1932–33 Montreal Canadiens season

1932–33 Montreal Canadiens
Division	3rd Canadian
1932–33 record	18-25-5
Goals for	92
Goals against	115
Team information
General Manager	Leo Dandurand
Coach	Newsy Lalonde
Captain	George Hainsworth
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Aurel Joliat (18)
Assists	Johnny Gagnon (23)
Points	Aurel Joliat (39)
Wins	George Hainsworth (22)
Goals against average	George Hainsworth (2.39)
<1931–32	1933–34>

The 1932–33 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 24th season. The Canadiens again qualified for the playoffs, finishing third in their division. The club again met and lost to the New York Rangers in the playoffs.

The summer led to changes in the Canadiens organization. First, a change occurred in the team ownership. Louis Letourneau, regarded as a positive influence on the team, "generous in his praise and encouragement" sold his interest in the Canadiens to his partners Leo Dandurand and Joe Cattarinich.^[1]

After the disappointing 1931–32 season, Cecil Hart faced pressure from fans to resign his position in favour of a French-Canadian. When Hart, an independent insurance broker, had signed on as coach, the season was four and a half months and 36 games. Now it was 48 games and seven months. A combination of the pressure, and the negative effects on his business, led him to resign in August 1932. Former Canadiens star Newsy Lalonde would take over as coach.^[2]

Regular season

Economic conditions in Montreal, part of the Great Depression caused attendance to decline. Over 40,000 families and 150,000 individuals were receiving social assistance. The team would lose $20,000 dollars on the season.^[3]

On the ice, the Canadiens under new coach Lalonde spent much of the season in last place, but managed to make the playoffs when they rallied to finish third. Howie Morenz, who had previously led the league in scoring, declined in production, and Aurel Joliat took over as the team leader in scoring.

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	18	6	119	111	54
Montreal Maroons	48	22	20	6	135	119	50
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	25	5	92	115	41
New York Americans	48	15	22	11	91	118	41
Ottawa Senators	48	11	27	10	88	131	32

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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.

Game log

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 12, 1932	0–4	Boston Bruins (1932–33)	0–1–0
2	W	November 17, 1932	1–0 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	1–1–0
3	L	November 20, 1932	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	1–2–0
4	L	November 22, 1932	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	1–3–0
5	L	November 24, 1932	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	1–4–0
6	W	November 26, 1932	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	2–4–0
7	L	December 1, 1932	4–5 OT	Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	2–5–0
8	L	December 4, 1932	2–4	@ New York Americans (1932–33)	2–6–0
9	L	December 6, 1932	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1932–33)	2–7–0
10	L	December 8, 1932	0–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	2–8–0
11	W	December 10, 1932	3–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	3–8–0
12	T	December 13, 1932	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1932–33)	3–8–1
13	W	December 17, 1932	3–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	4–8–1
14	L	December 20, 1932	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	4–9–1
15	W	December 24, 1932	4–0	New York Americans (1932–33)	5–9–1
16	L	December 27, 1932	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1932–33)	5–10–1
17	T	December 29, 1932	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	5–10–2
18	L	January 1, 1933	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	5–11–2
19	L	January 5, 1933	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	5–12–2
20	W	January 7, 1933	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	6–12–2
21	W	January 12, 1933	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	7–12–2
22	L	January 17, 1933	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	7–13–2
23	L	January 19, 1933	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1932–33)	7–14–2
24	W	January 21, 1933	5–2	Boston Bruins (1932–33)	8–14–2
25	L	January 24, 1933	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1932–33)	8–15–2
26	T	January 26, 1933	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1932–33)	8–15–3
27	L	January 28, 1933	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	8–16–3
28	W	January 31, 1933	3–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	9–16–3
29	L	February 2, 1933	0–5	@ New York Americans (1932–33)	9–17–3
30	L	February 4, 1933	2–7	Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	9–18–3
31	W	February 7, 1933	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	10–18–3
32	L	February 12, 1933	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	10–19–3
33	W	February 14, 1933	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	11–19–3
34	W	February 16, 1933	6–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	12–19–3
35	L	February 18, 1933	1–3	New York Rangers (1932–33)	12–20–3
36	L	February 21, 1933	0–10	@ Boston Bruins (1932–33)	12–21–3
37	W	February 23, 1933	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	13–21–3
38	T	February 25, 1933	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	13–21–4
39	W	February 28, 1933	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	14–21–4
40	W	March 2, 1933	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	15–21–4
41	W	March 4, 1933	2–0	New York Americans (1932–33)	16–21–4
42	L	March 7, 1933	1–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1932–33)	16–22–4
43	W	March 9, 1933	3–1	Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	17–22–4
44	L	March 12, 1933	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	17–23–4
45	L	March 14, 1933	1–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	17–24–4
46	W	March 16, 1933	2–1	New York Rangers (1932–33)	18–24–4
47	T	March 18, 1933	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1932–33)	18–24–5
48	L	March 23, 1933	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1932–33)	18–25–5

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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 8–5.

New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Visitor	Home	Score	Record
March 26	Montreal Canadiens	New York Rangers	2 - 5	2 - 5
March 28	New York Rangers	Montreal Canadiens	3 - 3	5 - 8

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	48	18	21	39	53
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	46	14	21	35	32
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	48	12	23	35	64
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	46	8	8	16	45
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	47	11	4	15	27
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	48	4	7	11	50
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	43	3	6	9	10
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	48	5	3	8	62
Carson, GerryGerry Carson	D	48	5	2	7	53
Giroux, ArtArt Giroux	RW	40	5	2	7	14
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	29	2	5	7	36
Gaudreault, LeoLeo Gaudreault	LW/C	24	2	2	4	2
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	24	1	3	4	15
Hart, GizzyGizzy Hart	LW	18	0	3	3	0
Bourgeault, LeoLeo Bourgeault	D	15	1	1	2	9
Harrington, HagoHago Harrington	LW	24	1	1	2	2
Alexandre, ArtArt Alexandre	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Grosvenor, LenLen Grosvenor	C/RW	4	0	0	0	0
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	48	0	0	0	0
McCartney, WaltWalt McCartney	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Murray, LeoLeo Murray	C/LW	6	0	0	0	2
Raymond, PaulPaul Raymond	RW	16	0	0	0	0
Starr, HaroldHarold Starr	D	15	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	2980	48	18	25	5	115	2.32	8
Team:	2980	48	18	25	5	115	2.32	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	2	2	1	3	2
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	2	0	3	3	2
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	2	0	2	2	0
Harrington, HagoHago Harrington	LW	2	1	0	1	2
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	2	1	0	1	0
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	2	1	0	1	2
Hart, GizzyGizzy Hart	LW	2	0	1	1	0
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	2	0	1	1	2
Bourgeault, LeoLeo Bourgeault	D	2	0	0	0	0
Carson, GerryGerry Carson	D	2	0	0	0	2
Giroux, ArtArt Giroux	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Grosvenor, LenLen Grosvenor	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	2	0	0	0	0
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	2	0	0	0	2
Starr, HaroldHarold Starr	D	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	120	2	0	1	8	4.00	0
Team:	120	2	0	1	8	4.00	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;

Transactions

• February 14, 1933. - Marty Burke was traded to Ottawa by Montreal with future considerations (Nick Wasnie, March 23, 1933) for Leo Bourgeault and Harold Starr.
• March 23, 1933 - Marty Burke was traded to Montreal by Ottawa for Nick Wasnie.

Roster

Goaltenders

• 1 George Hainsworth

Defence

• 2/3 Sylvio Mantha (Captain)
• 2/3 Harold Starr
• 3 Marty Burke
• 5/15 Leo Bourgeault
• 6 Gerry Carson
• 8 Albert Leduc
• 11 Dunc Munro
• 12 Georges Mantha
• 15 Art Lesieur

Forwards

• 4 Aurel Joliat
• 5 Armand Mondou
• 5/16 Gizzy Hart
• 5 Leo Murray
• 6 Leo Gaudreault
• 6/10 Hago Harrington
• 7 Howie Morenz
• 9 Alfred Pit Lepine
• 10/14 Wildor Larochelle
• 11/14 Johnny Gagnon
• 12 Leonard Grosvenor
• 15/16 Art Giroux
• 16 Walter McCartney

Sources:

• Mouton, p. 158
• "Players". NHL. http://www.nhl.com/ice/playersearch.htm?season=19321933&tm=MTL. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 

See also

• 1932–33 NHL season

References

• Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc.. National Hockey League. pp. 109–134. 
• 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. 

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