1922–23 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1922–23 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's sixth season in the NHL and 14th overall. The Canadiens finished second in the league and reached the NHL finals, losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Ottawa Senators. It also marked the debut of Aurèle Joliat, who would spend the next sixteen years with the club.

1922–23 Montreal Canadiens
1922–23 record	13–9–2 (28 points)
Goals for	73
Goals against	61
Team information
General manager	Leo Dandurand
Coach	Leo Dandurand
Captain	Sprague Cleghorn
Arena	Mount Royal Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Billy Boucher (23)
Assists	Aurel Joliat (9)
Points	Billy Boucher (27)
Penalty minutes	Billy Boucher (55)
Wins	Georges Vezina (13)
Goals against average	Georges Vezina (2.46)
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

Preseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	24	14	9	1	29	77	54
Montreal Canadiens	24	13	9	2	28	73	61
Toronto St. Patricks	24	13	10	1	27	82	88
Hamilton Tigers	24	6	18	0	12	81	110

^[1][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.

Record vs. opponents

1922–23 NHL Records ^[3]
Team	HAM	MTL	OTT	TOR
Hamilton	—	2–6	2–6	2–6
Montreal	6–2	—	3–4–1	4–3–1
Ottawa	6–2	4–3–1	—	4–4
Toronto	6–2	3–4–1	4–4	—

Schedule and results

1922–23 Game Log December: 2–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 1 December 16 Montreal 2–7 Toronto 0–1–0 0 2 December 20 Hamilton 3–7 Montreal 1–1–0 2 3 December 23 Ottawa 3–0 Montreal 1–2–0 2 4 December 27 Montreal 2–2 Ottawa 1–2–1 3 5 December 30 Toronto 2–8 Montreal 2–2–1 5
January: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 6 January 3 Montreal 4–1 Hamilton 3–2–1 7 7 January 6 Hamilton 3–2 Montreal 3–3–1 7 8 January 10 Montreal 2–6 Ottawa 3–4–1 7 9 January 13 Montreal 2–2 Toronto 3–4–2 8 10 January 17 Ottawa 1–2 Montreal 4–4–2 10 11 January 20 Toronto 1–3 Montreal 5–4–2 12 12 January 24 Montreal 5–1 Hamilton 6–4–2 14 13 January 27 Montreal 2–4 Toronto 6–5–2 14 14 January 31 Hamilton 4–5 Montreal 7–5–2 16
February: 4–4–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 0–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 15 February 3 Ottawa 1–4 Montreal 8–5–2 18 16 February 7 Montreal 0–3 Ottawa 8–6–2 18 17 February 10 Toronto 3–5 Montreal 9–6–2 20 18 February 14 Montreal 2–4 Hamilton 9–7–2 20 19 February 17 Montreal 0–2 Ottawa 9–8–2 20 20 February 21 Hamilton 3–5 Montreal 10–8–2 22 21 February 24 Montreal 3–4 Toronto 10–9–2 22 22 February 28 Toronto 0–3 Montreal 11–9–2 24
March: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 23 March 3 Ottawa 0–1 Montreal 12–9–2 26 24 March 5 Montreal 4–1 Hamilton 13–9–2 28

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Billy Boucher		24	23	4	27	55		2	1	0	1	2
Odie Cleghorn		24	19	6	25	18		2	0	0	0	2
Aurel Joliat		24	12	9	21	37		2	1	0	1	11
Sprague Cleghorn		24	9	8	17	34		1	0	0	0	7
Billy Coutu		24	5	2	7	37		1	0	0	0	22
Louis Berlinquette		24	2	4	6	4		2	0	2	2	0
Didier Pitre		22	1	2	3	0		2	0	0	0	0
Joe Malone		20	1	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0
Edmond Bouchard		2	0	0	0	4		–	–	–	–	–
Billy Bell		19	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Georges Vezina		24	1488	13	9	2	61	2	2.46		2	120	1	1	3	0	1.50

Playoffs

They went against Ottawa for the championship and lost 3 goals to 2, or 2–3.

Transactions

References

• Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.

1. http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/hockey/nhlrecords/nhl1923.htm
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.
3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.