	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34)	17–19–6
43	W	March 3, 1934	2–1	Boston Bruins (1933–34)	18–19–6
44	W	March 6, 1934	3–0	New York Americans (1933–34)	19–19–6
45	W	March 8, 1934	3–2	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	20–19–6
46	W	March 10, 1934	3–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	21–19–6
47	L	March 15, 1934	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	21–20–6
48	W	March 18, 1934	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	22–20–6

Playoffs

In the first round the Canadiens met the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, who had placed second in the American Division. The Canadiens lost the two-games total-goals series 3–4 (2–3, 1–1). Morenz missed the second game due to a broken thumb.^[1]

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Visitor	Home	Score	Record
March 22	Chicago Blackhawks	Montreal Canadiens	2–3	2–3
March 25	Montreal Canadiens	Chicago Blackhawks	1–1	3–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Aurel Joliat	LW	48	22	15	37	27
Wildor Larochelle	RW	48	16	11	27	27
Johnny Gagnon	RW	48	9	15	24	25
Howie Morenz	C	39	8	13	21	21
Pit Lepine	C	48	10	8	18	44
Jack Riley	C	48	6	11	17	4
Georges Mantha	D/LW	44	6	9	15	12
Sylvio Mantha	D	48	4	6	10	24
Armand Mondou	LW	48	5	3	8	4
Leo Bourgeault	D	48	4	3	7	10
Gerry Carson	D	48	5	1	6	51
Marty Burke	D	45	1	4	5	28
Sam Godin	RW	36	2	2	4	15
Jack Portland	D	31	0	2	2	10
Paul Raymond	RW	29	1	0	1	2
Lorne Chabot	G	47	0	0	0	2
Wilf Cude	G	1	0	0	0	0
Adie Lafrance	LW	3	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Lorne Chabot	2928	47	21	20	6	101	2.07	8
Wilf Cude	60	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Team:	2988	48	22	20	6	101	2.03	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Wildor Larochelle	RW	2	1	1	2	0
Howie Morenz	C	2	1	1	2	0
Johnny Gagnon	RW	2	1	0	1	2
Marty Burke	D	2	0	1	1	2
Aurel Joliat	LW	3	0	1	1	0
Armand Mondou	LW	1	0	1	1	0
Jack Riley	C	2	0	1	1	0
Leo Bourgeault	D	2	0	0	0	0
Gerry Carson	D	2	0	0	0	2
Lorne Chabot	G	2	0	0	0	0
Adie Lafrance	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Pit Lepine	C	2	0	0	0	0
Sylvio Mantha	D	2	0	0	0	2
Jack Portland	D	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Raymond	RW	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Lorne Chabot	131	2	0	1	4	1.83	0
Team:	131	2	0	1	4	1.83	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

George Hainsworth was traded to Toronto for Lorne Chabot, October 1, 1933.
Wilf Cude received by Canadiens from Philadelphia for cash, October 19, 1933.
Wilf Cude loaned to Detroit by Canadiens January 2, 1934

Citations

^ ^a ^b Jenish, p. 82
^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1933-34 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

References

Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 198–220.
Jenish, D'Arcy (2008). The Montreal Canadiens: 100 years of glory. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66324-3.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.

[Jenish,_pg._82-1] Jenish, p. 82

[2] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

[3] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[4] "1933-34 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

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Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division

Vs. American Division

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Montreal Canadiens

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring

Goaltending

Transactions

See also

Citations

References