1922–23_Montreal_Canadiens_season

1922–23 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

The 1922–23 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's sixth season in the NHL and 14th overall. The Canadiens finished second in the league and reached the NHL finals, losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Ottawa Senators. It also marked the debut of Aurèle Joliat, who would spend the next sixteen years with the club.

Quick Facts Montreal Canadiens, Goals for ...

1922–23 Montreal Canadiens
1922–23 record	13–9–2 (28 points)
Goals for	73
Goals against	61
Team information
General manager	Leo Dandurand
Coach	Leo Dandurand
Captain	Sprague Cleghorn
Arena	Mount Royal Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Billy Boucher (23)
Assists	Aurel Joliat (9)
Points	Billy Boucher (27)
Penalty minutes	Billy Boucher (55)
Wins	Georges Vezina (13)
Goals against average	Georges Vezina (2.46)
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

Preseason

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Regular season

Final standings

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National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	24	14	9	1	29	77	54
Montreal Canadiens	24	13	9	2	28	73	61
Toronto St. Patricks	24	13	10	1	27	82	88
Hamilton Tigers	24	6	18	0	12	81	110

^[1]^[2] Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

More information NHL Records, Team ...

1922–23 NHL Records ^[3]
Team	HAM	MTL	OTT	TOR
Hamilton	—	2–6	2–6	2–6
Montreal	6–2	—	3–4–1	4–3–1
Ottawa	6–2	4–3–1	—	4–4
Toronto	6–2	3–4–1	4–4	—

Schedule and results

More information December: 2–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–1–1), January: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–2–1) ...

1922–23 Game Log

December: 2–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	December 16	Montreal	2–7	Toronto	0–1–0	0
2	December 20	Hamilton	3–7	Montreal	1–1–0	2
3	December 23	Ottawa	3–0	Montreal	1–2–0	2
4	December 27	Montreal	2–2	Ottawa	1–2–1	3
5	December 30	Toronto	2–8	Montreal	2–2–1	5

January: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
6	January 3	Montreal	4–1	Hamilton	3–2–1	7
7	January 6	Hamilton	3–2	Montreal	3–3–1	7
8	January 10	Montreal	2–6	Ottawa	3–4–1	7
9	January 13	Montreal	2–2	Toronto	3–4–2	8
10	January 17	Ottawa	1–2	Montreal	4–4–2	10
11	January 20	Toronto	1–3	Montreal	5–4–2	12
12	January 24	Montreal	5–1	Hamilton	6–4–2	14
13	January 27	Montreal	2–4	Toronto	6–5–2	14
14	January 31	Hamilton	4–5	Montreal	7–5–2	16

February: 4–4–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 0–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
15	February 3	Ottawa	1–4	Montreal	8–5–2	18
16	February 7	Montreal	0–3	Ottawa	8–6–2	18
17	February 10	Toronto	3–5	Montreal	9–6–2	20
18	February 14	Montreal	2–4	Hamilton	9–7–2	20
19	February 17	Montreal	0–2	Ottawa	9–8–2	20
20	February 21	Hamilton	3–5	Montreal	10–8–2	22
21	February 24	Montreal	3–4	Toronto	10–9–2	22
22	February 28	Toronto	0–3	Montreal	11–9–2	24

March: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
23	March 3	Ottawa	0–1	Montreal	12–9–2	26
24	March 5	Montreal	4–1	Hamilton	13–9–2	28

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

More information Regular season, Playoffs ...

	Regular season					Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Billy Boucher	24	23	4	27	55	2	1	0	1	2
Odie Cleghorn	24	19	6	25	18	2	0	0	0	2
Aurel Joliat	24	12	9	21	37	2	1	0	1	11
Sprague Cleghorn	24	9	8	17	34	1	0	0	0	7
Billy Coutu	24	5	2	7	37	1	0	0	0	22
Louis Berlinquette	24	2	4	6	4	2	0	2	2	0
Didier Pitre	22	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Malone	20	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Edmond Bouchard	2	0	0	0	4	–	–	–	–	–
Billy Bell	19	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

More information Regular season, Playoffs ...

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Georges Vezina		24	1488	13	9	2	61	2	2.46		2	120	1	1	3	0	1.50

Playoffs

They went against Ottawa for the championship and lost 3 goals to 2, or 2–3.

Transactions

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References

Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.

[1]
http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/hockey/nhlrecords/nhl1923.htm
[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. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
[3]
"All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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