1924–25 Montreal Canadiens season
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1924–25 Montreal Canadiens
League 3rd NHL
1924–25 record 17-11-0
Goals for 93
Goals against 56
Coach Leo Dandurand
Captain Sprague Cleghorn
Arena Montreal Forum, Mount Royal Arena
Team leaders
Goals Aurel Joliat (29)
Goals against average Georges Vezina (1.9)

The 1924–25 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 16th season and eighth as a member of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens once again made it to the Stanley Cup Final but lost to the Victoria Cougars.

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Regular season

This was the first season for the Montreal Maroons and Boston Bruins - the first American NHL team. The Montreal Forum, was built to house the Maroons. However, it was the Canadiens who played in it first. The season started earlier, on November 29, and because the Mount Royal Arena couldn't produce ice, it was decided to move a game against the Toronto St. Patricks to the Forum. The Canadiens beat the St. Patricks 7–1, as Billy Boucher scored a hat trick before 8000 fans.[1]

The Canadiens improved their scoring, scoring 93 goals in 30 games, giving up 56. Georges Vezina led the league in goals against average of 1.9 per game. All six team's starting goalie had a GAA under 4. Aurel Joliat led the Canadiens on offence, scoring 29 goals.

Results

Playoffs

NHL Championship

The third seed Montreal Canadiens played against the second seed Toronto St. Patricks in a total goals series. The winner of that series was to go on and play the first seed team, the Hamilton Tigers. But it was not to happen that way. During the total goals series, the Hamilton players demanded $200 each for the extra six games played during the regular season and the league threatened to suspend the players and the team. Last ditch efforts to reach a compromise failed and the Tigers were suspended. It was suggested that the Ottawa Senators be included in the playoffs, but Charlie Querrie and Leo Dandurand cited a fourth place finish didn't qualify Ottawa a playoff berth and it was decided that Montreal and Toronto had played for the league title. NHL president Frank Calder announced that the Canadiens played home games at the Forum, but Leo Dandurand said that they would be played at Mount Royal Arena unless it were necessary to move to the Forum, citing home games were home games, and the Canadiens played better in front of their own fans. Calder backed down from his stand. Montreal won the series against Toronto and was awarded the Prince of Wales Trophy and earned the right to play for the Stanley Cup.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto St. Patricks

Date Team Score Team Score Notes
March 11 Montreal Canadiens 3 Toronto St. Patricks 2
March 13 Montreal Canadiens 2 Toronto St. Patricks 0

Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 2

Finals

Main article: 1925 Stanley Cup Finals

Over in the Western Canada Hockey League, the third place Victoria Cougars won their league championship and would face the Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup championship. Victoria easily beat Montreal three games to one out-scoring the Canadiens 16 to 8. This marks the first, and last, time since the inception of the NHL that a non-NHL team won the Stanley Cup. On a foot-note, though, the Seattle Metropolitans could have claimed the Cup during the flu cancelled season of 1919, but chose not to out of good-sportsmanship. The series was played in Patrick Arena in Victoria .

Montreal Canadiens vs. Victoria Cougars

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 21 Montreal Canadiens 2 Victoria Cougars 5
March 23 Montreal Canadiens 1 Victoria Cougars 3
March 27 Montreal Canadiens 4 Victoria Cougars 2
March 30 Montreal Canadiens 1 Victoria Cougars 6

Victoria Cougars win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup

Roster

Source:

  • Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books, pg.155. 

References

  • Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1 1893–1926 inc.. National Hockey League, pp. 465-485. 
  1. ^ Coleman(1966), pg.468

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