1929–30_Montreal_Canadiens_season

1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

The 1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 21st season. The team placed second in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. The team won three series to win the Stanley Cup, for the third time in team history, and the second time in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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1929–30 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
Division	2nd Canadian
1929–30 record	21–14–9
Goals for	142
Goals against	114
Team information
General manager	Leo Dandurand
Coach	Cecil Hart
Captain	Sylvio Mantha
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Howie Morenz (40)
Assists	Aurel Joliat (12)
Points	Howie Morenz (50)
Wins	George Hainsworth (20)
Goals against average	George Hainsworth (2.57)
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

Regular season

To combat low scoring, a major rule change was implemented. Players were now allowed forward passing in the offensive zone, instead of only in the defensive and neutral zones. This led to abuse: players sat in front of the opposing net waiting for a pass. The rule was changed again mid-season in December 1929, and players were no longer allowed to enter the offensive zone before the puck. Hence the birth of the modern-day offside rule. The Canadiens doubled their scoring output compared to the previous season.

Highlights

On December 14, 1929, Alfred Lepine scored four goals and added one assist in the second period of a game versus Ottawa, won 6–4 by Montreal. As of 2009, this feat is still the Canadiens' record for goals and points in one period.^[1]

Final standings

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Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Maroons	44	23	16	5	141	114	51
Montreal Canadiens	44	21	14	9	142	114	51
Ottawa Senators	44	21	15	8	138	118	50
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	17	21	6	116	124	40
New York Americans	44	14	25	5	113	161	33

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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

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Vs. Canadian Division

1929–30 NHL records^[3]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	1–4–1	5–1	1–2–3	4–1–1	11–8–5
M. Maroons	4–1–1	—	5–0–1	2–3–1	3–2–1	14–6–4
N.Y. Americans	1–5	0–5–1	—	2–3–1	1–3–2	4–16–4
Ottawa	2–1–3	3–2–1	3–2–1	—	5–1	13–6–5
Toronto	1–4–1	2–3–1	3–1–2	1–5	—	7–13–4

Vs. American Division

1929–30 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PIT	Total
M. Canadiens	0–4	3–0–1	3–1	2–1–1	2–0–2	10–6–4
M. Maroons	1–3	0–4	2–1–1	2–2	4–0	9–10–1
N.Y. Americans	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–1–1	10–9–1
Ottawa	0–4	2–2	3–0–1	0–2–2	3–1	8–9–3
Toronto	0–4	2–1–1	2–2	3–0–1	3–1	10–8–2

Schedule and results

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Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 14, 1929	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	0–0–1
2	T	November 16, 1929	4–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	0–0–2
3	L	November 19, 1929	1–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	0–1–2
4	W	November 21, 1929	3–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	1–1–2
5	W	November 24, 1929	3–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	2–1–2
6	W	November 26, 1929	9–2	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	3–1–2
7	W	November 30, 1929	3–1	New York Americans (1929–30)	4–1–2
8	L	December 3, 1929	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	4–2–2
9	L	December 5, 1929	4–5	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	4–3–2
10	W	December 7, 1929	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	5–3–2
11	W	December 10, 1929	5–3 OT	Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	6–3–2
12	L	December 12, 1929	3–8	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	6–4–2
13	W	December 14, 1929	6–4	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	7–4–2
14	T	December 17, 1929	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	7–4–3
15	W	December 19, 1929	7–2	New York Rangers (1929–30)	8–4–3
16	T	December 21, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	8–4–4
17	L	December 28, 1929	2–3	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	8–5–4
18	W	January 1, 1930	3–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	9–5–4
19	L	January 2, 1930	0–4	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	9–6–4
20	L	January 4, 1930	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	9–7–4
21	L	January 7, 1930	1–2	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	9–8–4
22	L	January 11, 1930	1–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	9–9–4
23	W	January 16, 1930	6–1	Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	10–9–4
24	W	January 21, 1930	5–2	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	11–9–4
25	L	January 25, 1930	1–2	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	11–10–4
26	W	January 28, 1930	3–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	12–10–4
27	W	January 30, 1930	1–0 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	13–10–4
28	L	February 1, 1930	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	13–11–4
29	W	February 4, 1930	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	14–11–4
30	T	February 6, 1930	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	14–11–5
31	T	February 8, 1930	2–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	14–11–6
32	T	February 13, 1930	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	14–11–7
33	W	February 16, 1930	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	15–11–7
34	W	February 18, 1930	2–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	16–11–7
35	W	February 22, 1930	9–2	New York Americans (1929–30)	17–11–7
36	L	February 25, 1930	2–4	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	17–12–7
37	W	February 27, 1930	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	18–12–7
38	W	March 1, 1930	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	19–12–7
39	L	March 4, 1930	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	19–13–7
40	L	March 6, 1930	0–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	19–14–7
41	W	March 8, 1930	6–0	New York Rangers (1929–30)	20–14–7
42	T	March 11, 1930	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	20–14–8
43	T	March 13, 1930	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	20–14–9
44	W	March 18, 1930	8–3	New York Americans (1929–30)	21–14–9

Playoffs

The Canadiens, by placing second had to play in the first round series versus the Chicago Black Hawks. The Canadiens won the two-game total-goals series 3–2. Next, were the New York Rangers who had defeated the Ottawa Senators in their first round series. The Canadiens swept the Rangers two games to none in a best-of-three series. The teams played 68 minutes and 52 seconds of overtime in the first game before Gus Rivers scored to win the game for the Canadiens.

Finals

Further information: 1930 Stanley Cup Finals

The Canadiens advanced to the final against the Boston Bruins. The Bruins were heavily favoured, after winning all meetings with the Canadiens during the regular season. However, it meant little as the Canadiens swept the Bruins in two straight (3–0, 4–3) to win the Stanley Cup.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

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Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howie Morenz	C	44	40	10	50	72
Pit Lepine	C	44	24	9	33	47
Aurel Joliat	LW	42	19	12	31	40
Wildor Larochelle	RW	44	14	11	25	28
Sylvio Mantha	D	44	13	11	24	108
Nick Wasnie	RW	44	12	11	23	64
Albert Leduc	D	44	6	8	14	90
Marty Burke	D	44	2	11	13	71
Armand Mondou	LW	44	3	5	8	24
Georges Mantha	D/LW	44	5	2	7	16
Bert McCaffrey	RW/D	28	1	3	4	26
Gerry Carson	D	35	1	0	1	8
Gus Rivers	RW	19	1	0	1	2
Gord Fraser	D	10	0	0	0	4
George Hainsworth	G	42	0	0	0	0
Mickey Murray	G	1	0	0	0	0
Roy Worters	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
George Hainsworth	2680	42	20	13	9	108	2.42	4
Roy Worters†	60	1	1	0	0	2	2.00	0
Mickey Murray	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	2800	44	21	14	9	114	2.44	4

† Worters was loaned from the New York Americans for one game on February 27, 1930, vs. Toronto.

Playoffs

Scoring

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Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Pit Lepine	C	6	2	2	4	6
Nick Wasnie	RW	6	2	2	4	12
Albert Leduc	D	6	1	3	4	8
Howie Morenz	C	6	3	0	3	10
Sylvio Mantha	D	6	2	1	3	18
Bert McCaffrey	RW/D	6	1	1	2	6
Armand Mondou	LW	6	1	1	2	6
Aurel Joliat	LW	6	0	2	2	6
Wildor Larochelle	RW	6	1	0	1	12
Gus Rivers	RW	6	1	0	1	2
Marty Burke	D	6	0	1	1	6
Gerry Carson	D	6	0	0	0	0
George Hainsworth	G	6	0	0	0	0
Georges Mantha	D/LW	6	0	0	0	8

Goaltending

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
George Hainsworth	481	6	5	0	6	0.75	3
Team:	481	6	5	0	6	0.75	3

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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

Main article: 1929–30 NHL transactions

References

Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 82–106.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.
"1929–30 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.

[1]
"Season records – Individual records". Montreal Canadiens. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
[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.
[4]
"1929-30 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

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1929–30_Montreal_Canadiens_season

Regular season

Highlights

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division

Vs. American Division

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

See also

References

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