1934–35 Montreal Canadiens season

1934–35 Montreal Canadiens
Division3rd Canadian
1934–35 record19–23–6
Goals for110
Goals against145
Team information
General managerLeo Dandurand
CoachNewsy Lalonde
CaptainSylvio Mantha
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsLeroy Goldsworthy (20)
AssistsAlfred Lepine, Wildor Larochelle (19)
PointsAlfred Lepine (37)
WinsWilf Cude (19)
Goals against averageWilf Cude (3.02)

The 1934–35 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 26th season of play. The Canadiens again qualified for the playoffs, finishing third in their division. The club met and lost to the New York Rangers in the playoffs.

Regular season

A bombshell trade was made with Howie Morenz, Lorne Chabot, and Marty Burke going to Chicago for Leroy Goldsworthy, Roger Jenkins, and Lionel Conacher. The Canadiens then traded Lionel Conacher and Herb Cain to the Maroons for Nels Crutchfield.

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 30 14 4 157 111 64
Montreal Maroons 48 24 19 5 123 92 53
Montreal Canadiens 48 19 23 6 110 145 44
New York Americans 48 12 27 9 100 142 33
St. Louis Eagles 48 11 31 6 86 144 28

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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


Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 10, 1934 1–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 0–1–0
2 L November 17, 1934 0–3 Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 0–2–0
3 L November 22, 1934 3–4 New York Americans (1934–35) 0–3–0
4 L November 24, 1934 1–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 0–4–0
5 W November 27, 1934 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1934–35) 1–4–0
6 L December 1, 1934 0–2 Boston Bruins (1934–35) 1–5–0
7 W December 4, 1934 5–3 New York Rangers (1934–35) 2–5–0
8 L December 8, 1934 0–4 @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 2–6–0
9 T December 9, 1934 2–2 OT @ New York Americans (1934–35) 2–6–1
10 W December 11, 1934 4–1 Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 3–6–1
11 T December 15, 1934 1–1 OT St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 3–6–2
12 T December 18, 1934 1–1 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 3–6–3
13 W December 22, 1934 2–1 @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 4–6–3
14 W December 23, 1934 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 5–6–3
15 L December 25, 1934 2–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 5–7–3
16 L December 29, 1934 1–3 New York Americans (1934–35) 5–8–3
17 L January 1, 1935 3–5 @ New York Americans (1934–35) 5–9–3
18 L January 3, 1935 1–2 Boston Bruins (1934–35) 5–10–3
19 L January 5, 1935 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 5–11–3
20 L January 6, 1935 2–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 5–12–3
21 W January 12, 1935 3–2 Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 6–12–3
22 W January 17, 1935 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 7–12–3
23 W January 19, 1935 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 8–12–3
24 L January 20, 1935 1–7 @ New York Rangers (1934–35) 8–13–3
25 L January 22, 1935 0–7 New York Rangers (1934–35) 8–14–3
26 W January 24, 1935 2–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 9–14–3
27 W January 26, 1935 3–2 Boston Bruins (1934–35) 10–14–3
28 T January 31, 1935 4–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 10–14–4
29 T February 2, 1935 1–1 OT @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 10–14–5
30 L February 5, 1935 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 10–15–5
31 W February 7, 1935 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 11–15–5
32 W February 9, 1935 4–2 St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 12–15–5
33 W February 14, 1935 2–0 Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 13–15–5
34 W February 17, 1935 3–1 @ New York Americans (1934–35) 14–15–5
35 L February 19, 1935 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 14–16–5
36 L February 21, 1935 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 14–17–5
37 W February 23, 1935 4–2 New York Americans (1934–35) 15–17–5
38 W February 28, 1935 4–2 St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 16–17–5
39 W March 2, 1935 3–2 OT @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 17–17–5
40 L March 3, 1935 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 17–18–5
41 L March 5, 1935 3–10 Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 17–19–5
42 T March 7, 1935 2–2 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 17–19–6
43 L March 9, 1935 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 17–20–6
44 W March 12, 1935 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1934–35) 18–20–6
45 W March 14, 1935 5–4 New York Rangers (1934–35) 19–20–6
46 L March 16, 1935 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 19–21–6
47 L March 17, 1935 2–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 19–22–6
48 L March 19, 1935 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 19–23–6

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Playoffs

In the first round the Canadiens met the New York Rangers, who had placed third in the American Division. The Canadiens lost the two-games total-goals series 5–6 (1–2, 4–4).

In the first game, there was a bench-clearing brawl after Nels Crutchfield cut Bill Cook on the head with his stick. The police were needed to end the brawl. Crutchfield was given a match penalty with no substitution. The Canadiens played the thirteen minutes one man short and two minutes two men short. Bill Cook returned wearing a helmet over his bandages to score the second Rangers goal.[4]

In the second game, the Canadiens were down 4–1 on the game and tied it with three straight goals in the third. The Canadiens could not get another goal to tie the series.[5]

New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Visitor Home Score Record
March 24 Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers 1–2 1–2
March 26 New York Rangers Montreal Canadiens 4–4 -

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Pit Lepine C 48 12 19 31 16
Leroy Goldsworthy RW 33 20 9 29 13
Aurel Joliat LW 48 17 12 29 18
Wildor Larochelle RW 48 9 19 28 12
Armand Mondou LW 46 9 15 24 6
Georges Mantha D/LW 42 12 10 22 14
Jack Riley C 47 4 11 15 4
Sylvio Mantha D 47 3 11 14 36
Jack McGill LW 44 9 1 10 34
Nels Crutchfield C 41 5 5 10 20
Roger Jenkins RW/D 45 4 6 10 63
Johnny Gagnon RW 23 1 5 6 2
Tony Savage D 41 1 5 6 4
Joe Lamb RW 7 3 2 5 4
Gerry Carson D 48 0 5 5 56
Paul Raymond RW 20 1 1 2 0
Norm Collings F 1 0 1 1 0
Des Roche RW 5 0 1 1 0
Leo Bourgeault D 4 0 0 0 0
Wilf Cude G 48 0 0 0 0
Polly Drouin LW 4 0 0 0 0
Albert Leduc D 4 0 0 0 4
Bob McCulley RW/D 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Portland D 5 0 0 0 2
Paul Runge C/LW 3 0 0 0 2

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Wilf Cude 2960 48 19 23 6 145 2.94 1
Team: 2960 48 19 23 6 145 2.94 1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Jack McGill LW 2 2 0 2 0
Jack Riley C 2 0 2 2 0
Leroy Goldsworthy RW 2 1 0 1 0
Roger Jenkins RW/D 2 1 0 1 2
Aurel Joliat LW 2 1 0 1 0
Nels Crutchfield C 2 0 1 1 22
Johnny Gagnon RW 2 0 1 1 2
Armand Mondou LW 2 0 1 1 0
Gerry Carson D 2 0 0 0 4
Wilf Cude G 2 0 0 0 0
Wildor Larochelle RW 2 0 0 0 0
Pit Lepine C 2 0 0 0 2
Georges Mantha D/LW 2 0 0 0 4
Sylvio Mantha D 2 0 0 0 2
Tony Savage D 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Wilf Cude 120 2 0 1 6 3.00 0
Team: 120 2 0 1 6 3.00 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;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

Citations

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1934–35 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ Coleman, p. 248
  5. ^ Coleman, p. 249
  6. ^ "1934-35 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. 230–249.
  • 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.