1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers season

1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers
Division 5th American
1930–31 record 4–36–4
Home record 3–17–2
Road record 1–19–2
Goals for 76
Goals against 184
Team information
General Manager Cooper Smeaton
Coach Cooper Smeaton
Captain Hib Milks
Arena Philadelphia Arena
Average attendance 2,500
Team leaders
Goals Hib Milks (17)
Assists Gerry Lowrey (14)
Points Gerry Lowrey (27)
Penalties in minutes D'Arcy Coulson (103)
Wins Wilf Cude (2)
Joe Miller (2)
Goals against average Jake Forbes (3.50)
< 1929–30

The 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers season was the Quakers' sole season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team moved from Pittsburgh, where they had played as the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1925.

Offseason

The team relocated to Philadelphia and was in the charge of Benny Leonard, the prizefighter.

Regular season

The team finished with 12 points for the season, the worst performance in the six-year history of the Pirate/Quaker franchise. The team lost $100,000 on its operations and folded after the season.[1] As a result, Philadelphia was left without an NHL franchise until the Flyers arrived in 1967.

Season standings

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Boston Bruins 44 28 10 6 143 90 62
Chicago Black Hawks 44 24 17 3 108 78 51
New York Rangers 44 19 16 9 106 87 47
Detroit Falcons 44 16 21 7 102 105 39
Philadelphia Quakers 44 4 36 4 76 184 12

[2]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1930–31 regular season

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

The 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers.
Regular season
No. Player Age Pos GP G A Pts PIM
7 Lowrey, GerryGerry Lowrey 24 C 42 13 14 27 27
4 Milks, HibHib Milks 31 C 44 17 6 23 42
15 Howe, SydSyd Howe 19 LW/C 44 9 11 20 20
14 Kilrea, WallyWally Kilrea 21 C 44 8 12 20 22
10 Barton, CliffCliff Barton 23 RW 43 6 7 13 18
5 Jarvis, JamesJames Jarvis 23 LW 43 5 7 12 30
12 Shields, AlAl Shields 23 D 43 7 3 10 98
2 Lyons, RonRon Lyonsdaggerdouble-dagger 21 LW 22 2 4 6 8
17 McCalmon, EddieEddie McCalmon 28 RW 16 3 0 3 6
11 White, TexTex Whitedouble-dagger 30 RW 9 3 0 3 2
9 McKinnon, JohnJohn McKinnon 28 D 39 1 1 2 46
6 Hutton, BillBill Huttondaggerdouble-dagger 21 RW 21 1 1 2 4
6 Darragh, HaroldHarold Darraghdouble-dagger 28 RW 10 1 1 2 2
8 Drury, HerbHerb Drury 35 LW 24 0 2 2 10
17, 18 Cude, WilfWilf Cude 20 G 29 0 0 0 0
11, 16 Coulson, D'ArcyD'Arcy Coulson 22 D 28 0 0 0 103
3 Crossett, StanStan Crossett 30 D 21 0 0 0 10
1 Miller, JoeJoe Miller 30 G 12 0 0 0 0
3 Smith, RodgerRodger Smithdouble-dagger 34 D 9 0 0 0 0
2 Fraser, GordGord Fraserdouble-dagger 29 D 5 0 0 0 22
19 Manners, RennisonRennison Manners 26 F 4 0 0 0 0
1 Forbes, JakeJake Forbes 33 G 2 0 0 0 0
16 Webster, AubreyAubrey Webster 18 F 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
No. Player Age GP W L T SO GA SV% GAA MIN
17, 18 Cude, WilfWilf Cude 20 30 2 25 3 1 130 .878 4.22 1850
1 Miller, JoeJoe Miller 30 12 2 9 1 0 47 .883 3.81 740
1 Forbes, JakeJake Forbes 33 2 0 2 0 0 7 .896 3.50 120

Transactions

Syd Howe, seen here in a Quakers uniform during the 1930–31 season, was acquired on loan from Ottawa a few days prior to the start of the regular season.

The Quakers were involved in the following transactions before, during, and after the 1930–31 season.

Trades

Date
Details
November 6, 1930
 To Philadelphia Quakers
Loan of Syd Howe
Loan of Wally Kilrea
Loan of Al Shields		 To Ottawa Senators
$35,000
November 28, 1930
 To Philadelphia Quakers
cash		 To Pittsburgh Pirates (IHL)
Gord Fraser
December 8, 1930
 To Philadelphia Quakers
Bill Hutton
Ron Lyons
cash		 To Boston Bruins
Harold Darragh
December 16, 1930
 To Philadelphia Quakers
cash		 To Pittsburgh Pirates (IHL)
Rodger Smith
Tex White
February 12, 1931
 To Philadelphia Quakers
cash		 To Boston Bruins
Ron Lyons
February 24, 1931
 To Philadelphia Quakers
cash		 To Detroit Olympics (IHL)
Bill Hutton
October 19, 1933
 To Philadelphia Quakers
cash		 To Montreal Canadiens
Wilf Cude

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player Former team Via
Cooper Smeaton — signed as manager (10/20)
Aubrey Shore — free agency (11/12)
D'Arcy Coulson Chicago (AHA) free agency (12/15)
Wilf Cude Melville (S-SSHL) free agency (12/15)
Eddie McCalmon Toronto (IHL) free agency (12/15)
Stan Crossett Port Hope (OHA-Sr.) free agency (1/9)
Jake Forbes New Haven (CAHL) free agency (1/13)
Subtractions
Player New team Via
Frank Fredrickson — released as manager/player (10/20)
Joe Miller — released (2/16)
Tom Cowan — released (11/12)
Gerry Lowrey Chicago Dispersal Draft (9/26/31)
Hib Milks New York Dispersal Draft (9/26/31)
James Jarvis New York Dispersal Draft (9/26/31)
Cliff Barton New York Dispersal Draft (9/26/31)
Wilf Cude NHL signed – utility back-up goalie (9/27/31)
D'Arcy Coulson Montreal Dispersal Draft (11/26/31)

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ McFarlane, p. 28
  2. ↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
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