1931–32 Montreal Maroons season

1931–32 Montreal Maroons
1931–32 Montreal Maroons
Division	3rd Canadian
1931–32 record	19–22–7
Goals for	142
Goals against	139
Team information
Coach	Sprague Cleghorn
Captain	Nels Stewart
Arena	Montreal Forum
	← 1930–31 1932–33 →

The 1931–32 Montreal Maroons season was the eighth season for the National Hockey League franchise.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	48	25	16	7	128	111	57
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	23	18	7	155	127	53
Montreal Maroons	48	19	22	7	142	139	45
New York Americans	48	16	24	8	95	142	40

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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

1931–32 NHL records^[2]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	5–2–1	4–4	4–2–2	13–8–3
M. Maroons	2–5–1	—	4–3–1	3–5	9–13–2
N.Y. Americans	4–4	3–4–1	—	1–4–3	8–12–4
Toronto	2–4–2	5–3	4–1–3	—	11–8–5

Vs. American Division

1931–32 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
M. Canadiens	2–3–1	4–1–1	3–2–1	3–2–1	12–8–4
M. Maroons	4–1–1	1–2–3	3–3	2–3–1	10–9–5
N.Y. Americans	3–2–1	1–4–1	2–2–2	2–4	8–12–4
Toronto	3–2–1	2–3–1	3–3	4–2	12–10–2

Game log

Number	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 14, 1931	4–1	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	1–0–0
2	L	November 17, 1931	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	1–1–0
3	L	November 19, 1931	1–3 OT	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	1–2–0
4	L	November 22, 1931	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	1–3–0
5	W	November 24, 1931	6–1	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	2–3–0
6	T	November 26, 1931	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	2–3–1
7	L	November 28, 1931	1–3 OT	New York Americans (1931–32)	2–4–1
8	L	December 1, 1931	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	2–5–1
9	W	December 3, 1931	8–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	3–5–1
10	L	December 5, 1931	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	3–6–1
11	L	December 10, 1931	2–3	New York Rangers (1931–32)	3–7–1
12	W	December 12, 1931	7–1	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	4–7–1
13	L	December 17, 1931	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	4–8–1
14	L	December 19, 1931	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	4–9–1
15	T	December 22, 1931	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	4–9–2
16	T	December 26, 1931	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	4–9–3
17	W	December 29, 1931	4–2	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	5–9–3
18	L	December 31, 1931	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	5–10–3
19	L	January 2, 1932	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	5–11–3
20	L	January 5, 1932	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	5–12–3
21	W	January 7, 1932	4–3	New York Rangers (1931–32)	6–12–3
22	W	January 9, 1932	4–2	New York Americans (1931–32)	7–12–3
23	L	January 12, 1932	0–2	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	7–13–3
24	L	January 14, 1932	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	7–14–3
25	T	January 17, 1932	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	7–14–4
26	L	January 21, 1932	3–4	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	7–15–4
27	T	January 23, 1932	3–3 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	7–15–5
28	W	January 26, 1932	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	8–15–5
29	T	January 28, 1932	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	8–15–6
30	L	January 31, 1932	2–4	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	8–16–6
31	W	February 2, 1932	4–3	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	9–16–6
32	L	February 4, 1932	5–6 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	9–17–6
33	W	February 6, 1932	3–1	New York Americans (1931–32)	10–17–6
34	W	February 9, 1932	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	11–17–6
35	W	February 11, 1932	7–4	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	12–17–6
36	L	February 13, 1932	0–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	12–18–6
37	W	February 16, 1932	7–1	New York Americans (1931–32)	13–18–6
38	W	February 18, 1932	3–1	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	14–18–6
39	W	February 20, 1932	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	15–18–6
40	L	February 24, 1932	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	15–19–6
41	L	February 28, 1932	1–2	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	15–20–6
42	W	March 1, 1932	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	16–20–6
43	L	March 3, 1932	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	16–21–6
44	W	March 5, 1932	3–1	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	17–21–6
45	W	March 10, 1932	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	18–21–6
46	T	March 13, 1932	4–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	18–21–7
47	W	March 15, 1932	4–3	New York Rangers (1931–32)	19–21–7
48	L	March 19, 1932	4–6 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	19–22–7

Playoffs

They went against Detroit and won it 3 goals to 1, or 3–1. They went against Toronto in the second round and lost 4 goals to 3, or 3–4.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dave Trottier	LW	48	26	18	44	94
Hooley Smith	C/RW	43	11	33	44	49
Babe Siebert	LW/D	48	21	18	39	64
Jimmy Ward	RW	48	19	19	38	39
Nels Stewart	C	38	22	11	33	61
Baldy Northcott	D/LW	48	19	6	25	33
Glenn Brydson	RW	47	12	13	25	44
Lionel Conacher	D	45	7	9	16	60
Archie Wilcox	RW/D	48	3	3	6	37
Harold Starr	D	47	1	2	3	47
Earl Robinson	RW/C	26	0	3	3	2
Merlyn Phillips	C	46	1	1	2	11
John Gallagher	D	19	1	0	1	18
Paul Haynes	C	12	1	0	1	0
Lorne Duguid	LW	13	0	0	0	6
Jack McVicar	D	48	0	0	0	28
Normie Smith	G	21	0	0	0	0
Flat Walsh	G	27	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Flat Walsh	1670	27	14	10	3	77	2.77	2
Normie Smith	1267	21	5	12	4	62	2.94	0
Harold Starr	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	2940	48	19	22	7	139	2.84	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hooley Smith	C/RW	4	2	1	3	2
Jimmy Ward	RW	4	2	1	3	0
Baldy Northcott	D/LW	4	1	2	3	4
Dave Trottier	LW	4	1	0	1	0
Babe Siebert	LW/D	4	0	1	1	4
Nels Stewart	C	4	0	1	1	2
Glenn Brydson	RW	4	0	0	0	4
Lionel Conacher	D	4	0	0	0	2
Paul Haynes	C	4	0	0	0	0
Jack McVicar	D	4	0	0	0	0
Merlyn Phillips	C	4	0	0	0	2
Harold Starr	D	4	0	0	0	0
Flat Walsh	G	4	0	0	0	0
Archie Wilcox	RW/D	4	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Flat Walsh	258	4	1	1	5	1.16	1
Team:	258	4	1	1	5	1.16	1

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

References

^ 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.
^ "1931-32 Montreal Maroons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.