1934–35 St. Louis Eagles season

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1934–35 St. Louis
1934–35 record 11–31–6
Home record 7–14–3
Road record 4–17–3
Goals for 86
Goals against 144
Coach Eddie Gerard & Buck Boucher
Captain Syd Howe
Arena St. Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals Syd Howe (14)
Assists Carl Voss & Glen Brydson (18)
Points Carl Voss (31)
Penalties in minutes Irv Frew (89)
Wins Bill Beveridge (11)
Goals against average Bill Beveridge (2.89)

The 1934–35 St. Louis Eagles season was the Eagles' only season in the NHL. The Ottawa Senators franchise relocated to St. Louis in the summer of 1934 due to financial losses in Ottawa. Despite good attendance at the St. Louis Arena, the Eagles would have financial problems, due to travel costs. The Eagles would take the Senators' spot in the Canadian Division, and would face numerous road trips to Montreal and Toronto throughout the season, despite being closer to Chicago and Detroit, who played in the American Division.

The Eagles were led offensively by Carl Voss and his team leading 31 points, team captain Syd Howe would lead the club with 14 goals, despite being traded to the Detroit Red Wings late in the season, while Glen Brydson would finish 2nd in team scoring with 29 points. Joe Jerwa, acquired by the Boston Bruins, would lead the defense with 11 points in only 16 games in St. Louis.

Bill Beveridge would be the Eagles goaltender, winning 11 games with a 2.89 GAA and 3 shutouts.

The strain of so many long train rides showed early on. Midway through the season, new head coach and former Senators player Eddie Gerard was relieved of his duties after a 2–11–0 start and was replaced by Buck Boucher, who was the head coach of the Senators the previous season. Boucher would post a 9–20–6 record in 35 games. All told, the Eagles finished 11–31–6, dead last in the league with a winning percentage of .292.

After the season, the franchise owners asked permission to suspend operations for a year. Instead, the NHL bought the players' contracts for $40,000 and dispersed the players to the other NHL teams. The NHL took back the franchise, on the condition that if it were resold, the original franchisees would share in the proceeds.[1]

The Montreal Maroons nearly relocated to St. Louis in 1938, but the NHL nixed the move. St. Louis would be without an NHL team until 1967, when the league expanded from 6 teams to 12, and the St. Louis Blues took the ice.

Contents

[edit] Season 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 31
St. Louis Eagles 48 11 31 6 86 144 28

[edit] Game log

[edit] Regular Season

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 November 8 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 St. Louis Eagles 0–1–0 0
2 November 10 New York Rangers 2–4 St. Louis Eagles 1–1–0 2
3 November 13 Montreal Maroons 2–1 St. Louis Eagles 1–2–0 2
4 November 17 St. Louis Eagles 0–1 Boston Bruins 1–3–0 2
5 November 18 St. Louis Eagles 0–5 New York Rangers 1–4–0 2
6 November 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 St. Louis Eagles 1–5–0 2
7 November 22 St. Louis Eagles 0–1 Chicago Black Hawks 1–6–0 2
8 November 24 Boston Bruins 4–1 St. Louis Eagles 1–7–0 2
9 November 25 St. Louis Eagles 1–4 Detroit Red Wings 1–8–0 2
10 December 1 St. Louis Eagles 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–9–0 2
11 December 4 New York Americans 0–2 St. Louis Eagles 2–9–0 4
12 December 8 St. Louis Eagles 0–1 Montreal Maroons 2–10–0 4
13 December 9 St. Louis Eagles 1–3 Detroit Red Wings 2–11–0 4
14 December 13 Detroit Red Wings 11–2 St. Louis Eagles 2–12–0 4
15 December 15 St. Louis Eagles 1–1 Montreal Canadiens 2–12–1 5
16 December 18 St. Louis Eagles 2–1 New York Americans 3–12–1 7
17 December 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 St. Louis Eagles 3–12–2 8
18 December 22 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 St. Louis Eagles 3–13–2 8
19 December 27 Detroit Red Wings 2–5 St. Louis Eagles 4–13–2 10
20 December 30 St. Louis Eagles 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks 4–13–3 11
21 January 3 Montreal Maroons 3–0 St. Louis Eagles 4–14–3 11
22 January 5 St. Louis Eagles 2–1 Montreal Maroons 5–14–3 13
23 January 10 Boston Bruins 2–1 St. Louis Eagles 5–15–3 13
24 January 13 St. Louis Eagles 2–3 New York Rangers 5–16–3 13
25 January 15 St. Louis Eagles 3–5 Boston Bruins 5–17–3 13
26 January 17 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 St. Louis Eagles 5–18–3 13
27 January 19 St. Louis Eagles 2–6 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–19–3 13
28 January 20 St. Louis Eagles 6–1 Detroit Red Wings 6–19–3 15
29 January 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 St. Louis Eagles 6–20–3 15
30 January 24 New York Americans 2–2 St. Louis Eagles 6–20–4 16
31 January 27 St. Louis Eagles 3–5 Chicago Black Hawks 6–21–4 16
32 January 29 St. Louis Eagles 2–5 Montreal Maroons 6–22–4 16
33 February 2 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 St. Louis Eagles 6–22–5 17
34 February 5 St. Louis Eagles 3–3 New York Americans 6–22–6 18
35 February 7 Chicago Black Hawks 0–1 St. Louis Eagles 7–22–6 20
36 February 9 St. Louis Eagles 2–4 Montreal Canadiens 7–23–6 20
37 February 12 New York Rangers 5–1 St. Louis Eagles 7–24–6 20
38 February 16 Boston Bruins 0–3 St. Louis Eagles 8–24–6 22
39 February 19 St. Louis Eagles 1–2 New York Rangers 8–25–6 22
40 February 21 St. Louis Eagles 4–3 New York Americans 9–25–6 24
41 February 23 Montreal Maroons 4–0 St. Louis Eagles 9–26–6 24
42 February 26 St. Louis Eagles 0–5 Boston Bruins 9–27–6 24
43 February 28 St. Louis Eagles 2–4 Montreal Canadiens 9–28–6 24
44 March 2 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 St. Louis Eagles 9–29–6 24
45 March 7 New York Americans 2–3 St. Louis Eagles 10–29–6 26
46 March 9 New York Rangers 5–1 St. Louis Eagles 10–30–6 26
47 March 12 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 St. Louis Eagles 11–30–6 28
48 March 19 St. Louis Eagles 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs 11–31–6 28

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Carl Voss 48 13 18 31 14
Glen Brydson 48 11 18 29 45
Syd Howe 36 14 13 27 23
Joe Lamb 31 11 12 23 19
Pete Kelly 25 3 10 13 14

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Bill Beveridge 48 2990 11 31 6 144 3 2.89

[edit] References

  1. ^ Colemen, Charles. Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 2 1927–1946 inc.