Montreal Royals (ice hockey)

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The Royal Montreal Hockey Club, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, better known as the Montreal Royals is a defunct ice hockey club. The Club was formed in 1933 and operated various teams in men's junior and senior leagues until 1961. The senior team of 1947 won the Canadian Allan Cup men's championship, and the junior team of 1949 won the Memorial Cup junior men's Canadian championship.

[edit] History

Formed from the Montreal Hockey Club, the senior Royals played in Quebec Amateur Hockey Association play from 1933, in the Quebec Senior Hockey League from 1944–53, the Quebec Hockey League from 1953–59, and the Eastern Professional Hockey League from 1959–61. The senior Royals won the QSHL championship in 1945 and 1946, and the QHL championship in 1959. The senior Royals won the Allan Cup in 1947.

The junior Royals played in the Quebec Junior Hockey League. The Junior team reached the eastern Canadian championship five times, winning in 1941 and 1949, and finished runners-up in 1933, 1944 and 1945. The junior Royals won the Memorial Cup in 1949, and were finalists in 1941.

[edit] Season-by-season results

Season-by-season results for the Montreal Royals senior hockey team.

1933–44 - Montreal Senior Group, (QAHA)
1945–53 – Quebec Senior Hockey League (QSHL)^[1]
1953–59 – Quebec Hockey League (QHL)^[2]
1959–61 – Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL)^[3]

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals Against
1935–36	22	14	4	4	36†	0.778	93	61
1936–37	22	17	3	2	36†	0.850	99	51
1937–38	22	8	11	3	22†	0.420	61	63
1938–39	22	12	4	6	34†	0.750	76	51
1939–40	30	13	8	9	35	0.619	119	91
1940–41	35	21	12	2	44	0.636	151	113
1944–45	24	18	5	1	37	0.771	161	98
1945–46	40	30	8	2	62	0.775	209	131
1946–47	40	25	13	2	52	0.650	173	124
1947–48	48	34	14	0	68	0.708	241	159
1948–49	59	35	19	5	77	0.636	216	178
1949–50	60	27	24	9	63	0.525	206	188
1950–51	60	28	29	3	59	0.492	200	203
1951–52	60	30	24	6	66	0.550	219	204
1952–53	60	32	22	6	70	0.583	201	162
1953–54	72	40	25	7	87	0.604	257	203
1954–55	62	30	28	4	63	0.516	232	207
1955–56	64	34	23	7	75	0.586	192	162
1956–57	68	28	34	6	62	0.456	191	211
1957–58	64	29	30	5	63	0.492	227	219
1958–59	62	34	22	6	74	0.597	206	162
1959–60	70	30	26	14	74	0.529	215	198
1960–61	70	19	37	14	52	0.371	167	224